China’s state media has praised a handful of major US companies for their “close economic and trade cooperation.” These remarks are seen as an indication of which companies could be spared from possible Chinese retaliation in the tariff dispute. The People’s Republic followed a similar pattern during the first term of Donald Trump, who has […]
It took more than 70 years before the remains of 43 members of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army were returned from South Korea to the People’s Republic. The soldiers had joined the Korean War in October 1950 to fight on the side of the communist North against the US-supported Republic of Korea in the South. […]
Cai Xiliang is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of China Life Insurance Group. He replaces Bai Tao at the helm of the state-owned financial company. Cai had already taken over as head of the party representation within the insurance group in August.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
The withdrawal from Xinjiang marks the end of a disastrous miscalculation for the German car manufacturer Volkswagen. Neither did the region develop into a lucrative location for the company in the People’s Republic of China, nor did the early warnings of a drastic level of repression against the Uyghur minority prove to be exaggerated. Everything […]
The Tibetan environmentalist and archaeologist Karma Samdrup has been released from prison after almost 15 years. This was reported by the Tibetan exile medium Tibet Times. It published a photo of the 57-year-old, presumably showing him shortly after his release. On it, two companions help Samdrup walk as police officers escort the trio.Samdrup was sentenced […]
Donald Trump plans to raise tariffs on all Chinese goods by ten percent on his first day in office. The next US president made the announcement via his digital platform Truth Social. The Republican also intends to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico. He justified the move with the […]
The National Development and Reform Commission has just confirmed that it will achieve this year’s declared growth target of five percent. But there is only one catch. It is well known that Chinese statistics should be taken with a grain of salt, especially official growth figures.Whether five percent really means five percent, or perhaps just […]
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has reported another sighting of a presumed Chinese spy balloon near its northern coast. As the ministry announced in its situation report on Monday, the balloon was spotted early Sunday evening around 111 kilometers north of the port of Keelung at an altitude of around 10,000 meters. After two hours, […]
Professor Bimberg, the Chinese Academy of Sciences founded the “Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics,” named after you at the Changchun Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP). (中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所). What is it that you do there?Over twelve years ago, my group at TU Berlin was one of the first in the world to specialize […]
The government in Hong Kong is considering an appeal against some of the sentences in the trial against opposition ex-politicians and activists. According to Security Secretary Chris Tang, the prison sentences of up to ten years for 45 of the 47 defendants reflect the seriousness of the offenses. However, the government reserves the right to […]