Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to tensions in the EU-China relationship. Photo: Bloomberg
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to tensions in the EU-China relationship. Photo: Bloomberg
A year after sanctions, EU-China ties face new ‘defining moment’ on Russia
  • Beijing hit European diplomats, politicians and researchers with travel and business bans in response to sanctions over Xinjiang
  • Relations have worsened since then and a sterner test is to come amid suspicion over Beijing’s positioning in Moscow’s war in Ukraine
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to tensions in the EU-China relationship. Photo: Bloomberg
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to tensions in the EU-China relationship. Photo: Bloomberg
A year after sanctions, EU-China ties face new ‘defining moment’ on Russia
  • Beijing hit European diplomats, politicians and researchers with travel and business bans in response to sanctions over Xinjiang
  • Relations have worsened since then and a sterner test is to come amid suspicion over Beijing’s positioning in Moscow’s war in Ukraine
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Ukraine war
A year after sanctions, EU-China ties face new ‘defining moment’ on Russia
3 hours ago
  • Beijing hit European diplomats, politicians and researchers with travel and business bans in response to sanctions over Xinjiang
  • Relations have worsened since then and a sterner test is to come amid suspicion over Beijing’s positioning in Moscow’s war in Ukraine
132 feared dead after Chinese plane crashes into mountain

There has not yet been official confirmation of any casualties but locals report seeing fires and debris at the site of the crash in Guangxi

There has not yet been official confirmation of any casualties but locals report seeing fires and debris at the site of the crash in Guangxi

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Shanghai hit by record Covid-19 surge as China combats growing outbreaks

China reports 37,000 local infections this month driven by the Omicron variant, with experts describing mostly mild cases.

China reports 37,000 local infections this month driven by the Omicron variant, with experts describing mostly mild cases.

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A man wearing a mask for protection walks on the Bund, in Shanghai, China. On Saturday, China reported 2,157 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and 1,713 asymptomatic infections, according to the National Health Commission. Photo:EPA-EFE
Shanghai hit by record Covid-19 surge as China combats growing outbreaks

China reports 37,000 local infections this month driven by the Omicron variant, with experts describing mostly mild cases.

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Hong Kong to ease tough Covid-control measures from next month

Chief Executive Carrie Lam reveals government will ease restrictions on arrivals from April 1 while putting on hold contentious plan for compulsory universal testing.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam reveals government will ease restrictions on arrivals from April 1 while putting on hold contentious plan for compulsory universal testing.

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Ukraine-Russia war: latest developments in graphics

Russian President Vladimir Putin defied the West and launched an all-out air and ground assault on Ukraine

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin defied the West and launched an all-out air and ground assault on Ukraine

 

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Ukraine: Australia PM Morrison urges India to take firmer Russia position

‘The cooperation of like-minded liberal democracies is key to an open, inclusive, resilient and prosperous Indo-Pacific’.

‘The cooperation of like-minded liberal democracies is key to an open, inclusive, resilient and prosperous Indo-Pacific’.

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Ukraine: David Beckham hands over Instagram account to Kharkiv doctor

The former England football star tells his 71 million followers to look at his profile to see work of doctor helping women give birth in city of Kharkiv.

The former England football star tells his 71 million followers to look at his profile to see work of doctor helping women give birth in city of Kharkiv.

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Opinion | Ukraine crisis calls for China to join daring diplomatic intervention

China has staked out a position ambiguous enough to allow quick movement away from the perception of complicity with Moscow. Clear thinking by Beijing is of the utmost importance to end Russia’s shelling of Ukraine and to keep the world from tipping into nuclear catastrophe.

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Opinion | It’s time China devised an exit strategy for dealing with Covid-19

China’s playbook of mass testing and rigid quarantine rules have served the country well since the Wuhan lockdown two year ago, but the approach looks increasingly clumsy in the face of Omicron.

China’s playbook of mass testing and rigid quarantine rules have served the country well since the Wuhan lockdown two year ago, but the approach looks increasingly clumsy in the face of Omicron.

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Revolutions in finance and communication technology will affect all of us in far more profound ways than any geopolitical realignments or social protests.

Revolutions in finance and communication technology will affect all of us in far more profound ways than any geopolitical realignments or social protests.

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