The 6th plenary session has now finally concluded. With the publication of the major resolution, the official realignment is complete. We have had a first look at the report. As expected, the nearly ten years under Xi play a disproportionately large role. We found no major surprises in the text. Obviously, in order to maintain […]
A good week after a politically important gathering of the party leadership, news agency Xinhua posted the full resolutions online on Tuesday. It provides a summary of 100 years of party history up to the present day. It describes, in a subjective manner, the development of its structures and ideology, and gives a programmatic outlook […]
Chinese racing driver Zhou Guanyu has become China’s first professional driver in Formula 1. Alfa Romeo has signed the 22-year-old as pilot alongside Valtteri Bottas from Finland. He replaces Italian Antonio Giovinazzi. “It’s great from both a sporting and a commercial point of view,” Alfa Romeo team boss Fredric Vasseur told news agency dpa. Zhou […]
Volkswagen is withdrawing its China boss Stephan Woellenstein from his post effective February 1st. This is reported by German magazine Automobilwoche, citing company circles. Reuters received confirmation that Woellenstein would be indeed leaving the country. Under Woellenstein, sales of the company’s EVs were below estimates for months, jeopardizing the group’s targets (China.Table reported). Woellenstein is […]
The Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law are now in full effect and form the pillars of a comprehensive regulatory system for China’s cyber and data security.For the Chinese leadership, this regulatory framework represents the basis for shaping China’s future digital economy, which makes it a top priority for […]
An MEP tells us the details of a memorable meeting. Charlie Weimers was one of the parliamentarians who met Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu at the end of October. A taboo breach for Beijing – but for Weimers, it is just the beginning. Now that China is ramping up its threats against the island, Europe […]
Real estate group Dalian Wanda has denied rumors that company chairman Wang Jianlin has died. The company stated that he has attended a regular meeting on Monday. A spokesman told Bloomberg that the company CEO was fine. Online reports of Wang’s death were false. Wanda has filed a complaint. fin
Since her allegations against senior cadre Zhang Gaoli (China.Table reported), well-known tennis player Peng Shuai has gone silent on social media. After making the sexual assault public, all of her posts have disappeared from Weibo. The 35-year-old’s whereabouts have been unknown since November 2nd. It is currently not possible to search for the word “tennis” […]
For China observers, a plenum of the Central Committee is like a small celebration every year. The word alone confirms that we are still dealing with a system whose structures were once shaped by Lenin. For all intransparency of China’s political processes, this at least provides some safe guessing. When the CC convenes to make […]
Fog in Tianjin. Or rather clouds? In any case, the roof of the Tianjin World Financial Center sticks out of the white soup. From the drone’s bird’s eye view, it looks like a ship in a sea of white waves. At 337 meters, the “Jin Tower” is high enough to provide a view from its […]