President Xi Jinping has arrived in France. On Sunday afternoon, he landed at Orly Airport south of Paris accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan and was received there by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Alongside the summit talks with his counterpart Emmanuel Macron and – at times – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, he […]
The two new US and Chinese climate envoys, John Podesta and Liu Zhenmin, will meet in Washington in early May. Podesta announced the meeting on Tuesday. The two plan to resume bilateral climate cooperation talks amid simmering tensions over trade and security. Close coordination between the USA and China is considered crucial for achieving greater […]
The news that everyone was waiting for – but which came as a surprise – broke the day before the May vacations: The Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party will take place after all, in July. This was decided by the Politburo on Tuesday, the official news agency Xinhua reported. The […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with President Xi Jinping at the conclusion of his China trip on Friday. The two agreed to set up a new working group on artificial intelligence, which is to begin its work in the coming weeks. Bloomberg quotes the top politicians as saying that this was a signal […]
For the first time, a Chinese intelligence agency employee has been arrested in Germany. The accused, Jian G., was not simply recruited to spy for China. According to the German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, he is a member of a Chinese intelligence agency – a trained agent who even acquired German citizenship some time ago.G. […]
Following pressure from the United States, Mexico increasingly keeps Chinese car manufacturers at arm’s length. According to an exclusive Reuters report, the government no longer plans to offer incentives such as cheap public land or tax breaks for investments in electric car production. Furthermore, Reuters recently reported, citing three anonymous Mexican officials, that officials had […]
The ground beneath many Chinese cities is constantly sinking. 45 percent of the country’s urban areas are sinking at a rate of more than three millimeters per year, according to a report by the German Press Agency citing a Chinese study published in Science. In 16 percent of cases, it is even more than ten […]
The bright yellow rape blossom is followed by the bright pink color of the bougainvillea in Chinese spring. The false flowers, which mainly grow in subtropical regions, have also become a tourist attraction, like here in a valley in the Qingxiu Mountains near Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Autonomous Region.A visitor center has been built […]
During his flight from Berlin to Chongqing, Chancellor Scholz is informed of Iran’s attacks against Israel. Nevertheless, he continues with his plan to visit the Yangtze metropolis after briefly commenting on the situation. The first stop on the Chancellor’s three-day visit to China is Bosch Hydrogen Powertrain Systems (Chongqing), a joint venture of the automotive […]
China experts urged for a systematic assessment of risks and critical dependencies in business with the People’s Republic during a public session of the Bundestag’s Economic Affairs Committee on Wednesday. So far, there have only been isolated studies on risks related to raw materials and critical components, said Thomas Koenig, Head of the China Desk […]