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Germany considers barring Huawei from 5G networks
The German government is debating whether to follow the United States and allies like Australia in restricting China's Huawei Technologies from accessing its next-generation mobile networks on national-security grounds.
January 16, 2019 Source: U.S.
Poland arrests Huawei employee, Polish man on spying allegations
Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a former Polish security official on spying allegations, officials and sources told Reuters on Friday, a move that could fuel Western security concerns about the telecoms equipment maker.
January 11, 2019 Source: U.S.
Nissan to make fewer cars in China in months ahead as demand slows: source
Nissan Motor Co will produce 30,000 fewer vehicles in the coming months in China than what it had planned, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters, as global automakers grapple with falling demand in the world's biggest car market.
December 27, 2018 Source: U.S.
Iran says China's CNPC replacing France's Total in gas project
China’s state-owned CNPC has replaced France’s Total in Iran's multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, according to the semi-official news agency ICANA on Sunday.
November 25, 2018 Source: U.S.
China's Ruyi, pretender to LVMH's throne, plots more 'affordable luxury' deals
China's acquisitive apparel firm Shandong Ruyi is targeting more global deals involving "affordable luxury" brands, under a push to establish the first high-end Chinese fashion empire to eventually challenge behemoth LVMH .
November 12, 2018 Source: U.S.
With Russian support, China broadcasts export ambitions at air show
China paraded industrial and military clout and sent deliberate signals to Western rivals that its aerospace and arms industries aim to catch them up on world markets, while playing down trade tensions at the nation's largest air show this week.
November 9, 2018 Source: U.S.
China says its lawful trade with Iran should be respected
China said on Monday its lawful trade cooperation with Iran should be respected and expressed regret that the United States re-imposed sanctions on the Middle Eastern country.
November 5, 2018 Source: U.S.
Global banks curb China travel after UBS banker stopped from leaving
Global banks including Citigroup and Standard Chartered have asked their private banking staff to postpone or reconsider travel to China after authorities there prevented a UBS banker from leaving the country, sources said.
October 22, 2018 Source: U.S.
Exclusive: Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China
The five nations in the world's leading intelligence-sharing network have been exchanging classified information on China's foreign activities with other like-minded countries since the start of the year, seven officials in four capitals said.
October 12, 2018 Source: U.S.
China accuses detained Interpol chief of bribery
Beijing admits it is holding Meng Hongwei, who had been missing since 25 September
October 8, 2018 Source: the Guardian
Head of Interpol Disappears, and Eyes Turn Toward China (Published 2018)
Meng Hongwei, president of the international police agency, was reported missing by his wife, who told French authorities she had not heard from him since he traveled to China.
October 5, 2018 Source: The New York Times
French police probe Interpol president Meng Hongwei's disappearance | CNN
The Chinese president of Interpol, the international police agency, has vanished.
October 5, 2018 Source: CNN
Calls grow for U.N. action on China's Muslim 're-education camps'
France and Germany have called on China to close "re-education camps" in its restive far western region of Xinjiang where up to one million Uighurs and other Muslims are thought to be held for political indoctrination as pressure grows for UN action.
September 19, 2018 Source: U.S.
Chinese official says China is educating, not mistreating, Muslims
China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday.
September 13, 2018 Source: U.S.
Global luxury brands again chase China's young, rich and spendthrift
Global luxury brands from Prada to LVMH are investing in China for the first time since a crackdown on conspicuous spending five years ago, focusing on smaller, less developed cities even as the world's second-largest economy slows.
August 19, 2018 Source: U.S.
Iran's foreign minister says China 'pivotal' to salvaging its nuclear deal
Iran's foreign minister said on Friday China was "pivotal" to salvaging a multilateral nuclear agreement for the Middle Eastern country after the United States pulled out of the pact earlier this year.
August 3, 2018 Source: U.S.
EU pushes China on trade, saying it could open up if it wanted
China could open its economy if it wished, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday, with the European Union calling on countries to avoid a trade war even as pressure mounts on Beijing over its industrial policies.
July 15, 2018 Source: U.S.
France win to prove expensive for Chinese sponsor
BEIJING: A Chinese corporate sponsor of the France football team, who promised its customers a “total refund” of their purchases if Les Blues win the World Cup, has seen its stock dive...
July 12, 2018 Source: thenews_intl
French youths in court for deadly ‘racist’ attack on Chinese tailor
Killing in 2016 angered the Chinese community in Paris, who took to the streets to demand better security.
June 15, 2018 Source: South China Morning Post