Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Chinese travel ban due to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus has led to a drastic decrease in Chinese tourists in Denmark. And especially one tourist attraction is suffering, …
The Museum of H.C Andersen in Denmark impacted by lack of Chinese tourists Read More
Norway, Sweden and Finland all announced cases of people testing positive to the novel coronavirus in their respective countries the 26 February 2020, according to The Local Sweden, Yle from …
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark confirm positive cases of coronavirus Read More
The Swedish Citizen of Chinese descent Gui Minhai was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 24 February 2020, reports Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court in a statement on its website, …
Swedish-Chinese writer and publisher Gui Minhai sentenced to 10 years in prison Read More
Despite warnings from the United States’ Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during the recent Security Policy Forum in Germany saying that friends and allies of the United States should refrain …
Finland is still willing to cooperate with China despite U.S warning Read More
The ‘Fokus 2020’ report from the Norwegian Foreign Intelligence Service lays a heavy focus on China and Chinese relations involving Norway as a potential threat to Norway – especially in …
Ambassador of China in Norway calls report by the Norwegian Foreign Intelligence Service ‘flawed’ and ‘false’ Read More
The Swedish region of Dalarna along with the counties of Linköping, Västerås, Åmåls and Borlänge has discontinued their cultural- and political partnerships with Chinese counties and regions as of 19 …
Swedish regions and counties discontinue several partnerships with China Read More
Originally the Scandinavian flight company only halted their flights to China until 29 February 2020 as a result of the novel coronavirus. “A new evaluation of the situation regarding the …
SAS and Finnair postpone departures to China once again Read More
Letters to and from China has always been a huge part of the Nordic postal business Postnord. But the domestic situation in China makes Postnord temporarily halt their shipments of …
Postnord halts their shipments of packages and letters to China Read More
The fear of the Chinese corona virus has affected how Asian people are treated in Finland; several Asians in the Nordic country have reported cases of discrimination, apparently prompted by …
Xenophobia against Asians in Finland prompted by the coronavirus Read More
Team Sweden in South East Asia has decided to cancel the “Sweden-Southeast Asia Business Summit” scheduled to be held in Singapore on February 13-14, 2020. The reason is the corona …
Sweden-Southeastasia Summit Cancelled Read More