The alleged negative effects of violent video games served as a topic in German elections many years ago. Now, the discussion about video games is also raging in China. And the tone is just as fierce. Video games are being shunned as “spiritual opium” and “dirty things”. Authorities are now taking action against gambling addiction […]
Andreas Goller transferred from the Chamber of Foreign Trade in Taiwan to Oddity Asia (Taiwan), a provider of e-commerce and digital marketing services. Goller spent more than two years as a senior manager at the AHK, where he was responsible for market entry and advised German companies on sourcing and sales. At Oddity Asia, he […]
Apple will increasingly rely on Chinese suppliers and contract manufacturers for its new iPhone model, Nikkei Asia reports with reference to informed circles. According to the report, Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry will produce up to three percent of the upcoming iPhone series 13. The company has not yet manufactured any iPhones. According to […]
Whether it is Al Gore, a former BlackRock executive, or the Economist, alarms about greenwashing in the area of green finance are on the rise. Companies are therefore required by more and more countries to publish certain environmental and climate information on their activities. Beijing has now also issued new rules.Sustainable investments are seen as […]
The German parliamentary group FDP demands a renegotiation of the EU investment agreement with China (CAI). The text of the contract is “immature” and has “major deficits in terms of content”, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung quoted a paper of the parliamentary group. According to the paper, the FDP parliamentary group calls for the amendment […]
Despite peak focus, German table tennis star Dimitrij Ovtcharov narrowly lost his match in the semi-finals against Chinese Ma Long (3:4) on Thursday. Ma will meet his compatriot Fan Zhendong in the finals today. The women’s finals were also already an all-Chinese affair: Chen Meng won against Sun Yingsha 4:2. Former world-ranking leader Ovtcharov is […]
Yesterday, the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL revealed a sodium-ion battery and a system that makes this new type of battery compatible with conventional lithium-ion batteries. This could compensate for the lower energy density of sodium-ion batteries without having to sacrifice their advantages. The manufacturing costs for sodium-ion batteries and cells are said to be cheaper, […]
China’s rise in the chip industry is being hampered by a massive shortage of well-trained engineers and other skilled workers. “If you add up all affected areas, our national chip talent gap is probably about 600,000 specialists.” Li Jingbo, dean of the School of Semiconductor Science and Technology at South China Normal University, told China’s […]
On Wednesday, the municipal government of Panzhihua in the province of Sichuan became the first Chinese city to announce subsidies for the second and third children of families. The monthly allowance is ¥500, equivalent to €65, and will be paid for each of the second and third children up to the age of three, the […]