Several Chinese EV manufacturers are relying on US chip giant Nvidia to advance their semi-autonomous driving systems. While this poses market risks for both sides, it is almost inevitable. For the time being, China will not be able to decouple from imports of key components in this sector.
By Frank Sieren
German architect Hans-Martin Renn helped build a ski jumping venue in Zhangjiakou, China. A few days before the start of the Olympic Games, he talks to us about conferences with uninformed party cadres, Chinese binge-drinking, and how it feels to help build a winter sports monument for an authoritarian regime. Marcel Grzanna spoke with Renn.
By Marcel Grzanna
President Xi Jinping wants to continue the fight against poverty. Market reforms and equal access to education are to support the cause. All in all, the goal of common prosperity is now considered to be within reach.
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China's power sector has gained much attention since last year. On the one hand, the People's Republic launched its emissions trading scheme in the summer, which so far has only covered the power sector. At the same time, the country was hit by a severe power crisis. Many of the causes lie in the sector's outdated structure, which is also hampering China's planned energy transition.
By Christiane Kuehl
China is deeply integrated into and participated in the global chains of value creation. However, the nature of China’s integration has significantly changed over time: China has steadily increased its value contribution to export to third countries while gradually reducing the reliance on foreign value-add in immediate goods imports. This is by design: China’s top leadership has the ambition to maintain this trajectory, creating more global leverage through trade.
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