E-commerce: The pros and cons of buying MediaMarktSaturn
E-commerce giant JD.com is apparently working on a takeover of MediaMarkt and Saturn. The maneuver is driven by an increasingly difficult domestic market.
Von Jörn Petring
E-commerce giant JD.com is apparently working on a takeover of MediaMarkt and Saturn. The maneuver is driven by an increasingly difficult domestic market.
Von Jörn Petring
Exports to China are plummeting, while imports are soaring despite falling prices. Behind this are China’s producer price deflation, industrial overcapacity and a deliberately undervalued currency.
Von Julia Fiedler
Clean, punctual, fast – China’s high-speed rail network is impressive. But observers warn the building boom may have gone too far.
Von Jörn Petring
Washington is once again allowing the export of Nvidia’s H20 chips to China – a surprising policy reversal with far-reaching implications. For Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the decision comes at exactly the right moment. He is currently on a PR tour in Beijing.
Von Jörn Petring
Meta is hiring heavily from China for its most ambitious AI initiative – sparking criticism in the US. But breakthroughs may be nearly impossible without Chinese minds.
Von Jörn Petring
A Chinese literary phenomenon is gaining success in the West: Danmei. In this genre, young women write for other young women about homoerotic love between men. Why is the Communist Party cracking down on the movement?
Von Angela Köckritz
Sinology is gradually losing popularity. What motivates German students to choose Chinese studies in the first place? Table.Briefings asked 22 students.
Von Redaktion Table
The US leadership has sent the first signs of détente in the trade war. However, both sides would have to be able to present themselves as winners in negotiations. Meanwhile, the window for a solution without major economic devastation is closing.
Von Leonardo Pape
Two luxury cars, hundreds of thousands of euros in cash and various hard disks have been seized by EU investigators from suspected tax fraudsters. The suspects allegedly failed to declare goods from China correctly.
Von Max Mustermann
Heavy snowfall and storms have caused chaos in Mongolia and northern China. In Mongolia, several people died while looking for their herds. In China, schools were closed and roads were blocked.
Von Horand Knaup