The pressure to get the skyrocketing infection numbers under control is apparently weighing heavily on Shanghai’s authorities. The city has extended the lockdown until further notice. A Shanghai resident tells us how the citizens feel about it: On the one hand, chaos reigns, as contradictory rules have been imposed on many areas of daily life, […]
Betsy Nagel leaves her position as Ramp-Up Manager at Audi China and returns to Ingolstadt, where she will become Head of Validation Engineering Management for Chassis, Drives and COP. Nagel has worked for Audi China in Changchun, Jilin Province, since April 2019.
On Monday, the US Senate voted in favor of a bill to strengthen key US industries in competition with China. In particular, sectors such as the semiconductor industry are to be supported with several billion US dollars. The majority leader of the Democrats in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, called it one of the most […]
“It’s cold at the top” is the Chinese equivalent of the English saying “It’s lonely at the top”. This is also true for China’s head of state Xi Jinping. In recent years, the 68-year-old has gradually transformed the People’s Republic into a “Xi state”. Be it economy or diplomacy, the leader wants to make all […]
Kang Yi, the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, and Yu Weiping, China’s Vice Minister of Finance, have been appointed to the central bank’s monetary policy committee, according to an announcement by the State Council on Tuesday. They succeed Ning Jizhe and Zou Jiayi. The committee consists of 14 members and is chaired by […]
“Join Us In Winter” was the name of one of the official anthems of this year’s Winter Olympics, presented by Chinese news agency Xinhua at the end of January. The song, performed in English and Chinese, was – like all the other Olympic songs – extremely cheesy. Brilliant lyrics like “side by side touch the […]
A full 19 months after her arrest, Australian journalist Cheng Lei is to stand trial in Beijing on Thursday (March 31). The news anchor, who was born in China and grew up in Australia, is accused of leaking Chinese state secrets to foreign countries. The mother of two children faces a maximum life sentence.The 47-year-old […]
As of Monday, Shanghai will be placed under a full two-stage lockdown. This was announced by the municipal government on Sunday evening. The districts east of the Huangpu River are to be sealed off between March 28 and April 1. The western districts will follow from April 1 to April 5. The lockdown is primarily […]
Asia’s largest natural gas and petroleum company Sinopec has temporarily suspended talks with Russia on a shared gas chemical plant and a joint venture to market Russian gas in China, according to sources familiar with the matter. The projects are valued at half a billion dollars, according to a Reuters report.Beijing had previously repeatedly advocated […]
Chinese streaming platforms such as Iqiyi or QQ-Video have removed all movies overnight featuring Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, including popular blockbusters such as “Matrix” or “Speed”. Reeves’ Chinese name “Jinu Liweisi” no longer yields any search results on these channels. Only the animated film “Toy Story 4” can still be found, reports the LA Times. […]