Photo by Meizhi Lang on Unsplash China is a threat to Europe disguised as a Peacemaker. The annual UN General Assembly begins on Tuesday 24 September. Most readers will view this news as routine, imagining hundreds of state leaders in similar ties or exotic national costumes delivering traditional, grandiloquent speeches about local or…
Photo by Jonathan Lampel on Unsplash Chinese companies continue to actively supply components for Russian military drones, raising serious questions about Beijing’s role in the ongoing war in Ukraine. Despite official statements of neutrality and regular calls for a peaceful resolution to the conflict, China is effectively supporting Russian military aggression, shedding light…
Photo by Sander Sammy on Unsplash In recent years, Russian and Chinese intelligence services have shown increasing activity within the European Union, employing similar methods to recruit politicians and officials across different countries. This activity aims at achieving a common goal: weakening the West, destabilising European democracies, and undermining international security. These operations…
Amidst the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, the role of the People’s Republic of China as a potential mediator in peace talks becomes critically important. China, as one of the world’s leading economies and political forces, has the potential to play a decisive role in achieving a stable and just peace in the region, which…
European Parliament’s special committee on foreign interference and disinformation (INGE) MEPs have voted on their position on the reforms to strengthen the integrity, transparency and accountability of the European Parliament. The report – approved by a large majority – gives the Parliament and its members clear guidelines on transparency and on how to protect the European…
Photo by Aaron Lau on Unsplash The EU has been told it “must not shrink from taking a clear united and strong stance” against China. The demand was made by senior German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Foreign Policy Coordinator of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. He was commenting on the EU’s China policy which is on the…
Photo by May Gauthier on Unsplash China’s new ambassador to the EU has warned that more “international cooperation” will be needed to combat another health pandemic. Fu Cong is the new head of Mission of the Chinese Mission to the EU and was speaking at a briefing organised by the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (BCECC) in Brussels on Thursday. In…
On 27 October, President Xi Jinping said that China should develop dialogue with the West on equal terms. By the word “West”, the Chinese Secretary General meant the United States, and in fact confirmed Beijing’s focus on the formation of a bipolar world in which China will become a superpower. Earlier, on 25 October, President…
Last week, in an unusual move, Chinese Prime Minister LI Keqiang who has been recently in the news for his reported opposition to strict anti-Covid lockdown, held video talks with thousands of officials holding different ranks in the government. This was an emergency meeting and the Chinese Prime Minister talked about the health of the country’s economy, writes Jianli Yang….
Reported systematic forced organ harvesting in China is a serious human rights violation that requires a full, independent and transparent investigation, underlined the S&Ds in regard to last week’s adoption of the European Parliament resolution on this matter. Maria Arena, the S&D negotiator on the resolution on the reports of continued organ harvesting in China, said:…
