The 19th China-EU Summit took place at a critical moment for world affairs. The decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement leaves many questions unanswered on how international cooperation will proceed under his presidency. While his decision has been negatively framed across the world, other powers need to share the responsibility to lead the initiative and tackle global warming […]
On the very same day Chinese President Xi Jinping was giving his keynote address at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Emmanuel Macron was sworn in as the new French president […]
Al Jazeera‘s John Psaropoulos reports from Greece’s capital, Athens. Founder of chinaandgreece.com, Dr George Tzogopoulos is among the interviewees […]
Greek officials and scholars on Thursday 11 May 2017 hailed the results of Greek-Chinese cooperation at Piraeus port in recent years, and expressed confidence of more remarkable benefits for Greece and China in the future under the Belt and Road Initiative […]
The presidential election of May 9 in South Korea has special importance. After months of political paralysis and massive protests due to former President Park Geun-hye’s alleged involvement in a corruption scandal and her subsequent impeachment […]
To put it bluntly, Macron won the election not because most citizens trust him but because he is viewed as the antidote to the rise of the far-right. So, as opposed to his pre-election efforts, the post-election mission will be much more challenging for Macron. It will be very difficult for him to challenge Berlin’s superiority. This vindicates China’s strategy to approach the EU as an entity but also interpret it as being mainly led by Germany […]
China cannot overlook the situation. Its interest does not only derive from its need to protect its diplomatic personnel and Chinese people living in FYROM, but also for the future course of Chinese investments in the country where several Chinese companies are active […]
On 27 and 28 April 2017 Liu Qibao visited Greece and participated in high level meetings. He, among others, met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and leader of the main opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Xinhua news agency placed particular emphasis on this visit and published two comprehensive stories, which chinaandgreece.com exclusively reproduces: China, Greece to deepen …
Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi recently visited Athens to attend the First Ancient Civilizations Forum. This was a Greek initiative with China as co-organizer to foster dialogue among countries representing major ancient civilizations […]
China’s first homemade aircraft carrier hit the water. The construction of the type 001A ship began in 2013 and almost finished four years later in the Dalian shipyard. This is the country’s second aircraft carrier following the acquisition […]
