No sooner has China succeeded in landing on Mars for the first time than Beijing announces its next space plans: In order to supply its future space station with sufficient material and equipment, Beijing plans to carry out several cargo flights in the coming days. The “Long March 7” rocket has already been moved into […]
Increasing demand in China and the USA led to an enormous wood shortage of supply in Germany. According to the Federal Association of the German Sawmill and Timber Industry, 20 million solid cubic meters of round and sawn timber were exported last year. That’s 80 percent more timber exports than in 2019, with China alone […]
In Taiwan, the number of new Covid infections has risen rapidly from a low level. The government is now trying to salvage its previously very good pandemic record. The island nation served as an international role model regarding Covid containment. On Saturday, 180 new Covid infections were reported in Taiwan, compared with just 29 new […]
According to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, 42 percent of the expats surveyed are “considering or planning” to leave the former British colony. The given reason is Beijing’s increasing influence but also the strict quarantine rules due to the Covid pandemic.62 percent of respondents said the National Security Law, […]
Chinese financial technology company Ant Group could soon help China’s central bank (PBoC) spread the e-CNY. Direct bank MyBank, in which Ant has a 30 percent stake, is to allow its customers to link their accounts to the state-owned digital renminbi app. This was reported by the state-run business publication China Securities Journal. The feature […]
This weekend, the traveling wave ends on the first of May. Passengers wait – here at Kunming airport – in massage chairs, which are supposed to make back and neck pain from the strains of traveling simply disappear. For the equivalent of one euro, you can have nine minutes of waiting time “massaged away”. Who […]
China’s state-owned asset manager Huarong assured its investors that it would be able to repay its debts. Xu Yongli, vice president and board secretary of Huarong told the business daily Shanghai Securities News that the recent downgrades by international rating agencies “have no factual basis” and criticized them “as too pessimistic.” Agencies Moody’s and Fitch […]
Something sweet for dessert! COVID is considered over, the May travel wave is rolling in China, and at the Yungang Caves in northern China, a tourist holds up his ice cream on a stick. It’s amazing how the ice cream artist has recreated the caves faithfully.
Starting today, May 4, Chinese students can once again apply for visas to travel to the US for study. This marks the first time in more than a year that the US embassy and consulates in China are granting visa appointments to students. The move came after Washington lifted travel restrictions on students from China […]
Produce Pandas is the name of the first plus-size boy band from China. Their five members bring a new wind into the industry by visually setting themselves apart from the beauty ideal of previous boy bands. Instead of looking like “little fresh meat” – as the willowy, light-skinned young men in the film and music […]
