In the wake of the current Covid outbreak in the city of Tianjin, China’s media is increasingly talking about the need for one or more booster vaccinations. On state broadcaster CCTV on Saturday, infectiologist Zhang Wenhong explained the need for a third vaccination. This would also be a decisive factor in preventing severe illness with […]
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) spent months examining several devices from the Chinese provider Xiaomi. In response to a query from Europe.Table, the federal IT security authority has now announced that the investigation “did not reveal any anomalies” that would require “further investigations or other measures.”Xiaomi had come under suspicion when an […]
The official religious communities in China are cooperation partners of the government. That is no surprise. After all, Christian CP organizations were founded on Mao’s behest to eliminate any spiritual competition for his ideology. This still works today. Pictures of Xi Jinping are more prominently placed in state churches than those of Jesus.Nevertheless, Christianity has […]
Part of the Harbin Snow Festival is the sculpture competition. The pieces are not as huge as the professionally built ice palaces of the main attraction. Instead, they are lovingly cut and scraped by hand from snow blocks. But will the shark eat up the competition? The large smooth surfaces are rather easy to make […]
German Green Party politician Franziska Brantner is State-Secretary in the newly formed Ministry of Economics under Robert Habeck. On Tuesday, Brantner visited the Lithuanian capital to hold talks. The choice of destination was, of course, no coincidence for the former MEP. Brantner showed support for Lithuania, which had clashed with China over a Taiwan office.Swedish […]
The German government continues to show solidarity with Lithuania in its dispute with China. Franziska Brantner, State-Secretary in the newly set up Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, visited the Lithuanian capital Vilnius for talks on Tuesday. It is a matter of protecting the EU’s single market from attacks, Spiegel quoted the Green politician […]
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is seeking dialogue with potential and established partner countries of the new Silk Road (Belt and Road, BRI). Currently, Wang is still touring Indian Ocean littoral states. He is visiting Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Eritrea, and Kenya. Then, at the end of this week, it will be the turn of […]
High-speed trains swarm out of this railroad depot in Chengdu. From January 17, the railroad company expects the start of the travel wave before the Spring Festival. Technicians have specially rechecked all trains to make sure there are no technical problems. In China, delays and cancellations are very rare despite the enormous amount of passengers.
Just in time for the Olympic Games, the prestige project of the Chinese central bank arrives in the country’s most popular app. With the universal communication app WeChat, payments with e-CNY will also be possible in the future (China.Table reported). The use of the central bank’s digital currency will also soon become an option in […]
Europe wants to outdo the Chinese prestige project Belt and Road with the Global Gateway initiative. Amelie Richter has analyzed the EU’s plans and comes to the conclusion: the rhetoric is certainly far-reaching. But grandiose announcements alone will not be enough. The EU still has to make a number of decisions before it can really […]