https://www.scmp.com/rss/522834/feed The latest news and top stories on EDF. A leading entity in the energy sector, Paris-based EDF is a French multinational electric utility company. It specialises in electricity generation, particularly from nuclear sources, alongside renewables and gas. It supplies electricity to residential, industrial and commercial customers globally. EDF is Britain’s largest generator of zero-carbon electricity and a leading supplier for large businesses. Their overall business focus is on building a... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Gerui Wang Gerui Wang French President Emmanuel Macron’s three-day visit to China last week signals a recalibration in how China and Europe engage at a moment when technological competition, trade disputes, climate imperatives and geopolitical fragmentation threaten global stability. Macron met enthusiastic students at Sichuan University; French first lady Brigitte Macron visited the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The trip fostered economic collaboration between the two countries and deliberately... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335838/france-and-china-are-testing-alternative-zero-sum-diplomacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335838/france-and-china-are-testing-alternative-zero-sum-diplomacy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:30:09 +0000 Xiaofei Xu Xiaofei Xu French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beijing for his three-day visit to China on Wednesday – and he is not coming alone. Alongside his wife Brigitte, the French leader is bringing a delegation of more than 80 people, including multiple ministers and nearly 40 CEOs from across the corporate world. Despite rising trade tensions between China and Europe, the long guestlist signals that Macron is travelling to Beijing looking to do business – and hints at France’s likely priorities. From... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3335036/pandas-nuclear-power-what-macron-wants-his-trip-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3335036/pandas-nuclear-power-what-macron-wants-his-trip-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:47:38 +0000 Dannie Peng Dannie Peng When Sama Bilbao y León, director general of the World Nuclear Association – a global industry body based in London – toured China’s nuclear facilities this summer, she was left speechless. “I couldn’t close my mouth in amazement,” she admitted, stunned by China’s advanced capabilities and “incredible” industrial scale. This awe-inspiring progress exists despite stringent US sanctions – including the 2019 blacklisting of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and the recent suspension of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322757/how-us-nuclear-sanctions-china-backfired?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322757/how-us-nuclear-sanctions-china-backfired?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:00:09 +0000