After several delays, an EU-China summit is scheduled for early April. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council President Charles Michel as well as China’s President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang are to meet virtually on April 1, as several EU sources told China.Table. The summit was delayed many times since last […]
in the folklore about the Chinese market, high-priced German products are always self-sellers that just fly to the customer with a black-red-gold sticker on the package. The reality of marketing looks much more arduous. Forest Liu talks about this in an interview with Frank Sieren. Liu sells the lenses and cameras of Munich-based manufacturer Arri […]
Andreas Scheuer, former German Minister of Transport, has been elected as the new President of Asienbrücke. Commenting on his election, Scheuer said: “Asia is more than China. Just looking at the value partners in the region – at our allied democracies, market economies with openness to free and fair trade, science and research partners in […]
While the Omicron wave is already in full motion in the rest of the world, there have only been few new infections in Hong Kong. There was even hope that the border to mainland China would soon be reopened and that quarantine regulations in the special administrative region would be eased. Now, however, infections are […]
Australia and Lithuania have pledged mutual support against economic pressure from China. Australia has long been the most prominent example of how China uses economics and trade as political leverage, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said at a meeting with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne in Canberra on Wednesday. “Now Lithuania joins this exclusive club,” […]
The mascot of the Winter Olympics has turned out to be a real bestseller in China. Shoppers are lining up for hours in Beijing despite freezing night temperatures to get their hands on a stuffed plush version of the chubby panda in a snowsuit named Bing Dwen Dwen. Those who don’t want to wait in […]
Arno Kiefer has been in charge of China coordination at Phoenix Contact E-Mobility since the beginning of the year. Kiefer previously worked for the electronic components supplier as Director Market Development Surge Protection.Martin F. Petersen is the new Head of Production Planning Press Parts PP1 for Volkswagen in Anhui. Before moving to China, Petersen held […]
In the coming weeks, the European Union will begin talks with China over its alleged violation of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules concerning its trade blockade of Lithuania. Beijing has agreed to the consultation request submitted by Brussels to the WTO in Geneva last month, the South China Morning Post reported, citing EU sources. Talks […]
Because of the global semiconductor shortage, the EU Commission wants to monitor supply chains more closely in the future. The Brussels-based authority presented the corresponding “European Chips Act” on Tuesday. It provides for the creation of a new task force with representatives from the Commission, member states, and industry. The coordination mechanism is to gather […]
In Slovenia, the opposition has prevented a draft bill that would exclude providers such as the Chinese telecommunications group Huawei from the market. Huawei was not specifically mentioned in the bill. But the legislation would have excluded providers that have been flagged as a risk by law. Slovenia and the US had signed a non-binding […]