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Asia-Europe Meeting – ASEM holds virtual celebration to 25 years of accomplishments

March 11, 2021 - by Zazithorn Ruengchinda - Leave a Comment

Who is turning 25? ASEM – the Asia-Europe Meeting! As a political dialogue forum, ASEM has since 1996 acted as an informal and open setting to foster dialogue and cooperation …

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DCCC Shanghai invites to ‘China’s Home Stretch to Recovery’

March 11, 2021September 5, 2023 - by Zazithorn Ruengchinda - Leave a Comment

Despite the strong finish in 2020, the recovery in China’s domestic demand still lacks a “solid” foundation. Growth in household spending remains well below pre-pandemic trend. Even with the surge …

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Chinese Geely and Taiwanese FoxConn form joint venture

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 - by Zazithorn Ruengchinda - Leave a Comment

Geely, China’s largest private-sector automaker, has taken the first step toward becoming the Foxconn of electric vehicles. Geely and Foxconn, the Taiwanese Apple assembler, are establishing a 50-50 joint venture …

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LEGO is gaining fans in China and reports increased consumer sales

March 10, 2021March 12, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - Leave a Comment

LEGO, the Danish toymaker has benefited from pandemic-related lockdowns in 2020 and reports a 21 percent increase in consumer sales in 2020, mainly due to a surge in growth in …

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Swedish Li Zhihui released from custody after two years

March 10, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - Leave a Comment

The Warsaw court has recently ruled that 53-year-old Swedish Li Zhihui should not be extradited to China, where he risked the death penalty and has released him from custody after …

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Norwegian Multiconsult signed for Norwegian land-based salmon farm project in China

March 10, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - Leave a Comment

Norsal, the Norwegian fish farming company has appointed the Norwegian engineering consultancy, Multiconsult to carry out preliminary work on a 30,000-metric-ton land-based salmon farm in Yantai, China. The two parties …

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Finnish Olion to supply heat pumps for China’s largest battery energy storage project

March 8, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - Leave a Comment

Olion, the Finnish energy, and environmental technology company will provide heat pumps for a battery energy storage farm in Dalian, North-eastern China. Dalian Henliu Energy Storage Power Station Company Ltd’s …

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Old case made public: Finland denies China’s research airbase bid

March 8, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - 1 Comment

Two years ago China wanted to buy an airport in northern Finland, saying it was for climate research at the North Pole. But Finland’s Defense Ministry rejected the offer over …

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Lego and Novo Nordisk sign up for China International Import Expo

March 6, 2021March 10, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - Leave a Comment

The Danish companies, Lego and Novo Nordisk have recently signed up for the China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2021 scheduled to run for five days in November at the National …

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Scandinavian designer Søren Mats invites DCCC members to showroom office event

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 - by Mette Larsen - Leave a Comment

Scandinavian designer Søren Mats invites DCCC members to Showroom Office Drinks at his showroom for Matz Form in HuangPu District, Shanghai on 19 March. The invitation reads: Do you like …