Mathias Reimann joined Bosch this month as the new vice-president of Driver Assistance Systems and chairman of the regional business unit for Bosch in China. Reiman previously served as vice-president of engineering and also held various other positions at Bosch.Benjamin Friedel is the new Head of HR Global Consultation China at Daimler AG. Friedel also […]
Three Chinese taikonauts want to set a record for the Chinese space program: for six months Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and Wang Yaping want to live in the core module “Tianhe”. The “Shenzhou 13” spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Jiuquan spaceport at the edge of the Gobi Desert at 00:23 local time Saturday […]
Employees of Chinese tech companies and freelance programmers are rallying on the Internet against excessive overtime in the industry. The “Worker Lives Matter” campaign calls on tech employees and others to publicly record their working hours. A spreadsheet on the platform GitHub received a lot of attention on Thursday and was shared on social media. […]
More than a dozen provincial Chinese governments have raised concerns over a lack of daycare spots and tight school funding in the wake of the recent education reform. The authorities of Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Henan had pointed out in evaluation reports on the local school system that public funds and teachers were lacking, business magazine […]
German citizens have little concern about a conflict between Europe and China, according to a survey. Around one in two do not fear tensions between Europe and the People’s Republic, according to a study published on Wednesday by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) on the Germans’ opinion of security. According to the study, however, there […]
Ralf Schmidt is the new Senior Manager of Passive Safety and Restraint System at Daimler Greater China. Schmidt previously held various positions at Daimler AG in China and Germany. Kathrin Mauch took up the position of Senior Manager Revenue Controlling Greater China/NAFTA & Pricing Products at Mercedes-Benz AG earlier this month. She was previously Head […]
Was it the last phone call between Xi Jinping and Angela Merkel? The German chancellor and China’s president met via video conference for a “farewell talk”, according to a spokeswoman for the German government. According to the statement, Merkel and Xi discussed the development of bilateral relations and current issues on the international agenda, such […]
Many young people in China’s cities are growing skeptical about marriage. The reluctance is even stronger among women than men, according to a survey by the Communist Youth League. Some 44 percent of the women surveyed said they did not want to marry or were unsure whether they wanted to tie the knot, DPA reported. […]
Another Soccer World Cup 2022 without China? The People’s Republic team lost the match in Jeddah against Saudi Arabia by a narrow margin of 3:2. China is therefore only in fifth place in the Asian World Cup Group B qualification after four matches. Now it urgently needs points in the upcoming games against Oman (November […]