Workstation overlooking the Yangtze River: Utility engineers wait for one of the final parts for a power transmission tower on the 800-kilovolt Baihetan-Zhejiang UHV direct line. This week, work on several transmission towers was completed. With a total length of about 2,140 kilometers, the project is an important part of China’s west-east power supply.
Dominik Fischer is the new Market Manager for China and East Asia at Würth Group. Fischer has held the position since July, having previously spent four years in International Direct Sales, also at Würth. Dominik Brugger is the new Head of Engineering for China at Rena Technologies in Furtwangen. Brugger was previously a development engineer […]
The proposal sounded promising: A major power wants to channel money into Central and Eastern European states, develop infrastructure, revive old factories, and invest in people and local projects that are unable to attract Western investors. The 16+1 format appeared on the scene and a race to become “China’s gateway to Europe” began. For some […]
The proposal sounded promising: A major power wants to channel money into Central and Eastern European states, develop infrastructure, revive old factories, and invest in people and local projects that are unable to attract Western investors. The 16+1 format appeared on the scene and a race to become “China’s gateway to Europe” began. For some […]
For the first time, Beijing has imposed sanctions on a single EU politician, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Agnė Vaiciukevičiūtė. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Vaiciukevičiūtė trampled on the “one China principle” by visiting Taiwan, interfered in China’s internal affairs and undermined China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The ministry did not provide further […]
in the news business, that’s normal. And yet it is frightening how quickly the concerns of the Hong Kong democracy movement have been pushed into the background in the face of the Ukraine war and the increasingly apparent climate crisis in world public opinion. Yet Hong Kong activists from their exiles in London, Taiwan, the […]
Due to a dispute over the name of the event, the WorldPride Taiwan 2025 has been canceled. The LGBTIQ+ event will not take place in the city of Kaohsiung, the organizers in Taiwan announced.The background to the cancellation was that the umbrella organization InterPride refused to include the word “Taiwan” in the title of the […]
Raphael Lanfant has moved from Alibaba to Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. There, Lanfant fills the newly created position of Global VP Channel Sales. At Alibaba, he served as Global Head of International Hotel Partnerships.Merlin Jaeger took over the position of xKD supply chain control China at Audi in August. Jaeger holds a Master of China […]
Sometimes there really is something fishy with learning a language. You make a monkey out of yourself with reckless statements and then try to get the cow off the ice. Or you stand there like a dying duck in a thunderstorm during a conversation and wonder if all your hard work has been for nothing. […]
Following Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia also left the so-called 16+1 format for cooperation between Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and China. “Estonia will continue to work towards constructive and pragmatic relations with China,” the Estonian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. This includes “promoting EU-China relations in accordance with the rules-based international order and values […]