The meetings with high-ranking politicians, photo ops and a medal ceremony in Taipei were barely over when Nancy Pelosi boarded the plane again and left for Seoul. She leaves behind a troubled region. One consequence of her incisive visit: German Ambassador Patricia Flor was summoned to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The reason was Foreign Minister […]
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer Sany and AI specialist Pony.ai aim to develop self-driving trucks. Sany’s truck division has already combined a prototype with software from Pony, the “virtual driver,” and sent it on the road for tests. For Sany, the challenge was to have all the vehicle’s functions controlled digitally. First deliveries are expected to […]
The third-highest ranking politician of the USA has landed in Taiwan. As expected, in response to Nancy Pelosi’s arrival, China dispatched its military forces: Aircraft of the Chinese Air Force scratched the center line of the strait between the island and the mainland. In addition, naval exercises with live ammunition will begin on Thursday in […]
As expected, the State Council has postponed the end of subsidies for the purchase of cars with eco-friendly engines. The subsidies were originally supposed to expire at the end of 2022. Now they will continue to apply for the time being, according to reports from the state broadcaster CCTV on Friday. The news portal Caixin […]
Markus Schultz is moving from Shanghai to Hong Kong as Regional Manager Asia at Viscotec. The German mechanical engineering company is opening its sixth branch there. Previously, Schultz served as Managing Director of Viscotec Shanghai. He already lived and worked in Hong Kong from 2002 to 2007. Since then, he has been active in Mainland […]
The big question of whether Nancy Pelosi will actually visit Taiwan and what the consequences would be is probably on the mind of every China watcher these days. The country respects strong behavior, but mercilessly exploits the weakness of its opponents. Nancy Pelosi will probably have heard of this. As the highest-ranking U.S. politician after […]
Leon Bechler joins the China desk of the Stuttgart-based auditing and consulting firm Ebner Scholz. Bechler studied economics in Furtwangen and Chinese at Northwest University. Marco Braun is taking on an R&D leadership position at BMW Shanghai. He joined BMW in 2019 after graduating from Tongji.Is something changing in your organization? Why not let us […]
The presidents of China and the US spoke on the phone for more than two hours on Thursday, harboring a roughly equal measure of mutual warnings and reassurances. One important topic was Taiwan, including the upcoming visit of top politician Nancy Pelosi to the island (China.Table reported). “Those who play with fire will eventually get […]
Critical artist Badiucao is currently exhibiting his works in Prague. They include performances, graphics, paintings, videos and multimedia installations. Topics include human rights and censorship in China, the repression of protests in Hong Kong and the situation of the Uyghurs, but also the situation in Myanmar. Badiucao lives in Australia.
Only a fraction of the microchips used worldwide are manufactured in Europe. By revenue, the share is so small that it only shows up in statistics under “Other”. The US at least makes an appearance with a single-digit percentage. In short, almost all chips come from Asia. It is no wonder that Joe Biden has […]