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Amelie Richter

Amelie Richter Published: June 1st, 2022

01.06.2022_Dessert

你生日快乐 ! For his first birthday, giant panda baby Sheng Yi gets an icy cake with fruits. Sheng Yi lives at the Giant Panda Conservation Center at Negara Zoo near Kuala Lumpur. The baby panda’s special day coincides with the 48th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia – which was especially celebrated in […]

Amelie Richter Published: June 1st, 2022

Switzerland: trade negotiations on hold

Negotiations on the free trade agreement between Switzerland and China are not progressing due to disagreements on human rights issues, according to media reports. The last meeting took place in 2018. Since then, there have only been “informal contacts,” as the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) confirmed to the NZZ. Switzerland would actually be […]

Amelie Richter Published: June 1st, 2022

01.06.2022_Personalien

Stefan Justl is leaving his post as General Manager at communications agency Storymaker China on June 1. His successor will be Adam Lou. Zhang Gong, head of China’s State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR), has been appointed as the new Deputy Party Chief of the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin.

Amelie Richter Published: May 30th, 2022

05/31/2022_Edi_Trade

First the Corona pandemic, then the war in Ukraine – global supply chains are under a lot of pressure these days. It is therefore not surprising that more and more governments are considering unbundling the global economy, andthe German government is currently finding that it is too dependent on China. There-nationalization ofindividual supply chainsis therefore […]

Amelie Richter Published: May 30th, 2022

30.05.2022_Personalien

Urs Thoma recently became coordinator for Denso in Beijing. The company manufactures automotive components.Rui Zhu is the new Board Director of ATRenew, a Chinese transaction and service platform for used consumer electronics.

Amelie Richter Published: May 24th, 2022

Macron’s China whisperer: Buon Tan is again running for office

In the 13th arrondissement of Paris, China plays a major role: The district in the southeast of the French capital is home to the most famous “Chinatown” in the country. Here, supermarkets are joined by restaurants and decorative stores selling goods from the Far East. The roots of its owners lie in the People’s Republic, […]

Amelie Richter Published: May 23rd, 2022

05/24/2022_Edi_Trade

US President Joe Biden wants to make up for the diplomatic shortsightedness of his predecessor Donald Trump. He has his hands full, especially in Asia. Biden is currently in the region, which willcontinue to be decisive in geopolitical terms in the struggle between China and the United States for global leadership.Biden took his time accordingly: […]

Amelie Richter Published: May 23rd, 2022

Beijing’s Europe expert travels to Brussels

After the fruitless EU-China summit in early April, diplomats from both sides are apparently now trying to pick up the pieces: Beijing will send its Special Envoy for Europe Wu Hongbo to Brussels this week, as EU sources confirmed to China.Table. Accordingly, Wu will meet several representatives of the European External Action Service (EEAS).Wu had […]

Amelie Richter Published: May 23rd, 2022

Beijing’s Europe expert travels to Brussels

After the fruitless EU-China summit in early April, diplomats from both sides are apparently now trying to pick up the pieces: Beijing will send its Special Envoy for Europe Wu Hongbo to Brussels this week, as EU sources confirmed to China.Table. Accordingly, Wu will meet several representatives of the European External Action Service (EEAS). He […]

Amelie Richter Published: May 19th, 2022

EU-Taiwan talks receive upgrade

The trade dialogue between the EU and Taiwan will receive a staff boost: The negotiations between Brussels and Taipei scheduled for early June will be led by the EU Director-General for Trade, Sabine Weyand, and Taiwanese Minister of Economic Affairs, Wang Mei-hua. EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis made the announcement Wednesday at the European Parliament’s […]