China

Robotics

28.February 2026. Uta Steinwer/Yuan Yu/Shitao Li/Daniel Ebert/DW

Chinese robot-soldiers: Empty dreams or ready for the Serbian Army?

Terminator-like robots destroy everything in front of them - President Aleksandar Vučić wants to hire this machinery from China

Nuclear weapons

16.February 2026. B. B.

China is preparing a stronger nuclear arsenal

China's build-up of a nuclear arsenal in the country's southwest complicates efforts to revive global arms control

Postcard

12.February 2026. Marija L. Jankovic

Taiwan, the West with a drop of China

Are Taiwanese afraid of an attack from China and what do they think of Trump, and why this Asian island liberally and admiringly accepts everything the West has to offer - except its easy attitude towards foreigners

05.February 2026. Aleksandar Novačić

How to tame a Fire Horse

China is entering the Year of the Fire Horse - the first time in sixty years since the disastrous Cultural Revolution began in the year of the same name. The fiery horse then went out of control, demolishing everything in its path and leaving millions of victims in its wake. Will Xi Jinping tighten the reins?

Pharmaceutical industry

30.January 2026 NM

New economy: AstraZeneca invests 15 billion dollars in China

The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has announced that it will invest 15 billion dollars in China by 2030 - to expand drug production and research and development centers

China

27.January 2026 Uroš Mitrović

The "Steel Elite" Shaken: What General Zhang Youxia's Fall Means

The removal and arrest of General Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and a longtime close associate of President Xi Jinping, for espionage surprised Western observers. What is happening in the closed system of power of the People's Republic of China

Economy

29.December 2025 Srinivas Mazumdar (DW)

The World Economy 2026: What Are the Risks and Fears

Global growth will slow down moderately - from 3,2 percent in 2025 to 2,9 percent in 2026, estimates the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

China is particularly important for the German economy - not only as a sales market, but also as a major supplier of raw materials.

Germany

10.December 2025 Juan Dang (DW)

German minister in China: Swallowing a dumpling because of rare metals

China is particularly important for the German economy - not only as a sales market, but also as a major supplier of raw materials

World economy

09.December 2025 IN THE

Electric vehicles, robots and batteries: How China is breaking export records

A drop in shipments to the US of almost 30 percent did not prevent China from increasing exports again in November and recording a historic trade surplus, relying on the markets of Southeast Asia, Africa and the European Union

World economy

17.November 2025 Nick Martin / DW

Yuan vs. Dollar: China's Monetary Defense

The growing use of the yuan in cross-border trade, energy arrangements and borrowing by developing countries reinforces the impression that China is quietly undermining the dollar's global dominance. However, without full convertibility, the yuan can hardly take the place of a global reserve currency

Energy Industry

13.November 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

Tomislav Nikolić's old deal: "Smederevo does not give the refinery to the Chinese"

The state raised from the ashes an agreement with the Chinese on the construction of a refinery in Smederevo. This is Tomislav Nikolić's old deal, for which environmental organizations, as well as the oilmen themselves, are speaking to "Vreme" in order to improve the air in the city

China

12.November 2025 Aleksandar Novačić

Corruption is rust, faction is cancer

While in the West there is speculation about "missing generals", in Beijing the role of party supervision and the way of controlling the army is actually being redefined. It is not just a purge, but a gradual process of transferring control mechanisms from humans to algorithms. Artificial intelligence is becoming a key loyalty filter among both military and civilian leaders

Global economy

23.October 2025 Uroš Mitrović

Rare minerals: China's trump card in the battle for global supremacy

As China uses its dominance of rare earth elements as a powerful tool in a global struggle for influence with the US, Donald Trump is stepping up efforts to ensure independence and stability of supply for US industry and threatening Beijing with new tariffs

Serbia between the great powers

06.October 2025 Filip Mirilović

Serbian juggling of energy resources: Alignment with the strategic opponents of the European Union

The government of Serbia is reaping the benefits from all three sides - from the European Union, Russia and China. When relations with the West cool down a bit, new opportunities for the inflow of capital from the East open up, and when the East becomes too inconvenient, a solution is found in the West. However, is it really that simple?

The majority package of TikTok USA passes into the hands of American investors, while the Chinese ByteDance retains a symbolic share, less than 20 percent.

Navigator

01.October 2025 Zoran Stanojević

TikTok – more than independence, less than autonomy

At the beginning of September, Donald Trump announced that an agreement had been reached for TikTok to remain available in the US, but under new rules

Espionage

30.September 2025 Ivan Djerkovic / DW

German lawmaker convicted of spying for China's secret service

German citizen Jian G, who spent years spying for the Chinese secret service, was sentenced in Dresden to four years and nine months in prison.

A spy affair

24.September 2025 IN THE

BIRN: Spies in Belgrade had cell phones and internet, warrant after 11 days

Cui Guanghai and John Miller, a Chinese and British national wanted by the US, escaped from house arrest in Belgrade on August 4, despite being under electronic surveillance. BIRN reveals that they had access to mobile phones and the Internet, while a warrant was issued for them only after 11 days

Economy

19.September 2025 B. B.

The losses of the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin are growing

The net loss of the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin in the first half of the year was 16,6 million euros, which is 6,4 million euros more than the loss from the first half of 2024.

Air traffic

19.September 2025 B. B.

On the plane 29 hours: "China Eastern" will fly from Shanghai to Buenos Aires

One-way tickets in economy class for flights in December are advertised for between 1.300 and 2.000 euros, and tickets in business class cost around 4.000 euros.

View from Tiananmen 2025.

17.September 2025 Aleksandar Novačić

From the Long March to the Great Parade

Mao shaped the army as a political school, and Xi Jinping turned it into a technological laboratory - but with the old message that the army must obey the party. It is a pillar of the regime, a guarantor of internal stability and the president's personal power. That is why the military pyramid is strictly centralized, and the top is regularly searched

Vučić in China

04.September 2025 Bojan Bednar

Beširi: The position in the corner in the main photo is a place that suits Vučić

"Neither Russia nor China believe in Vučić's complete commitment, but rather see him as someone who they can jointly use, and there is no love and cordiality that Vučić is trying to present with his propaganda machinery," the director of the Institute for European Affairs, Naim Leo Beshiri, told Vreme.

Military parade in Beijing

03.September 2025 NM

What the largest military parade in Chinese history looked like

China is in the center of the world's attention because at nine o'clock Beijing time it held the largest military parade in its history, wanting to demonstrate its strength and show its own army as extremely advanced and capable.

President of Serbia

03.September 2025 NM

Vučić in China: What has happened so far in Beijing?

From a meeting with Vladimir Putin to the announcement of flying cars, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's visit to China may be more interesting than expected.

President of Serbia

03.September 2025 B. B.

Vučić again in dreamy heights: Flying cars in Serbia from December 2026.

In Beijing, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, according to his own claims, had "a series of meetings with officials and representatives of companies" during which his imagination worked again

President of Serbia

02.September 2025 KS

Vučić in Beijing: A meeting with Putin was held

The President of Serbia is visiting China, where he will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War. Meetings with diplomats are planned, and a conversation with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has already been held

Parade in Beijing

01.September 2025 KS

Vučić with Xi and Putin in Beijing: Visit to China amid political crisis

Aleksandar Vučić is going to China to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War, where he will talk with the presidents of China and Russia, while analysts warn that the departure comes at a sensitive moment for Serbia

Serbian-Chinese relations

21.August 2025 Filip Mirilović

Why do you say friendship, but you mean bare interest

From the beginning of 2022 until today, China has invested slightly more than six billion dollars in Serbia through investments and construction - according to the data of the American Entrepreneurial Institute (AEI) think tank. For the sake of comparison, for the same period of time, more than nine billion were invested in Hungary. In the Western Balkans, Serbia leads in terms of the number of Chinese investments, but when you look at the world map on the AEI tool that maps all Chinese investments, you can see that there are still many countries, on different continents, with which China has a "steely friendship".