Jens Hildebrandt, head of the Chambers of Commerce Abroad in Beijing, takes a critical view of China's isolation due to COVID policy – according to him, this also creates major problems for Chinese companies. He talks to Frank Sieren about the prospects for German companies in a stronger, more authoritarian China and why it is more important than ever to resume exchange with China.
By Frank Sieren
In addition to Evergrande's real estate projects, asset products of Evergrande's Wealth Management were deemed a safe investment. Many bank consultants recommended them to retail investors. What will happen to their investments now, and how will they react to the constant stream of bad news? Beijing is taking its time with a final decision.
By Ning Wang
The second entry in IfW Kiel's Global China Conversations series took on one of the most heated topics in international trade policy: China's subsidies and their impact on Western companies. An IfW survey shows that competitive pressure is already being felt across the board.
By Amelie Richter
Chinese shipping company Cosco Shipping is taking a 35 percent stake in a Hamburg container terminal. The Hanseatic city welcomes this investment as a strengthening of Hamburg's role as a transport hub. For the terminal operator HHLA, the investment means planning security and the possibility of a strategic partnership.
By Christiane Kuehl
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has drafted a carbon neutrality roadmap for China. According to the plan, solar energy will become the number one energy source by 2045, and coal consumption has to be cut back to one-fifth by 2060. Greater efficiency and a massive expansion of renewable energies are needed. There is even implementation of technologies that do not exist yet. This all costs a lot of money. But the IEA believes that China is capable of making the transition even faster.
By Christiane Kuehl
One of China's most complicated insolvency cases enters the next round: The HNA Group from Hainan in southern China is split into four independently managed business units. HNA is the parent company of the renowned Hainan Airlines, the only airline that services direct routes from Beijing to Berlin. The tourism company definitely still has a future – if it operates more frugally and efficiently in the future.
By Frank Sieren
Salt also melts under enough heat – and is then suitable as a carrier for nuclear fuel. China sees this as an alternative technology for future nuclear reactors. The breakthrough of liquid salt reactors is anything but certain. But it does have some amazing advantages.
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China is striving to become the leader in innovation and high-tech in decades to come. In our interview, Almuth Wietholtz-Eisert from the Leibniz Association describes the implications for German scientists and researchers. International cooperation partners must not close their eyes to the fact that research in China often serves military, economic or repressive purposes of the CCP. Wietholtz-Eisert warns against forced technology transfers and targeted cyberattacks. The interview was conducted by Michael Radunski.
By Michael Radunski
A major matter between the US and China has been resolved. Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is allowed to return home without punishment. At the same time, Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are granted amnesia after more than 1,000 days in Chinese custody. The chronology of events presents a politically loaded economic thriller caught between a power struggle between the rising and the acting world power.
By Frank Sieren
The Chinese film market is becoming more and more important for Hollywood, but Beijing keeps Hollywood films on a tight leash. And so America's soft power is blazing a different trail: The world's largest amusement park of the American Universal Studios has opened its gates in China's capital.
By Frank Sieren
