Taiwan’s vice-president gave her first speech to MEPs in Brussels – an unusual appearance that prompted an official complaint from Beijing.
By Amelie Richter
Lars Klingbeil travels to China – the vice-chancellor beats Merz to the punch. Meanwhile, another contentious issue is emerging in the coalition: the policy on China.
By Angela Köckritz
Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s former digital minister and one of the most influential voices for democratic innovation, talks about Europe’s balancing act between data protection and digitalization – and why open, participatory technologies are the strongest answer to authoritarian influence.
By Fabian Peltsch
As announced, Beijing is lifting the export restrictions on semiconductor metals such as gallium, germanium and antimony, which were only introduced a month ago, for the time being. The background to this is the agreements between Xi and Trump to de-escalate the trade dispute between the two countries.
By Ning Wang
Following previous export restrictions, China has granted exemptions for the supply of Nexperia chips for civilian use. This is intended to reduce supply bottlenecks for car manufacturers and suppliers.
By Amelie Richter
The CDU/CSU and SPD want to set up a commission of experts to examine Germany's economic dependencies on China and develop strategies for greater security.
By Amelie Richter
Lower Saxony has deported a Uyghur woman to China, although the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) had specified Turkey as the destination country. Following harsh criticism, the Ministry of the Interior of Lower Saxony is taking a stand.
By Ning Wang
Japan has elected a woman as prime minister for the first time: Takaichi Sanae. But before she can go down in history as the “Iron Lady,” she has to overcome three huge challenges – from fighting inflation and empowering women in the labor market to creating security for Japan in an increasingly tense geopolitical environment.
By Koichi Hamada
The Chinese engineering state is more efficient in many areas than the US legal society, argues technology analyst Dan Wang. However, the fact that China’s leadership also views society as a technical system is having a devastating effect in some areas.
By Angela Köckritz
