Category: Europe-China Relations

German Foreign Minister Urges Caution Toward Communist China

Germany must avoid repeating with China the mistakes that it made in its relationship with Russia over recent years, the German foreign minister said on Oct. 18. “We must first of all learn from the mistakes of our Russia policy of recent decades,” Annalena Baerbock said at a foreign policy forum in Berlin organized by…


UK Extends 2 Deadlines for Huawei 5G Kit Removal to Avoid Network Instability

The UK government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from Britain’s 5G networks to avoid disruptions to telecommunications services. The requirement to remove the Chinese firm’s products from the network core has been pushed back to Dec. 31, 2023, 11 months later than originally stipulated. Also, British telecom operators must limit…


UK Government Urged to Expel Chinese Diplomat After Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Manchester Consulate

Lawmakers on Tuesday urged the UK government to expel Chinese diplomats who were involved in beating a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester on Sunday. Raising an urgent question on the incident in Parliament, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearns, urged the government to either prosecute or expel the…


Retired British Military Pilots Training Chinese Army: UK Ministry of Defence

Retired British military pilots have been recruited by the Chinese regime to teach its armed forces how to defeat Western warplanes, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. Around 30 former fast jet and helicopter pilots have been attracted to help train China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with lucrative compensation packages of about $270,000…


UK Police Launch Investigation After Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate

British police launched an investigation on Monday after a pro-democracy Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten on Sunday. The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound…


Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate in Manchester

A Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten by seven or eight people on Sunday. The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound. Bob was one of around…


Confucius Institutes Threaten UK’s Capacity to Understand China: Report Says

Confucius Institutes (CI) in British Universities are damaging the UK’s understanding of China, a report said on Wednesday. The report (pdf), published by foreign policy and national security think tank Henry Jackson Society (HJS), said that out of the 3o CIs in the UK only four were found to be operating within their remit of “language and…


CCP Harassing Chinese Dissident in Netherlands, Victim Says

A 21-year-old Chinese dissident, living in the Netherlands, says he has been constantly harassed in recent months by what he believes are Chinese agents and individuals hired by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Wang Jingyu, from Chongqing, China, is living in exile. He expressed his support to Hong Kong protesters on social media in 2019…


Anti-CCP Protests Held in More Than 10 Cities in UK on China’s National Day

Oct. 1 marked the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party regime. Under the “Hong Kong National Security Law,” protests have disappeared in Hong Kong. However, Hongkongers have held demonstrations against the CCP in the UK, the U.S., Canada, Taiwan, and other places. Demonstrations took were held in many places in the…


Chinese Firm Blocked From Accessing Key Information About UK’s Power Grid

The UK government has blocked a Chinese firm from accessing sensitive information about Britain’s power grid, as concerns grow about Beijing’s involvement in critical infrastructure in the West. Redrock Investment Limited, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC), is set to obtain a 35 percent stake in Electricity North West (ENW),…