The assassination attempt on Donald Trump dwarfed a food scandal as the topic of the hour over the weekend. Hashtags such as “Trump has been shot #特朗普遭遇枪击,” or “Trump explains bullet in right ear #特朗普称右耳被子弹击穿” quickly reached millions of clicks. Just a few hours after the incident, Chinese e-commerce platforms such as Taobao were selling […]
When China began to open up to the West in the late 1980s, subcultural trends also found their way into the People’s Republic. To this day, punk rock has remained a fairly vibrant niche, which, depending on the founding legend, originated either in Beijing or Wuhan. Today, it even evolved into a small cultural export. […]
Arnaud Boehmann has been Policy Officer at the Federal Foreign Office since July. Boehmann studied sinology in Hamburg and Chengdu and has published freelance articles on China-related topics. He specializes in climate and security issues.Ashleigh Lynch has been Vice President Off-Wing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Asia Pacific & Greater China at Rolls-Royce since June. […]
Driven by the success of Temu and Shein, Amazon plans to source more goods directly from China. Without middlemen and without warehousing in Amazon’s own logistics centers, the aim is to have them reach the buyer within nine to eleven days. On average, these no-name products cost under 20 US dollars – conditions that Temu […]
According to a report by Bloomberg, Microsoft has instructed its employees in China to use only iPhones for work-related tasks and to remove Android devices from the corporate network. This measure is part of Microsoft’s global Secure Future Initiative (SFI) aimed at enhancing cybersecurity. Microsoft will provide its employees with the latest iPhone models.The decision […]
Eva Langerbeck is the new delegate of the German Trade Office Taipei. Most recently, she worked as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Corporate Services at AHK Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Lorenzo Busan has been Program Engineer Interior China at FACC AG since June. The Austrian company with a Chinese core shareholder develops and produces […]
Amid media buzz, artifacts for the exhibition “On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt” are gradually arriving in China. The exhibition will take place at the Shanghai Museum from July 19, 2024, to Aug. 17, 2025. All online tickets are already sold out through September. The exhibition, created in collaboration with Egypt’s […]
“Are you giving me money? No? Then don’t bother me!” A young man hurled these words at an elderly passenger in the Shenyang subway after he had asked for his seat. A video of the visibly enraged passenger immediately went viral on China’s social media. Videos from Wuhan and Beijing also soon circulated, showing the […]
At the guest performance in the auditorium of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, the Beijing Dance Academy introduced the audience to Chinese history using perfectly illuminated poses. One of the dances was dedicated to the life of Li Bai, the famous poet of the Tang dynasty. The troupe visited Romania for this year’s Sibiu International […]
52 million dogs and 70 million cats – according to estimates by the marketing company Petdata.cn, that is how many pets live in the People’s Republic. As the number of pets increases, so does the likelihood of some of them disappearing or even being stolen, a new profession has emerged: Pet detectives. They offer their […]