Is China reinventing the entertainment industry? So-called micro-dramas 微短剧 have quickly turned the streaming market upside down. These are online shows with an average episode length of two minutes and are best consumed on a smartphone. The stories, which are shot in vertical format, have to keep the audience hooked, so the plot twists and […]
The deadline approaches – overnight into Friday, the EU’s provisional additional tariffs on Chinese vehicles will come into effect. Negotiations thus far have yielded no resolution, report Amelie Richter and Till Hoppe. Manufacturers must brace for the rates announced in June – meaning between 17 and 38.1 percent on top of the existing ten percent. […]
The dependency of the German industry on foreign suppliers has slightly increased since 2020. This conclusion comes from a new study published on Wednesday by the Prognos Institute. The study finds that direct import dependency has fundamentally remained unchanged despite increasing risks, and in most sectors, it has even slightly increased. The study was commissioned […]
The tensions between China and Taiwan have escalated with the seizure of a Taiwanese fishing boat by the People’s Republic of China. Chinese officials boarded the boat near the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen Islands and brought it to a Chinese port on Tuesday evening, according to the Taiwanese Coast Guard on Wednesday. Taiwan sent its own Coast […]
Wedding sweets, known as 结婚喜糖, are an important part of Chinese wedding celebrations. They are carefully chosen and symbolize good luck, success and healthy offspring depending on their names. However, due to the declining marriage rate, their demand has significantly decreased. This trend is noticeable even in cityscapes, such as in Zigu Street in Nanchang, […]
According to government circles, the sale of Volkswagen’s gas turbine business to China has failed because of a veto by the German government. The gas turbine division of MAN Energy Solutions cannot be sold to the Chinese CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co (GHGT) under the Foreign Trade and Payments Act because its parent company, […]
Italian customs investigators seized a Chinese shipment of over six tons of raw materials for the production of synthetic drugs at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on Monday. According to the officials, the goods are worth 630 million euros. The precursors included substances used in the production of pills, such as ecstasy with the high-dose active ingredient […]
Does China have a Jurassic Park? Social media users asked themselves this question last week when a video quickly went viral with millions of views. It shows a village whose residents seemingly managed to breed dinosaurs. As it turned out, the video was filmed to look like a TV report and was made solely with […]
Jianwei Zhang will become Chairman of Bombardier China with immediate effect. The Canadian aircraft manufacturer continues to be represented in China with long-haul aircraft and offers maintenance and support services at a service center in Tianjin.Joost Soomers has been Inventory Team Manager for Greater China at KLM since June. He previously was the Revenue Management […]
Your research looks into different forms of migration. How do Chinese citizens and academics actually perceive the German migration policies of the last few years, which are now mirrored in a shift to the political right, for example, during the last European elections?In my view it is not a major topic. I am not aware […]