The US knows through intelligence that China's President Xi Jinping has ordered his military to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan by 2027, says CIA Director William Burns.CIA Director William Burns warns against underestimating Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitions towards Taiwan. "Our assessment at the CIA is that I would not underestimate President Xi's ambitions regarding Taiwan," the director of US intelligence said at an event at Georgetown University in Washington.The poor performance of the Russian military and Russian weapons...
essay by Florian MuellerA few days ago, China's statistical office confirmed what many have been writing about with longing for years: the officially most populous country in the world is shrinking. Although only by 850,000 people to 1.41175 billion, it is the first decline in 61 years. With that, India could become China some estimates are said to have already overtaken. or again outdated, because until 1750 India's population was once the largest in the world. source site
essay by Florian MuellerA few days ago, China's statistical office confirmed what many have been writing about with longing for years: the officially most populous country in the world is shrinking. Although only by 850,000 people to 1.41175 billion, it is the first decline in 61 years. With that, India could become China some estimates are said to have already overtaken. or again outdated, because until 1750 India's population was once the largest in the world. source site
STORY: China's economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter due to the country's strict corona restrictions. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the Chinese economy grew 2.9 percent year-on-year in the October-December 2022 period. In the third quarter, the Chinese economy grew by 3.9 percent. In 2022, the Chinese economy grew by 3.0 percent, well below the official target of "around 5.5 percent". In 2021, gross domestic product had grown by 8.4 percent. With the exception...
Status: 01/17/2023 07:24 a.m China's economy grew by a total of 3 percent last year - far below the official target of the Chinese government. It's one of the weakest results in decades. By Eva Lamby-Schmitt, ARD Studio Shanghai It's more than analysts were expecting after a year of strict Covid restrictions and lockdowns in megacities that have weighed heavily on the economy. And yet it is far below the official target of the Chinese state and party leadership, which...
Company China's population is shrinking for the first time since 1961 Rush hour in a Beijing subway station. China's population has shrunk by around 850,000 people in a year. photo © Uncredited/kyodo/dpa Even the end of the one-child policy has not turned the tide in China. The birth rate is falling. Housing, education and medical care are too expensive for many - and then the pandemic hits. China's population shrank last year for the first time in six decades. At...
Company China's population is shrinking for the first time in decades Rush hour in a Beijing subway station. China's population has shrunk by around 850,000 people in a year. photo © Uncredited/kyodo/dpa This is reported by the statistics office in Beijing. China's population shrank last year for the first time in decades. At the end of last year, the most populous country in the world had 1.411 billion inhabitants, around 850,000 fewer than a year earlier, the statistics office in...
Weak global demand and the corona situation in China again weighed heavily on Chinese foreign trade in December. China's exports in US dollars fell by 9.9 percent compared to the same month last year, as reported by customs in Beijing on Friday. It was the third monthly decline in a row. Imports also fell by 7.5 percent. Overall, foreign trade recorded a minus of 8.9 percent in December.China's economy was heavily burdened in the past year by the strict zero-corona...
Status: 01/13/2023 08:11 a.m China's exports and imports contracted significantly in December. The reason is probably the massive wave of corona infections after the state and party leadership had lifted the strict zero-Covid policy. By Benjamin Eyssel, ARD Studio Beijing China's December exports fell 9.9 percent year-on-year due to falling global demand. Imports also fell, down 7.5 percent compared to December 2021, according to foreign trade figures released by China's customs for December and for the whole of last year....
from Florian MuellerThe largest German medical technology company Siemens Healthineers relies heavily on China. Last fall, the group spun off its China business into its own regional unit, wants to appear there as a "native" company in the future, which develops, manufactures and sells all products in the country. What makes sense for the development of the Siemens subsidiary - after all, China will be the world's largest market for medical technology by 2030 - also plays into the hands...
