Europe’s security policy was a key topic in the talks of Working Group 12 on Defense, Foreign Affairs, Development and Human Rights in the German government talks between the Christian Democrats (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD). This emerges from the consolidated text of the working group preparing the draft coalition agreement, […]
A restaurant in Shanghai has sparked controversy: It serves half a chicken for a whopping RMB 480 (approx. EUR 62). The reason for the high price? The chickens on a farm in southern China are treated to classical music and a special diet of sunflower stem juice and wilted flowers. The video of one irritated […]
The Chinese start-up DeepSeek unveiled its heavily revised Large Language Model (LLM) “V3-0324” on Tuesday. This “Large Language Model” is used to interpret and react to speech. It forms the basis technology for chatbots such as ChatGPT from OpenAI, Gemini from Google and DeepSeek’s R1.According to tests published on the developer platform Hugging Face, DeepSeek’s […]
Shigeru Iwasaki was appointed Security Advisor to the Executive Yuan in Taiwan on March 21. The 72-year-old was previously Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Taiwan wants to strengthen its regional security policy with the expertise of the former fighter jet pilot. Marion Mangold was appointed Senior Manager for Portfolio & […]
Pascal Fritz has been Area Sales Manager China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam at Dürr Dental since January. The German company specializes in dental medical equipment. Fritz, who studied Sinology in Frankfurt among other things, has been working for Dürr Dental from Shanghai since November 2023. His last position there was Business Development Manager China.Is something […]
The success of video games such as “Dungeon & Fighter Mobile” and “Delta Force” has given Tencent a quarterly result above market expectations. The Chinese technology group announced on Wednesday that turnover had risen by eleven percent to the equivalent of EUR 21.8 billion. Net profit amounted to EUR 6.5 billion. The tech group’s video […]
Wang Yunhe has been appointed as the new head of Huawei’s AI research department, Noah’s Ark Lab. He previously worked as a researcher in this lab. Wang specializes in deep learning, model compression, and computer vision.Andreas Antrup has been Managing Director China at Zalando since January 2025. In this role, he is leading the development […]
The “China International Entertainment Facilities and Equipment Expo” began yesterday in Beijing. Numerous rides for amusement parks and other theme parks are presented at the country’s largest amusement fair, with a focus on virtual reality this year. We can only guess what the businessman riding the flying dinosaur is seeing under the VR goggles.
These training jackets from Adidas, inspired by classic satin robes from the Tang Dynasty, are currently in high demand in China. The German sporting goods manufacturer launched the collection with the iconic three stripes and traditional knot fastenings to mark the Chinese New Year. In the meantime, however, the international fashion world has also caught […]
Fabian Bobka has been Operations Director Workholding Technology at Hainbuch in Shanghai since February. Bobka has been working for the German mechanical engineering company in China since fall 2022. Most recently, he was Head of National Sales in the Workholding Technology division. Tobias Mueller was promoted from Team Coordinator to Head of Product Manager in […]