Michael Schumann considers it arrogant when German politicians, media representatives and opinion leaders rest on Germany’s good global reputation and condemn countries like China without having dealt with them more intensively. He voiced his criticism in a recent TV-Berlin interview with Claudia Suender and also in a video call with Table.Media.The Chairman of the German […]
Sebastian Seiffert’s birthday is September 23, 1979, the last day of the first-ever world climate conference – so it is fitting that the professor for physical chemistry of polymers is committed to climate action. And he has done so successfully that he was now honored for it on April 25: With the Ars-Legendi Faculty Award […]
Electricity and gas prices have fallen, and the European Union got through the winter without Russian gas – yet the energy market must continue to adapt to crises and climate change. Andreas Löschel knows what a greener energy economy could look like: He is a Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at Ruhr University in […]
Frank Woeller has been vice president of business development for the EMEA region at Chinese hotel distribution provider and airline ticket wholesaler Dida Travel since February. Woeller previously held various positions, including at the Swiss Hotelbeds Group. Ayfer Kabatas joined Mercedes-Benz Group in China at the beginning of the month as project coordinator for Assembly […]
The words John F. Kennedy chose when he gave his famous speech in West Berlin in 1963 were to go around the world. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, he said with such fervor that people simply had to believe him. If Chantal Kopf were in a similar position today, the words would be different, to be […]
Sebastian Paredes is the new Chairman of DBS Bank China. He succeeds Dominic Ho. Paredes joined DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank headquartered in Singapore, in 2010. Previously, he served as Head of North Asia Region and Chief Executive Officer of DBS Bank Hong Kong.Christoph Pelt is moving from Shanghai to Beijing at the KHS Group. […]
The Russian invasion of Ukraine last year was a wake-up call for many Europeans. For Cornelius Dieckmann, another dimension was added: The thought of the danger of China invading his family’s home country suddenly became much more real. The son of a German and a Taiwanese woman, journalist Dieckmann grew up in Berlin – always […]
In Markus Kurze’s view, the people of Saxony-Anhalt are currently concerned about two European issues in particular: the end of the combustion engine and cyber security.Kurze is chairman of the European Affairs Working Group and parliamentary director of the CDU state parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt. The 52-year-old emphasizes that a sense of proportion is essential […]
Joerg Bartels will become President and CEO of Beijing Benz, a joint venture between BAIC Motor and Mercedes-Benz, on July 1. He succeeds Arno van der Merwe. Bartels currently still serves as Vice President of Vehicle Integration & Concepts at Mercedes-Benz.Bjoern Maier has been Director of Construction and Real Estate Greater China at Porsche Automotive […]
“Knowledge is power,” says Marina Rudyak. The fact that the power structure between China and Europe is currently shifting so drastically, she says, also has to do with the fact that China has been watching Europe closely for 150 years. For most Europeans, on the other hand, China is as distant and foreign as ever. […]