Steve George will be CNN Digital’s new director for Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for digital content and stories and will be based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining CNN in 2016, George spent eight years as an editor in Beijing, covering news and social affairs.
Ferdinando Sorrentino is to become the new head of automotive supplier SEG Automotive, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Sorrentino succeeds Peter Sokol and Frank-Lorenz Dietz, who have left the company. He is to increase the market presence in China.Daniel Zhang Yong has resigned from the supervisory board of Weibo. The CEO of Alibaba Group Holding had […]
Michael Mueller, the former governing mayor of Berlin, will report on China, Japan and the Middle East in the SPD Foreign Affairs Working Group. The assignments were decided Wednesday in the party’s working group.Wu Junli becomes the new president of Chinaoil, a unit of PetroChina responsible for oil and gas trading. Previously, Wu was PetroChina’s […]
Zhang Yang will be the new CEO of Shanghai-based car brand Aiways. Zhang previously worked for direct electric car competitor Nio.
Javid Qaem, Afghanistan’s ambassador to China, has resigned after not receiving a salary for the past six months. The Afghan embassy located at its key partner China is now down to one employee, Bloomberg reports. Qaem was part of the Islamic Republic’s government, which was overthrown by the Taliban.Roland Palmer becomes Alibaba’s new General Manager […]
Peng Jingtang becomes the new commander of the Chinese army in Hong Kong. The major general previously was the deputy chief of staff of the People’s Armed Police, a paramilitary police unit. According to Chinese media reports, Peng previously also headed the “Mountain Eagles” anti-terrorist unit in Xinjiang.
Ding Yun has been appointed as the new president of Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group. Ding has worked for Huawei since 1996. Within the company, Yun has served as Product Line President, Global Solution Sales President, Global Marketing President, and Products and Solutions President.Liza Zhang becomes the new Managing Director of MSL China. The PR company […]
Zhang Yang will be the new CEO of Shanghai-based car brand Aiways. Zhang previously worked for its EV competitor Nio. Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus was inducted into the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Kohse-Hoeinghaus is a professor of physical chemistry in Bielefeld, Germany.
Zhang Ming, who was Chinese ambassador to the EU in Brussels until the end of 2021, will become Secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Founded in 2001, the SCO includes China, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Zhang takes over the post of Secretary-General from Uzbek Vladimir Norov. The group last had […]
Ao Hong is the new chairman of the board of China Rare Earth Group. The newly established company brings together three state-owned producers that produce rare earths. The merger is intended to bundle domestic production of the industrial metals and make their extraction more efficient. Ao was previously director of state-owned metals company Chinalco. The […]