How certifications from third countries like China will be dealt with under the European Union’s planned CO2 border adjustment is not yet clear, according to an EU Commission representative. “We are now trying to learn from mistakes within the EU,” Gerassimos Thomas said Thursday during a debate on the border levy. Thomas is an official […]
Just a few years ago, all signs were pointing towards growth – now China’s second-largest real estate group Evergrande is going downhill. And this dramatic slump has a troublesome reason: reports about payment stops are circulating. China’s stock market now fears the worst. Our author Ning Wang takes a look at the week that has […]
The European Union plans closer cooperation with countries in the Indo-Pacific region in the digital sector. As part of the Indo-Pacific strategy that the European Commission will present next week, the EU wants to seek digital partnership agreements with Japan, South Korea and Singapore, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. According to the report, the agreements aim […]
Denny Herrmann is Head of Series Planning Foshan at FAW-Volkswagen since the beginning of August. Previously, Herrmann was Executive Assistant to the Vice President (Technology) / Head of Strategy Planning, also at FAW-Volkswagen.After more than three years as Project Executive at Airbus China Innovation Center, Andreas Maurmaier was appointed new Head of Architecture & Operation […]
China has pledged humanitarian aid worth 200 million yuan for Afghanistan (about 26 million euros). The goods include grain, medicine and vaccines, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing announced on Thursday, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP). According to the report, Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the pledge during a video conference with his […]
Just the other day, the president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, Jörg Wuttke, told me how he travelled through China 44 times on domestic flights in the pandemic year of 2020. The frequent flyer noticed that almost all passengers were Chinese, “Only once I walked by a foreigner at an airport. That […]
What is your priority: clear words on human rights or a smooth trade?In the fight against the climate crisis, there is no way around cooperation with China. At the same time, a modern trade policy cannot be pursued in isolation from the issue of human rights. What is smooth about trade if it violates human […]
The UK has ordered a review of the takeover of a graphene manufacturer by a Chinese academic. UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has ordered the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate the proposed takeover of the small Perpetuus Group by Taurus International or other companies with ties to Chinese academic Zhongfu Zhou, The Guardian […]
According to EU Council President Charles Michel, the European Union must find its own path in China policy and not take sides in the rivalry between the US and the People’s Republic . “There is no doubt that we share the same democratic values and the same political model as the United States. At the […]