Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Northern Lights, a commercial carbon transport and storage company started as a partnership between Norwegian Equinor, British Shell and Thailand’s TotalEnergies, has ordered its third CO2 transport ship from China. …
Northern Lights have made third order for Chinese CO2 transport ship Read More
The typhoon Saola hit southern China early Saturday morning, September 2, which led to almost 900,000 people being evacuated. Saola hit the city of Zhuhai south of Hong Kong at …
900,000 people evacuated in China Read More
Swedish-Chinese electric vehicle maker Polestar, founded by Geely and Volvo Cars, posted an operating loss of $274.4 million on Thursday, August 31. This is down from $627.3 million in 2022, …
Swedish-Chinese EV maker Polestar posts operating loss Read More
The Sukhothai Shanghai hotel is presenting a Nordic Autumn Journey in collaboration with Danish homeware collection chain, Kop & Kande. From September 1 till October 29, The Sukhothai Shanghai and …
Go on a Nordic Autumn journey in Shanghai Read More
Have you ever felt as a Nordic expat, that you need more sleep than your Asian colleagues? Then you are actually correct! Scientists from Oura Health Oy in Finland in …
Nordic people sleep more and better than Asians Read More
The Danish toymaker, Lego saw its profits drop 17.7% to 5.5bn Danish kroner (£634m; $807m) in the first half of 2023. Citing the BBC, Niels Christiansen, chief executive officer of …
Lego profits drops in first half of 2023 Read More
China is Denmark’s fourth largest trading partner, so the recent slowdown in the Chinese economy will hit Danish growth, according to calculations from Danmarks Nationalbank. “There are signs that the …
Problems in the Chinese housing sector might influence Danish growth Read More
New report shows that China has been Norway’s biggest partner in technological research since 2019. China is thereby outpacing both the US and the UK, according to the recently published …
China is now Norway’s biggest tech research partner Read More
IKEA has stated, that the Swedish furniture giant plans to invest CNY6.3 billion ($864 million) in the Chinese market over the next three years. The investment is to enhance and …
IKEA to invest millions in China Read More
Danish world famous toy brand LEGO tells Bloomberg it plans to open some 100 China stores a year. “It may seem strange to invest in China when the market contracts, …
LEGO in China for the long haul Read More