Only a year ago, Huawei became the first Chinese company to leave all other smartphone manufacturers behind in terms of sales figures, at least for a short time. With a global market share of 20 percent, the company from Shenzhen in southern China secured the top spot for the first time in the second quarter […]
Human beings approaching 100 normally think about death. But political parties celebrating their centennial, as the Communist Party of China (CPC) will on July 1, are obsessed with immortality. Such optimism seems odd for parties that rule dictatorships, because their longevity record does not inspire confidence. The fact that no other such party in modern […]
In his opinion piece in the Tagesspiegel of May 11, Thorsten Benner takes up a very important question regarding China. Should a scientist still travel for research purposes to a country whose domestic political control has tightened significantly in recent years? Should one still conduct field research in a country where foreigners are no longer […]
China’s government is seeking absolute control over payment transactions in its own country. Strict rules have always ensured that Chinese citizens can only transfer a limited amount of the national currency, the yuan, abroad each year. Therefor, it is no surprise that decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are a thorn in Beijing’s side. China’s authorities began […]
When Philipp Böing sat in Beijing in 2010 and analyzed patent papers, few people were interested in Chinese innovation funding. The research community did not concern itself with the matter, and he had to search for the data painstakingly. “I can remember spending days in the copy room of the National Bureau of Statistics, trying […]
At the beginning of 2020, precisely on the Chinese New Year, Andreas Merzhäuser came to China. Apart from his political interest, the German studies and history graduate had no connection to the country. Curiosity about the unknown and the chance to get up close and personal with a rising China that wants to shape the […]
Soon it will be the beginning of summer. Makes you think of sun, holidays and – of course – ice sleeves! At least in China. Because there, as is generally known, fair skin that is as protected as possible from the sun is considered the ideal of beauty. The Chinese are correspondingly inventive when it […]
In an effort to address rapid population aging, China has just announced that it will allow all families to have up to three children. The decision comes on the heels of widely publicized new data showing that the Chinese fertility rate in 2020 was only 1.3 per woman, which is similar to that of Japan […]
Michael Kahn-Ackermann has actually been retired for almost ten years, but the soon-to-be 75-year-old is far from “retired.” Just a few months ago, he was hit by a wave of Chinese indignation after he translated the “Wuhan Diary” by writer Fang Fang into German. The book about the experience of the Covid crisis became a […]
Deutsche Hospitality opens its first Steigenberger brand hotel in China with shareholder Huazhu Group. The luxury hotel is located in Jinan, a metropolis of seven million people in Shandong province. The hotel was inaugurated last week. Due to its location near the East Railway Station and Yaoqing Airport, the hotel is mainly aimed at business […]
