With the closure of the Beijing LGBT Center on May 15, the arguably most important and nationally known safe space for people in China who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer disappeared. Founded in 2008, the center had campaigned for their rights and offered support on issues ranging from physical and mental health […]
According to the Business Confidence Survey presented by the European Chamber of Commerce in China on Wednesday, the sentiment among European companies is the worst it has been in 20 years. More than one in ten companies have already withdrawn investments from China. The conditions for foreign businesses remain challenging even as the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Head over heels, Bob Pickard, a former employee of the investment bank AIIB, fled China this week. The Canadian accuses the financial institution, founded by China in 2016, of being firmly in the hands of the Communist Party and ultimately serving only Beijing’s interests. AIIB critics have long voiced this suspicion.The Canadian government reacted to […]
Head over heels, Bob Pickard, a former employee of the investment bank AIIB, fled China this week. The Canadian accuses the financial institution, founded by China in 2016, of being firmly in the hands of the Communist Party and ultimately serving only Beijing’s interests. Critics of the AIIB have long voiced this suspicion.In response, the […]
Who has more self-irony, mainlanders or Taiwanese?I would say they are about the same, because we are both culturally Chinese, and feel uncomfortable when criticized. In your stand-up shows, you talk about your life as a Chinese exchange student in Taiwan. What is so funny about living in Taipei as a woman from Shanghai?I guess […]
China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged to achieve the “great rejuvenation of Chinese civilization”. However, the country’s population is heading in the opposite direction, rapidly aging. Last year, the population shrank for the first time in six decades. If the decline continues, it will have massive implications for China’s social system and economic strength. The […]
With its “Belt and Road” initiative, Beijing wants to gain international significance. However, this global power is not only expressed by political influence or large and the occasional transnational infrastructure project, but above all in technical details.Chinese companies establish their technological norms and standards in the countries of the so-called New Silk Road, for instance […]
China’s first domestically developed passenger aircraft completed its maiden commercial flight on Sunday. The C919 aircraft built by the state-owned Chinese manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) made its two-hour flight from Shanghai Hongqiao to the capital’s airport in Beijing, accompanied by huge media hype.The medium-haul aircraft, operated by state-backed China Eastern Airlines, landed […]
The German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang have met no less than three times in one month. Unfortunately, the mood did not really warm up. Caution and mistrust again dominated the Sino-German dialogue at Tuesday’s meeting in Berlin. Even supposedly straightforward issues, such as the joint fight against climate change, […]
A humidifier in the shape of a smoke-spewing dragon for 1.61 euros? Donald Trump socks with glued-on ankle toupee for 2.48 euros? A cleaning brush specifically designed for Apple AirPods for 88 cents? On Temu, the app from the Chinese e-commerce provider Pinduoduo offers just about everything you’ll never need – but at prices that […]