Huizhao Huang
Reporter, Economy
Huizhao is SCMP's Berlin-based correspondent covering China-Europe trade and economic relations, with a focus on Germany and key industries including automobiles, new energy and chemicals. Before joining SCMP, she spent five years at Caixin Media covering Chinese public policy. She studied German philosophy and history at Tsinghua University and data science at the Hertie School in Berlin.
Huizhao is SCMP's Berlin-based correspondent covering China-Europe trade and economic relations, with a focus on Germany and key industries including automobiles, new energy and chemicals. Before joining SCMP, she spent five years at Caixin Media covering Chinese public policy. She studied German philosophy and history at Tsinghua University and data science at the Hertie School in Berlin.
Areas of Expertise:
German economy and politicsLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Chinese brands’ share of plug-in hybrid registrations across Europe climbed from about 20 per cent in January to 35.3 per cent in August.
Companies are caught between China’s growing competitive threat and its importance as a market, manufacturer and source of growth.
Outcome could harden Berlin’s stance towards Beijing ahead of an October deadline for trade rebalancing, analysts say.
Once a niche market, sales of robot mowers in Europe have more than doubled in the past five years.
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Facing bleak employment prospects at home, some young Chinese workers are pursuing technical training abroad, but not all make it through.
The DIHK finds German firms facing Chinese competition back stronger EU action, but its trade chief warns against ‘blanket measures’.
Xiaomi Auto says it has signed agreements with eight car dealer groups to build a sales and service network in Germany.
Chinese premier urges US companies to invest more in China, while calling on Washington to take similar steps to strengthen trade ties.
After US Treasury Secretary Bessent called for coordinated response from G20 towards China, Beijing urged consultation instead.
The measures aim to shift China’s vast property sector away from a presales model, as Beijing strives to stabilise market downturn.
The craft, developed by a Chinese start-up, uses winds at high altitude to produce electricity.
The move, seen by analysts as a signal to the EU, will eventually double duty-free coverage included in 12-year-old free-trade agreement.
Beijing also hit back at US allegations that Chinese exporters are evading duties, while drone shipments are already under serious pressure.
World needs cheap green technologies to decarbonise, and efforts to reduce reliance on China risk slowing the transition, researchers say.
Automotive industry shed more than 40,000 jobs – 5.8 per cent of its workforce – in first half of year, statistical office says.
In contrast to its Chinese peers, Nio is struggling in Europe’s largest car market, registering just three cars last month and 18 this year.
Amid lower domestic fuel prices and weak domestic demand, the national consumer price index rose 0.5 per cent last month.
With the EU’s binding carbon cap taking effect as early as 2028, the route to compliance for Chinese firms could offer a long-term advantage.
Although many analysts deem the search long overdue, they warn that German leverage would be both hard to implement and short-lived.
Debt-level gains mask private-sector contraction, with government lone growth lever as households deleverage, firms shun borrowing: report.
As rise of Chinese e-commerce platforms adds to pressure, having Sundays off remains protected under Germany’s Basic Law.
Agreement to build first phase of a multifunctional terminal at Kuryk, a Kazakh port on the Caspian Sea, signed in Shanghai recently.
GSMA Intelligence says move will cost up to US$46 billion, roughly three times more than European Commission has suggested.
Bottlenecks in wind and solar power may drag out the country’s reliance on coal.
Both nations call on Brussels to strengthen its defences as EU adds US$1.14 billion a day to its China trade shortfall, while losing jobs.
Beijing is attempting to curb overcapacity and intense domestic price wars by ending a decade-long levy exemption on batteries.
The Chinese electric car brand debuted its new SUV at a splashy ceremony in Munich, as it announced its intention to ‘put down roots in Europe’.
Amid heatwaves, strikes and surging import volumes, strains on the transport network are causing frequent logistics bottlenecks.
The rapid ascent of Chinese car brands in Europe could be nearing a turning point as both the EU and Germany consider protectionist measures.
