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What looks like a painting of a barren tree is actually a bird’s-eye view of a watercourse at the edge of a country road, visible at the bottom of the picture. The photo was taken by photographer Tang Dehong in Nyima, Tibet.
What looks like a painting of a barren tree is actually a bird’s-eye view of a watercourse at the edge of a country road, visible at the bottom of the picture. The photo was taken by photographer Tang Dehong in Nyima, Tibet.
It will be more difficult for foreign diplomats from Hong Kong to enter the People’s Republic of China in the future. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has informed the consulates in the Special Administrative Region that it intends to authorize future border crossings to Macau and parts of Guangdong Province for official purposes. This was reported […]
The ongoing clashes between Philippine and Chinese ships in the South China Sea continued on Monday. Reports indicate several collisions in the early hours of Monday, for which both states blamed the other side.The incident occurred around 230 kilometers west of the Philippine province of Palawan near Sabina Reef, which is part of the disputed […]
The German frigate “Baden-Wuerttemberg” and the supply ship “Frankfurt am Main” may pass through the Taiwan Strait in September. “The decision has not been taken yet,” the commander of the naval task group, Rear Admiral Axel Schulz, told Reuters in a telephone interview, adding the weather would play a role. It would be the first […]
Chinese cyber espionage is so extensive that the state could not do it without help. When leaked documents revealed the close cooperation between a private Chinese hacker group and the government in February of this year, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution began to dissect the data. Six months later, the […]
The long history of Chinese state-sponsored doping is entering the next phase at the Paris Olympics. Even before the competitions officially start on Friday, Chinese swimmers are already under scrutiny. Eleven members of the Olympic team tested positive for a banned substance three years ago and were not punished. The affair continues to this day. […]
It’s safe to say that if Kamala Harris steps into the ring for the Democrats and possibly becomes the first female US president in history, Beijing will roll its eyes. They have had some bad experiences with women in Zhongnanhai in recent years. They are always so unyielding.Angela Merkel got on their nerves with her […]
German companies in China have reacted with disappointment to the resolutions of the Third Plenum. The companies had “hoped for more orientation and a concretization of the economic stimulus measures already announced,” Maximilian Butek, Managing Director of the German Chamber of Commerce in East China, told the German Press Agency.Last week, the meeting of the […]
In collaboration with its Chinese partner Xpeng, Volkswagen wants to significantly reduce costs with a new EV platform. The two companies signed an agreement to this effect and launched two joint development centers, as VW announced on Monday. From as early as 2026, all VW cars built in China will be based on the CEA […]
China’s Central Bank wants to boost the weak economy with surprise interest rate cuts. On Monday, it reduced the key interest rate, known as the Loan Prime Rate (LPR), which the Central Bank uses to control the cost of consumer loans and mortgages. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was lowered to 3.35 percent from […]