Chen Jixing, former chief of finance of Guangdong Province, is suspected of corruption. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced in a statement on Sunday that the 68-year-old retired official is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and Communist Party law” – a common euphemism for corruption.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know […]
“I learned that I’m a good talker because I gave a lot of team speeches,” Moritz Körner answers laughing when asked how his time as a field hockey coach at the club shaped him for his political career. “Also the idea of community: You only win as a team, you have to coordinate and aim […]
Ryan Hass will become the new director of the John L. Thornton China Center at US think tank Brookings Institution. Hass succeeds Cheng Li, who will continue his 17-year tenure at Brookings as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow. The China Center was established in 2006 to develop analysis and policy recommendations for US foreign policy regarding […]
It is not the daily news or hot news stories, but Taiwan’s hidden stories that interest Carina Rother the most. After all, they often tell more about the country where Rother has lived and worked as a freelance journalist for the past seven years. After studying sinology in Goettingen and London, she decided to deepen […]
Yan Mingfu, once a high-ranking politician, passed away on July 3 at the age of 91. During the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, he led the government’s public relations efforts. As an attempt at mediation, he offered himself as a “hostage” to protesters on hunger strike. After the bloody crackdown, he was relieved of his post, […]
Peter Müller, speechwriter for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, will be the new Co-Chief Editor of the Augsburger Allgemeine. The former Spiegel correspondent in Brussels and Berlin will be responsible for the newspaper’s national reporting from mid-September, while Co-Chief Editor Andrea Kümpfbeck will be in charge of local affairs.Is something changing in your organization? […]
Udo Bullmann does not think much of political role models. “I’m a Lutheran Christian and don’t need any more gods,” says the SPD politician. Rather, the MEP is impressed by people who sometimes swim against the tide, who stand up and speak their minds, even if it does not necessarily bring them advantages. During his […]
“As long as industrialized countries fail to fulfill their commitments in climate financing, it creates a shield for China to not fulfill its own climate responsibilities,” says Belinda Schaepe, China Policy Advisor at the international climate think tank E3G.The Berlin native started learning Chinese as a third foreign language in the 9th grade at Kolleg […]
Samuel Kim will be the new chairman of M&A for Deutsche Bank in the Asia-Pacific region. Kim joins from Morgan Stanley, where he was previously also Chairman for M&A in Asia Pacific. Simone Neumeier has been Director of the NEV Operation Center for FAW Audi in Hangzhou since the beginning of June. Neumeier was previously […]
In a good mood, energy expert Michael Sterner tells us that he spent the weekend tinkering with the photovoltaic system on the roof of his house. It quickly becomes clear that the famous gap between theory and practice does not exist for this man. “I am 83 percent self-sufficient in electricity, heat and mobility with […]