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Brussels, My Love?

Can Marine le Pen still run for President of France?

In this edition, we hear how the EU has started speed dating anyone who is open for business and about the rise and fall of Frances's Marine Le Pen

12/04/2025

Economy

China's super-rich eye the exit as leaders brace for economic shock

China’s leaders are bracing for shocks to the economy from higher tariffs threatened by US President-elect Donald Trump once he takes office. Millionaires, meanwhile, are relocating.

08/01/2025

Europe News

Lawyer accused of being Chinese spy in the UK loses legal case

MI5 issued a security alert in 2022 that Christine Lee had engaged in "political interference" for a branch of the Chinese Communist Party.

17/12/2024

Economy

China unveils financial package aimed at boosting the economy

Beijing is hoping its plan will help bolster its ailing economy as it braces itself for increased trade tensions with the US under a Trump presidency.

08/11/2024

China

Xi warns of 'rough seas' as China fetes 75 years of communist rule

Commemorations were also held in the former UK colony of Hong Kong and Portugal’s former territory of Macao, both of which returned to Chinese sovereignty in the late 1990s.

01/10/2024

Europe News

Italy and China sign a three-year plan to reset relations

Meloni's five-day visit comes several months after Italy dropped out of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

28/07/2024

Economy

China's second-quarter GDP falls short of expectations

China reported weaker-than-expected gross domestic production (GDP) data for the second quarter and softened economic data for June. The country also began its Third Plenum key political meeting.

15/07/2024

Business

Ex-Bank of China boss arrested on bribery charges

The former chairman of the Bank of China has been arrested over corruption allegations, Chinese state media reported on Monday.

16/10/2023

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WATCH: President Xi leads China's Martyrs' Day commemoration

It comes on the eve of National Day, held in Tiananmen Square, which marks the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

30/09/2023

Europe News

China's divide-and-conquer tactics already 'in action': von der Leyen

Speaking before MEPs, Ursula von der Leyen urged EU countries to come up with a new unified strategy on how to deal with China.

18/04/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Watch: Are European countries united on EU-China relations?

In this edition of Brussels, my love, we take a look at the EU stance on China and ask if the Pentagon war leaks are keeping people in Brussels awake at night.

15/04/2023

Europe Decoded

Explained: Why the EU doesn't consider Taiwan a sovereign country

Despite lucrative trade ties and shared democratic values, the EU does not have official diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

13/04/2023

Europe News

China uses Putin's weakness to shift power balance, says von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen delivered on Thursday a highly critical speech on China and urged the EU to avoid falling for "divide-and-conquer tactics."

30/03/2023

China

Xi Jinping sworn in for unprecedented third term as China's president

Xi Jinping was sworn in for an unprecedented third five-year term as China's president, paving the way to stay in power for life.

10/03/2023

China

China's Xi Jinping wins third term as leader of ruling Communist Party

Xi, China’s most powerful leader in decades, has used the party congress to increase his dominance and promote allies in what many believe has turned into a rule for life.

23/10/2022

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China's former leader helped off stage at party congress

China's former leader, Hu Jintao, was helped off the stage during the closing session of the 20th National Congress in Beijing, sparking speculation about his health.

22/10/2022

China

Ex-leader removed from China party congress as Xi eyes more power

Meanwhile, PM Li Keqiang and three other members of China's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee will not be reappointed in a leadership shuffle on Sunday.

22/10/2022

United Kingdom

Attack on protestor at Chinese consulate in UK 'deeply concerning'

Footage made public by domestic outlets showed a man was hauled through a gate into the consular grounds Sunday, where he was kicked and punched by five men as he lay on the ground.

17/10/2022

China

China's Communist Party is holding its congress. Here's what to expect

State media report that 2,296 representatives were “elected” to the congress. All candidates are carefully vetted, and no open campaigning is allowed.

15/10/2022

Europe Decoded

UK Parliament closes TikTok account due to data breach fears

The UK Government's Tiktok account gets shut down after some Members of Parliament raise concerns that user data may be passed onto China's ruling Communist Party. This follows reports that the Chinese app is obliged to handed over personal data to Xi Jinping's government upon request.

05/08/2022