Lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan, detained while en route to a 2023 meeting with EU envoys in Beijing, face charges in Suzhou.
The UN’s human rights body had cited policies in Xinjiang that ‘may constitute crimes against humanity’.
‘We all know that China is not playing by the same rules,’ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says of plan to shield domestic industries in alignment with US and EU.
Beijing’s moves to hit farm goods seen as attempt to flip formerly neutral bloc members ahead of crunch vote on electric vehicle tariffs.
The bloc’s foreign policy chief insists it is not something Brussels wants, but it’s ‘in the logic of things’.
Imports of fresh and processed cheese, as well as uncondensed milk and cream without added sugar or other sweeteners, will be investigated.
Elon Musk’s firm will face the lowest rate of 9 per cent, but more Chinese companies will have to pay much higher rates.
Petteri Orpo was reacting to Beijing’s claim that a Chinese ship had accidentally cut a gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia.
Landmark decision rejects firm’s assertion that complying with bloc’s regulation put it on collision course with mainland criminal laws.
‘I find it difficult to understand how a ship’s captain could fail to notice its anchor had been dragging along the seabed,’ Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur says of October incident.
Beijing passed on findings to Finland and Estonia which are conducting criminal probes into incident involving NewNew Polar Bear: sources.
Keir Starmer’s administration is wrestling with the same dilemmas over security, trade and human rights that its EU neighbours are facing.
China has urged the European Union to correct the ‘wrongdoing’ of its import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
European market regulators had raised concerns about the potentially addictive nature of the feature for children.
As Estonia’s prime minister she was cautious on China, but some say she is likely to stand up to Beijing when it comes to Russia ties.
Bloc instead says top diplomat Josep Borrell asked China to ‘use its influence on Russia to contribute to ending’ the armed conflict.
The investments strengthen the German economy, secure jobs and promote prosperity, German industry group says in submission.
German’s wider-than-expected win in European Parliament, plus other bloc leaders’ dim standing, paves way for tough policies towards Beijing.
Concerns about industrial overcapacity and lack of transparency in state subsidies elicit ‘frank and open’ exchanges, revealing deep schisms.
Analysts say Trump victory could put new pressure on EU, Japan and South Korea when it comes to defence costs and trade.
World Trade Organization report cites studies that say subsidies could top US$900 billion – providing fuel for critics of Beijing’s practices such as the EU and US.
European Union may reconsider its relationship with the world’s second-largest market because of Beijing’s support for Moscow.
Cai Run, in Tel Aviv since 2021, is filling a post vacant since Fu Cong left Brussels four months ago to become Beijing’s representative at the United Nations.
Development coincides with Beijing launching its first retaliatory moves against bloc’s foreign-subsidies regulation amid bilateral tensions.
An investigation is underway, and Chinese authorities will get answers with questionnaires, public hearings and field inspections in the months to come.
Right-wing leader Viktor Orban accused of ‘100 per cent abusing’ bloc’s rotating presidency for pursuing Moscow-friendly foreign policy.
Dozens of case handlers, 100-plus company visits, piecing together thousands of pages of evidence, tears new rift in an already fraught relationship.
New duties ranging from 17.4 per cent to 38.1 per cent to be levied on exporters of EVs from China to the EU is ‘typical protectionism’, Beijing says.
Daly was one of Beijing’s staunchest EU defenders since first being elected MEP in 2019.
European Commission president’s party remains largest parliamentary group while heavyweights Macron and Scholz damaged.
