Following Beijing’s sanctions against politicians, organizations, and academics, the diplomatic consequences have reached several European capitals – including Berlin: “The Chinese ambassador, Wu Ken, was asked to meet urgently with State Secretary Miguel Berger today,” the Foreign Office said in response to a query from China.Table. In the conversation, Berger said he reflected the German […]
Visibly annoyed, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell took the podium yesterday for his press conference after the EU foreign ministers’ meeting. Within just a few hours, relations between the European Union and China had turned pitch black: After the announcement of the already expected EU sanctions against four Chinese officials and one organization, the – […]
Working for foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as environmental movements and foundations, in China is already tough. Since the beginning of 2017, a strict law has been in force in the People’s Republic that severely restricts the possibilities of NGOs. Among other things, it has since placed the work of all foreign NGOs under the […]
The trial of two Canadians detained on espionage charges begins today in China. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said the embassy in Beijing “has been informed that court hearings for Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are scheduled to take place on March 19 and 22”. The two Canadians have been detained since December 2018 […]
The European Union’s planned digital vaccination passport currently excludes Chinese vaccines from Sinopharm and Sinovac, but the EU is giving member states the freedom to decide whether to accept COVID-19 vaccines, which have not yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The EU Commission had unveiled the digital vaccination certificate, called “Digital Green […]
According to media reports, the European Union has agreed on sanctions against China (China.Table reported). The sanctions include entry bans and the freezing of assets of four individuals and one institution, the Reuters news agency reported, citing two EU diplomats. The EU representatives said that those affected are accused of human rights violations against the […]
China’s EU ambassador Zhang Ming has compared camps in western China’s Xinjiang province with supposedly similar facilities in Europe and the US. “Countries like the US, Britain, and France have set up deradicalization centers or correction centers. China’s measures are not entirely different,” Zhang said yesterday about camps for the Uyghur Muslim minority at an […]
Former German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière is urging NATO to react quickly in the face of a strengthening China. “An inventory of the areas in which China has already created facts that affect NATO in terms of security policy is overdue,” de Maizière said in an interview with China.Table. The CDU politician criticized the […]
The G7 foreign ministers and EU foreign affairs envoy Josep Borrell have jointly strongly criticized the change in Hong Kong‘s electoral system. In a statement, the ministers and Borrell expressed grave concern about Beijing’s decision to “fundamentally undermine the democratic elements of the electoral system in Hong Kong”. The move indicates “that the authorities in […]
The EU Commission waited a good seven weeks before publishing the details of the investment agreement with China (CAI). The annexes now published with the details of market access show that the European Union is making progress in manifesting the oft-mentioned “level playing field”, for example, in the manufacturing sector and private healthcare – but […]