The shortage of microchips from Taiwan is only slowly disappearing. German carmakers are therefore threatened with short-time work, and assembly lines in China are also at a standstill. One of the reasons is a "toilet paper effect" – when some players start hoarding, others also build up larger stocks. China is reacting with gigantic investments.
By Felix Lee
E-learning will remain a dynamic market even after the pandemic – especially in China, where the industry has been placed on the priority list of the 14th Five-Year Plan. In South Korea and Japan, e-learning has long been established, but China is catching up rapidly. In 2020, €6.5 billion were invested – more than in the past ten years combined. Industry leader Zuoyebang wants to go public in the US.
By Frank Sieren
Employees posted to China will be treated the same as locals starting in 2022 – for example, they will lose the opportunity to receive tax-free rent subsidies. The chambers of commerce are protesting. Does China not care about losing further attractiveness?
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China is one of the largest markets for the global beverage industry. The sugary drinks of yesteryear have long since ceased to be box office hits. Western beverage manufacturers will have to adapt – and switch to healthier products. Genki Forest from Beijing shows how this can be done.
By Ning Wang
Geely is China's largest car company. With its new brand Zeekr, the company now wants to attack the market for premium EVs. Company founder Li Shufu has already turned the industry on its head several times in his home country. With his group, he also holds around ten percent of the shares in Daimler.
By Redaktion Table
Relations between China and the EU have never been worse. For the first time in over 30 years, the two sides slapped sanctions on each other last week. Nevertheless, there is little sign of a continuing deep conflict affecting economic relations. Experts speak of a low point but not a caesura.
By Felix Lee
China and India have just ended months of skirmishes on their border. For decades they have distrusted and misunderstood each other. India is now cooperating more with the US in the Quad grouping – to Beijing's displeasure. But Delhi says this is far from an alliance. India has always insisted on strategic independence.
By Christiane Kuehl
China is the most important bilateral donor for developing and emerging countries. A research team led by the Institute for the World Economy has now been able to analyze 100 Chinese loan agreements to developing countries for the first time. China.Table was given advance access to the underlying study. The Chinese contracts contain "unusually far-reaching secrecy clauses" and ensure Beijing priority over other creditors in the event of insolvency. Some contract clauses even allow Beijing to "potentially influence" the policies of debtor countries. Despite strict contractual clauses, Beijing regularly grants debt rescheduling and deferments.
By Nico Beckert
As Beijing secures political control of Hong Kong with electoral reform, fugitive activists are forming to fight the autocrats. Ted Hui was a Hong Kong parliamentarian, but since December, he has been on the run with his family and now lives in Australia. He now talks to China.Table about his fate and that of his fellow campaigners – between pride and fear. Giving up is not an option for them. "We keep going," says Hui.
By Marcel Grzanna
The debacle over the grounded container ship in the Suez Canal has once again shown Beijing how risky it is to become too dependent on a transport route with a bottleneck. For China, that is even more so the 900-kilometer-long Strait of Malacca near Singapore, which measures only 2.7 kilometers at its narrowest point. Most of China's raw materials have to pass through this strait. That is why China has been trying for years to build alternative supply routes as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. These are mainly pipelines.
By Frank Sieren
