The Chinese are traveling again. According to the Alibaba travel platform Fliggy, bookings at the start of the five-day Golden Week on May 1 were back to pre-pandemic levels.Although Chinese tourists have once again been traveling en masse to popular destinations such as Thailand, a trend has taken root from the pandemic. Domestic travel destinations […]
Wu Xi has been appointed Deputy Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the People’s Republic. She was most recently Director General of the Department of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is one of three deputies in the TAO and the first woman to hold this post.Werner Schaefer took over […]
The suspected espionage case involving AfD employee Jian G. has revealed a conflicting situation among Chinese expatriates in Germany. Democracy activists of Chinese origin have realized with anger and shock that they had apparently been infiltrated. Yet many of them continue to sympathize with the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a political party […]
The Beijing Auto Show is entering its second week. Our reporters on site note how self-confident China’s NEV start-ups are, many of which have only been around for ten years or less. On the other side are traditional companies that build very good cars and have a lot of experience, including, of course, German brands […]
The Chinese government rejects allegations of espionage in connection with four arrests in Germany as “pure invention.” China “resolutely opposes any smearing and slander,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin in Beijing on Friday. He urged Germany to “be vigilant against attempts to harm bilateral relations.” He added that China had already taken “serious […]
The EU Commission plans to subject the Chinese textile supplier Shein to more extensive controls. According to the Brussels authority, Shein has been added to the category of “very large online platforms” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on Friday – making Shein, like TikTok, subject to stricter regulations.This means that the company must take […]
A university graduate from Hunan went viral last week with a unique way of finding a job. For around 130 euros, he rented a billboard in the Guangzhou Zhujiang Business District metro. On it, the young data analyst displayed his CV with a QR contact code and the message “Finding work and finding a partner […]
German car brands have dominated the premium segment in China for years. Mercedes is number one here, followed by BMW and Audi. The latter two even managed to increase their sales in 2023. So are claims that German car manufacturers are on the decline in China just naysayer talk?Julia Fiedler checked out the situation on […]
The first appointments of Xi Jinping’s Europe visit have been confirmed. As Gergely Gulyas, Chief of Staff to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, explained at a press conference on Thursday, China’s head of state and party leader will visit Hungary from 8 to 10 May. It is in Hungary’s interest to maintain good economic relations […]
Following the espionage allegations against several Germans earlier this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador Patricia Flor in Beijing. Flor made the statement Thursday on the X platform. She called the summons “a quite telling move.” However, she used the opportunity to clarify a few things. “We do not tolerate espionage […]