Category: Europe-China Relations

Percentage of NHS’s China-Imported Health Supply Tripled in 2020: Report

More than 17 percent of the imported health supplies on the UK’s “disaster relief list” came from China, a new report said. The report (pdf), published on Tuesday by British think tank Civitas, said the figure was at 6 percent in 2019 but almost tripled since the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. The latest data…


Foreign Spies Using Networking Sites to Groom UK Officials: MI5

Foreign spies have extended their dark arts to the world of online networking sites and are targeting politicians, business chiefs, and academics, the head of Britain’s security service has warned. Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, said hostile agents are using so-called “disguised approaches” on an industrial scale to build relationships  to gain national security…


Chinese Takeover of Semiconductor Plant a National Security ‘Test Case’ for UK Government, Say Lawmakers

Security fears are intensifying over the controversial takeover of Britain’s largest semiconductor plant by a state-backed Chinese company. Senior MPs in the ruling Conservative Party have called on the British government to deploy the new National Security and Investment Act and scrap the £63 million ($77 million) sale of Newport Wafer Lab to Wingtech Technology through…


Former Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Says Russia Has Already Lost the War

Gao Yusheng, former Chinese ambassador to Ukraine, said recently at a forum that Russia “has already lost the Russia-Ukraine War.” His analysis of the cause and trend of the war is completely different from the Chinese communist regime’s pro-Russia rhetoric. In the speech, he also predicted that Russia would be expelled from important international organizations,…


Japan and EU Leaders Announce Digital Partnership Amid Chinese Aggression

Leaders from Japan and the EU announced a new digital partnership April 12, following a summit in which they discussed how to jointly contend with rising authoritarianism amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nuclear sabre rattling from North Korea, and increased aggression from China’s communist regime. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with European Council President…


China’s Military Expansion Has ‘Implications for All NATO’: NATO Security Official

China’s rapid military expansion and modernization presents a challenge to the global security environment, according to a top NATO official, and significant work will need to be done to ensure the continuation of the democratic way of life that the alliance aims to defend. “China is not an adversary to NATO,” said NATO Deputy Security…


US Seeks to Bridge Europe and Asia in Indo-Pacific: Top White House Official

The United States will work to coordinate new economic and security frameworks between its partners in European and Asian nations amid increased assertiveness by China, according to the seniormost Asia advisor at the White House. “One of the important contributions of a steady and stable Indo-Pacific approach is to work more fundamentally with allies and…


Chinese Regime Changes Tune on Ukraine War Under Pressure of Sanctions: Experts

While the United States and the European Union continue to increase sanctions on Russia, the Chinese communist regime’s state media has recently changed its tone on the Russian-Ukrainian war, starting to report positively on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Analysts believe that as the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th National Congress is approaching, Beijing is…


Chinese Embassy Pressures Local Officials to Block Shen Yun Performances in Mexico

A New York-based performing arts company whose mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture on the world stage has continued to find itself the target of the regime’s long-arm interference campaign. Over the years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has orchestrated a range of ploys in a bid to thwart or sabotage the annual world…


‘Criminal, Inhumane and Unethical’: EU Passes Resolution Condemning Chinese Regime’s Forced Organ Harvesting

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution voicing “serious concerns” about the Chinese regime’s ongoing forced organ harvesting while calling on its member states to publicly condemn the abuse. “Parliament expresses serious concern about reports of persistent, systematic, inhumane and state-sanctioned organ harvesting from prisoners in China, and more specifically from Falun Gong practitioners,” read…