Initially, Mike Hofmann just wanted to go to China. “The coverage of the Summer Olympics awakened the China fever in me in 2008,” says the 37-year-old manager. Shortly after completing his studies, he was lured to Beijing by a six-month internship at Daimler.That was 14 years ago – and today Mike Hofmann is still there. […]
First, the more-than-frosty meeting in Alaska between Foreign Ministers Antony Blinken and Wang Yi, then the round of sanctions from Beijing against critical European voices. Diplomatically, the last few months have been from rather bumpy to openly aggressive for the Beijing-Brussels-Washington triangle. But on one issue, the EU states, the US, and China now find […]
China is testing the future of internet technology with an experimental network. The starting signal was given at the opening of the “Future Internet Technology Infrastructure” (FITI) test center at Tsinghua University, as state media announced. Accordingly, FITI is to connect around 40 Chinese universities in 35 cities with enormous bandwidth and far lower latency […]
A catchphrase when it comes to the China-EU Investment Agreement (CAI) is “level playing field”. The CAI is supposed to guarantee European companies (better) access to the market in China. However, in its trade policy with the People’s Republic, including the CAI, the EU Commission has so far ignored an important point, warns the think […]
Rome has welcomed the end of talks over a possible sale of Italian truck and bus brand Iveco to China’s FAW Jiefang. The Italian government considers trucks a “strategic national interest”, Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti told Reuters news agency. Iveco is part of Dutch-British group CNH Industrial, which in turn is controlled by Exor, the […]
The EU foreign ministers adopted the international community’s Indo-Pacific strategy yesterday, Monday. The European Union wants to strengthen its influence in various areas to protect EU interests and counter China’s rise to power in the Indo-Pacific region. However, according to a report by Reuters, EU diplomats stressed that the strategy was not explicitly aimed at […]
In a new report, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses China of serious human rights violations against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and outlines how they meet the criteria for crimes against humanity. The Chinese leadership is responsible for systematic policies of mass detention, torture, and cultural persecution, among other things, says […]
When Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, and China’s President Xi Jinping spoke to each other at the end of December 2020 to cement the political agreement on the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI) together with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel, there was discreet amazement among Brussels observers. Why did […]
Some facial expressions say more than a thousand words. A smile creates a good mood and positive reactions in East and West alike. But what does it look like when facial expressions are transferred to the digital world in the form of emoticons or emojis? Whether it’s WhatsApp or WeChat, Europeans and Chinese alike enjoy […]
EU foreign ministers will adopt a joint document on the confederation’s Indo-Pacific strategy at a meeting in Brussels today, according to a media report. The strategy aims to address Beijing’s push in the region and covers various issues, Politico reported. Key points included reducing economic dependence on China and the EU’s role in digitizing Southeast […]