On “Victory Day,” China is promoting international cooperation and peace with a military parade of all things. The display above all reveals Beijing’s drive to project technological and political power.
By Leonardo Pape and Marcel Grzanna
On "Victory Day," the Communist Party is promoting international cooperation and peace – of all things – with a military parade. Yet the display mainly reveals China’s drive to project technological and political power.
By Leonardo Pape
Chipmaker Cambricon is reporting solid profits for the first time. The company has been on the US Entity List for nearly three years, yet its success could provide a crucial boost for China’s tech industry.
By Jörn Petring
Chinese environmental lawyer Zhang Jingjing has spent decades helping communities around the world hold corporations accountable for pollution and human rights violations.
By Amelie Richter
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of Beijing’s military parade. It remained unclear on Tuesday whether he would also hold a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping.
By Fabian Peltsch
China is already the largest buyer of Russian raw materials. The volumes are set to increase further even before construction of the new “Power of Siberia 2” pipeline has begun.
By Leonardo Pape
Germany’s new climate minister Carsten Schneider is easing into his role, making clear that there must be no backsliding on renewables or climate targets. Major progress, however, is not on the horizon. A confrontation with the Economics Ministry is looming.
By Bernhard Pötter
The United States’ ten-year program for Israel’s military will expire in 2026. In the war with Iran, US forces fired dozens of THAAD interceptor missiles at Iranian projectiles – bringing their own stockpiles to a historic low.
By Yossi Melman
Organic associations in Germany are currently seeing their advertising jeopardized by an EU greenwashing directive of all things. To ensure that they can continue to describe their products as ecological or organic with legal certainty, the Federal Ministry of Justice, which is currently transposing the directive into German law, urgently needs to resolve a legal contradiction.
By Simone Gärtner
