The new submarine internet cable "Peace" is supposed to be able to transport the equivalent of 90,000 hours of Netflix movies – per second. It is currently being laid from China via Pakistan to France and Africa – and is causing friction in Chinese-American relations. The question is: Who controls global data traffic?
By Ning Wang
In this series, China.Table analyses China's relations with the EU member states: On the sea route from Asia to Europe, the Greek city of Piraeus is the next European port after the Suez Canal. As China's most important gateway to Europe, it will continue to grow in importance. Beijing is investing billions. Athens is now making a correspondingly confident appearance in Brussels – also to the displeasure of the Americans.
By Frank Sieren
After calls for boycotts against foreign companies in China, the first affected textile producers are buckling. Among others, the Japanese company Muji distances itself from the suspicion of forced labour on the cotton fields in Xinjiang, in order not to endanger its business in the People's Republic. Meanwhile, the Chinese government is increasing the pressure on the companies.
By Marcel Grzanna
China is one of the countries that invest the most in nuclear technology. The People's Republic wants to export its technologies abroad, including Europe. But within the EU, there is no unified course on how to deal with the issue of nuclear power. In the CAI, the EU nuclear energy sector is left out, and the decision on whether to use Chinese technology is a national responsibility. China remains closed to foreign investment in the sector. Read more about the impact of the agreement on the European market in our China.Table analyses on the CAI.
By Frank Sieren
The diplomatic exchange of blows with China has left a great deal of uncertainty in its wake. What do the sanctions mean for the individuals named, the employees, and members of the institutions concerned – and for their families? Beijing, meanwhile, is extending the ban to individuals in the US and Canada.
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German citizens in Beijing and Shanghai can get vaccinated against COVID-19 – so the general vaccination offer for Germans in China is coming faster than in Germany itself. The Chinese government is now launching an international digital platform for the verification of tests and vaccinations.
By Redaktion Table
If we Europeans have an interest in the US continuing to take on the task of keeping the world order, and China in particular, in balance, because we rightly do not trust ourselves to do so, then we would be wise to do everything we can to keep the American President's back. Europe's focus should be on a common foreign and development policy in the Middle East and Africa and on finding ways to finance a genuine alternative offer of infrastructure investment in Central Asia and Africa to compete with the Chinese 'Silk Road'.
By Redaktion Table
H M products disappear from Internet platforms in China. Taxi drivers can no longer find store addresses on their mobile phones: The boycott calls against H M, Nike, or Adidas reveal the fundamental problem of foreign companies in the People's Republic. They are caught between value-oriented demands from the West and the threatening wrath of an authoritarian government with the world's largest consumer market behind it. The truth is that the boycotts often die down quickly, and the damage to the companies is rarely permanent.
By Marcel Grzanna
Tesla is suspected of espionage in China. Military personnel and employees of state-owned companies are to be banned from using the US company's EVs. This is seen as payback for the espionage allegations against Huawei in the US. However, there is no evidence for either accusation. The pressure on Tesla comes at an inopportune time. The US manufacturer still wants to expand its range this year with a low-cost mass product. Elon Musk is therefore cozying up to China.
By Frank Sieren
The People's Republic has overcome COVID. Many people are therefore in no hurry to be vaccinated. But China wants to vaccinate 560 million people by June. 18 to 59-year-olds first. Herd immunity is to be achieved by the end of the year. The capital Beijing, in particular, is pushing the pace.
By Redaktion Table
