Czechs question Germany s cross-border COVID claims
The deep economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the political minefield on the Czech-German border. Are Czechs the dangerous neighbors that a German newspaper called them?
Czech-German cross-border traffic has taken a hit from the pandemic
As vaccination programs boosted optimism that a new year might offer respite from the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions, German media published a series of articles pointing their finger at the country s neighbors. Noting that the highest levels of infection are in Germany s east, the press and some politicians have claimed that the Czech Republic, which is struggling with one of the world s highest infection rates, must be to blame.
Common standards to lift tech ties with Germany By MA SI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-12-29 08:57 Share CLOSE Clas Neumann, senior vice-president of SAP and head of Global SAP Labs Network. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
More efforts are needed to find common technical standards for Industry 4.0, so as to further the cooperation between China and Germany on leveraging cutting-edge technologies to upgrade manufacturing, a renowned German expert said.
Industry 4.0 is roughly defined as the transformation of industrial manufacturing and production systems by introducing new technologies.
Clas Neumann, senior vice-president of German software and cloud service giant SAP, said: We need standards for data transmission, and for data between machines and software. Only with common technical standards, we can easily apply innovations from Germany to China and the other way around.
More efforts are needed to find common technical standards for Industry 4.0, so as to further the cooperation between China and Germany on leveraging cutting-edge technologies to upgrade manufacturing, a renowned German expert said.