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Nordic football teams from Denmark, Finland and Sweden participated in a football tournament arranged by China’s foreign ministry, earlier in September, 2015, reports the Embassy of Denmark in China. “More …
Nordic participants in Chinese Foreign Ministry football cup Read More
The Danish Ambassador to China A. Carsten Damsgaard met the Mayor of Shanghai Mr. Yang Xiong, reported the Embassy of Denmark in China on 24 September. Alongside the Danish Consul …
The Danish Ambassador – Mayor of Shanghai meeting Read More
On 16 September the Consulat of Sweden, Hong Kong announced its welcoming of new team members. These are: the new Consul General Helena Storm (centre), with Consular Officer Pernilla …
New Consulate General of Sweden Hong Kong Read More
The Chinese OEM/ODM audio electronics design and manufacturing firm Hansong Technology has selected Merus Audio‘s MA12040 Audio Amplifier for its New High-Efficiency Wireless Speaker Platform. The Danish amplifier solutions company …
Audio electronics companies in China and Denmark in new deal Read More
Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki wins Wang Qiang 2-0 on Tuesday 6 October in the second round match in China Open 2015. Caroline Wozniacki is now qualified for the 3rd …
Wozniacki wins 2nd round in China Open Read More
As the next Young Professionals (Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong) company visit Nasdaq OMX will be visited in the evening on Thursday, 15 October 2015. Nasdaq OMX Group …
SwedCham Hong Kong visit to Nasdaq OMX Hong Kong Read More
On September 16th, Danish Ambassador Carsten Damsgaard attended the opening of a flagship store in Beijing by the Danish electronics producer Bang & Olufsen. The Ambassador expressed that Bang & …
Ambassador attends opening of B&O’s first Beijing Flagship store Read More
The Danish investment bank Saxo Bank opened their new office premises on 10 September 2015 in Lujiazui, Shanghai – an area commonly regarded as the centre of China’s financial industry. …
Consul General in Shanghai attends Saxo Bank China’s opening Read More
On 7-11 September Nordea Private Banking, Singapore, went on a road show to Thailand and China to meet its customer base and present valuable insights on a hot topic recently …
Nordea Private banking seminar: Count China in! Read More
A four-week Norwegian salmon-campaign ends today Friday 25 September 2015 in Hongkong. For a month buses and inside MRTs have been decorated with posters and ads featuring pictures of Norwegian …
Final day of Norwegian salmon-campaign in Hongkong Read More
The Norwegian Seamen’s Church employees have set out to help daily Norwegians in small and large crises abroad. The organization has developed an app, “Nødnummer”, to make your stay abroad …
The Norwegian Seamen’s Church emergency app Read More
Are you ready to travel? With the new app from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs you will be. The travel app ”UM Rejseklar” (=ready to go) will make you …
Denmark releases new worldwide travel app Read More
Last year Denmark passed a dual citizenship bill. On 1st September 2015 the law became effective and it is now possible for foreign nationals living in Denmark to become naturalized citizens …
A guide to dual citizenship Read More
A load of milking equipment from the Danish company S. A. Christensen & Co. (SAC) are being sent to China. According to the Kolding-based SAC the Chinese milksector owns big …
Danish demo-farm to kickstart Chinese milk sector Read More
HydroChina has placed the first order for a wind park, per the collaboration agreement entered with Vestas earlier in 2015, consisting of 12 V100-2.0 MW for the Phu Lac wind …
Vestas wind park ordered by HydroChina for Vietnam Read More
A Chinese navy fleet arrived in Copenhagen on 18 September 2015, beginning a five-day visit to Denmark for the very first time. A Chinese naval fleet has previously never visited …
Chinese naval fleet visits Denmark for the first time ever Read More
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ScandAsia now on Instagram! Read More
On 11 September Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg continued from China to Hong Kong, where the schedule for the day was busy and included some Swedish business …
Sweden’s minister Mikael Damberg on business in Hong Kong Read More
Scandinavian Airlines took off with its maiden flight on September on the new route to Hong Kong, connecting Hong Kong as the only airline to connect the Asian metropolitan with …
Flight launch by SAS ensures direct Scandinavian route to Hong Kong Read More
China loves IKEA. The international furniture retailer said growth accelerated in its fiscal year ending 31 August 2015 boosted by sales in China. To IKEA China is the fastest growing …
IKEA increases sale thanks to China Read More
For the first time the Danish bank will have a department in China. According to Saxo Bank the new bank in Shanghai is a part of their strategy to strengthen …
Saxo Bank opens in China Read More
On 4 September 2015, Denmark’s newly appointed ambassador to China, A. Carsten Damsgaard, held presentation for 75 so called SDC students who study in china. SDC stands for Sino-Danish Centre. …
Sino-Danish Centre students prepared for and welcomed to China Read More
Since 7 September and running until 30 November Chinese people in the mega city of Chongqing have the opportunity to explore no less than 21 Danish design brands as part …
Danish Design Showroom expo in Chongqing, China Read More
The newly-posted Danish Ambassador to China, A. Carsten Damsgaard, on 19 August 2015, presented the Letter of Credence by which Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark nominates him as …
New Danish Ambassador presented his credentials to Chinese President Read More
Pear & Carrot – SverigeShoppen, together with The Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong exhibiting at the Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong show 8 – 10 September. Supporting this …
‘Try Swedish’ exhibition on Hong Kong trade show Read More
In 2015 the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has raised the bar for the Crayfish Party to be held on Saturday 19th September. Finncham Hong Kong is “classying …
Finns’ Hong Kong Crayfish Party with tradition and style Read More
On Wednesday 9 September 2015 Sweden’s Minister of Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on sustainable business between Sweden and China, as he visited Beijing. …
Swedish minister signs sustainable business MoU in China Read More
In a secret offer to the Swedish Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, a Chinese company has really caught the attention of Swedish politicians. Leaked to Sweden’s national TV broadcaster, SVT, …
China Railway Construction bids on Swedish high-speed railway Read More
A new book by the former NTB-journalist Kjell Arild Nilsen and foreign correspondent Helge Øgrim sends alert to Norway to stop soften up by China. The book “Kina vs. Norge …
Norgewian authors: Norway should not apologize to China Read More
When the Chinese airline Beijing Capital Airlines landed 3 September 2015 at Copenhagen Airport it was the first time that a Chinese airline has flown directly between Denmark and China. …
First time a Chinese airline flies directly to Copenhagen Read More
Finland-based Cleantech Invest have attracted new strategic investors from China, Silicon Valley and Sweden. Cleantech Invest itself invests in the most promising early-stage and growth cleantech companies in Finland, Sweden …
Cleantech Invest (FIN) attracts new strategic investors from China and Sweden Read More Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg is visiting China on 9-11 September 2015 Minister Damberg’s trip will have a strong focus on CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), while he …
Sweden’s enterprise, innovation minister heads to China, Hong Kong Read MoreNokia and China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center (‘China Huaxin’) on 28 August 2015 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) confirming their intention to combine Nokia’s telecommunications infrastructure …
MoU for new JV to combine Nokia China and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Read More
The China Building Centre and the Danish Architecture Centre have signed an agreement, intending to strengthen export opportunities for Danish and Chinese companies and to increase knowledge sharing among authorities, …
New Danish-Chinese knowledge cooperation: architecture and construction Read More
Globally declining milk prices impacted Arla Foods and the entire dairy industry in the first half of 2015, creating a tough situation for Arla’s farmer-owners. Arla has managed to navigate …
Tough 2015 for Arla: China turns stagnant, dairy prices continue to drop Read More
Chinese-born Xinxin Ren Gudbjörnsson has stirred up a debate among Danes about their approach to education. It all started in 2013 and since then she has starred several TV-programmes advocating …
Xinxin continues to introduce Chinese norms to Denmark Read More
In an announcement Volvo Cars says it has in August 2015 taken control of its three joint venture operations in China for SEK2.2bn in order to more accurately reflect its …
Volvo Cars acquires control of its China joint ventures Read More
On 19 August, 2015 the global pharmaceutical company Lundbeck from Denmark, specialized in brain diseases, announced the initiation of a restructuring programme which will reduce the total cost base by approximately …
Danish pharmaceutical Lundbeck initiates major restructuring Read More
Carlsberg Group has reported on its worldwide H1 performance for 2015. Weak results in Western Europe and market decline in Eastern Europe partly offset by strong Asian results. CEO Cees …
Carlsberg H1 2015 report: strong Asia growth, incl. Tuborg brand Read More
Danish Chamber of Commerce in China (DCCC) invites its members, friends of Denmark, business partners and the Danish community at large to a welcome dinner party in honour of newly …
DCCC Welcome Dinner for A. Carsten Damsgaard, new Danish Ambassador to China Read More
Volvo Cars posted a 4.6 per cent increase in retail sales for the month of July 2015, selling 38,128 cars globally. Key drivers of growth were Europe as well as …
Volvo Cars reports summer sales growth and over 52,000 XC90 orders! Read More
Novo Nordisk increased operating profit in Danish kroner by 57% in the first six months of 2015 to DKK 26.3 billion. Sales in Region China increased by 25% (3% in …
Novo Nordisk increases sales in China region Read More
A dream recently came true for Balazs Judik from Business Academy Aarhus, Denmark. He was selected to live and work in Shanghai for three months as a marketing coordinator for …
Business Academy Aarhus student wins internship in Shanghai Read More
On 30 July 2015 the Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing hosted the signing of an agreement between CAISSA Touristic and Scandinavian Tourist Board. The agreement is concerns the first direct …
Tourist agreement for first direct flights to Copenhagen from China Read More
Earlier in the summer, on 18 June 2015, the Norwegian Business Association Shanghai celebrated midsummer in Shanghai in true style at THE NEST SHANGHAI. “Sommer Kommer” was a wonderful way …
Norwegian Business Association Shanghai held “Sommer Kommer” Read More
On 30 June 2015 a workshop on investments for increased energy savings in China was organized in Shanghai, where Swedish companies shared practices on energy saving. Investing in energy efficiency …
Swedish energy-saving workshop held in Shanghai Read More
SAS and Finnair are getting some competition on the China routes, as direct charter flights from China to Copenhagen have been announced Beijing Capital Airlines, while a forthcoming route to …
Chinese airlines plan for new routes to Copenhagen and Helsinki Read More
As the Chinese slowdown is gaining strength in 2015 many Western companies are forced to take a hard look at their businesses there, leading many to reduce investments, costs and …
Swedish corporations comment on cost-management in China Read More
The year continues strongly for ASSA ABLOY, as it reported a sales increase by 22% in the second quarter of 2015. In Asia Pacific growth was however negative as result …
Weak China demand causes negative growth in Asia for Assa Abloy Read More
The Chinese joint ventures for National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) is under way, with the construction of a Production and R&D factory in the Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech zone. The project …
Nevs strategic setup started in China Read More