EU-China trade relations 'distorted,' MEPs say
Today @ 09:18
The European Parliament adopted a non-legislative resolution on the imbalance of trade relations between the EU and China on Wednesday.
China seeks high-tech weapons, 'respect' on EU visit
02.05.12 @ 09:29
China has highlighted access to arms technology and less criticism on human rights as two priorities on a visit to the EU capital by its new-leader-in-waiting.
China slowdown is bad news for Europe
13.04.12 @ 19:26
China's economy so far this year grew slower than ever in the last three years, spelling bad news for its biggest trading partner, the European Union.
China central banker: EU is our biggest uncertainty
14.03.12 @ 08:55
In a sign of growing confidence on the global stage, China has singled out Europe as the "biggest uncertainty" for the future of its economy.
No time for press at 'globally important' EU-China meeting
19.04.12 @ 08:07
Officials kept a Chinese VIP away from press in the EU capital on Wednesday, with Beijing keen to stop talk of the Bo Xilai scandal.
No trade war with China, EU presidency says
16.03.12 @ 09:18
Business between the EU and China is running as usual, despite highly-public trade differences between the two economic powerhouses, the Danish trade minister has said.
Barroso to China: EU is not falling apart
14.02.12 @ 18:12
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has told the Chinese public that the EU is going to become a fully-fledged "political union" after the financial crisis.
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China joins legal battle against EU aviation tax
21.12.11 @ 09:23
Four Chinese airlines are to join the US in a legal challenge against Europe's new carbon emission tax, which takes effect from 1 January.
China looking to snap up EU factories, railways
28.11.11 @ 09:32
China is looking to buy EU factories and railways instead of wobbly government bonds as prices fall amid the eurozone crisis.
EU imposes stiff controls to block Chinese GM rice
15.11.11 @ 18:29
EU member states have slapped rigid new controls on all imports of Chinese rice products in the wake of ever-increasing detection of products 'contaminated' with unauthorised genetically modified rice.
Chinese fund manager lambasts EU 'sloth, indolence'
07.11.11 @ 16:17
Using language recalling German tabloid depictions of "lazy Greeks", the chairman of China's sovereign wealth fund has said the EU as a whole suffers from "sloth" and "indolence."
Chinese official: Eurozone collapse would be a 'disaster'
29.11.11 @ 16:09
A collapse of the eurozone would be a "disaster for everyone" and EU leaders have not "fully realised" the urgency of the situation, a Chinese official said Tuesday, adding that Europe's problem is not money, but lack of confidence.
Chinese ratings agency downgrades Greece
22.11.11 @ 20:40
China's ratings agency Dagong on Tuesday downgraded Greece's sovereign rating to the second-lowest 'default' level, a move suggesting Beijing has no intention of "playing Santa Claus" to the ailing eurozone, experts say.
EU parliament's political families meet with Chinese Communist Party
09.11.11 @ 17:45
A three-day forum of political heavyweights from the EU and China ended on Wednesday with kind words at a half-hour press conference.
China and India pull back from EU after Greek surprise
03.11.11 @ 09:29
China and India have indicated that the Greek referendum will make it harder for them to put their money into eurozone rescue schemes.
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