A Hong Kong court has found a social worker guilty of rioting almost six years after the mass protests in the city. In the retrial of the 48-year-old woman, the deputy district judge found the defendant guilty of using a megaphone to incite violence against the police. She had initially been cleared, but the Justice […]
The Chinese defense company Sageras will invest in the construction of an industrial park near the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. This was announced by Cambodia’s Ministry of Defense. The 132-hectare industrial park is a joint project between the ministry’s General Department of Materials and Technology and the Chinese company, it said. The volume of the […]
In view of the trade conflict with the United States and the simmering real estate crisis, China’s Central Bank has kept the door open for further economic stimulus measures. According to Central Bank Governor Pan Gongsheng, the bank plans to lower interest rates “at the appropriate time” and inject liquidity into the financial system. The […]
The US Department of Justice has announced charges against twelve cybercriminals, some of whom with ties to the Chinese government. They are accused of hacking more than 100 US organizations, including the US Treasury Department, over the course of a decade. The defendants are said to include contract hackers and Chinese law enforcement officials, as […]
Military threats from US President Donald Trump have resulted in a surprising development: The Chinese operator of two ports on the Panama Canal has handed over control of the terminals to a group of US financial investors. The company, part of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s empire, announced on Tuesday that it was selling a […]
For US President Donald Trump, America first also means China last. The memorandum he signed last Friday concerning future US investment policy sounds like a declaration of war on any form of Chinese influence in the United States. If departments and authorities implement the memorandum as Trump demands, Chinese capital in the United States will […]
Implementing the China strategy is undoubtedly hard work. Many different interests, views and ideas have to be coordinated while the world continues to turn at a breathtaking pace and demands decisions on a daily basis. You can certainly give the German government credit for this.However, there is also a darker side, which suggests that there […]
The Chinese first-division soccer team Shandong Taishan has plunged the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) into a dilemma. The club from the port state unexpectedly withdrew from the ongoing continental Champions League competition on Wednesday, throwing the conditions for qualifying for the round of 16 into disarray.A few hours before the scheduled kick-off of its final […]
Silk weaving is still a special feature of the city of Hangzhou in western China today. In ancient times, the capital of Zhejiang province was a strategic hub along the Silk Road, which got its name not least because fabrics and textiles were exported from Hangzhou to the west. Hangzhou gained a reputation as the […]
According to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China supports all efforts for peace talks in Ukraine. Wang made this statement to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. He emphasized that Gaza and the West Bank were “not a bargaining chip in political trade-offs.”After Russian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and agreed to […]