The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, delays the publication of her assessment of Chinese human rights violations in Xinjiang even at the end of her term. Beijing even gets the opportunity to help shape the content of the paper. Critics, therefore, see themselves confirmed that the former Chilean President never planned to criticize China.
By Marcel Grzanna
A McKinsey analysis predicts Volkswagen will lose billions due to delays in its Cariad software division. Added to this are problems in China and growing competition. For example, from Apple.
By Christian Domke Seidel
The Keqiang index, comprising the growth in railway freight, power consumption and bank loans, has been used widely as an alternative to China’s notoriously mistrusted GDP growth figure. More recently, many experts have argued that the index has not captured the transformation of China’s economy towards a more technology- and service-driven one, thereby gradually losing its meaningfulness. However, under the current circumstance of large-scale fiscal stimulus and the re-emerging issue of economic data reliability, the Keqiang index might see a revival as a powerful tool to decipher the real dynamics of the Chinese economy.
By Redaktion Table
At the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Washington tried in vain to rally the countries of Latin America against China. Nor was it possible to reach a common position on Ukraine. Instead, Latin American politicians criticized the United States for not getting involved enough in South America compared to China.
By Frank Sieren
