Jack Ma has not been seen this close to the center of power for a long time. On Monday, Chinese state media published images of the 60-year-old billionaire alongside other prominent entrepreneurs applauding state and party leader Xi Jinping after a speech. Xi had invited all key representatives of Chinese tech companies to a symposium […]
When Donald Trump signed a huge pile of documents in black marker pen on his first day in office, China watchers’ attention was primarily focused on the expected measures: new tariffs, further sanctions and a general tightening of trade policy. However, one crucial detail in Trump’s China plans initially went unnoticed.In the memorandum, which deals […]
At first glance, the measure seems like a blunt sword, which the Chinese government took last week as part of its countermeasures in the trade dispute with the US. Aside from retaliatory tariffs and further export restrictions on rare metals, the government in Beijing also opened an antitrust investigation into Google.The move is more problematic […]
Last week’s Chinese New Year TV gala featured 16 humanoid robots performing together with human dancers. Dressed in red jackets, they performed a traditional Chinese folk dance. The black robots from the Chinese company Unitree demonstrated impressively precise movements. They not only mastered the complex choreography, but also swung red handkerchiefs, threw them in the […]
Chen Tianshi was the king of the Chinese stock market last year. No other company saw such strong growth on the Chinese stock market in 2024 as Cambricon, the semiconductor company Chen co-founded. Shares of the AI chip specialist, which some are already referring to as the Nvidia of China, rose by 383 percent in […]
Contrary to what he originally announced, Donald Trump did not directly introduce new tariffs against China on his first day in office. Instead, he signed a memorandum called “America First Trade Policy.” In it, he instructed the authorities to investigate the causes of the United States’ persistent trade deficits.Nevertheless, Beijing is not in the clear […]
The foreign chambers of commerce in Beijing currently have a difficult job. There is a great deal of uncertainty among some of the member companies. They are wondering how the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House next Monday will affect Sino-American relations. Of course, the chambers do not have a crystal ball. So […]
Shortly before his term in office ends, Biden again starts stoking up the AI dispute with China. The US President used his last days in office to introduce the toughest export restrictions yet on advanced AI chips. The result: Not only China, but a large part of the world now faces new restrictions.Under the planned […]
In a new report, the European Chamber of Commerce in China has issued an urgent warning about the dangers of so-called “siloing“. This trend, which can be described as siloing, involves Western companies outsourcing more and more activities to China in parallel structures – even though, according to the Chamber, this does not actually make […]
In a new report, the European Chamber of Commerce in China has strongly warned of the dangers of so-called “siloing.” This trend describes Western companies outsourcing more and more activities to China in parallel structures – although, according to the chamber, this does not actually make sense from a market economy perspective.Many companies continue to […]