The popular Chinese delivery service Meituan is facing new trouble. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched another investigation against the company. This time on the acquisition of the bike-sharing provider Mobike, which, according to SAMR, had not been registered with authorities. SAMR opened investigations by announcing plans to further strengthen the regulation […]
The term of office of the new Chinese ambassador Qin Gang in Washington began at the end of July with a charm offensive on social media. It began with wide coverage, ranging from former US President Richard Nixon and his groundbreaking visit to China in 1972 to the Tokyo Olympics, including warm congratulations to the […]
In the power struggle between the US and China for political influence in Southeast Asia, US Vice President Kamala Harris has promised the free delivery of one million vaccine doses as part of her official visit to Vietnam. A day after the People’s Republic of China had delivered 200,000 doses to its neighboring country, Harris […]
The volume of German exports to the People’s Republic of China dropped in July for the first time in almost a year. Exports last month amounted to 8.4 billion euros, down 3.9 percent on July of the previous year. This marked the first drop in German exports to China in eleven months. At the same […]
While the port in Ningbo has returned to regular operations, cargo handling at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport is now facing a “serious backlog” due to new Covid infections among local staff. Several flights have already been canceled and customs clearance delayed since late last week. According to a spokeswoman for cargo company SEKO Logistics, the speed […]
The issue of trust is at the heart of Kamala Harris’ Southeast Asia trip. The US vice president has traveled to the region to reassure her partner countries of one thing: We are here, and we will keep order. This key message is the US signal that they seem to have understood the mixed feelings […]
Li Mingjiang, you’ve been dealing with US-China relations for a decade and a half. Fifteen years ago, would you have dared to predict such tensions between the two states as we are currently experiencing?No, fifteen Years ago relations were quite stable and cooperative. Very few analysts had predicted such a rise of tensions that quick. […]
Detained Hong Kong democracy activist Andy Li has pleaded guilty to violating the National Security Act, incriminating movement figurehead Jimmy Lai in the process. The 30-year-old, who used crowdfunding platforms to organize donations from overseas for the 2019 protest movement, and a 29-year-old co-defendant confessed in a court on Thursday to “colluding with foreign forces”, […]
Not far off Taiwan’s southern coast, Chinese warships are once again circling to defend the “national sovereignty” of the People’s Republic. Only time will tell how far Beijing is actually willing to go to secure its claim over the island nation. Most certainly, however, the recent events in Afghanistan will have a strong impact on […]
An appeals court in New York has for the second time dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against a Chinese exporter of vitamin C. The judges ruled that the North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp (NCPC) could not be held liable for a violation of US antitrust law due to Chinese export regulations. The set of rules in […]