US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has voiced her support to the Biden administration for the abolition of some tariffs on Chinese imports, Reuters reports. Some of the levies “aren’t very strategic” and harm US companies and consumers.The tariffs introduced under former US President Trump have nothing to do with the problems the US has with […]
Xi Jinping currently has his hands full: The Covid pandemic has flared up again, growth has slowed, and foreign investors are threatening to leave. So no more time for conflict with Taiwan? A false assumption, Alexander Goerlach warns in an interview with Michael Radunski. Xi has the clear goal of annexing the island republic in […]
The human rights situation in the People’s Republic has deteriorated continuously over the past ten years. But human rights advocates have also been a particular focus of the state security apparatus. This was reported by a representative of the German government in the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag.Chinese security […]
Sun Haiyan is the new Chinese ambassador to Singapore. Previously, she worked for the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party since 1997. The department’s job is to maintain relations with parties from other countries. Sun succeeds Hong Xiaoyong, who was China’s ambassador to Singapore for four years.
Don’t wriggle! In celebration of the crayfish season, the spotlight is on crayfish in Xuyi County in East China’s Jiangsu Province. They’re one of the region’s most famous specialties. They look good on the plate – and in front of the camera, too.
China wants to expand the emerging economies group BRICS. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an online meeting of BRICS countries, “China proposes to start the BRICS expansion process, explore the criteria and procedures for the expansion, and gradually form a consensus.” The group of countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa was […]
To finance the expensive Covid measures, local governments in China are turning to funds that were actually intended to reduce poverty and develop infrastructure. This was reported by the Financial Times on Wednesday. Authorities in Jilin reportedly use a “significant” amount of a poverty fund to pay for Covid mass testing, while Quanzhou is said […]
Julian Konrad has recently been appointed Head of Evaluation Electronics at SAIC Volkswagen in Shanghai. Previously, he worked for Audi China in Beijing for more than three and a half years.Richard Ketzscher joined BMW China at the beginning of May as Vehicle Project Leader for quality management for the X3 model. Prior to that, he […]
Experience world history up close: May 18 was International Museum Day. Dinosaur skeletons were on display at the Nanjing Museum in Jiangsu Province.
China is close to connecting its first compressed air energy storage facility to the power grid. This new type of power storage system is able to pump air into an underground salt cavern when power supply is high, Bloomberg reports. If power demand increases, the air is then released and generates power through a turbine. […]