Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Business of Design Week 2012, Asia’s leading annual design event is back from the 3rd to 8th december, 2012 in Hongkong. And this year’s partner country is Denmark. A string …
Danish designers to be featured at Business of Design Week 2012 Read MorePig Congress in the Jutland town of Herning has recently left industry leaders optimistic that they can add three billion kroner and 3,000 jobs to the Danish economy. The “Herning …
Danish pig farmers aim for export expansion and economic growth Read MoreBy raising energy-efficiency standards, putting a reasonable price on carbon dioxide emissions, and investing in urban energy infrastructure, China could shift to a green economy faster, said Niels B. Christiansen, …
Tougher regulations could help China’s transition to Green economy Read MoreSwedish culinary week will be held on 3-9 November 2012 at Restaurant GREEN, Icon Hotel in Hong Kong. Swedish chef Henrik Norström, Michelin-honoured and silver place winner of the culinary …
Swedish culinary week at Hotel Icon, Hong Kong Read MoreIn the early morning of October 30th, 2012, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China invited their members to a breakfast seminar at Le Royal Meridien. Handelsbankens Chief Economist …
Members of Swedish Chamber gained insight on EU economic crisis Read MoreOn the 30 October the Swedish Ambassador to China, Lars Fredén, held a reception for the Sweden Returned Alumni (SRA) network. About 100 alumnis attended the reception. The SRA network …
Reception for Sweden alumni at Ambassador’s residence Read MoreDue to the International World Psoriasis Day in China on October 29th, 2012, the Danish Embassy in Beijing together with Danish company LEO Pharma held a joint event on October …
Danish Embassy and LEO Pharma held event on Psoriasis Read MoreNorwegian architecture magazine “Arkitektur N” has recently launched its online version called “architecture Norway” in English language. The release has reached the international market, including China – a country showing …
China’s interest in Norwegian architecture Read MoreOn October 25th, 2012, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai arranged a workshop on Time Management together with facilitator Veronique Havrehed. The early morning seminar attracted around 20 persons …
Do you manage your time effectively? Read MoreRadical Design Week 2012 (RDW2012) in Shanghai has started on 26 October! Finland’s future-oriented design and innovation will be featured until 4 November. Around 40 events feature Finnish design in …
Radical Design Week 2012 in Shanghai features Finland’s creativity Read MoreOn Saturday October 27th 2012 The Danish Chamber of Commerce Shanghai(DCCC, Shanghai) hosted the 6th Business Person of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 award ceremony and gale …
Winners Danish Business Person and Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 Read MoreFriis Arne Petersen, the Danish Ambassador to China, has expressed his delight with the relationship between China and Denmark. He also gives Chinadaily.com his comments of China’s great achievements during …
Danish Ambassador is pleased with China-Denmark relationship Read MoreOn 19 October 2012, Danish ambassador Friis Arne Petersen had a conversation with Mr. Zong Qinghou, the richest man in China, about Denmark and the two countries’ economies at the …
Danish ambassador talks with China’s richest man Read MoreFour Swedish companies will invest more than USD 200 million in Taiwan over the next three years, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Friday 26 October.According to the Ministry’s …
Swedish companies to invest over USD 200 million in Taiwan Read MoreThe annual Norwegian-Chinese student dinner was held in the Ambassador’s residence on Tuesday 16 October with a record high number of participants. Present were both Norwegian students studying in China, …
Student Gathering at the Norwegian Embassy Read MoreThe public voting process for the photo competition “Swedish inventions through the eyes of Chinese” has begun. The jury have selected 21 most appealing pictures so all that is needed …
“Swedish inventions through the eyes of Chinese” photo competition Read MoreThe annual meeting of Nansen-Zhu International Research Center (NZC) was held in Beijing on October 24th, 2012. Meeting participants include Dr. Kari Kveseth, Science Counsellor of Royal Norwegian Embassy in …
Nansen-Zhu International Center annual meeting held in Beijing Read MorePeking University turned into a little piece of Denmark the 23rd of October, 2012, when the Sino-Danish Network opened the doors to the second and largest Danish career and education …
Denmark Day launched at Peking University Read MoreIKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, will shift to renewable energy by 2020 and grow more trees than it uses under a plan to safeguard nature, as it builds on …
IKEA going green by 2020 Read MoreThe first ever Norwegian Seafood dinner in Beijing was successfully held at St. Regis Hotel Tuesday 23 October, 2012. The event proved popular among both Chinese and foreigners, and attracted …
Successful first Norwegian Seafood Dinner in Beijing Read MoreThe Danish embassy in Beijing held an all-day event with focus on educational collaboration between Denmark and China on Monday, 22 October. “More collaboration in the area of student exchange …
Danish embassy hosts Sino-Danish education event Read MoreBeing exposed to fraud/corruption could be very costly, affect the company brand, and create a negative work environment for the employees. It all depends on what type of fraudulent activity …
Fraud for Breakfast Read MoreFrom 20 – 21 October 2012, the 7th China Education Expo will be held at the China World Exhibition Hall in Beijing. Twelve Swedish universities and representatives from the Swedish …
Seminar on study in Sweden at China Education Expo Read MoreMr. Karsten Ankjær Jensen, the Danish Consul General, attended the opening of the annual music festival “Music China” in Shanghai on 12 October 2012. Music China is widely recognized as …
Danish Consul General at Chinese music festival Read MoreAs a newcomer at Australian Mercer Global Pension Index Denmark not just takes the first place removing Netherlands from the top position, but also gets an A rating as the …
Danish pension system best in the world Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Beijing hosted a medical pricing and reimbursement seminar on 15 October with the aim to build bridges between the Danish and the Chinese ways of pricing …
Danish Embassy’s medical strategy seminar, Beijing Read MoreThe Nordic Documentary Film Festival, NORDOX, 2012 will begin its seventh anniversary celebrations in China on Saturday, 20 October, with a selection of films from all five of the Nordic countries, …
NORDOX 2012 just around the corner Read MoreToday Innovation Centre Denmark, Shanghai opened the doors to the first of two ‘Denmark Days’ in China, where Chinese students can meet Danish universities and companies in Denmark’s biggest ever …
Danish universities and companies side by side in efforts to attract Chinese talent Read MoreIf you are Swedish and have finished a college or university education, are in the mid-twenties and consider yourself a creative business talent, you can now apply for the Anders …
A 150.000 SEK Scholarship to Shanghai at disposal Read MoreSøren Lyberth, a hotel owner in Maniitsoq, has made headlines both in Greenland and Denmark suggesting a brothel to secure some income to the city with 2,784 inhabitants (2010), if …
Suggest brothel for 2,000 future Chinese workers in Greenland Read MoreThe Third Blue Wind Multimedia Art Festival for female artists will be held in Yangon from November 23 to 27, 2012 with highlights including a directing workshop led by Finnish …
Yangon art festival with Finnish cinematographer Pekka Niskanen Read MoreDanish Georg Jensen hosted a private presentation for the members of Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC) in Hong Kong about the Exclusive Sterling Silver Ambassador Collection that was being exhibited …
Georg Jensen gave presentation to members of DCC, Hong Kong Read MoreThe Swedish Young Professionals Shanghai had a kick-off party for this fall’s activities on the 12th of October, 2012. While this kick-off may have been quite late in the autumn …
Kick-Off Party for Young Swedes in Shanghai Read MoreMinister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson visited Beijing on 10 October.The two ministers attended a joint meeting with Wang Jiarui, Minister of the …
Swedish Ministers visited Beijing Read MoreTo celebrate its seventh anniversary, the Nordic Documentary Film Festival (NORDOX) will be held in Beijing from 20 to 31 October this year, featuring a selection of films from all …
Nordic Documentary Film Festival in Beijing Read MoreOn 10 October, Chinese author Mo Yan was announced the winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature at at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. “Yan is an author who with hallucinatory …
Chinese author Mo Yan won Nobel Prize in Stockholm Read MoreMost Scandinavians and particular Danes know the name “Daloon” (Great dragon in Chinese). For more than 50 years Daloon has produced spring rolls being the first firm to introduce this …
The story of a great dragon Read MoreOn October 10th, 2012, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, arranged a breakfast seminar for Chinese employees working for Swedish companies. Vanessa Wang from GP Strategies was the facilitator …
Working with Swedes Read MoreMacau has become world renowned for one thing and one thing only – casinos. The island on the opposite side of the Pearl River Delta to Hong Kong is home …
Some of the best casinos in Macau Read MoreGallery Simon Lee in Hong Kong is presenting the new work of renowned Norwegian contemporary artist and writer Matias Faldbakken until 17 November 2012.Opened on 5 October, the exhibition “Maintenance” …
Norwegian Art in Hong Kong Read MoreA delegation of 11 Swedish Members of the Parliament (MP) from the Transport and Communication Committee recently visited Singapore to learn about the management and promotion of the country’s public …
Swedish Members of Parliament visited Singapore Read More“National University of Singapore” is not only the best university in Southeast Asia and China, but it is also better than any Scandinavian University. It is Times Higher Education who …
University in Singapore beats both Chinese and Scandinavian universities Read MoreFinnair, the Finnish carrier, has seen a strong growth in number of airline’s passengers in September, especially in Asia and Europe.According to Finnair, the traffics on its regular routes especially …
Finnair sees increase in passengers in Asia and Europe Read MoreAccording research firm Gartner Inc, Finnish Nokia is more likely to outperform Taiwan-based HTC Corp. in China’s Windows Phone 8 (WP8) market because of its better product portfolio. Although HTC …
Finnish Nokia to prevail over Taiwanese HTC in China’s WP8 market Read MoreFor anyone having a business with Royal Danish Consulate General in Shanghai, the email server there is undergoing maintenance from today until Thursday 11 October.During this time, the staff at …
Email down at Royal Danish Consulate General in Shanghai Read More
Gitte Johansen, the Danish photographer and graphic designer at International Design House, turned her passion of taking photos into her profession. She moved to Hong Kong seven years ago to …
From passion to profession Read MoreA leading Hong Kong Theatre, Theatre du Pif, will present “A Doll’s House” by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen at Sheung Wan Civic Centre in Hong Kong on 19-21 October 2012. …
Theatre du Pif presents A Doll’s House by Norwegian playwright in Hong Kong Read MoreChina Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which also call themself “The Company” has contacted Femern A/S, Danish state-own company in charge of the project planning in relation to the establishment of …
Chinese company wants to build Femern-connection Read MoreThe Danish company wants to grow in Colombia, Egypt, Ukraine, Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as Vietnam in the years to come, Jesper Hoiland, who heads Novo’s international operations, said …
Novo to train 10.000 Asian doctors annually Read More