Zhang Rongqiao, the chief designer of China’s first Mars mission, was named one of ten people who “helped shape science in 2021,” by the British science journal Nature. In May, the Chinese Mars probe had successfully arrived at the red planet. Since then, a Chinese Mars rover has been exploring the planet.ShouTi Biotech Pharmaceutical has […]
Chinese regulators have approved the sale of Intel’s Nand storage unit to South Korea’s NK Hynix. Hynix will also take over the Intel factory in Dalian, China. The acquisition price is the equivalent of nearly €8 billion. Nand memory, also known as flash memory, is, for example, used in servers and smartphones.Meanwhile, Intel is facing […]
Today’s briefing focuses on the challenges of the energy transition in China and Europe. The new German government wants to massively expand solar energy and put solar panels on as many roofs as possible. But China dominates every step of the solar supply chain. When it comes to the raw material for solar modules, there […]
Be it 5G, smart cities, or the Great Firewall – China has also caused a stir in the digital space in recent years. Digital infrastructure and tech products have become export hits like airports, roads, and ports. But is China building a digital Silk Road? The new book by Jonathan Hillman, director of the Reconnecting […]
The new federal government has a number of plans for the expansion of renewable powers. It wants to mount solar power on “all suitable roofs”. By 2030, “around 200 gigawatts” of photovoltaic capacity are to be achieved. This means a quadrupling of the current capacity. To achieve this, the traffic light coalition wants to remove […]
The new federal government has a number of plans for the expansion of renewable powers. It wants to mount solar power on “all suitable roofs”. By 2030, “around 200 gigawatts” of photovoltaic capacity are to be achieved. This means a quadrupling of the current capacity. To achieve this, the traffic light coalition wants to remove […]
China and Iraq have signed an agreement about the construction of 1,000 new schools by two Chinese contractors in the Middle Eastern state. Construction company Power Construction Corporation of China (Powerchina) is to build 679 of the schools, with the rest to be built by Sino Tech, according to the South China Morning Post. The […]
In the first eleven months of this year, China generated 14 percent more power from solar energy and 29 percent more power from wind energy compared to the same period last year. However, power production from coal and gas also rose by about 10 percent. The increase in nuclear energy was about 12 percent. Power […]
With immediate effect, the EU will impose countervailing duties on imports of steel towers for wind turbines from China. According to the EU Commission, a review had shown that Chinese suppliers were importing the towers at dumping prices. The duties range from 7.4 to 19.2 percent, depending on the manufacturer of the steel towers. They […]
Turnout in Hong Kong’s general election on Sunday fell dramatically compared to 2016. By 9:30 PM local time, an hour before polling stations closed, less than 30 percent of citizens had cast their ballots. Of the almost 4.5 million eligible voters, less than a third had decided to vote. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, the […]