Germany's Cumulative Defense Spending in the First Half of 2024 Reaches 50.7 Billion Euros
As of June 30, 2024, Germany has spent just over half of its 100 billion euro defense fund within four years.
As of June 30, 2024, Germany has spent just over half of its 100 billion euro defense fund within four years.
Jing Junhai, aged 63, was abruptly removed from his position as Jilin Provincial Party Secretary and later reassigned to an idle post in the National People's Congress, sparking outside speculation that he is being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
On June 27, a man in Guangdong posted a video saying that his family had transferred 10,000 yuan to another account with the same name, after which police came to his door to check on the pretext of anti-fraud.
Fang Xinghai attends the Summer Davos Forum to discuss potential changes in China's private equity and venture capital following U.S. restrictions on capital entering China.
On June 23, economist Ren Zeping posted on Weibo that when the economy is under pressure, taxes and fees should be cut, people should be allowed to rest and recover; taxes are generated through development, so water should be released to raise fish and full effort should be made to boost the economy. The Weibo post was subsequently deleted.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced that Zhang Jianchun, former Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the CCP Central Committee, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation, making him the earliest official to fall in this round of organizational system purging.
At the Lujiazui Forum, Fang Xinghai suggested that Hong Kong attract mainland quantitative investment firms, stating that their management capabilities and technical levels are on par with international peers.
Fan Bingbing visited Malacca, Malaysia, and signed an agreement with the Chief Minister of Malacca to become the Malacca Tourism Goodwill Ambassador, promoting local tourism.
Netizens submitted records of extreme point deductions at Hengshui No.2 High School, showing that students were frequently penalized for everyday details such as holding books incorrectly, using the restroom at night, not lying down properly while sleeping, and even laughing or combing hair.
Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Yujian, who was previously involved in the background of the Phicomm financial scandal, has been investigated and removed from office by the CCDI.
On June 6, 2024, China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan signed the intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project in Beijing, and the project broke ground in Kyrgyzstan on December 27 of the same year.
Guizhou Health Commission Party Committee Secretary Yang Hui was investigated in June 2024.
Due to the enormous scale of the case against him, Ma Xingrui was expelled from the Party and public office by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in late June and handed over to judicial authorities.
The fall of Wu Aicun, former director of the Zhuhai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), who had been involved in capital operations such as the Gree equity transfer, marked the beginning of the total collapse of the leadership in the Zhuhai state-owned assets system.
After Computex Taipei concluded in June 2024, intimate videos and photos of Jensen Huang dining and interacting with Ms. Huang and other AI executives at a bar in Taipei appeared on social media platforms.
The Malaysian subsidiary has pledged all existing and future equipment to Apex, a company 100% owned by Alibaba, for procurement and financial guarantees.
According to relevant reports, Huang Lezeng, who is accused of being a Chinese spy, entered Taiwan on a business visa in June 2024 and May 2025.
In June 2024, the Saudi Central Bank officially joined the multilateral central bank digital currency bridge mBridge project; its entry was then seen as a potential step toward reducing dollar dependence in some oil trades.
Wang Dawei was accused of harassing Jensen Huang in 2025 and publicly disclosing Jensen Huang's ID number; Jensen Huang subsequently filed a lawsuit.
During Vladimir Putin's visit to Pyongyang in June 2024, he reached an agreement with Kim Jong-un to build a cross-border road bridge over the Tumannaya River (Tumen River), with an estimated cost of about US$120 million. Construction of the bridge is expected to begin around April 2025 and be completed and opened to traffic in September 2026.