The southern Chinese tech metropolis of Shenzhen wants to open up all its main roads to self-driving cars. This would make the mega-city the first city in the world to permit the new technology on such a large scale. The corresponding draft laws are already at a final stage.
By Frank Sieren
The high-level meeting between EU leaders and China's president did not yield any new progress. Beijing continues to refer to the Ukraine war as a regional crisis, while Brussels warns against undermining sanctions against Russia.
By Amelie Richter
For years, China was seen by foreign residents as a land of unlimited opportunity. But that is in the past now. A tough zero-covid strategy, growing nationalism, totalitarian tendencies and higher taxes are causing more and more expats to leave the People's Republic.
By Marcel Grzanna