Alex Zhang 张青林 has been General Manager for Asean and Greater China at RTS DG in Dongguan since the beginning of the month. Zhang previously worked for Liebherr Group. Zhang Run is the new ambassador to Mexico. He succeeds Zhu Qingqiao.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
“When people go to the supermarket, it’s their free decision whether or not to put certain things in their shopping cart” – that’s how Konrad Stockmeier describes his view of the market economy. It has a lot to do with freedom, the FDP politician thinks. “That’s why the state shouldn’t constantly intervene in this process […]
Li Song was appointed as China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna, replacing Wang Qun.Chen Ruifeng is the new head of the National Religious Affairs Authority (NRAA). He succeeds Cui Maohu, who was removed from office a few days ago. The reason, according to official reports, was suspicion of […]
Benz, Beck’s, Beckenbauer. These are the words that many Chinese associate with Germany. Oliver Lutz Radtke describes the general image of Germans in China as very positive. Not as dazzling and charming as the French and Italians, but more reliable. The 46-year-old has been in Beijing since November 2022 as Chief Representative China of the […]
Progress on the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) is too slow in Germany and Europe, according to Vanessa Cann. The 30-year-old is managing director at the German AI Association, in which more than 400 companies are networked. “AI start-ups from Europe should be able to play at the top of the world,” Cann says. “That’s […]
Felix van Aerssen has been Coordinator for 2.0L TFSI Engine Development at Volkswagen in Dalian since the beginning of the month. He was previously a Development Engineer at Audi AG in Ingolstadt. Qi Mei is the new Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Austria. She succeeds Li Xiaosi.Is something changing […]
“Hardly anyone in Germany is interested in philosophy,” says Ole Doering. In China, on the other hand, there is a high regard for the discipline running through all levels of society. Doering has been a professor of comparative cultural studies at Shifan University in Changsha, in the province of Hunan, for two years. He is […]
Martin Häusling’s life was actually preordained: He inherited his parents’ “Kellerwaldhof” farm in Bad Zwesten, Hesse, with pigs, cows and a cheese dairy. “It was unusual that I later became a professional politician”, says Häusling. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009 as agricultural policy spokesman for the Greens/EFA group, making […]
Bertrand Lortholary is the new French ambassador to China. During his diplomatic career, he served, among other positions, as Consulate General in New York and ambassador to the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. Lortholary speaks fluent Mandarin.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
As a journalist, Philipp Mattheistraveledtravelled to many parts of the globe. He was a correspondent in Turkey and the Middle East. “But everything seems small compared to China,” he says. China and the West’s relationship to China’s rise, he says, is the big story of the 21st century.After studying philosophy in Munich and training at […]