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286 articles matching the search query.
China blamed for cancellation of events for German book on Xi Jinping
Publisher says situation is a ‘disquieting signal’ after presentations pulled at short notice
Germany’s Subtle Shift in Tone on China
Of all the global challenges facing Germany’s next government, its stance on China is perhaps the most pressing.
Germany’s Growing Dilemma Over China Puts Hamburg in Spotlight
The biggest German port risks being caught between trade and politics.
43 countries criticize China at UN for repression of Uyghurs
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 40 mainly Western countries criticized China at a U.N. meeting on Thursday for the reported torture and repression of Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, keeping a spotlight on the region where foreign governments and researchers say an estimated 1 million people or more have been confined in camps.
Will it be business as usual for China and Germany as Berlin coalition looms?
While parties hawkish on China are certain to share power in Berlin, analysts are united in their belief that German pragmatism on the economy will win the day.
China Evergrande: What the Property Developer's Debt Crisis Means For Your Money
In China, a company called Evergrande promised to deliver apartments to some 1.5 million buyers, who are still waiting for their keys.
FountainVest Agrees to Buy New Zealand Pet Food Firm Ziwi
Chinese private equity firm FountainVest Partners has agreed to buy New Zealand pet food company Ziwi.
Woman Who Threw Eggs at Chinese VP Facing Forcible Repatriation From Germany
Mao Xinxin said she threw the eggs as a political protest, and will likely face official persecution on her return to China.
Germany says China has refused port stopover by warship
BERLIN (AP) — Germany said Wednesday that China has rejected a planned stopover of a German warship in a Chinese port. The frigate left Germany last month for a tour of the Indo-Pacific region as part of the German government's effort to increase its activities there.
As Angela Merkel’s exit looms, Germany’s ‘China city’ hopes for jobs boom
Duisburg, Germany’s ‘China city’, has long hoped that the surging export-import business would turn into larger investments bringing jobs to this town at the heart of Germany’s rust belt.
Ai Weiwei Says Credit Suisse Is Closing His Foundation’s Account
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei said Credit Suisse Group AG is closing his foundation’s account after the Swiss bank informed him that it was terminating the relationship because of an alleged criminal record.
German ambassador to China, ex-Merkel adviser, dies at 54
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died at age 54, the German government said Monday. The Foreign Ministry announced Jan Hecker's “sudden death” in a short statement in the early hours of Monday.
China Economist Warns of Falling Property Prices, Debt Pressure
China should guard against the risk of falling property prices and a potential crisis if home values start dropping below mortgages, a prominent state-linked economist warned.
Chinese human rights activist avoids imminent deportation from Germany
Liu Bing claims he will face ‘long-term detention without trial’ for taking part in protests in China.
Xi’s Grand Vision Meets China’s Listless Youth
For all the trouble President Xi Jinping faces with the U.S. and its allies, he has another problem at home that could derail his grand plans for China: unmotivated young people.
Green’s Bet to Succeed Merkel Urges Curbs on China Trade: FAS
Annalena Baerbock, the Green Party’s candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, wants to tighten German and European trade policy toward China and impose higher tariffs if her party joins the next government.
China Partly Shuts World’s Third-Busiest Port, Risking Trade
China partly shut the world’s third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid, threatening more damage to already fragile supply chains and global trade as a key shopping season nears.
‘It should be a wake-up call’: What Beijing’s port demand means for Germany
China’s response to the vessel’s application to stop in Shanghai could show the direction of bilateral relations, observers say.
Headache for Merkel ‘as Beijing calls Berlin’s bluff in South China Sea’
Warship’s proposed friendly stop-off in Shanghai scuppered by surprise move from Beijing seeking clarification.
