Andreas Rade will become the new Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) from January 2022. In his new position, he will also be responsible for the office in China, the association announced. Rade is currently Managing Director at the capital office of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA).
China is counting on good cooperation with the future German Federal Government of the SPD, Greens, and FDP. “I hope that the new German government will continue its pragmatic China policy and meet China halfway,” a foreign ministry spokesman said in Beijing on Thursday, according to a report by Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Bilateral relations should be […]
Just let yourself be pulled: In Harbin, a saucer sled is the preferred mode of transportation for this pink snow bunny. Blizzards blanketed northeast China’s Heilongjiang province with snow at the start of the week.
China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping has once again declared that he is not engaged in power politics. The People’s Republic wants to get along peacefully with its neighbors, never seeks domination and, as a big country, does not bully smaller states, Xi assured at a virtual meeting with ASEAN leaders on […]
Joy Fan will become President and CEO of US cosmetics group Estée Lauder Companies for China in February 2022.
Chinese technology company Build Your Dreams (BYD) has shipped electric buses to Deutsche Bahn AG in Germany. The handover of the five electric 12-meter buses took place in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, BYD announced on Monday. DB had signed a framework agreement with BYD in March 2021 to introduce electric buses in 2021 and beyond. The […]
Car manufacturer Great Wall Motor (GWM) has opened its new European headquarters in Munich. This will make the German city the central location for the continental European market, the company announced. “As one of the most successful automobile manufacturers in China, we have already successfully established a foothold in many international markets. The launch in […]
When chemical giant BASF revealed its first financial figures of the year back in May, the optimism coming from its headquarters in Ludwigshafen was clearly audible. The targets for 2021 were raised, thanks above all to the Chinese market. Sales in the People’s Republic rose by 43 percent compared to the first quarter of 2020. […]
an MEP explains the background to a memorable meeting. Charlie Weimers was one of the parliamentarians who met Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu at the end of October. From Beijing’s point of view, a breach of taboo – but for Weimers, just the beginning. Now that China is ramping up its threats against the island, […]