Tag: Zero Covid
Less growth, more rearmament: China’s plan for 2023
Dusseldorf At the start of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, China set itself a rather modest growth target of around five percent for this year. This is the lowest…
Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume visits China
Beijing, Dusseldorf Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume is in a hurry. As the first high-ranking business representative, the CEO of the automaker traveled to China after the end of the corona…
Is Corona now paralyzing rural China?
Beijing Two empty PCR test stations on the station forecourt in Beijing are the only indications that the strictest corona rules in the world applied in China until recently. The…
Weakening exports increase dependency on China
Container Ship China is Germany’s most important trading partner for the seventh year in a row. (Photo: dpa) Berlin On the one hand, China is becoming less important as a…
China’s easing course would have been Xi Jinping’s chance – but is now rushed and chaotic
Xi Jinping The departure from China’s hard corona line is progressing rapidly. (Photo: dpa) These are dramatic scenes that are currently taking place in China in the third year of…
Weak global demand causes China’s exports to collapse
Beijing Poor global demand and corona lockdowns in China have caused Chinese foreign trade to collapse unexpectedly. Customs officials announced in Beijing on Wednesday that exports in US dollars fell…
How China saves Europe through the winter
Medical staff in Beijing Despite the negative consequences for the economy, the leadership in Beijing is sticking to its corona policy. (Photo: AP) A presentation is currently being passed around…
Economy grows by 3.9 percent – recovery remains uncertain
Port of Qingdao Exports from China in particular are falling behind the previous year’s figures. (Photo: dpa) Beijing The economic recovery in China remains uncertain. As the Beijing Statistics Office…
Economy grows by 3.9 percent – recovery remains shaky
Port of Qingdao Exports from China in particular are falling behind the previous year’s figures. (Photo: dpa) Beijing The economic recovery in China remains uncertain. As the Beijing Statistics Office…
Beijing is increasing pressure on the unvaccinated
Beijing With incentives and bans, the Chinese authorities are increasing the pressure on the unvaccinated and people with insufficient vaccination protection. In Beijing, proof of vaccination must be presented in…
Consumers do not trust the economic recovery
Beijing China’s economy stabilized in May. But China’s consumers do not trust the recovery so far. While industrial production grew by 0.7 percent in May compared to the same month…
Corona cases in Bar trigger mass testing and lockdowns
Tests in Beijing Thousands are being tested in Beijing as a result of the country’s zero-Covid strategy. (Photo: dpa) Beijing In Beijing, millions of people have to be tested for…
A turning point with wind farms in the North Sea
Good morning dear readers, today we don’t want to talk about fossil energies, about oil and gas, which is better left in Russia. Instead, the focus is on the substance…
The risk of a global recession is increasing
The author Kenneth Rogoff teaches international economics at Harvard University. From 2001 to 2003 he was chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. (Photo: Getty Images) Is the global economy…
Shanghai wants to achieve “zero Covid” outside of the sealed off quarters in a timely manner
Covid tests in Shanghai The metropolis has prepared a test system for the end of the week-long strict lockdown. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt The Chinese economic metropolis Shanghai wants to achieve…
The NRW election will be dangerous for Olaf Scholz
Shortly before the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the two top candidates met on WDR yesterday evening for their only TV duel and personal showdown: Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and…
Lockdown in the economic metropolis of Shanghai comes into force
Beijing The 25 million metropolis of Shanghai is going into the corona lockdown in two phases. The districts east of the Huangpu River have been cordoned off since 5 a.m.…
Lockdown in the economic metropolis of Shanghai comes into force
Beijing The 25 million metropolis of Shanghai is going into the corona lockdown in two phases. The districts east of the Huangpu River have been cordoned off since 5 a.m.…
Lockdown in the economic metropolis of Shanghai comes into force
pandemic Shanghai has been in partial lockdown for a good two weeks. (Photo: Reuters) Beijing The 25 million metropolis of Shanghai is going into the corona lockdown in two phases.…
Economic metropolis Shanghai has to go into lockdown from Monday
tests in Shanghai In order to test the population, public life will be shut down in two stages. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Shanghai The Chinese economic and financial metropolis of Shanghai is…