A poll suggests that Germans who get their news from TikTok, rather than traditional media, are less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It comes amid a debate over shutting down the Chinese platform in the US.

Politicians and experts push for reduced reliance on Beijing as Berlin ‘would not and could not evade’ economic fallout of Taiwan invasion

China is said to be eyeing up German automotive factories heading for closure, in a bid to grow its influence within the heart of European car manufacturing.

In response to a media inquiry about German prosecutors indicting three people on suspicion of spying for China by obtaining information about military technology, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China consistently adheres to the principles of mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs in the development of China-Germany relations.

Germans who get their news through TikTok are less likely to see China as a dictatorship, be less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and be more sceptical about climate change and the utility of vaccines than consumers of other media.

Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek that "China is willing to work with the new U.S. government."

Germany's top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held back on purchases amid an uncertain economy and on slower than expected electric vehicle sales.

An industrial welding robot of Siasun Robot and Automation Co Ltd is seen at Hannover Messe 2024 in Hannover, Germany, April 22, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] TIANJIN - China held 156 exhibition projects in Germany in 2024, making the European nation the country ...

Siemens Healthineers, a medical device company based in Germany and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Siemens, broke ground on its new research and development (R&D), and manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. The company has invested approximately $136.5m (over CNY 1 billion) in the new facility.

China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars.

For all its talk of radical change, Volkswagen's cost-cutting deal in Germany relies heavily on the automaker's tradition of cooperation between managers and workers, according to details disclosed by company sources.

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy asked whether the US saw NATO as being necessary as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos. Leaders from China, Ukraine and Germany have taken the stage on day one.