Chinese tech company Baidu is going into mass production with its new "Kunlun" AI chip. It's the first 7-nanometer chip made in China. This push is part of a larger trend. More and more tech giants want to design their own semiconductors. China also wants to make itself less dependent on US technology.
By Frank Sieren
The EU is getting serious about banning products from forced labor: In her State of the Union speech, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen complies with demands from the European Parliament and announces a ban on imports. A new chip law is also intended to make the bloc less dependent on Asia. Von der Leyen also presented the new name for the planned European counterpart to the Chinese Silk Road.
By Amelie Richter
The FDP politician Alexander Graf Lambsdorff is demanding a higher priority for China in the foreign policy strategy of the future German government. Brussels also concerns him on a particular issue: the CAI investment agreement. He calls for a renegotiation of the deal between the European Union and Beijing. China.Table's questions were answered in writing. For more interviews with top German politicians ahead of the 2021 federal election, click here.
By Amelie Richter
This week, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit is taking place in Tajikistan – largely unnoticed by the West. That is a mistake. After all, a new power is forming here. And China is playing a key role.
By Michael Radunski
In China, an area of about 36,000 square kilometers is to be afforested annually until 2025. One goal of this project is to counteract climate change by creating larger CO2 reservoirs. Although the plan fits in with Beijing's target of a climate-neutral economy by 2060, its origins date much further back.
By Redaktion Table
Daimler and Geely are turning the 2.70-meter-long Smart into a four-meter-long compact SUV. The new design is an attempt to revive the loss-maker Smart. But the new car is pushing into a market segment with numerous competitors. And: The Smart loses its uniqueness with the new design.
By Frank Sieren
China's Communist Party is issuing a storm of rules, bans and restrictions. Its focus is on the country's youth – and its Internet companies, which have been enormously successful and profitable up to now. The party not only wants to set new values, but it also wants to set itself apart from the West with these standards. In this way, the CCP is returning to its role as a shaper of society, a role it had actually abandoned after Mao.
By Ning Wang
Benjamin Wahl, Borussia Dortmund's China head, talks to China.Table about BVB's very special fan culture and how it can be transferred to the Far East. He also talks about Chinese players in the German Bundesliga and the opportunities for Chinese soccer between the five-year plan and grassroots work. Wahl says: "You can't buy success in soccer (after all)." The interview was conducted by Frank Sieren.
By Frank Sieren
The government in Taipei is buying new military equipment and is even redeveloping its existing systems. The development is reasonable: Under Xi Jinping, the People's Republic shows increasingly clear signals of strength. Moreover, the People's Liberation Army is arming itself. But what seems like an escalation could also follow its own well-balanced logic.
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Evergrande's default is emblematic of the systemic problems Chinese real estate groups are facing. For many years, the real estate boom fueled both the country's credit and construction industries. But now the group's shares are falling to their lowest level in six years. Fears of a domino effect are running high.
By Ning Wang
