The Beijing Internet Court’s ruling that content generated by artificial intelligence can be covered by copyright has caused a stir in the AI community, not least because it clashes with the stances adopted in other major jurisdictions, including the United States. In fact, that is partly the point: the ruling advances a wider effort in China to […]
A successor must be found soon for one of the hardest jobs in the world: Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has announced in an interview that he intends to step down. He will leave the post after the elections in Taiwan, regardless of the outcome of the vote, Wu explained in an interview with The […]
Last month, China held its first Central Financial Work Conference – the highest-level review of the financial sector that the Communist Party of China (CPC) conducts – since 2017. Given that China’s financial sector includes the world’s largest banking system by assets (53.1 trillion US dollars) – and the second-largest (after the United States) by […]
On Wednesday, the heads of state and government of the European Union and the Western Balkans met for a joint summit in Brussels. Not present: Serbia’s authoritarian President Aleksandar Vučić. He was represented by Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. Vučić thus skipped the second EU-Western Balkans summit in a row. This is not surprising. After all, […]
According to EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell, last week’s EU-China summit was more positive than the 2022 edition: “After the last EU-China summit in April 2022, I spoke of a dialog of the deaf. This time the tone was different. The meetings were honest, yet conducted in a spirit of openness,” wrote Borrell in […]
In the municipal elections in Hong Kong, voter turnout was reportedly low according to initial reports. Many residents of the metropolis ignored the election despite extensive advertising as a sign of protest. The voting took place until midnight on Sunday, and the voter turnout was not communicated for several hours. According to the South China […]
During the first in-person meeting of the EU and China in four years, European leaders criticized the trade deficit between the European Union and the People’s Republic. “The root causes are known, and we have discussed them,” said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
During the first in-person meeting of the EU and China in four years, European leaders criticized the trade deficit between the European Union and the People’s Republic. “The root causes are known, and we have discussed them,” said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
Germany and Taiwan are set to engage in closer civil society exchanges, according to the German foreign office. The German Institute Taipei and the Taipei Representation in Berlin plan to establish a new German-Taiwanese dialogue platform, as announced by the foreign office on Wednesday. The platform’s goal is to “promote vibrant civil society exchange, particularly […]
According to a report by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra on Wednesday, the Italian government has officially informed China about the end of its participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Rome reportedly confirmed the formal withdrawal from the BRI to Beijing in a verbal note at the beginning of the week. However, […]