Rapeseed as a tourist attraction: Xinghua, located in the coastal province of Jiangsu, has built a special site crisscrossed by small canals, complete with pavilions and traditionally designed boats. From the air, the site looks almost like yellow Chinese characters surrounded by water. In April, rapeseed blossoms all over southern China.
China and Russia once again used Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s meeting with his counterpart Wang Yi as an opportunity to show solidarity. “Beijing and Moscow will continue to strengthen strategic cooperation on the world stage and provide each other with strong support,” Wang said, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. “Under the strong leadership […]
The USA and China are engaged in an ever-fiercer battle for influence in Southeast Asia. However, the region refuses to choose between the bickering superpowers. Instead, it tries to find a way to benefit from both sides.This balance is reflected in diplomatic relations: For example, the newly elected future Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto first traveled […]
The Danish biotech company Genmab AS acquired ProfoundBio, a company founded by the Chinese biologist and pharmacologist Zhao Baiteng. Genmab announced in Copenhagen that the acquisition at a price of 1.8 billion US dollars will expand and strengthen the company’s own oncology portfolio.Profound Bio is currently developing novel antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment […]
Who decides on climate policy in China – and through which processes – is not easily discernible in the opaque structures of the Communist Party. However, one trend is clear: Since 2014, China’s system has increasingly been tailored to President Xi Jinping, who took office at that time. Consequently, Xi also sets the tone for […]
Taiwan’s former President Ma Ying-jeou has been visiting China since Easter Monday – for the second time since March 2023. Once again, he is officially there in private, but his mission is to promote ties between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. On his eleven-day trip, Ma will also hold political talks again and […]
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has suspended trading in shares of the troubled property group Country Garden. The reason: The former Chinese industry giant unexpectedly reported on Thursday that it had to postpone the publication of its financial statements for 2023 to gather further information, which is a violation of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s […]
According to a recent survey, more than half of people in Southeast Asia would prefer China as an ally to the US if they had to choose between the two superpowers. In the “State of Southeast Asia 2024” survey published on Tuesday by the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, more people favored the People’s […]
According to new data from the National Energy Administration (NEA), China also further accelerated the expansion of wind and solar energy in the first two months of 2024. In January and February, photovoltaic systems with a capacity of 36.7 gigawatts (GW) were connected to the grid – 80 percent more than in the same period […]
Who decides on climate policy in China – and through which processes – is not easily discernible in the opaque structures of the Communist Party. However, one trend is clear: Since 2014, China’s system has increasingly been tailored to President Xi Jinping, who took office at that time. Consequently, Xi also sets the tone for […]