It’s not news that Western networks are not particularly welcome in the People’s Republic – but it was surprising how relentlessly China’s leadership has been cracking down on the tech sector since the middle of this year. After all, the sector is highly innovative and a growth engine for the country. For economist Doris Fischer […]
The case of a dog brutally killed by anti-epidemic workers has sparked outrage on Chinese social media over the weekend. The incident occurred in the Golden Phoenix Garden community in the Xinzhou district of Shangrao, a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of Jiangxi province. Due to a new confirmed case of COVID-19, the […]
Just ahead of the first video summit on Monday between US President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping, the two sides have warned each other. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, “expressed concern about the People’s Republic of China’s continued military, diplomatic, and economic pressure on […]
US whistleblower Frances Haugen is currently on tour in Europe: In Brussels, Paris, and Berlin, the 37-year-old warned of the power of the Facebook platform and its newly named parent company Metaverse. Chances are that Beijing listened eagerly to the deliberations on data theft and manipulation because, while it is not news that Western networks […]
China has secured a last-minute watering down language on efforts to phase out coal power at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26. Together with India, the Chinese delegation insisted on not signing the climate pact in Glasgow until the commitments to phase out coal power and fossil fuel subsidies were watered down, the Financial Times […]
Brussels will present two important advances this week to position itself against China: On Monday, the so-called strategic compass, a document on the European Union’s military strategy, will be presented at the meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers. Then on Wednesday, the presentation of the Global Gateway infrastructure initiative will take place: Strategic compass: […]
The coalition agreement between the SPD, FDP, and Greens could see Berlin take on a harsher official tone towards Beijing. Relations with China should be shaped in the “dimensions of partnership, competition and system rivalry“, reported Der Spiegel, citing a draft of the paper. So far, the term “system rivalry” has not appeared with regard […]
More than a year before the planned supply chain law comes into force, German companies in China are already concerned. About a third (31 percent) of companies surveyed in the People’s Republic are already preparing for the implementation of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, according to a survey by the Chamber of Foreign Trade […]
In the face of a global semiconductor shortage, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced plans to build a new fab on the island. It is to be built in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Reuters reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the new chip factory will produce both 7-nanometer chips and 28-nanometer semiconductors. […]
Switzerland’s foreign minister is not convinced that his country will join Western countries’ sanctions against China. Bern is taking a “special path” for the important trading partner, Ignazio Cassis said. “It’s a balancing act. On the one hand, we have difficult discussions with China about human rights, but on the other hand, the country is […]