For the third time within a short period, Shanghai has issued a heat warning of the highest level. The metropolis expects temperatures of at least 40 degrees on Friday. The warning is intended to alert residents. For example, construction work or other outdoor activities should be suspended. Shanghai has already issued three top-level alerts in […]
After a break of about two years, a trade dialogue between the EU and China will take place next week. Commissioner for Trade and EU Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will meet with China’s Vice Premier Liu He in a video conference on July 19, the EU Directorate-General for Trade confirmed. Commissioner for Financial Services Mairead […]
One last handshake, then it’s time to go: These students are waiting in Shanghai for admission to their Gaokao exam. Final exams didn’t start in Shanghai until this Monday. Due to the COVID lockdown, the Gaokao in the metropolis had been postponed by a month.
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Thesituation in Sri Lanka is dramatic. The country is mired in the deepest economic crisis in its history. Unemployment and rising prices are driving people onto the streets, while the national budget is being crushed by a huge mountain of debt. On the weekend, insurgents even stormed the president’s palace.But who is to blame for […]
One of China’s most popular up-and-coming actors has closed his own entertainment company and taken a job with a state-sponsored theater: 22-year-old Jackson Yee (Yi Yangqianxi), who rose to fame as a member of the popular boy band TFBoys, has signed on as an actor with the National Theatre of China, according to the Ministry […]
Jan Harnisch is the new Global CEO for the logistics company Rhenus Air & Ocean. Harnisch takes over the position together with Tobias Koenig. As Global COO and CEO for Far East Asia, Harnisch was previously also responsible for the China business. Martin Tschendel has been Product Controller for VW subsidiary Mobility Asia in Beijing […]
What do cats, politicians’ shirtsleeves, dumbbells and BBQ skewers have in common? You can “roll them up” in China. You heard right. Because all these things can be combined in Chinese with a trendy verb, for which a similarly flexible dictionary entry has yet to be found in the West.撸 lū is the magic word […]
Volkswagen has appointed a human rights officer following growing criticism of its Xinjiang plant. Kerstin Waltenberg is part of the compliance department and is to report directly to the board of management in this function. Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess presented the appointment to the supervisory board on Friday.The appointment of Waltenberg is primarily a preparation […]