Bangkok These were airports and highways, ports and railway lines. Many already heavily indebted countries have made their expensive dreams come true with the help of China in the past, now they are suffering from the loss of control. The global economic crisis drives them bankrupt, but the former granting China’s wishes often thwarts their … Read more
Kishore Mahbubani The Asian political scientist believes that the war in Ukraine will ultimately be just a “footnote in the epochal conflict between the US and China for world domination”. Dusseldorf Sometimes a change of perspective helps to understand. Kishore Mahbubani, one of Asia’s most prominent geostrategists, has a different view of the West that … Read more
– Rainbow flag in Taiwan Pedestrians in Taipei, Taiwan: China statements the country for alone. – (Image: dpa) – – – – Berlin Eight MPs from all events represented in the Bundestag want to journey to Taiwan at the stop of October. In accordance to details from the Handelsblatt, a corresponding software is expected to … Read more
– BRUSSELS Considering that the start of the war, Ukraine beneath assault by Russia has already been given € 5.4 billion in financial loans and grants from the EU. In addition, € 2.5 billion was mobilized for armed forces aid. The Commission also resolved on Monday to connection Ukraine to the “Digital Europe” application. The … Read more
– China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Despite their strategic rivalry, the world’s two largest economies remain important trading partners. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Washington / Peking US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has again called on China to condemn Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. … Read more
– Folk Tales in Shanghai After the latest revelations about human rights violations, the federal government will apparently no longer protect VW in China for investments. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt For the first time, the Federal Ministry of Economics has refused a German company investment guarantees for China in connection with … Read more
Federal Chancellor Scholz and Minister of Finance Lindner (r.) The traffic light coalition has already taken the first steps towards relief, but it cannot stop there. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – The German Council of Economic Experts has significantly lowered its economic forecast and is warning of a recession in Germany. But this … Read more
Düsseldorf At the end of February, Russia’s national ice hockey team will play for victory in the final of the Olympic tournament. But against Finland nothing will come of the hoped-for defense of the gold medal. Four years earlier in South Korea, the troupe around the superstar Alexander Ovechkin, who plays in the USA, had … Read more
Düsseldorf Even if it’s cynical: wars and catastrophes are always expressed in cold numbers on the stock exchanges. It was the same after Putin’s attack on Ukraine. The German leading index Dax lost a good 15 percent after the Russian invasion. About three quarters of the losses have now been made up for, probably also … Read more
– Selenski im US-Kongress In a speech to both chambers of the US Congress, Volodymyr Zelensky once again emphatically called for the establishment of a no-fly zone. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – New York In a speech to both chambers of the US Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for more military support … Read more