After a Covid-related hiatus of almost two years, 17 Central and Eastern European nations and China (the so-called 17+1 format) will meet next week for an online summit. European nations are going into the meeting with different moods. Some are so unenthusiastic that they have left their participation uncertain. According to media reports, Chinese observers […]
China has improved slightly in the corruption ranking of the non-governmental organization Transparency International (TI). Measured by the points achieved, however, the People’s Republic remains below the global average. In the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020 compiled by TI, the country reached 78th place out of 179. In 2019, China was ranked 80th, and […]
EU parliamentarians call for an EU-wide ban on imports of products made using child or forced labor as part of the planned Fair Supply Chain Act. The demand is part of a report that the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on today. The committee’s proposal for a European supply chain law is part […]
The 70 pages will be the subject of many discussions: For the first time since the political agreement in principle between the EU and China at the end of December, the EU Commission has made the preliminary text of the investment agreement with Beijing (CAI) available to the public. The annexes to the controversial deal, […]
It is a truism that Europe needs to strengthen its role as a geopolitical and geoeconomic actor. But how it can achieve this is far less clear. This is where the strategic report on “Connectivity and EU-Asia relations” comes in, which the European Parliament adopted on Thursday by a very large majority (526 votes in […]
At the beginning of the year, Portugal took over the EU Council Presidency from Germany. In foreign policy, Lisbon intends to turn its attention primarily to India. China, however, continues to play an essential role in Brussels, not least because of the special relationship between Lisbon and Beijing. Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa will present […]
It is a European that voices the warning shortly before Christmas. However, the sender is Beijing, which is why it can certainly also be understood as a message. Joerg Wuttke, President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, has excellent connections to the Chinese government. It is very much in China’s interest to push […]