By choosing the priest Peter Wu Yishun, the government in Beijing and the Vatican have agreed on a third bishop in just one week. Wu will take over the diocese of Shaowu. The Holy See Press Office announced the appointment on Wednesday after the bishop’s consecration had taken place. It is part of the provisional […]
Artisans across China are preparing for the festivities surrounding the upcoming Year of the Dragon. This Chongqing man is making figures from palm leaves, a centuries-old art in Southwest China. All twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac are crafted in these workshops. But none is as intricate as the dragon.
In 2023, German automakers were able to gain some ground on their largest sales market, China. According to an analysis by the consulting firm PwC, they sold 49 percent more EVs last year than in the previous year. Their sales grew twice as fast as the overall market.Especially in the fourth quarter, German manufacturers saw […]
Ten years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Silk Road Initiative during a visit to Kazakhstan, which was later renamed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The German federal agency Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) has identified two interesting trends on the occasion of its tenth anniversary, which differ from the early years:In Western […]
By choosing the name Evergrande, company founder Xu Jiayin probably once wanted to emphasize that his property company would remain “eternally grand.” However, a more apt interpretation of the current situation of what was once China’s second-largest construction company is: Will Evergrande ever be grand? No, because the property group is being wound up.The competent […]
In response to the threat from the People’s Republic, Taiwan has taken action and extended conscription from four months to one year. The extension has just come into force. However, the extension will probably not significantly affect Taiwan’s defense capability, as Fabian Peltsch analyzes. Many young soldiers have doubts about the quality of the training […]
Despite a US export ban, China has acquired special AI chips manufactured by US company Nvidia. According to an analysis of tender documents available to Reuters, military facilities, state AI research institutes and universities obtained small batches of the semiconductors last year.The documents did not reveal how the suppliers had acquired the Nvidia chips. Nvidia […]
Despite all the gestures of threat and smear campaigns by the communist leadership in Beijing, a majority of Taiwanese citizens apparently did not succumb to intimidation. They elected the China-critical William Lai Ching-te from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as Taiwan’s new president. After counting votes from 98 percent of polling stations, the 64-year-old Lai, […]
In his New Year’s address, Xi Jinping once again made it clear that he considers the “reunification” of Taiwan and China to be “a historical inevitability.” Should Lai Ching-te from the ruling DPP win the election next Sunday, the risk of a blockade of Taiwan by China will rise again. This is because the Beijing […]
Although the traffic light coalition government has repeatedly pledged to strengthen China expertise in Germany, the German medium-sized businesses are left empty-handed. This is revealed in the government’s response to an inquiry from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag.The government stated that a manager training program funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs […]