Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'europe'

EU presses China over fake goods

By BBC News 01 September 2010 The EU has urged China to step up the fight against black market exports, saying counterfeit cigarettes alone are depriving the EU of 10bn euros (£8bn) in tax revenue annually. The EU Commissioner for...

China hits back at US-Taiwan sale

By BBC World News30 January 2010 China has announced a series of moves against the US in retaliation for a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan worth $6.4bn (£4bn). Beijing said it would suspend military exchanges with the US, impose sanctions...

China blasts Sarkozy's Dalai Lama meeting as 'unwise'

By EUbusiness.comDecember 07, 2008 Chinese state media on Sunday blasted French President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an "unwise move" that has undermined relations with Beijing. Sarkozy, who currently holds the EU presidency, met the exiled Tibetan...

China cancels summit with EU over Dalai Lama visit

By Steven Erlanger | INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNENovember 26, 2008 PARIS: China has postponed an annual summit with the European Union originally scheduled for next Monday, the Europeans said in a statement on Wednesday. The Chinese were evidently angered by a...

Chinese Activist Wins Rights Prize

By Jim Yardley | The New York Times October 24, 2008 Hu Jia, a soft-spoken, bespectacled advocate for democracy and human rights in China, was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Europe's most prestigious human rights prize, on...

The 'China honeymoon' is over

By David Shambaugh | International Herald TribuneNovember 26, 2007 For Europe, the "China honeymoon" is over. As the 10th European Union-China summit meeting convenes in Beijing this week, and after 15 years of rapidly and dramatically developing ties, there are...