Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has spoken out in support of China and Brazil’s plan to end the war in Ukraine. According to Fico, Slovakia is joining the “Friends of Peace” group at the United Nations and welcomes the peace plan that Brazil has drawn up together with China. “We are offering all the modest […]
Washington has announced that it will drastically increase tariffs on imports of Chinese raw materials for the solar and semiconductor industries. Specifically, this involves increasing tariffs on solar wafers and polysilicon to 50 percent, as reported by the Financial Times on Wednesday. Tungsten products, which are used in the manufacture of semiconductors among other things, […]
According to the definition, a grimace is “a deliberately strange, bizarre, comical or ugly facial expression,” which already gives you a certain idea. However, the Chinese word for “grimacing” sums up this facial muscle play even more aptly. There it is called 扮鬼脸 bàn guǐliǎn or 做鬼脸 zuò guǐliǎn “to put on a ghost face” […]
The annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Australia, ended without a sound bite at the end of October. And this despite the fact that geopolitics and climate policy met there as if under a burning glass. Negotiations on new marine protection zones in the Antarctic […]
According to its own information, the Chinese government has helped citizens leave Syria. This was announced by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Sunday after the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. They urged Syria to ensure the safety of Chinese institutions and employees. According to the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the Chinese embassy in Syria will […]
Frank Hartmann, Director-General for Asia and the Pacific of the German Federal Foreign Office, does not expect Berlin’s China and Indo-Pacific strategy to significantly change direction after the German parliamentary elections. There is a broad consensus within the parties that de-risking China is necessary, Hartmann said on Thursday in Berlin at the Berlin Taiwan Conference. […]
The thought of gingerbread and coconut macaroons or cinnamon stars is sure to make many people’s hearts sing. And the Chinese also have pleasant associations with cakes, pastries, and other small snacks – at least, that’s what the Chinese name for them suggests. They are called 点心 diǎnxīn, literally “little something for the heart.”This term […]
Fishtail wrinkles (鱼尾 yúwěi “fishtail”; 纹 wén “pattern, grain,” here from 皱纹 zhòuwén “wrinkles”) appeal to some, while others fight them with Botox. Be that as it may: In the Western world, we know the small wrinkles in the eye area with their radial structure colloquially as “crow’s feet,” whereas the Chinese tend to refer […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has returned from her brief stay in China. She spoke with her counterpart Wang Yi for three and a half hours in Beijing. The latter will work hard to foster practical cooperation – but Baerbock remained firm in her positions. Two topics in particular concerned the Green Party politician, writes […]
The EU’s Director-General for Trade, Sabine Weyand, has contradicted reports that the EU and China are close to a minimum price agreement in the tariff dispute over Chinese EVs. “I think there have been some quite confusing reports about the upcoming agreement on battery electric vehicles,” said Sabine Weyand, the EU’s director-general for trade in […]