China’s President Xi Jinping has spoken to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for the first time since the war in Ukraine began. According to the Chinese statement, the conversation produced two tangible results, as reported by Fabian Peltsch: On the one hand, the Chinese government will send a special envoy for Eurasian affairs to Ukraine […]
France, Ukraine and the Baltic States have expressed dismay over the remarks of China’s ambassador in Paris. Lu Shaye questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states such as Ukraine and the Baltic countries in a television interview. On Sunday, the French government expressed its “full solidarity” with all the states in question, which had gained […]
German foreign policy expert Norbert Roettgen (CDU) does not believe that China is a viable mediator in the Ukraine war. On the contrary: In an interview with Table.Media, he downright warns that the Europeans could regret calling on China to influence Moscow: “A country that we see as a systemic rival is supposed to become […]
France, Ukraine and the Baltic States have expressed dismay over the remarks of China’s ambassador in Paris. Lu Shaye questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states such as Ukraine and the Baltic countries in a television interview. On Sunday, the French government expressed its “full solidarity” with all the states in question, which had gained […]
When it comes to the history of Taiwan, the historical focus usually falls on the year 1949, when Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek resettled on the island with his troops. The previous, centuries-long occupation of Taiwan by Chinese, various European and Japanese forces gets less attention – and with it the indigenous population of Taiwan, which […]
When it comes to the history of Taiwan, the focus is usually on the year 1949, when Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek relocated his troops to the island. The centuries-long occupation of Taiwan by various Chinese, European and Japanese forces that preceded it receives less attention – and so does the indigenous population of Taiwan, that […]
Josep Borrell, the EU’s Foreign Affairs Representative, has called for better coordination between EU institutions and member states regarding the common China policy. A cacophony must be avoided, Borrell stressed during the EU Parliament’s general debate on China policy in Strasbourg on Tuesday. He was not least referring to the heavily criticized external impact of […]
France’s Head of State Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen personally called on Beijing to influence Moscow to stop the Ukraine war. Whether the Europeans found an ear with China’s President Xi Jinping was still questionable immediately after the meetings on Thursday. At a joint press conference with Macron, Xi resorted […]
France’s Head of State Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen personally called on Beijing to influence Moscow to stop the Ukraine war. Whether the Europeans found an ear with China’s President Xi Jinping was still questionable immediately after the meetings on Thursday. At a joint press conference with Macron, Xi resorted […]
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy before her trip to China. Ukraine will be an important topic during meetings with China’s leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, von der Leyen wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “The EU wants a just peace that respects Ukraine’s […]