Category: Europe-China Relations

Russia Accuses US of Trying to ‘Split the Entire Architecture’ of the World

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States of trying to shatter the architecture of the existing world order via the manipulation of international bodies and alliances. Speaking on Russian state television’s Channel 1 on April 26, Lavrov accused the Biden administration and the West of no longer recognizing international law or the key…


Factories in Shanghai Struggling to Resume Production Under Lockdown

Shanghai has now been locked down for a month under the Chinese communist regime’s “zero-COVID” policy. Daily life, manufacturing production, and supply chains have been severely disrupted. Recently, Shanghai authorities have been pushing for the resumption of production in manufacturing, but the progress has been slow, and some enterprises are having difficulty resuming work under…


House Passes AXIS Act That Accuses China of ‘Whitewashing Russia’s War Crimes’

The House passed legislation on April 27 that would require the State Department to submit ongoing reports to Congress documenting China’s support of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. H.R. 7314, referred to as the “Assessing Xi’s Interference and Subversion Act” or, more simply, the “AXIS Act,” will now go to the Senate for consideration….


China’s DJI Halts Russia, Ukraine Business to Prevent Use of Its Drones in Combat

BEIJING—Drone company DJI Technology Co. has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war. “DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions. Pending the current review, DJI will temporarily suspend…


NATO Must Ensure ‘Democracies Like Taiwan’ Can Defend Themselves: UK Foreign Secretary

Democracies such as Taiwan must be able to defend themselves, the UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday as she called for a “reboot” of the free world’s approach to global security. In a keynote speech at the Easter Banquet in the City of London, the British foreign secretary said the post-war global order “has failed Ukraine,”…


UK Government Urged to Clarify Position on Buying Hikvision Surveillance Cameras

The UK’s central and local government ministers have been challenged to clarify their positions on buying surveillance cameras from a company partly owned by the Chinese regime, according to correspondence published on Monday. The Home Office’s independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson wrote to ministers last week about his concerns over Hikvision cameras following a…


Russia-Ukraine War Accelerates Collapse of China’s Belt and Road Global Strategy

Over the past ten years, China’s Communist Party (CCP) has strategically relied on its $4 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to boost its image and influence with at least 149 countries to date. But success has eluded its efforts, and the BRI strategy may be doomed as a result. Consider for example the CCP’s…


China Regime Seeks ‘System Where Might Makes Right’: US Deputy Secretary of State

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intentionally disrupting and undermining the international system that made it a global power, according to Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. The United States and its allies, she said, were prepared to compete vigorously to counter the effort, and to heavily sanction it for support of Russia. “The United…


China Regime Undermining International Order by Seeking a ‘System Where Might Makes Right’: US Deputy Secretary of State

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intentionally disrupting and undermining the international system that made it a global power, according to Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. The United States and its allies, she said, were prepared to compete vigorously to counter the effort, and to heavily sanction it for support of Russia. “The United…


China Threatens the Breakup of Europe

News Analysis As Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates the war in Ukraine to that of nuclear threats, massacre, and the systemic rape of children in cities like Bucha, China continues its diplomatic support of Russia, including now by threatening the breakup of the European Union. China’s state-controlled Global Times mooted the idea under the guise…