China is already the second largest economy in the world with a GDP (in current dollars) of more than $ 14 trillion. The strong growth that the Asian giant has experienced in recent decades, together with the stagnation of the euro zone (13.4 trillion), has allowed a rapid sorpasso that has de facto occurred in 2019, according to JP Morgan estimates. The US continues to be the first global economy with a GDP of 21.3 trillion dollars, a distance that is still important, but which this year will be sharply reduced due to the explosive recovery of the Chinese economy from the Covid-19 crisis.

Although it is originally from China, the kiwi is not a fruit that in the West is usually associated with the Asian giant. But it is enough to walk to the top of one of the gentle mountains of Xiuwen County, in the southern province of Guizhou, to discover plantations of this fruit so extensive that they are lost on the horizon. Considering that this is one of the most impoverished territories in the country, it would be expected that farmers would work under harsh conditions and with the most rudimentary means. However, here and there, some surprising elements break the monotony of this green mass that covers more than 11,000 hectares. A video surveillance camera that transmits live through the 5G network, solar panels that provide power to sophisticated pest control systems, and sensors that collect data on all kinds of variables show that these farms have strongly embraced the technologies of the XXI century.

Less than a month remains until the next meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which will take place in early October. The global crisis caused by covid-19 and the outbreaks of the virus dominate all the media attention, leaving in the background the conclave in which the direction taken by the second most important economy in the world will be resolved. Everything indicates that there is going to be a turnaround in the country that could harm Europe and, especially, Germany in the medium term. China is preparing a strategy to reduce the dependence of its economy on abroad, through a plan that will lead the country to move closer to self-sufficiency to protect itself against the new 'era of disorder'. This change can pose a serious threat to the big trading partners of the 'Asian giant'.

Despite being seriously affected by the lockdowns as a result of Covid-19, China's economy has shown resistance tests. However, it has not fully recovered: some activities, especially in the services sector, have not yet recovered. Still, unlike much of the world, China seems unlikely to end up mired in a prolonged recession, thanks to its rapid digital transformation.

According to data released today, China's Caixin Manufacturing PMI reached 53.1 points in August, a substantial improvement from 52.8 in the previous month, indicating that the overall prosperity of the manufacturing industry is significantly better. The increase is the highest since January 2011.

The data has been in the expanding range for four consecutive months, and maintained a trend for the fourth consecutive month.

In the Reference News Network reported on July 29 that Western media noted that there are constantly several platforms that hope to attract the Spanish public interested in special content. In recent months, there have been two incidents of large streaming media platforms appearing daily in Spain without notifying potential users. The first incidence that the short video of Quibi quietly appeared in Spain after being released in the United States, and this incidence was the Chinese media giant ¨iQiyi¨.

According to the Spanish newspaper ABC, the new COVID-19 epidemic has aggravated the economic crisis in Spain, the most evident thing is that real estate prices have begun to fall.

According to a related report presented by the University of Pompeya Fabra and the Tecnocasa Group this Tuesday, the coronavirus has aggravated the fall in property prices in Spain in the first half of this year. House prices continued to fall for two consecutive quarters from January to June (the largest decrease in the drop since 2013). The price of second-hand housing fell by 4.94% to approximately 2,245 euros per square meter.

China has decided to temporarily reduce its quotas designed to increase the production of electric cars with the aim of helping manufacturers make more gasoline and / or hybrid cars to revive a market that has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This measure will be in effect from 2021 to 2023.