In his nearly two-hour-long speech on Sunday, Xi Jinping once again emphasized China’s energy security. But he also reiterated that the country must continue to drive forward the green transformation. So a departure from China’s climate goals is not to be expected during Xi’s third term in office. However, it will be interesting to see […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to visit Beijing in early November. It will be the first bilateral meeting in China between a European politician and Xi since the start of the pandemic. Expectations for the visit are correspondingly high, especially since Germany is currently working on a China strategy. From this perspective, the timing of […]
Michelle Bachelet’s Xinjiang report, which was presented a month ago, should have resulted in substantial consequences. After all, it provided detailed circumstantial evidence pointing to “crimes against humanity” by the Chinese government. But the UN Human Rights Council is divided. In the best scenario, the Council will next week decide on an in-depth debate on […]
The project “Traces of the Boxer War” already has international resonance. Just recently, Christine Howald, the project manager, and Kerstin Pannhorst, a historian involved in the project, accompanied a Japanese film team through the Ethnological Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. The public television company NHK from Tokyo is shooting a film about art pieces from the colonial […]
With her “cheese speech” in 2014, which went viral outside the UK this week, Britain’s new Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss has already made (Internet) history. At the time, “Liz” announced the return of domestically produced food at a Tory party conference. Very soon, the Conservative politician said at the time, British food exports will flood […]
The automotive industry is undergoing one of the greatest upheavals in its history. The end of the combustion engine in 2035 is virtually inevitable. However, around half of the jobs in the German automotive industry still depend on the combustion engine. The fear of having to do without the Chinese market at this critical time […]
China’s vast food reserves prove to be the Communist Party’s secret weapon against inflation. They were created to ensure a steady supply of food in the event of crop failures, and that is precisely the function they currently perform after the record drought. But by allowing state planners to keep supplies high in times of […]
“Who changed our film?” – “Well, the authorities in China,” “Really?”. As posts and screenshots on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo show, the US animated film “Minions: The Rise of Gru” has been given an alternative ending in China.Freeze frames and captions during the end credits sequence in the changed version for the Chinese market […]
China plans to write off debt to African nations. According to a Bloomberg report, the People’s Republic wants to forgo 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect tens of billions of dollars in reserves from the International Monetary Fund to nations on the continent.Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced debt cuts at a meeting […]
Johannes Drescher took over the position of Business Unit Manager Supply Chain & Operations at IMS Gear in Shanghai in July. The company, headquartered in Donaueschingen, Germany, specializes in gear and transmission technology for the automotive industry. Erdal Hocaoglu now works as Senior Manager Transportation Planning at Daimler Greater China. Hocaoglu has many years of […]