United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged China’s President Xi Jinping to grant UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet a “credible” visit to his country. Guterres had met with the Chinese president and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday on the sidelines of the Beijing Games. “The Secretary-General … expressed his expectation that the contacts […]
Gerhard Seidl has become Manager Project Management & System Engineering at HASCO Magna Electric Drive Systems. The company is part of the Canadian-Austrian automotive supplier Magna and manufactures systems for EVs. Seidl was previously Supervisor EPI & System Engineering.Oskar Haszonits has founded Pharma Medtech Consulting & Trading in Hong Kong. Haszonits was previously President of […]
China’s leadership is serious about its push to fight inequality. That is the conclusion of a discussion event held by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) entitled “After 40 years of poverty reduction in China: What are the challenges?” International experts even see a global trend in the shift toward more socially responsible […]
Is it the Great Wall of China? Or a snowboard track? If the Games are being held in Beijing, then the sports facilities should also look like its landmarks – especially since foreign visitors are not allowed to leave the Olympic bubble to see the real wall anyway.
China often expresses the wish that not everything should be overly politicized. However, it is difficult to satisfy this wish. Because the Communist Party, for its part, turns everything it touches into an object of systemic competition. This also applies to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which begins today at 1 PM (CET). […]
The Olympics and media always went hand in hand. This was already the case at the very first Olympics of the modern era in 1906 when correspondents telegraphed the results and their impressions to the world. Even back then, it made little sense to hold a global sporting event only for local spectators. And the […]
China has achieved an impressive economic catch-up since the 1980s. The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen by almost 800 million, and the poverty rate (measured against an international poverty line of $1.90 per day) has dropped below 0.5 percent of the population.But in order to further boost the population’s income, Beijing […]
Former Secretary of State Miguel Berger is to become the new German ambassador to China. This was reported to China.Table from political circles in Berlin. He succeeds Jan Hecker, who unexpectedly passed away in September (China.Table reported). The Federal Cabinet, i.e. the round of all ministers, is responsible for filling ambassadorial posts. It is made […]
China’s overall participation rate in global value chain has significantly increased from 29.5% in 1990 to 44.6% in 2018, according to Sinolytics’ calculation based on the UNCTAD Eora GVC database.The detailed look at imports and exports of immediate goods tells two distinct stories:China is consistently enhancing its value add in exports of immediate goods, which […]
It is extremely tacky, but somehow also gorgeous and certainly a stunning display of show television. This year’s big gala for the Spring Festival by state broadcaster CCTV’s once again had it all: snappy pop songs, strapping soldiers, stern socialists, corny voices, and many, many wacky sketches. As always, ethnic minorities in traditional costumes, daredevil […]