Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Swedish IKEA is planning an investment of 1.41 billion USD in the Chinese market, the company announced at a press briefing in Beijing on 22 August 2019 according to Yicai …
Swedish company to invest millions in Chinese market Read More
Chinese tourists are happy to visit Norway and enjoy what the country has to offer except when it means paying for Norwegian services. According to Norwegian Aftenposten, when numerous Chinese …
Chinese tour firms unwilling to pay Norwegian driver salaries Read More
While raspberries, cranberries and blueberries ripen in Finland, the firms can’t keep up, after Thailand decreased the number of berry picking visas. Where 3,500 Thai were granted a seasonal visa …
Lack of hands for Finnish berry picking after Thai trafficking case Read More
While Danish people send ladybirds to heaven so they can ask God for good weather, a Chinese PhD student at University of Copenhagen is now asking them to eat all …
Student wants ladybirds to turn China organic Read More
A 17-year-old Chinese-born woman was killed on Saturday 10 August 2019 by her 21-year-old stepbrother, Norwegian police believes. The police found the lifeless body of Johanne Zhangjia Ihle-Hansen in the …
Chinese-born girl allegedly killed by Norwegian stepbrother Read More
The Danish labour union 3F blames Amazon for the abuse of Chinese school kids who intern at Hengyang Foxconn manufacturing goods to be sold on Amazon. Hengyang Foxconn recruited 1581 …
Danish union blames Amazon for abuse of Chinese students Read More
As global warming is upon us and the ice is melting in both the north and south, water areas in the Arctic which were previously inaccessible are now free to …
Concern about China’s presence in the Arctic Read More
Chinese students looking to Finland for education has declined by 24 percent since 2011. Meanwhile, the share of Asians of all foreign students has risen by 30 percent during the …
Finland struggles to attract Chinese students Read More
Even though you don’t live in Norway, your democratic right to vote for the municipal and regional elections on 9 September 2019 are intact if you’re a Norwegian citizen. However, …
Check how to vote for upcoming Norwegian elections Read More
A group of 33 young students from China has taken part in the first summer camp organised by Educamp Finland, a new Finnish education export company. The 12-day camp was …
EduCamp Finland off to a good start in China Read More
Finnish company Efore has sold its telecommunications business to Shenzhen Kexin Communication Technologies Co. Ltd. The deal covers the entire Efore Telecommunications business including current product portfolio and Efore brand …
Finnish telecom business sold to Shenzhen firm Read More
China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said that from Thursday 1 August 2019 it would stop issuing individual travel permits to people in 47 mainland Chinese cities because of the …
China bans solo travelers from visiting Taiwan Read More
Marcus Wallenberg — a fifth-generation member of the Swedish Wallenberg dynasty — said the Sino-U.S. trade war was “extremely unfortunate.” Speaking at the Salzburg Summit in Austria, and in an interview …
Wallenberg not sure which side Europe will be on in a Sino-US High-Tech Cold War Read More
Do you have a Volvo model S60, S80, S90, V40, V60, V70, V90, XC60 or XC90 with a 2-litre or 4-cylinder diesel engine produced between 2014 and 2019? Then you …
Volvo identifies faulty engine part Read More
Statistics Norway has compiled statistics about immigrant children born in Norway – how are they doing as adults. Did they integrate into Norwegian society? Or do they remain outsiders? The …
Children of immigrants in Norway – how are they doing? Read More
Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell SE has finalized the sale of its indirect 55% equity stake in Odfjell Terminals Jiangyin (OTJ), China, to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. for …
Odfjell sells share in Jiangyin terminal in China Read More
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland signed on 8 July 2019, along with 17 other nations, a letter addressed to the president of the UN Human Rights Council and the …
Countries for and against China’s Xinjiang policies Read More
China’s goals in developing its influence in the Artic region is examined in an article on the website of the Arctic Institute – an independent organization headquartered in Washington, D.C …
China’s Artic goals examined by Norwegian Scholars Read More
To mark the commencement of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), the Ambassador of Finland to China Jarno Syrjälä and the Ambassador of the EU Delegation …
Finland briefs media in Beijing at start of EU Presidency Read More
Russia’s has removed restrictions on transportation of perishable products via train through Russia to third countries, e.g. China, which may bring big savings to the way for instance salmon from …
Nordic perishable goods by train to China now possible: Saving up to 80 percent Read More
Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday 9 July, 2019 that Qiao Jianjun, a fugitive requested by China, will not be extradited. The court based its decision on the risk that …
Swedish court rules out extradition of Qiao Jianjun to China Read More
Finland’s Aker Arctic Technology in Helsinki and the Marine Design and Research Institute in Shanghai jointly designed China’s first domestically built icebreaker, Xuelong 2(Snow Dragon 2). The icebreaker was on …
Aker Group helps China built first home built icebreaker Read More
Finland has won the race to get an important China-Europe technology centre. The Chinese and European centre for innovation has been officially launched in a former hospital building in Helsinki. …
Finland wins race to get China centre Read More
Finnair continues to grow its Asian operations and adds Busan in South Korea as a new destination in summer 2020. Finnair will be the first and only airline connecting Busan …
Finnair continues to grow its Asian traffic: Busan in Korea as a new destination in summer 2020 Read More
Denmark’s BioMar, fish feed manufacturing company, signed an agreement with Minze Long Yang Xi, China’s largest trout farmer to supply high performance fish feed with almost half the environmental footprint …
Denmark’s BioMar worked with Chinese firm to supply sustainable fish feed Read More
Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines, posted on June 28 that it has awarded an 11-MW turbine supply contract in China making its first 4 …
Vestas to distribute wind energy for China’s distributed wind segment Read More
The Henley Passport Index revealed on July 2 that the world’s most powerful passports goes to Japan and Singapore with a visa-free or visa-on-arrival score of 189. The highest spot …
Singapore ranked world’s most powerful passports Read More
18 tonnes of Norwegian salmon transported by a cargo plane from Luxembourg, Boeing 747, arrived at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport on June 25, 2019. According to Xinhua, this was the …
Norwegian salmon brought to Wuhan for the first time by cargo plane Read More
Nokia has announced on June 26 that its new AirScale mMIMO Adaptive Antenna (MAA), will be adopted by China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), a Chinese government-owned telecommunication corporation to …
Nokia’s new technology will be deployed first by China Mobile Read More
On June 26, 2019, Finnair announced its plan to grow its operations in China by adding three weekly flights to new Beijing Daxing International Airport set to be the world’s …
Finnair will add three more flights to China’s new airport Read More
The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Finland and China Disabled Peoples’ Federation (CDPF) collaborated to support the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics which will begin on Friday, March 4, 2022 and …
Finland teamed up with China in Paralympic Winter Sports Read More
Geely, China’s automotive company has awarded Zenuity, the joint venture between Swedish technology group Veoneer and Geely’s subsidiary Volvo Car, as its supplier for assisted and self-driving software. According to …
Swedish firm to supply Geely with its self-driving car software Read More
Nordic Day 2019 was held on June 16 at Royal Danish Consulate General as a part of ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, an annual LGBT film festival, organized to support the local …
Nordic Day 2019 in Shanghai held to support LGBTQ community Read More
Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC), Cambodia’s state-run electricity supplier has inked an agreement with two Chinese companies to build two power plants in Cambodia . One will be powered by a …
Wartsila will power Cambodia’s power plant built by China Read More
Wärtsilä, a Finnish corporation manufacturing power sources for the marine and energy markets, announced that it has agreed with Chinese energy firm to provide its integrated solutions in building China’s …
Wärtsilä to work in building China’s first LNG bunker vessel Read More
On June 4, BB Electronics, Denmark’s electronics manufacturing company, released the plan to move its factory located in Suzhou to a new site where there will be more space and …
BB Electronics to have a bigger plant in China Read More
June 4, 2019 is the day the world marked the 30th anniversary of the world’s most brutal crackdown on Tiananmen protest taking place 30 years ago in Tiananmen Square, mainland …
Swedish Foreign Minister commented on Tiananmen Square protest Read More
Mowi China, world’s largest Atlantic salmon producer headquartered in Norway, is partnering with JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing to launch new fresh salmon products. As JD.com announced …
Norway’s Mowi to launch salmon products with JD.com Read More
Tencent Holdings Ltd, China’s top video game publisher has acquired 100% of Sweden’s game developer Sharkmob AB, according to Sharkmob AB’s press release on May 21, 2019. The total amount …
China’s Tencent bought 100% of Sweden’s Sharkmob AB Read More Finnair announced that it has agreed on a new codeshare partnership with China Southern, China’s largest carrier with over 800 aircraft and more than 100,000 employees around the world, according …
Finnair joined China Southern to start codeshare cooperation Read More
Norway’s government has signed agreements with China’s government on May 20 in Norway to facilitate in importing Norwegian salmon, fishmeal and oil to China’s market, according to the report by …
China and Norway signed agreements on seafood Read More Wärtsilä, Finland’s source provider specializing in marine and energy, announced on May 13, 2019 that it has been awarded a contract by Oilfield Services Co Ltd (COSL), a Chinese oilfield …
Wärtsilä to power Chinese oilfield company Read More Announcing on its press release on May 16, 2019, Finnair has agreed on a new codeshare cooperation with Juneyao Air, one of the leading private-owned carriers in China, to extend …
Finnair starts codeshare cooperation with Juneyao Air Read More
The Royal Danish Embassy in China hosted “Panda Day” event on May 10, 2019 at the Royal Danish Embassy to celebrate the successful landing of China’s two pandas arriving at …
“Panda Day” celebration in Beijing Read More
Sophie Zelmani, a Swedish singer and songwriter will perform her concerts in more than 10 cities across China. The China tour this time is Zelmani’s comeback tour–she previously performed in …
Swedish singer Sophie Zelmani to perform across China for 13 days Read More
Ericsson and China Telecom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at China Unicom’s 5G Innovation and Cooperation Conference in Shenzhen, China, on April 26, to speed up “the development …
Ericsson signed MoUs with two Chinese firms Read More
Vestas, a Danish wind power manufacturer, installer and designer, announced it has successfully installed the first V120-2.2 MW turbine with a hub height of 152 metres in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. …
Vestas’ highest hub turbine in China Read More
The Danish Maritime Authority had a maritime dialogue meeting with the Chinese Ministry of Transport in Guangzhou, China, on April 29-30, 2019. Since 2010, the meeting between the Danish Maritime …
Maritime meeting between China and Denmark Read More
Police in China have exposed a gang accused of manufacturing and selling $30million (£23million) worth of fake LEGO. According to the police’s statement on April 26, police raided the buildings …
Chinese police busted $30million fake LEGO factory Read More
Carlsberg affirmed it has completed construction of a 130 million yuan (US$19.1 million) production and warehouse facility in Jiangsu Province, according to the report from Shine, China news agency, on …
Carlsberg’s $19.1 million plant in Jiangsu is finished Read More