German auto giant Daimler has apologised to China again after sparking an outcry over an Instagram post by its luxury brand Mercedes-Benz quoting the Dalai Lama, seen by Beijing as a Tibetan separatist.
China has forbidden German electronic band Kraftwerk from performing at a music festival, more than a decade after they appeared on the bill of a Free Tibet concert, an industry source said Thursday.
A German student who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was cleared Tuesday of committing a public order offence as he defended his protest as a symbolic act of defiance.
One day after receiving a German media prize, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama warned on Wednesday that the situation in his homeland was "very tense" and that an uprising was possible.
A German student accused of hurling a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at an elite English university pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a public order offence.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday said the world’s two biggest exporters would work together to help combat the global economic crisis.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that relations were "good," indicating the two sides had patched up a row over the Dalai Lama.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to China this week in a visit marking a normalization of ties after her meeting with the Dalai Lama last year led to frosty diplomatic relations.
A German is among a group of pro-Tibet activists arrested in Beijing and sentenced to ten days in prison as Chinese authorities toughen their approach to protesters with the end of the Olympics drawing close.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday asked Chinese President Hu Jintao to push for a successful outcome to talks between China and Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to China on Friday where he will meet Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and visit earthquake-hit Sichuan province.
China warned Germany on Tuesday that it must firmly oppose the Dalai Lama's "separatist activities" after Tibet's exiled spiritual leader met officials in Berlin.
German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul held talks with the Dalai Lama on Monday in a meeting that riled leaders in Berlin as well as Beijing.
China will officially protest the planned meeting between German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul and the Dalai Lama, according to a newspaper report on Thursday.
Berlin has designated Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul to meet the Dalai Lama on behalf of the government during his upcoming visit to Germany, a spokesman said Wednesday.
<b>Germany is the Dalai Lama’s first stop this week on a tour meant to keep Tibet at the centre of the world stage ahead of the Beijing Olympics, writes AFP’s Pratap Chakravarty.</b>
Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it has gatecrashed the annual meeting of sportswear giant Adidas, to protest their sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics.
A spokesman of the Dalai Lama in Europe criticized German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday for turning down a meeting with the Tibetan religious leader this month.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed China’s offer of talks with a representative of the Dalai Lama, saying she hoped it would ensure a “peaceful” and “successful” Beijing Olympics, in an interview to be published Sunday.
German companies expect tightened visa restrictions because of the Olympic games in China to cause problems for business, according to a German trade board survey released on Tuesday.
