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Chinese president did not avoid difficult questions from his French and EU counterparts, and visits to Serbia and Hungary reinforced established ties.
Presidents Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron not only aired their bilateral differences, but also discussed terms of engagement for challenging days ahead.
Talks on trade imbalances and Ukraine war await Chinese president as he first heads to France in pursuit of ‘pragmatic’ European policy, then Serbia and Hungary, before returning to host Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s re-election is positive for the increasingly close alliance with Beijing, but China’s diplomatic efforts require striking a fine balance ahead of Xi’s proposed trip to Europe.
- Pan-European consumers organisation BEUC says Temu, which launched in Europe last year, is breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act
- Temu often fails to provide consumers with crucial information about the sellers on its platform and safety standards of products, the complaint says
France is Xpeng’s tenth European market and comes after launches in Spain and Portugal last month. It will market the G9 and G6 SUVs and will also set up a sales and service network with local distributors.
Three indigenous Kanak and a police official have been killed in the violence that broke out after an electoral reform bill was adopted by lawmakers in Paris.
French police were hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict known as ‘The Fly’.
The streets of New Caledonia’s main city Noumea bore the scars of clashes on Tuesday with traffic blocked by burnt-out cars and smoking piles of tyres.
The deal, unveiled on Tuesday, marks one of the biggest takeovers in Taiwan outside the semiconductor industry.
Pyongyang on Monday warned the UK, Canada, Germany, France, New Zealand and Australia to immediately stop their ‘blatant military intervention’ under the pretext of monitoring UN sanctions violations.
They defaced ‘The Origin of the World’, a nude painted by French artist Gustave Courbet, and four other works at the Pompidou-Metz museum.
Readers discuss the move in Europe to legalise assisted dying, support for diversity in the Hong Kong Football Club, and the security arrangements for a transfer service for passengers on private jets.
The Chinese president upgraded relations with Serbia and Hungary, but in France made few if any concessions to reduce the flood of Chinese imports into the EU.
The popular social media platform has started to invite merchants for a beta run of TikTok Shop in Mexico, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The UK ended the tax-free shopping incentive for tourists in 2021 and has resisted strong lobbying from retailers and other companies linked to the tourism sector.
The transfer of the flame in the southern port will mark the start of the relay across France and its territories, 79 days from the start of the Games.
First visit by Chinese president to Europe in over five years is highlighting the pivotal role Beijing’s ties with Moscow play in Europe’s relationship with China.
French President welcomes Beijing’s commitment to ‘refrain from selling any weapons or aid’ to Russia, but commerce official reinforces the need to enhance bilateral trade.
Beijing and Paris issue statement denouncing planned Israeli offensive against southern Gaza city following talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
Catherine Delacote, who is suspected to have killed herself, bequeathed her fortune to Nutwalai Pupongta who had worked for her for 17 years.
Entourage features senior Chinese diplomats and officials who oversee the country’s economic and trade affairs.
Chinese president attends state dinner hosted by French counterpart after arriving in Paris for his first European tour in five years.
French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres, reclaiming a record for one of the nation’s best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.
Israel’s prime minister denounced a ‘volcano of antisemitism’ and international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.
