The Forbidden City in Beijing has many names: Originally, it was called 紫禁城 (Zǐjìnchéng). It was assigned the color purple, in reference to the Chinese translation for polar star. Currently, however, the former seat of the Chinese emperors is shrouded entirely in white. The first snow of the season has fallen.
China’s Cyberspace Administration has presented a first draft that fleshes out the Data Security Law (DSL) that has been in force since September. The draft was published on Friday and provides a first insight into the rules that companies operating in China will have to comply with in the future. Foreign companies fear that compliance […]
Stefan Dahmen is the new Director of Project Management at Svolt Energy Technology Europe. In his new position, he is responsible for all customer projects of European OEMs in the automotive sector of high-voltage storage applications. Dahmen previously worked at automotive supplier Vitesco Technologies. The 55-year-old has gained experience in various positions in the powertrain […]
Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to go on a spacewalk. The Taikonaut – as astronauts are called in China – left the Tiangong space station with her colleague Zhai Zhigang for installation operations. The Chinese space agency announced that the six-hour mission went “smoothly” and “successfully.”In mid-October, the space shuttle “Shenzhou 13” […]
“Beijing has become a real slog,” complains Harald Kumpfert. But the CEO of NEcreat has no problems making a plea for his adopted home of Shenyang. Nevertheless, the eight-million metropolis northeast of Beijing carries old burdens when it comes to its image. “Shenyang is still known as the Ruhrpott (Germany’s coal-mining region) of northern China,” […]
It’s only vegetables, one might think. Especially for cauliflower and broccoli, prices have recently risen enormously. According to the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing, consumers now have to pay about 50 percent more for the flower vegetable. Prices for Spinach have increased by almost 160 percent, according to Bloomberg calculations. That puts vegetable prices on […]
At the recent UN General Assembly on September 21, China’s President Xi Jinping announced that he would stop building new coal projects overseas. “China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.” (English and Chinese versions of the speech)This announcement […]
Hubertus Troska will also be appointed to the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG to further unify the Board of Management responsibilities of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG. Troska is CEO and Chairman of Daimler Greater China and responsible for all strategic and operational activities of Daimler in China.
Education Minister Anja Karliczek (CDU) is concerned about the increasing influence of Confucius Institutes on intellectual life in Germany. In a letter to the German universities, she writes of an“unacceptable” exertion of influence. She calls for “a re-evaluation of the role of the Confucius Institutes in the German university landscape and to draw the right […]
A good two years ago, the automotive supplier Webasto was the first company in Germany to be hit by a COVID case. There was a great deal of uproar at the time, but in the overall picture of the pandemic, the event proved to be a mere episode that has almost been forgotten today. In […]
