Zodiac race track: The “Zodiac Mountain Road” (十二盘坡 ) near Haidong in the east of the Chinese province of Qinghai has twelve curves in store for car and two-wheeler drivers – one for each sign of the zodiac. In the Year of the Buffalo, the road winds from Xining to the Huzhu Beishan National Forest […]
China has apparently called on United Nations member states not to participate in an event planned by Germany, the US, and Britain on the situation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. China’s UN embassy accuses the organizers of “using human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China’s internal affairs like Xinjiang,” Reuters reported. “They […]
A section of the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI) on how to deal with foreign foundations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has caused renewed uncertainty. Reinhard Buetikofer (Greens), MEP and Chairman of the China delegation, warned that the paragraph stipulating the appointment of Chinese leaders to foreign foundations and NGOs operating in China would “de facto amount […]
The European Union and India have agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement. According to a joint statement issued after the EU-India summit in Porto, Portugal, the agreement is intended to respond to the “current challenges”. Additionally, an investment protection agreement and an agreement on the protection of indications of origin are to […]
A clarification was apparently so important to EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis that he emphasized it separately at the regular press conference after the meeting of the EU Commissioners: The EU Commission’s approach towards the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI) had not changed – the agreement was still important for the relationship between Brussels and Beijing. It was necessary to correct imbalances in market […]
In China, the color green doesn’t always get you off on the right foot. Newcomers to China, for example, who show up in the Middle Kingdom with green headgear and possibly get one or two stupid comments for it, are likely to be annoyed. Of course, China insiders can only smile wearily. It has long […]
China is using the issue of COVID-19 vaccines for disinformation against the European Union and Western vaccines, according to an EU analysis. The People’s Republic has been aggressively promoting its state-produced vaccines worldwide for months, according to a special report by the European External Action Service (EEAS) on disinformation campaigns related to the COVID pandemic. […]
Things are running smoothly between Budapest and Beijing, unlike between Brussels and Beijing. In a video call between Victor Orbán and China’s President Xi Jinping, Xi announced that he had told the Hungarian prime minister “that his country appreciates that Hungary is pursuing a friendly policy towards China”. In addition to the exchange of pleasantries, […]
US President Joe Biden’s image has improved in his first months in office – except in China: The percentage of respondents expressing a positive opinion of the US rose in 13 of 14 countries surveyed between January 20th and April 25th, according to a poll by US data firm Morning Consult. China was the only […]
China has been a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for almost 20 years – on the upcoming anniversary in November, the relationship between the People’s Republic and the other WTO member countries is not in its best shape – which is not primarily Beijing’s fault, according to analysts. An overview of the situation: […]