Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
In their regular negotiations last week, Finland and China agreed to abandon all restrictions on routes and waypoints for air travel, giving carriers operating in the Nordic country more …
Finnish airlines given freedom to choose Chinese destinations Read More
It’s been revealed that the Chinese professor Guojie Zhang at the University of Copenhagen has been studying monkey brains to help Beijing’s military fight wars at high altitudes, without …
Chinese professor at Danish university studied monkey brains to help Beijing’s military Read More
On 13 November, the Danish Chamber of Commerce China (DCCC) hosted the annual Business Person of the Year Award Gala where the winner was announced. According to the Chamber, this …
DCCC announced Business Person of the Year Read More
On 16 November, representatives of the Consulate General of Finland in Shanghai had the pleasure to participate in the third-anniversary celebrations of Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, the Council General of Finland …
Finnish delegation took part in 3rd-anniversary celebrations of Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park Read More
Norwegian renewable hydrogen plant manufacturer HydrogenPro has reached an agreement with China’s Tianjin HQY Hydrogen Machinery Co., Ltd. (“THM”) to create a joint venture, which will allow HydrogenPro to utilize …
Norway’s HydrogenPro sets up joint venture with Chinese THM as basis for global fabrication plan Read More
Due to the pandemic, Norwegian Signe Johansen has not yet been allowed to travel back to China, where she is studying tourism at the University of Chengdu in China. She …
Norwegian student unable to return to her studies in China due to closed borders Read More
The Swedish social commentator and author Kurdo Baksi urge Swedish publishers to stop cooperating with China by having their books, especially children’s books manufactured in China. This message comes in …
Kurdo Baksi: Swedish publishers should stop having books made in China Read More
A new report published by the Institute of Urban and Regional Research NIBR, OsloMet – Metropolitan University shows that half of all children adopted from abroad to Norway experience discrimination …
Report: Foreign adoptees in Norway experience discrimination and racism Read More
A retrospective of Aki Kaurismaki, one of the best-known Finnish filmmakers and screenwriters, opens on 20 November and runs through 27 November at the Shanghai Film Art Centre. The screening …
Shanghai Film Art Centre to screen films of Finnish Aki Kaurismäki Read More
“I wonder what really happened between you and my mother” 18 years after Veronica Lin was found murdered in Högsbo, Sweden, her son Marcus addresses his Chinese father in Swedish …
Veronica Lin’s son appeals to his father in Swedish documentary ‘Veronica and the Chinese millionaire’ Read More
Johan Aledal joined the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong’s Board of Directors over a year and a half ago. Since May 2021 his role has been as the Treasurer …
Meet Swedcham Treasurer of the Chamber Johan Aledal Read More
On 1 November, the new Personal Information Protection Law came into place and China continues its creation of a stricter regulatory landscape for data and network security, having a large …
Sign up for a Legal & Risk Update on China’s GDPR: New PIPL Read More
Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a CAM plant in Kotka, Finland with the initial capacity of 50,000 t/a …
Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring cathode materials plant proceeding as planned Read More
This year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai has seen a record-high number of Danish companies present and according to Rasmus Prehn, Denmark’s minister for food, agriculture, and fisheries, …
CIIE helps provide a shop window for more Danish exports to China Read More
In an exclusive interview with the People’s Daily web publication, Finland’s newly appointed Ambassador to China Leena-Kaisa Mikkola answered questions about the relations between Finland and China and the upcoming Beijing …
Finnish Ambassador: Cooperation on winter sports boosts Chinese-Finnish bilateral ties Read More
Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture in cooperation with Finnish universities and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are preparing its own guidelines for the university and science community due to …
Finish universities prepare guidelines on potential challenges when cooperating with China Read More
A Swedish scholar has won an early-career research achievement award from Taiwan’s top research institute, the Academia Sinica, for his study of the Manchu language, Focus Taiwan writes. Manchu is a critically …
Swedish scholar wins Academia Sinica award for Manchu language research Read More
New evidence shows that the Swedish networking and telecommunications company Ericsson has been doing business with a Chinese factory accused of using the Uighur Muslims minority for forced labor. Swedish …
Swedish Ericsson connected to forced labor factory in China Read More
Finland’s second-largest zoo, Ähtäri Zoo has run into financial difficulties and due to the high maintenance cost of one million euros per year for the zoo’s two Chinese Pandas, they …
Finnish zoo may have to return Chinese Pandas due to financial difficulties Read More
A spokesperson with the Embassy of China in Denmark has in a statement condemned NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s speech on China after he warned of challenges posed by China to …
Embassy of China in Denmark condemn NATO Secretary’s speech on China Read More
Vestas, the Danish leading manufacturer of wind turbines will consolidate its two regions China (CHI) and the Asia Pacific (ASP) into one business region covering the Greater Asia region named …
Vestas creates business region for Greater Asia Read More
The Fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held in Shanghai between 5 to 10 November and in a recent interview with Global Times, Consul General of Sweden in …
Swedish and Norwegian diplomats take on the 4th China International Import Expo Read More
In this month’s update on the Royal Danish Consulate in China from the Danish Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber shares that Consul General Jakob Linulf was in October invited to …
October update on the Royal Danish Consulate in China from DCCC Read More
It is always a good idea to do some research before deciding where to retire as different countries have completely different retirement systems. One place to look might be the …
Iceland and Thailand’s retirement systems are the best and worst in Global Rankings Read More
The Norwegian toll operating company Ferde received in September a NOK five million fine for illegally having sent pictures of payment cards and license plates to a Chinese company that …
Norwegian motorists set to pay fine after China leak Read More
Denmark will be represented by a record-high number of companies at the 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China between 5-10 November 2021. Soren Falck, head of the …
Record high number of Danish companies to take part in 4th China International Import Expo Read More
The popular series of “Women Who Lead” is back on 10 November. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce China has invited four leading executives from different industry backgrounds, for a panel …
SwedCham China’s series “Women who lead” is back Read More
The government of Sweden will start an investigation into the adoption of children from other countries, in particular China and Chile, during the last 70 years to verify irregularities in …
Sweden launches adoptions inquiry after kidnapping reports of Chinese children Read More
Swedish pension providers Folksam and AMF have both announced they bought billions of kronor of newly-issued shares in Volvo Cars in the initial public offering (IPO) which took place on …
Swedish pension firms invest billions in Volvo Cars’ IPO Read More
Leading experts, officials, and industry representatives from the aged care sector of Finland and China gathered on 27 October at a Hybrid Matchmaking Event at the Residence of the Consul …
Experts and officials gathered for the Finland-China Smart Aged Care Matchmaking Event Read More
On 19 October, Borge Eckholm, President and CEO of Ericsson, revealed that the Swedish telecom giant’s revenue from the Chinese market plummeted by 74 percent in the third quarter of …
Ericsson plans to restructure business in China Read More
The Arctic Council, which is the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation in the Arctic, has expressed concern over China’s intentions of exploring the region, media reports say. Climate change has offered access …
Arctic Council concerned over China’s rising interference in the region Read More
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy recently announced that drilling has begun on four production wells on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea. The wells are being drilled by the Deepsea …
Norwegian and Chinese cooperation begins final well campaign on Fenja Read More
In mid-October, the inaugural meeting of The China-Norway Marine University Consortium Alliance was held virtually and in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong Province. The new Alliance between Chinese and Norwegian …
Chinese and Norwegian ocean-research universities sign alliance Read More
Election posters with the radical regional council candidate Thomas Rohden, the Tibetan flag, and the text “Stop cooperation with China” displayed outside the Chinese Embassy in Denmark have been removed, …
Posters with Tibetan flag reported removed outside Chinese Embassy in Denmark Read More
Last week Team Finland members and Finnish businesses in China gathered in Beijing with a record turnout for the Team Finland Biannual Meeting, the Embassy of Finland in Beijing writes. The purpose …
Team Finland Biannual Meeting in Beijing saw a record turnout Read More
The Danish seafood processing giant Espersen is currently “slowly but surely” reopening the company’s facility in Vietnam after 10 weeks forced shutdown due to Vietnam’s strict covid-19 measures, Intrafish writes. Espersen is …
Danish Espersen reopens Vietnam facility ‘slowly but surely’ as country battles Covid Read More
We live in a world of new technologies where computers and software provide almost unlimited possibilities for online learning. Practically, every person can upgrade their knowledge by getting a fundamental …
How to Choose The Best Remote Data Science Course Read More
For most of Ding Ma’s life, he has been living in a sort of cycle going back and forth between living in China and Finland. Today he is using the …
Chinese-Finn is promoting cooperation between Finland and China Read More
China has pushed Norway out of the top five export destinations for Denmark, Nordjyske writes. Denmark has exported more to China than to Norway over the past 12 months, according …
Denmark export more to China than Norway Read More
The Swedish IOC-member (International Olympic Committee) Gunilla Lindberg defends the decision of having the Winter Olympics in Beijing despite criticism and boycotts of the games. Both politicians and organizations have …
Swedish Olympic Committee member: Chinese human rights violations not a concern Read More
Dorthe Lange, the newly appointed Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Denmark in China, had barely made it out of her three-week isolation period before she …
New Danish Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission in Beijing accepted movie awards Read More
On Monday the Swedish newspaper Expressen released an editorial article in which they urged for Swedish support for Taiwan against the continuously more aggressive China. Democracies must stick together the …
China reacts harsh to Swedish newspaper editorial Read More
From his home in the small rural town of Klang in Ubon Rachatani, Kurt Rasmussen is fighting the Danish pension system. He is the chairman and founder of “Pension supplement …
The Battle for Equal Danish Pension Read More
The Danish Chamber of Commerce in China has with its recent newsletter given an update from the Royal Danish Consulate in China including some of Consulate General Jakob Linulf’s recent …
DCCC: Update from the Royal Danish Consulate in China Read More
The Danish Chamber of Commerce China has started a new tradition through its newsletter. Instead of the usual feature of “Chairperson’s Corner,” the Chamber introduces the new “Board’s Corner”, where …
DCCC Board’s Corner with reflections on China’s decision to limit children’s screen time Read More
The trend of specializing in traditional fast-food cuisines like pizza and burgers has been one of the biggest food trends in Scandinavia over the last couple of years. In Finland …
Asian food part of gourmet wave in Finland Read More
In the Autumn of 2020, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen ordered for all Danish minks to be put down due to a covid virus mutation found among Danish minks. Danish …
Prices on Danish mink have doubled in China after last years scandal Read More
On 12 September, Finnish Ambassador to China, Leena-Kaisa Mikkola presented the copies of her letter of credence to Mr. Hong Lei, Director General of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Protocol Department. …
Finnish Ambassador to China presented copies of letters of credence Read More
There has been great controversy about the possible removal of the “The pillar of shame” sculpture from the Hong Kong University building. Since a letter from a London based law …
Danish sculpture in Hong Kong is still standing but lawyer has disappeared Read More