The Western alliances want at all costs to prevent Beijing from moving closer to Russia or even supplying Moscow with weapons. During the marathon summit of NATO, the G7, and the European Union in Brussels on Thursday, politicians repeatedly called on China to distance itself from Russia. But so far, Beijing has responded in the […]
The European Union wants to coordinate with partner nations like the United States and Japan in the event of Chinese support for Russia in the Ukraine crisis. US President Joe Biden is heading to Brussels this week for a G7 and NATO meeting. Biden is also attending a summit of EU leaders with Japanese Prime […]
Due to the ongoing trade embargo, EU member state Lithuania’s exports to China have fallen drastically in early 2022. In January and February, exports fell 88.4 percent year-on-year to $9.5 million, according to data from China’s customs authority. The People’s Republic has blocked Lithuanian goods in its customs system since early December. The data does […]
a plane crash is big news even when war and pandemic kill many people every day. Horror on a global scale does not supersede regional and personal tragedies. And we have learned to rely on the airplane as a safe means of transportation. All the greater the shock of seeing smoking debris on a mountainside. […]
Russia’s war in Ukraine is a constant topic in the German media. The situation is very different in China. There, the war plays a much smaller role in the media. The video footage and images shown there are strictly curated. There are only a few reports from Chinese journalists on the ground. In addition, journalists […]
After more than ten years of negotiations, European institutions in Brussels have agreed on new public procurement legislation that is intended, among other things, to eliminate Chinese low-cost bids. This was confirmed on Monday evening by Daniel Caspary (CDU), the MEP responsible in the EU Parliament, on Twitter. The International Procurement Instrument (IPI) is intended […]
Until now, China’s zero-covid strategy has been considered highly successful. With strict lockdowns, large-scale mass testing, and digital tracking, it seemed as if the government in Beijing could also keep Corona under control. But what was already evident in Hong Kong is now spreading to the mainland: the number of new infections is rising rapidly […]
The US House of Representatives wants to ban the US State Department from buying maps that show Taiwan as part of China. The amendment is part of the US government spending bill passed by the lower house last week. The bill clears government spending for Washington till the end of the year. In a section […]
According to its own statement, Russia is counting on China to cushion the impact of sanctions imposed by Western countries. The sanctions have cut off Moscow’s access to just over half of its $640 billion in gold and foreign currency reserves, Russia’s Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said on Sunday, according to a Reuters report. […]
Guntram Wolff is the new director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). The current director of the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel will take up the post on August 1. Wolff’s predecessor Cathryn Cluever-Ashbrook had left the organization in mid-February, effective immediately.Mario Struebing is the new Director Aftersales at FAW-Volkswagen in Hangzhou, […]