Qin Gang has no longer been foreign minister since Tuesday. Instead, his predecessor Wang Yi has taken up the post again. However, Qin Gang’s whereabouts and the reasons for his dismissal remain unclear. Desmond Shum can’t give us detailed answers to these questions either. But he is familiar with the topic of disappearing cadres. As […]
Most automotive market experts had suspected that the Volkswagen Group was facing a tough situation due to poor sales figures. However, this news is likely to make a big impact. Europe’s largest automaker intends to close the gap, particularly in electromobility, by collaborating with Chinese competitors to halt its decline in the world’s largest passenger […]
Two dozen 30-floor condo towers stretch into the sky. Some are finished, the rest are still under construction. But the cranes are at a standstill, the scaffolding has been removed from some of the unfinished buildings. And even the apartment buildings that are ready for occupancy are empty.Like in this suburb of the million metropolis […]
Hong Kong once had the freest press in East Asia. However, since the Hong Kong government enacted the National Security Act virtually overnight in July 2020, Hong Kong’s press landscape has become increasingly similar to that of the censored mainland. Around a dozen media outlets have had to shut down in the last three years. […]
Hong Kong’s Citizens’ Radio never had an official license. Yet, the broadcaster, which always advocated for democracy, managed to survive for 18 years. The authorities in the southern Chinese special administrative region tolerated its existence. Moreover, even politicians who were not part of the democratic camp granted interviews to the station. However, on June 30, […]
6.3 percent economic growth – that actually sounds pretty decent. And yet analysts are not pleased. After all, the impressive figure is based on a comparison with the second quarter of 2022, when large parts of the country, including the financial metropolis of Shanghai, experienced harsh Covid lockdowns. China’s economy grew by a mere 0.8 […]
It has turned out to be more concise and unequivocal than feared after the lengthy disputes within the German government: On the last day before the summer break, the German government published Germany’s first China strategy. The wait was worth it: The strategy reveals the outlines of an entirely new approach to the second-largest economy.“China […]
Chinese carmakers have not had a good standing in Germany so far. Apart from Volvo, no manufacturer from the People’s Republic has managed to challenge the German industry on the domestic market. And hardly anyone knows that Volvo is no longer Swedish, but in Chinese hands.That could now change: In the field of electromobility, a […]
The orbit is getting crowded. Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX operates 3,700 satellites with its Starlink system. China wants to top that and is planning its own satellite internet program with no less than 13,000 satellites that will soon provide the globe with internet via space.China has long since recognized how powerful such an instrument […]
Could a coup attempt like the one in Russia last weekend happen in China? At first glance, this question may seem absurd, especially considering that China does not have a private mercenary army like the “Wagner” group in Russia. However, there is also a traditional concern in Beijing about a revolt from within the military, […]