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Cosplayers perform and pose at ChinaJoy gaming festival

Cosplayers in elaborate costumes gather at ChinaJoy in Shanghai, where gaming fans meet characters inspired by popular video games.

Europe News

What trade concessions can the EU win from China?

With an October deadline unlikely to yield major concessions from Beijing given structural and leverage imbalances, EU-China trade tensions look set to keep escalating.

Europe News

EU expected to probe Balkan mesh imports over Chinese tariff-dodging

There are growing suspicions that certain open mesh fabrics are being made with Chinese glass fibre already hit by EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties for unfair pricing and state support.

New Zealand

China complains to New Zealand over ‘go back to your own country’ jibe

China's ambassador made a rare intervention after New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters refused to back down over remarks he made in parliament to Chinese-born MP Lawrence Xu-Nan.

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Europe News

An alleged spy at NATO’s doorstep: What happened at SHAPE?

A Canadian intern at NATO’s top military base has been accused of spying for a foreign power. The case has exposed major questions over foreign interference at one of the Alliance’s most sensitive headquarters.

Tech News

As the West mulls slowing AI down, will China follow suit?

Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic and other top labs want Washington to help pace the AI race. China has spent the year closing the gap, building a rival governance body and betting on open-source models instead.

Europe News

Wind, solar and heat pumps can free EU from LNG dependence – study

If the EU meets its solar and wind deployment targets, it could cut gas demand by around one-quarter by 2030, with savings that could exceed the amount of LNG the bloc is expected to import from Qatar. But Europe's climate and energy transition is giving China a unique opportunity.

China

10 killed and 23 injured in flash floods in northwestern China

Severe weather alerts were sent to many areas across the region as Typhoon Noul made landfall on Sunday.

Business

The challenges companies face to launch robotaxis in Europe

European carmakers like BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have continued to struggle significantly to roll out commercial robotaxi fleets, unlike Chinese companies, but why?

Europe Today

EU’s €1bn-a-day trade gap with China an 'unsustainable reality'

Javi López, European Parliament vice-president, says the European Union's trade imbalance with China "cannot continue", with the bloc running a €1bn-a-day trade deficit.

Travel News

World Cup boosts Chinese tourists' interest in Spain

Spain’s World Cup triumph has sparked a surge in flight searches from China to Barcelona, Tenerife and Malaga, with increases of up to 33-fold.

Business

Volkswagen’s Chinese branch doubles down on self-driving technology

Amid rising competition in the self-driving technology market, especially in China, Europe’s biggest auto company plans to make some big moves to catch up.

Tech News

China's Xpeng debuts flying car in Germany

Chinese EV maker Xpeng has unveiled a modular flying car and a humanoid robot in Munich, saying both could enter mass production before the end of 2026.

China

Xi hails 'new level' in ties as China and Kazakhstan sign €11.4bn in deals

Xi Jinping and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed more than 70 commercial agreements on the sidelines of the World AI Conference in Shanghai, including Central Asia's first battery plant with CATL and a new Caspian port terminal.

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China rescuers race to find trapped people after landslide

China launched a large-scale rescue operation after a landslide struck Pengshui County in Chongqing municipality on 17 July, burying part of a residential area and trapping an unknown number of people.

China

Kim Jong Un hosts top Chinese official in Pyongyang

China has sought to reassert its position in the Korean peninsula in recent years. Chinese President Xi Jinping made his own visit to Pyongyang in June as part of this push.

Tech News

Xi urges united global AI push as US bans squeeze China's tech access

As US restrictions continue to limit China's access to advanced technology, Xi Jinping used a major summit to rally developing nations around Beijing's vision for AI.

Europe News

‘China’s model is flawed,' top MEP says

In an interview with Euronews, German liberal MEP Engin Eroglu, chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China, said the EU’s market of 450 million consumers gives the bloc leverage over Beijing and challenges China’s claim to global dominance.

USA

Trump revives election interference claims during address to nation

The US president said he would declassify intelligence data that revealed China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files. Trump's claim contradicts reviews that have found no evidence of significant interference in the 2020 election.

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China is 'a critical long-term strategic challenge', EU ministers say

EU foreign ministers issued a joint assessment of the risks posed by China, warning that Beijing threatens not only the bloc’s economy but also its security, while highlighting the shared ambition of China and Russia to assert regional dominance.