Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko traveled to Beijing on Sunday to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is his second trip to China this year. Lukashenko is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.The visit on Sunday is described as a “working visit”, as reported by the state Belarusian news agency BelTA. “Trade, […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Shanghai for the first time since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday and Wednesday, he visited several places to learn about the city’s efforts to strengthen its competitiveness as an international financial center, as reported by the state news agency Xinhua.During his visit, Xi toured the Shanghai Futures […]
Wang Yi is set to visit Vietnam from Thursday onwards, according to two Vietnamese sources cited by Reuters. One of the sources mentioned that he is expected to participate in an intergovernmental meeting between Vietnam and China in Hanoi on Friday.China is Vietnam’s largest trading partner and a crucial source of imports for the country’s […]
At the dance training center in Handan, in the northern Chinese province of Hebei, a group of young dancers stretches for the camera. Every movement must be precise, and those experiencing pain are, at the very least, not allowed to show it. With this performance, the gymnasts are preparing to apply for the dance major […]
Hu Jinglin is to become the new head of the Party Committee of the State Administration of Taxation (STA). He succeeds Wang Jun, as the authority announced on Tuesday. The 59-year-old is an expert in public finance. He worked at the Ministry of Finance for 20 years, most recently as Vice Minister from 2014 to […]
China and Australia are on a path to relaxation. After a meeting on Monday in Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and China’s Party and State Leader Xi Jinping praised the “undoubtedly very positive” progress in their countries’ relations. According to reports from the state broadcaster CCTV, China and Australia could become “trustful and successful […]
There have been anti-Semitic comments on China’s social media channels for years. The ugly corners of the internet are no different there than anywhere else in the world. However, since the Hamas attack on October 7 and the subsequent bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli military, verbal hatred has increased sharply. Israeli Jews should not […]
Despite critical debate about excessive dependence, German companies once again invest heavily in the People’s Republic, de-risking or not. That is not the only thing to be concerned about, says economist and China expert Juergen Matthes from the German Economic Institute in Cologne in an interview with Amelie Richter. “We see that companies increasingly want […]
When a world leader dies in our country, the media are full of obituaries and commentaries. In China, where there is strict media control, obituaries are also strictly orchestrated. So far, official news websites such as Peoples Daily feature only one report that succinctly summarizes what happened: Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee […]
Compared to Xi Jinping’s BRI summit in Beijing, the European counterpart forum Global Gateway in Brussels on Wednesday had a more understated feel. The stage was simple, and the number of participants was manageable. Quite different from the extravagant summit in Beijing last week.The projects agreed upon also demonstrated that the EU’s infrastructure plan is […]