The EU filed another complaint against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The EU Commission accuses Beijing of having empowered its courts to set worldwide royalty rates for EU standard essential patents – without the patent owner’s consent. “This pressures innovative European high-tech companies into lowering their rates on a worldwide basis, thus giving […]
The seemingly temporary TikTok ban in the US may have a surprising effect on language exchange. For instance, the learning app Duolingo has reported a sharp user increase for its Mandarin courses. Meanwhile, the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, which many US TikTok users have switched to, is apparently desperately looking for content moderators who are proficient […]
Jian Li is to become the new Chief Executive Officer at smartphone manufacturer Honor. He follows in the footsteps of George Zhao, who is also leaving the company as a board member for personal reasons. Like Zhao, Li is also a former Huawei employee who played an important role in the company’s international expansion. Li […]
A Taiwanese delegation will also travel to the US for Donald Trump’s inauguration. On Saturday, Han Kuo-yu, the head of the delegation, expressed Taiwan’s ‘highest blessings’ before his departure. “All of our delegation members likewise are taking this enthusiasm to the United States to represent (our) 23 million people, and we extend our highest blessings […]
Patrick Doherty has been VP Head of Sales APJ & China at Siemens Healthineers since November. Doherty has worked for Siemens’ medical technology divisions for over 14 years. Most recently, he was VP Head of Sales EMEA West. He will remain based in Germany.Martin Xu has been Chief Operating Officer China Factory at the German […]
Chinese authorities in Tibet have discovered cracks and other damage to five dams. The inspection of a total of 14 facilities in the region followed last week’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake.Three of the five affected dams have reportedly already been drained. In the district of Tingri, the earthquake’s epicenter, a dam’s walls have tilted, forcing the […]
Vitali Taubert has been Executive Director & Executive Director Business Strategy & Development at Lei Shing Hong Auto China since January. The Hong Kong-based company is active in the automotive and construction machinery trade as well as in project development. Taubert has worked for the Group for several years, most recently as Executive Director & […]
As of last November, South Koreans can travel to China without a visa. Shanghai in particular has seen a sharp rise in visitor numbers since then. In addition to landmarks such as the Pearl Tower, an unassuming house in the financial district of Xintiandi attracts Korean visitors. The South Korean exile government established its headquarters […]
It’s an unintentionally funny and, in a way, accidental soft power victory for China: As TikTok will be banned in the US, thousands of American users of the short video app have decided to switch to entirely Chinese platforms in a collective gesture of protest. Along the lines of: “If the US government is worried […]
China continues to face major challenges this year. This is the conclusion reached by hundreds of China experts surveyed by the think tank Merics (Mercator Institute for China Studies) for its annual “China Forecast“. Merics announced the results on Wednesday.According to the survey, 65% of the experts surveyed believe that growth will remain below the […]