Tag: Chinas
China’s Shijian-21 satellite cleans up in geostationary orbit
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 28, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. 14 Trajectory tracking of the Shijian-21 and Beidou-2 G2 satellites © Comspoc Since its takeoff in October, the Chinese satellite…
China’s December industrial profits rise at slowest pace since April 2020
Profit rose 4.2% year-on-year, the slowest rate since April 2020, to 734.2 billion yuan ($115.89 billion), compared with a 9% gain in November. For 2021, profits of industrial enterprises soared…
Airbus will open China’s first aircraft recycling center in 2023
The site, which will also offer storage, maintenance and conversion services for passenger aircraft into freighters, is targeting a market of more than 500 aircraft by 2030. This is a…
China’s dropouts are drawn to Dali in Yunnann province
Roman Pilipey/EPA For more and more Chinese people, greater material prosperity does not automatically mean better quality of life. Instead, many go in search of new life plans – some…
590 million euros: China’s export surplus reaches a record high
Friday January 14, 2022 590 million euros China’s export surplus hits record high As one of the largest economies in the world, China will reach a new high in its…
“Nobody does in Germany”: China’s corona tests are making Rodler Loch nervous
Wednesday January 12, 2022 “Nobody does in Germany” China’s corona tests make tobogganing hole nervous In China, a different limit value applies to corona tests than in Germany. That worries…
Protests in Kazakhstan: China’s government is nervous
It would be the Chinese government’s nightmare scenario: dissatisfied Uyghurs in neighboring Xinjiang take their inspiration from protests in Kazakhstan and take to the streets. Kazakh President Kasym-Shomart Tokayev cracked…
Talk to the superpower – China’s answers to our 16 questions
The People’s Republic of China is the new global superpower. But what do we actually know about the country and the Chinese Communist Party? Is it possible to address a…
Talking to the superpower – China’s answers to our 16 questions – commented by Ai Weiwei
The People’s Republic of China is the new global superpower. But what do we actually know about the country and the Chinese Communist Party? Is it possible to address a…
Omikron reaches China’s people with billions
A.In Tianjin of all places, China is now experiencing its first local corona outbreak of the omicron variant. The port city 140 kilometers south of Beijing describes itself as the…
China’s moon rover Jadehase 2: “Mysterious hut” is a boulder
A mysterious object that the Chinese moon rover Jadehase 2 (Yutu 2, 玉兔 二號) discovered a month ago is – unsurprisingly – a simple rock. This emerges from a report…
Starlink satellites threaten China’s Tiangong space station?
So many satellites orbit the earth that evasive maneuvers are the order of the day to avoid collisions. One way out would be international agreements that regulate traffic in orbit.…