While the anti-corruption campaign in the People's Liberation Army is underway, President Xi Jinping has already set his sights on the next sectors: In a speech, he called for increased investigations into the financial and pharmaceutical sectors.
By Christiane Kuehl
With a 62 percent increase in car exports last year, the People's Republic has become the world's largest car exporter – for the third year of growth in a row.
By Redaktion Table
The EU competition authority is investigating US software company Microsoft's billion-euro investment in chatGPT developer OpenAI. It also questions other market participants.
By Corinna Visser
The temporary overshoot of the 1.5-degree mark in global warming is one of the ten most important issues for the European Parliament's scientific service in 2024. In a new analysis, the scientists call for countermeasures.
By Manuel Berkel
In the new Soil Atlas, the authors criticize inadequate regulations for the protection of arable land in the EU. Previous legislative initiatives have had too little effect.
By Merle Heusmann
It is now official: The political alliance of former Left Party member Sahra Wagenknecht is forming for the European elections with top candidates Thomas Geisel and Fabio de Masi. It is not yet clear which parliamentary group the party will join in the European Parliament.
By Daniel Schmidthäussler
Chinese electric car manufacturers could flood Europe with their vehicles. However, a shortage of cargo ships is now causing an unexpected bottleneck.
By Marcel Grzanna
Another top executive of the hopelessly over-indebted property group Evergrande has been arrested. Liu Yongzhuo was most recently head of the company's EV division.
By Marcel Grzanna
The Swedish company Northvolt is expected to be allowed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles in Schleswig-Holstein starting in 2026. The German car industry hopes that this will reduce its dependence on Asia.
By Fabian Peltsch
US chip manufacturer Nvidia plans to mass-produce AI chips for the Chinese market in 2024. The downgraded chips comply with US export regulations, but many Chinese companies consider them too slow.
By Fabian Peltsch
