A group of 15 countries from the Asia-Pacific region, including China, Japan, South Korea and Australia, have signed the world’s largest free trade agreement. The agreement, known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), covers more than two billion people and about a third of the world economy. The agreement promoted by Beijing reduces tariffs … Read more
A worker disinfects a public garbage can in Beijing, China’s capital. The worst seems to be over in China. Image: dpa – The corona pandemic has China and America firmly under control. How do the two rivals deal with it? And how are German students doing there? Call the offices of the German Academic Exchange … Read more
Alexandra Wong is called “Grandma Wong” and is a well-known face of Hong Kong anti-government protests. She did not miss a single – until last August, when she disappeared. She wore the British flag at the demonstrations, a symbol of the country that colonized Hong Kong until 1997. “I miss the British-Hong Kong government before … Read more
This is the first WTO decision against tariffs that the Trump administration has imposed on a number of countries, including allies, in recent years, the AP agency writes. In its decision, the organization opposed the Trump administration’s argument that China was involved in practices that harmed US interests. Trump has repeatedly accused the WTO of … Read more
The Czechia has not resumed issuing tourist visas to citizens of China, which, like other European countries, stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic in January. The number of flights between Europe and the world’s most populous country is now minimal. This was stated by the director of the state agency CzechTourism Jan Herget in response … Read more