Hans Niemann has moved from Xuhui to Shenzhen at Inhabit, a consulting firm for sustainable construction. He works there as a Sustainability Engineer. Michael Kruppe is involved in the board of AHK Shanghai. Kruppe has been head of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) since 2014. Richard Liu has resigned from his position as […]
Richard Liu has resigned from his position as CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com. Xu Lei, previously president of JD.com, will take over as CEO with immediate effect and join the company’s board of directors. Liu will remain chairman of the board.Jeremy Page is joining the China team at The Economist weekly magazine after eleven […]
In a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report, China has ascended to a regrettable 1st place among greenhouse gas emitters. But it’s not the usual suspect, carbon dioxide, that’s at issue here. It’s the gas methane, whose emission is also changing the climate. The IEA has become alarmed by the trend. And it leaves China […]
Chinese EV and battery manufacturer BYD has announced to cease production of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles. BYD announced in a tweet that it has not produced any combustion models since March.BYD’s EV sales volume reached nearly 604,000 units in 2021, an increase of 218 percent, according to Caixin’s calculations. Production of other vehicle types, on the other […]
the recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on “Mitigating Climate Change” makes it clear: the time to act is now. The consequences of continued global warming would be catastrophic. Reforestation of former forests is one of the recommendations to counteract this. After the clear-cutting of the past decades, the focus is now on […]
Raj Subramaniam will become the new CEO of US logistics and courier services provider FedEx on June 1. The 54-year-old was first elected to FedEx’s board in 2020. Subramaniam is a member of the board of directors of the US Chamber of Commerce’s China Center Advisory Board, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and the US-China […]
In Ritan Park in central Beijing, some trees bear special signs such as “Nine Dragon Cypress”. Some of the park’s 44 ancient specimens are fenced off, their hanging branches supported by wooden poles. The trees are several hundred years old and thus sacred, so to speak. Such old trees are rather special. They have become […]
Cheap competition from the Far East has already flattened many a German industry. Televisions, cameras, solar cells, raw materials for antibiotics, toys. This pattern is so firmly anchored that fears about it are easy to call up. Now the Chinese government is ramping up its subsidy machinery to pave the way for its own suppliers […]
China’s largest listed coal company, Shenhua Energy Co., wants to focus more on clean energy in the future. To this end, Shenhua wants to divert at least 40 percent of its annual investments into renewables until 2030.Last year, Shenhua had invested just 0.08 percent of its spending on renewable energy. The company is part of […]
