Jean-Louis Rocca is a Professor at the renowned Sciences Po University in Paris and works on China at its international research center CERI. Currently, Jean-Louis Rocca’s research focuses on the Chinese middle class and its understanding of democracy. The “Xi Jinping” generation, as he calls it, expresses itself politically but does not question the system. […]
Anyone approaching the campus of the Evergrande School near the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou can see from a distance what the academy has set as its highest goal. In front of the entrance gate stands a several-meter-high effigy of the golden World Cup trophy.With its little bell towers and medieval roof spires, the world’s […]
Out of pure curiosity, after finishing high school, Doris Fischer enrolled in Sinology and Business Administration at the University of Hamburg. She didn’t know any Chinese people by name and wasn’t sure if she would even like the program. “After two weeks, I was captivated by it,” she says. The 55-year-old has now been studying […]
Usually, the popular shopping mile in Beijing’s Sanlitun district is more or less deserted during the New Year holidays. But this year is different because many Chinese have followed the government’s request not to travel to their home provinces as a Covid precaution. Many people are drawn to the cinemas to console themselves over the […]
China is increasingly feeling the effects of its decades-old one-child policy. According to data from the Ministry of Public Security, 15 percent fewer newborns were reported in 2020. It said the number of registrations dropped from 11.79 million to 10.04 million. The data does not show the complete picture. For example, experts pointed out that […]
Didi Chuxing, the “Chinese Uber,” has long since surpassed its American role model. More than a hundred million active users, ten billion rides a year, and dozens of millions of drivers make Didi the largest provider of ride services in the world. A significant part of this is due to the company’s President Liu Qing […]
As a 17-year-old, Till Ammelburg experienced a new world: His family moved from southern Germany to Bangkok. His father worked there for the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. “At that time, I was overwhelmed by all the new opportunities,” he says, “and by how my horizons expanded.”Getting to know new cultures and building understanding across national […]
The Covid crisis has clearly left its mark on the order books of the world’s two largest aircraft manufacturers. Due to the pandemic, Airbus delivered 566 aircraft last year. That is 34 percent less than in 2019. The deliveries of US competitor Boeing, which, in addition to the Covid crisis, is still struggling with the […]
Since last year, Jakub Jakóbowski has been the coordinator of the new Connectivity in Eurasia project within the Polish government think tank OSW, the Center for Eastern Studies. Together with other researchers, Jakóbowksi is conducting research on transport, infrastructure and digital networking between China and Europe.His interest in China was sparked ten years ago. At […]
To make it in the Communist Party with its more than 80 million members, you not only need good contacts, a flair for power and patience – but also a little luck. Huang Kunming was often in the right place at the right time. He is part of the so-called “New Zhijiang Army” – a […]
