The situation surrounding Taiwan continues to heat up. The reason is the visit of a US delegation led by influential Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to Taipei. In response, China sent numerous frigates, bombers and fighter jets to the East China Sea. According to Chinese military sources, the maneuvers in the sea area and airspace around […]
After nearly 183 days in space , three Chinese space travelers have landed safely back on Earth. The capsule carrying taikonaut Wang Yaping and her two male colleagues Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu landed in the Gobi Desert in northwest China on Saturday morning (local time). As reported by state broadcaster CCTV, this marked the […]
The latest images from Shanghai are dreadful, almost unbearable, says Liao Yiwu, shaking his bald head. The meeting in his Berlin apartment was actually supposed to be about his new book, “Wuhan – A Documentary Novel”. But over a cup of steaming Chinese tea, an intriguing conversation about the social situation in the People’s Republic […]
Mr. Liao, Shanghai’s citizens have been locked up for weeks now, and some children have even been separated from their parents. China’s government is convinced that the virus can only be defeated with its strict zero-covid strategy. What is your take on these measures?The zero covid policy is inhumane, it contradicts science and common sense, […]
Volkswagen China has to accept a sharp decline in sales in the first quarter of 2022. In the year’s first three months, VW and its Chinese joint ventures shipped a total of 754,000 vehicles in China. That is a drop of nearly 24 percent, the German automaker announced in Beijing. VW is the leader in […]
Jens Thyssen transfers to Volkswagen in Beijing and joins the Mobility Asia department. There, as Head of ADAS/AD Driving Functions, he will work on adapting ADAS and AD functions to local requirements and release them for the local market. Previously, Thyssen was responsible for Group-wide ADAS recording technology at CARIAD in Ingolstadt.
Alipay+ (支付宝 zhīfùbǎo) has partnered with the German drugstore chain Mueller. This means that from now on customers will be able to pay for their purchases via the digital payment service of the Chinese Ant Group. Ant Group is a subsidiary of the Chinese group Alibaba. Alipay is the leading payment service in China with […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is known for his straightforward words. He does not hold back on criticism – not toward the United States, not toward Europe, and not toward Germany. But the Ukrainian leadership has so far been exceedingly quiet about China, of all countries. In his analysis, Frank Sieren looks into the reasons for […]
The first steel box girder is in place. Construction of the Hongqimen Bridge began this weekend. By 2024, 76 more girders are to be added to connect the Nansha district and the city of Zhongshan. The 32-kilometer bridge is an important part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area infrastructure project.
Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) has introduced a “closed loop management” system at its main plant in Ningde. It is intended to maintain production while the country battles continued Covid outbreaks with harsh lockdowns. CATL is the world’s largest supplier of EV batteries, including for US carmaker Tesla.“For the moment, to ensure market supply to […]
