This pizza from the fast-food chain Pizza Hut currently turns heads in Taiwan: It is topped with breaded popcorn chicken, squid rings, tempura – and Oreo cookies with Parmesan. The unusual combination has been available for a good week. First food reviews are even surprisingly fond of the cookie-cheese crust.
Marie von Mallinckrodt will become ARD correspondent in Beijing on August 1. The 44-year-old succeeds Daniel Satra. From 2014 to 2020, von Mallinckrodt was a correspondent in the ARD capital studio.Christoph Braun has been appointed Head of Innovation & Development China at German automotive supplier Carcoustics this month. Previously, Braun worked for the Leverkusen-based company […]
Six years ago, when Kuka was bought by the Chinese household appliance manufacturer Midea, there was a great outcry that the robot manufacturer from Augsburg was cheaply handing over German know-how and technology to China. Kuka stands exemplarily for the sellout of Germany. Today, Tuesday, the Chinese parent company Midea is planning the next big […]
What looks like the dusty imprint of a moth are actually the remains of creatures that roamed the Earth’s oceans around 485 million years ago: The trilobites documented in Zhenxiong in southwest China’s Yunnan Province are providing researchers with new insights into the extinct class of marine creatures. The discovery by scientists from Peking University, […]
The German government looks with concern at the consequences of China’s zero-Covid policy. “If China continues to be affected by lockdowns, new supply bottlenecks and a slowdown in world trade are possible,” according to the monthly report of the Ministry of Economics published on Friday. The forecast for German foreign trade in the coming months […]
China expects a record number of university graduates and wants to promote their recruitment by companies. Smaller companies hiring such candidates are to be provided with subsidies, according to the State Council. Graduates who set up a start-up will receive tax breaks and better loan conditions. In addition, free business and office space will be […]
Alexis Tsang and Philip Sun will jointly head Equities Sales in China at US investment bank Goldman Sachs. Tsang will also lead the bank’s hedge fund business along with Laurianne Curtil and Fred Grunberger.Tim Tu and Aaron Oh will head the financing division for the Asia-Pacific region at the major Swiss bank Credit Suisse. They […]
For the past couple of weeks, several companies in China have been operating in a so-called closed loop. This means that employees eat, sleep and live at their workplace – usually in or near factories. With European labor laws in mind, this seems unthinkable. But even in the People’s Republic, a six-day week with twelve-hour […]
The visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to China is scheduled for the end of the month. Michelle Bachelet is expected to begin the long-planned trip at the end of May, a spokeswoman for the United Nations told Reuters. Bachelet’s visit to China will include the Xinjiang region (China.Table reported). The exact date […]
E.G. Morse has been appointed Co-Head for China by US investment bank Goldman Sachs. Morse previously served as CEO for Singapore. He will lead Goldman Sachs’ operations in the People’s Republic from Shanghai together with Cai Wei and Fan Xiang.