European indications of origin for food such as Munich beer, feta cheese or champagne will soon be officially protected from imitation in China. The bilateral agreement between the EU and China on the protection of geographical indications (GI) will enter into force on 1 March. The agreement includes a list of 100 European and 100 […]
One day before the planned virtual summit of 17 Central and Eastern European states and China (17+1 format), the list of participants remains unclear. The Chinese side has so far not confirmed that President Xi Jinping – for the first time – will take part in the online meeting on behalf of Beijing, nor have […]
France’s Constitutional Council has approved strict restrictions on Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei. The law, also called the “anti-Huawei law”, is compatible with the French constitution, the council announced. The rules mainly concern the new mobile phone standard 5G. With the regulation, the French government wants to prevent espionage or sabotage from China. The Constitutional […]
Global prices for food rose in January for the eighth month in a row. Greater demand from China also led to rising prices for corn and dairy products, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said. The price of corn rose by an average of 11.2 percent on the world market in January, according to the […]
A media dispute is simmering between the United Kingdom and China: The British broadcasting authority Ofcom has revoked the broadcasting license of the English-language foreign broadcaster CGTN from China due to political influence on the program. The reason given by the authority was that an investigation had shown that the broadcasting license was wrongly held […]
The Czech government has announced that it will exclude the Chinese state-owned company Chinese General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) from the tender for the construction of a new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power plant. According to media reports, the background to the decision is safety concerns about the impact of Chinese involvement. According to […]
In view of the new National Security Act and Beijing’s crackdown on protests, more and more Hong Konge citizens are moving to Taiwan. According to Taiwan’s Immigration Department, the number of residence permits issued to Hong Kong citizens reached a new high last year: around 11,000 Hong Kong citizens moved to the democratic island in […]
Criticism of the investment agreement between the EU and China (CAI) has not ceased since the publication of a part of the text at the end of January – especially deficiencies regarding human and worker protection are criticized. A coalition of more than 100 China experts, activists and academics is thus calling for a halt […]
As the “father of democracy,” he became one of Hong Kong’s best-known politicians: Martin Lee is regarded as a pragmatic idealist in his fight for human rights and democracy. Two Norwegian MPs, Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde and Peter Frolich of the conservative Hoyre party have now nominated the 82-year-old for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.In recent years, […]
Last year, Beijing was supposed to host a summit between China and 17 Eastern and Central European countries, but the meeting was canceled due to the pandemic. Now, just before the Chinese New Year, a virtual summit is set to get off the ground next week. China.Table takes a look at the list of participants, […]