“China before Communism” is the subtitle of the Shen Yun show spectacle, which will be performed in Berlin on March 29-31. The many posters feature a dancer in a Hanfu dress jumping into the picture, her wide sleeves stretched out like two wings. Shen Yun combines acrobatics and music with traditional Chinese elements. But the […]
North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un has conducted more missile tests this year than in the past five years combined. And it is only March. Beijing is upset about rockets fired at its border. Regardless, China still needs North Korea as a buffer between itself and US ally South Korea. It was only in late February […]
The US State Department plans to expand existing travel bans against Chinese officials. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday that the travel ban would apply in the future to individuals who are “responsible for, or complicit,” in repressive actions. Specifically, Blinken said the ban would apply to the repression “of religious and spiritual […]
Weijian Shan, Executive Chairman of investment group PAG, will become an independent director serving on the Board of Alibaba Group Holding Limited. He succeeds Boerje Ekholm, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ericsson Group, who will retire from the Board on March 31, 2022. Ekholm has served as an independent director for Alibaba since June […]
Saudi Arabia and China are currently in “active talks” to settle oil sales in yuan instead of US dollars in the future, according to a Wall Street Journal report. About 80 percent of global oil sales are currently denominated in dollars. Oil imports in the Chinese currency could weaken the role of the dollar and […]
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more and more Taiwanese citizens are ready to defend their country in the event of an invasion. This is according to a new study by the Taipei-based Taiwan International Strategic Study Society. 70.2 percent of the 1,076 surveyed stated that they were willing to defend the self-governing island from an […]
These three overhead line workers should definitely not be afraid of heights when they install a new power line that spans the Yangtze River in the eastern province of Anhui. Once in operation, the project is expected to supply more than 31.2 billion kWh of power per year.
Freda Wang has been appointed Regional President for China and Asia Pacific at car manufacturer Aston Martin Lagonda. She succeeds Michael Peng, who is now Executive Vice President for the region. Wang previously worked at Mercedes-Benz for more than ten years, most recently as Vice President of National Sales in Canada.Chen Xudong will become General […]
Dinosaur fans have long known that China is an Eldorado for paleontologists. Nowhere else have so many primordial lizards been unearthed as in the People’s Republic. Near the megacity of Chongqing, the presumably oldest Stegosaurus in Asia has now been excavated. The species, called “Bashanosaurus primitivus,” lived 168 million years ago.
Due to the alleged involvement of Huawei in the Ukraine war, soccer star Robert Lewandowski has terminated his high-paying advertising contract with the Chinese telecommunications supplier. “Today, we decided to end the marketing cooperation between Robert Lewandowski and the Huawei brand,” an advisor to the FC Bayern player told AFP news agency on Monday.According to […]