Cai Run is set to become the new Chinese ambassador to the EU. EU circles confirmed this to Table.Briefings on Friday. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) first reported on the appointment. Cai succeeds Fu Cong, who has represented China at the United Nations since the spring. Cai has been ambassador to Israel since 2021. […]
According to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), aluminum products from Xinjiang should be included in the planned EU register of goods to assess the risk of forced labor.The register is part of the EU regulation on products of forced labor. For this to have a concrete impact on state-imposed forced labor in […]
The German Ministry of Economic Affairs intends to closely examine the agreement for the supply of Chinese wind turbines for an offshore project in the German North Sea. The German asset manager Luxcara has signed a preliminary agreement with Ming Yang Smart Energy as the preferred turbine supplier for the Waterkant offshore wind project in […]
According to a media report, France has asked two employees of the Chinese embassy to leave the country. The background to this move is an incident that occurred at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in March, where Chinese human rights activist Ling Huazhan was harassed and only saved from forced repatriation by the intervention of French security […]
The European Union aims to accelerate its plan to impose tariffs on cheap goods from Chinese online retailers such as Temu and Shein. This was reported by the Financial Times on Wednesday, citing three individuals familiar with the matter. According to the report, the European Commission intends to abolish the current 150-euro duty-free threshold for […]
Ling Liu will become Region Leader of Philips Greater China with immediate effect. Liu will become a member of the Executive Committee of the Dutch healthcare technology provider. Liu has been with Philips since 1998. Most recently, she was Chief Commercial Officer Greater China.Anna Humeniuk has been Sales Director China at Sino Investment Poland since […]
The planned provisional extra tariffs by the EU on Chinese EVs are expected to take effect on Friday night. Negotiations between the EU’s Directorate-General for Trade and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce have made no progress, according to EU sources on Wednesday. The European Commission will publish the regulation on Thursday morning, detailing the import […]
Kaja Kallas copes well with the stigma of being the “Iron Lady” attached to her. When asked about the comparison that is often drawn between her and former British Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher, she retorts: Wasn’t Thatcher a successful woman? The reply radiates the self-confidence with which Kallas has endorsed herself in the political arena […]
Hungary takes over the EU Council presidency this Monday. For the rest of the year, this means a showdown over relations with China betweenHungary aims to strengthen the EU’s economic security. As the EU Council Presidency, Hungary is pursuing this goal and is initially in line with the entire EU Council, which represents the governments […]
China calls her the “female Yao Ming”: Zhang Ziyu is 2.20 meters tall. The basketball player from Shandong Province towered above her rivals on the court at the FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Cup in Shenzhen earlier this week. The 17-year-old exceptional talent made her international tournament debut and proved to be a scoring guarantor against […]