Meet the “Top of the Table”: the 100 key players in the international climate scene. Selected by the China.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics to administration, consulting, think tanks, foundations and NGOs. Today: the most important personalities from think tanks. Click here for the overview.
By Redaktion Table
The tariffs are here, but the conflicts are far from over. Berlin intends to keep intervening in Brussels to avoid provoking Beijing too much. And Beijing will almost certainly retaliate – though probably not against Germany first.
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The Taiwanese company TSMC is the largest and most important contract manufacturer of high-end semiconductor products. It is now opening a fab in Dresden, Germany. At a conference in Berlin, the new head of the TSMC plant provided details.
By Felix Lee
After weeks of anticipation, it is now clear: The European Commission is imposing additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, with rates varying by manufacturer.
By Amelie Richter
Human-like robots are expected to become a mass product soon. In addition to Western companies such as Tesla and Boston Dynamics, Chinese competitors are also rapidly positioning themselves. Beijing sets the direction.
By Jörn Petring
A Chinese man, identified as a former Navy officer, has been arrested after entering a strategically important estuary in a speedboat. Nothing is officially known about his motive.
By Redaktion Table
Time Magazine named Zhang Kejian one of the 100 most influential people in 2019. The materials science graduate's career is fully geared towards the space industry.
By Jörn Petring
The Dutch capital wants to take all cameras from Chinese manufacturers out of circulation over the next five years – for fear of espionage and because of human rights concerns. Other municipalities could follow suit.
By Carolyn Braun
Four US college lecturers have been injured in a stabbing in Jilin in north-eastern China. They were in the country as part of an exchange program. One suspect has already been arrested.
By Redaktion Table
