The EU Commission will presumably not present a legislative proposal on outbound investment screening after all. Instead, it will only be a non-binding white paper, according to reports in Brussels. It is part of a package of measures on economic security that the Brussels authority intends to present on January 24 according to current plans. […]
Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib visit Beijing this week – the first representatives of an EU member state this year. Lahbib has been in Shanghai since Tuesday and will join the rest of the delegation in Beijing on Thursday. It is the first visit by a Belgian head of […]
What looks like a new video game is actually Taiwan’s Election-O-Mat. It is designed to assist undecided voters in finding their best candidate before casting their votes. However, the pixelated individuals here don’t engage in a jump-and-run adventure. Users can arrive at a result by answering ten questions. This Election-O-Mat is created by the digital […]
Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib visit Beijing this week – the first representatives of an EU member state this year. Lahbib has been in Shanghai since Tuesday and will join the rest of the delegation in Beijing on Thursday. It is the first visit by a Belgian head of […]
China’s military has been conducting routine patrols with its naval and air forces in the South China Sea since Wednesday, as announced by the Southern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army. The patrols are expected to continue on Thursday. The forces in the region are on high alert at all times and will defend […]
The German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) is reportedly examining allegations of irregularities in a biodiesel project in China. German biofuel manufacturers had previously criticized that Upstream Emission Reduction Certificates (UER) issued by DEHSt to some international companies for their emission reduction projects in China were allegedly based on false information.UER certificates are granted for low-emission […]
Stefan Hummrich is the new Vice President IT Robotics and Corporate Functions at the robotics company Kuka. Hummrich was previously Vice President Data-Driven Automation. Kuka has been majority-owned by the Chinese Midea Group since 2016. Tadato Kimura has moved from his role as Vice President and Head of Marketing at Sony China in Shanghai to […]
January: The People’s Republic celebrates the first Chinese New Year without coronavirus restrictions on January 21. The official restrictions were abruptly lifted in early December following protests in Beijing and Shanghai. What followed was a massive Coronavirus wave in China. The leadership in Beijing wanted the Year of the Rabbit to return the country’s economy […]
China and Nicaragua aim to expand their bilateral cooperation with a free trade agreement. The battered Central American state receives economic support that the regime of President Daniel Ortega in Managua urgently needs. In return, Beijing gains more influence in the geographical proximity of the USA.The announcement of the strategic partnership between China and Nicaragua […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has described the close relationship between his country and Russia as a “strategic decision” by both sides. This is based on the “fundamental interests of both peoples,” Xi told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during his visit to Beijing on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Both countries should “deepen cooperation […]