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Thousands of people on Tuesday gathered outside the main building of Taiwan's parliament to voice their worries about what they see as a dysfunctional legislature and the erosion of democracy by China-friendly parties. Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its majority in parliament in January elections and has faced major challenges in the current session, which started in February. On Friday, ruling and opposition lawmakers engaged in brawls over several controversial bills, including the expansion of the legislature's investigative powers. Several injured lawmakers require...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock did not rule out a German frigate crossing the Taiwan Strait, during her visit to New Zealand on Saturday. On Tuesday, the German frigate Baden-Württemberg and a supply ship will set off on a training mission to the Pacific lasting several months. The vessels will enter the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal and later also cross the South China Sea. The route the ships would take would not be announced in advance, Baerbock said during a press conference with her New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters. She emphasized that the “right of peaceful pass...
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French President Emmanuel Macron will receive German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris on Thursday evening, days before a visit by China's president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. The Élysée Palace said that the meeting between Macron and Scholz would be a private dinner. No further details were disclosed. Xi is visiting France on Monday and Tuesday for the first time in almost five years as part of a trip to Europe. Macron and Scholz are expected to agree on joint positions regarding Xi's visit. The German leader's brief stop in Paris is likely part of an ongoing effort to clear up disa...
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Germany's minister of education and research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, has called on universities to scrutinize any joint projects with China in the light of recent arrests over spying allegations. "The arrest of three Germans for suspected espionage once again makes it abundantly clear that we must not be naive in our dealings with China," the liberal politician told German news magazine Wirtschaftswoche. "We need to weigh up the risks and benefits of cooperation even more carefully, especially in science and in universities. This includes reviewing existing cooperative relationships." A week...
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The European Commission announced investigations last week into Chinese suppliers of wind turbines in Spain, Greece, France, Romania and Bulgaria. It's the latest move by Brussels targeting suspected Chinese green tech subsidies that could undermine fair competition - from the solar panel industry to a closely watched probe into e-cars. The European Union's competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, announced the inquiry during a speech at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States. "China is for us simultaneously a partner in fighting climate change, an economi...
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