Human rights organizations such as the Tibet Initiative and Human Rights Watch Germany have expressed disappointment that the German Chancellor barely raised human rights issues during his visit to China.
By Marcel Grzanna
China's President Xi Jinping will travel to Europe in May for the first time since the end of the Covid pandemic. He is scheduled to be in Belgrade on May 8 to meet his counterpart Vučić. The chosen date was no coincidence.
By Amelie Richter
BYD delivered on the premium offensive announced back in February. On Tuesday, the car manufacturer presented two premium SUV models in Shenzhen. It initially remained unclear whether these were electric cars or hybrids.
By Redaktion Table
Ministers Lemke, Oezdemir and Wissing have held meetings with the Chinese ministers in parallel with the Chancellor. The common theme: problems caused by globalization that require joint action.
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Jens Spahn travels to China shortly after Olaf Scholz and uses the opportunity to criticize the Chancellor and the German government. Meanwhile, Juergen Hardt, foreign policy spokesman for the CDU parliamentary group, praises the Chancellor.
By Redaktion Table
Support for a peace conference – but otherwise the same old story about the West being responsible for Russia's necessary defense against Ukraine. Xi mainly repeats old positions in public, but Scholz still sees success.
By Michael Radunski
During his China trip, Olaf Scholz called for closer cooperation with China in the field of science. He said that talks and reciprocal visits should increase again after the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Michael Radunski
The animal welfare group Humane Society International has presented photos and film footage of overcrowded fur farms in China. Experts say that keeping foxes, magpies and minks poses an increased risk of transmitting pathogens to humans.
By Marcel Grzanna
The former head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, sees China maintaining a soft distance from Russia. This could play a role in the meeting between President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
By Michael Radunski
