In Astana, the shifting power dynamics between China and Russia, as well as in Central Asia, are becoming evident these days. Europe is also affected. At the annual SCO summit on Wednesday and Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also traveled to Kazakhstan. Although Turkey is not yet an SCO member, Erdogan has already expressed […]
At their meeting in Beijing in May, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s ruler Xi Jinping agreed on a joint declaration to deepen their strategic partnership. Amid all their raving against the United States, the West and its “destructive and hostile pressure,” many an important decision go unnoticed – especially when they come across as […]
The Chinese embassy in Berlin reacted with harsh words to the 2023 annual report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). “The chapter on China contained in the report shows complete ignorance of the national situation in China and hostility towards the Chinese political system.” According to a public statement on […]
Floods, mud and debris slides are threatening the livelihoods of many people in several Chinese provinces these days. Days of rainfall caused severe flooding in Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, among other places. Softened soils in the mountainous regions also pose a major risk of landslides. At least eight people died in such slides […]
Joerg Endriss will move from Tagesschau Hamburg to the ARD studio in Beijing on July 1. The journalist has been covering China since the 1990s and has already lived in Taiwan for two years.Arthur Tarnowski is the new Chief Representative of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in China. He will initially work from Berlin and move […]
Allianz Global Investors (AGI), one of the investment divisions of German insurer Allianz, has become the first foreign company to own a stake in Chinese pension insurance giant Guomin Pension. AGI has been allowed to subscribe to newly issued shares representing a two percent stake worth 228 million yuan (31.40 million US dollars), the Chinese […]
Industry President Siegfried Russwurm sees the announced negotiations in the tariff dispute between the EU and China as a first step towards avoiding a trade war. The mere fact that they will be talking to each other is a “good sign,” the President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) told Deutschlandfunk radio on Monday.“Coercive […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty in Pyongyang. Putin traveled to North Korea on Wednesday for the first time in a quarter of a century to deepen relations personally.At first glance, the new treaty appears to be tailored to current needs: Russia needs more […]
Basically, Vietnam is the answer to the German government’s China strategy. The Southeast Asian country is an obvious choice as a diversification location. If Germany really wants to reduce its excessive dependence on China, Vietnam is the obvious partner.“China plus 1” is the mantra in many German corporate headquarters. On the one hand, they want […]
Even 18 months after the end of the Covid restrictions, China’s international travel has not yet recovered. According to an analysis, rising costs and problems with obtaining visas have slowed down growth in the tourism sector.According to an official tourism study, Chinese tourists made 87 million trips abroad last year, a 40 percent decline from […]
