Jichang Lulu, Martin Hála: New Comintern for New Era
As part of their continued investigations into Chinese government influence over foreign...
by Sophie Beach | Aug 16, 2018
As part of their continued investigations into Chinese government influence over foreign...
by Cindy | Jan 28, 2018
China has announced plans to develop Arctic shipping routes through ice opened by global warming....
by Josh Rudolph | Sep 19, 2014
China’s ambassador to Iceland Ma Jisheng has reportedly been arrested along with his wife on...
by Scott Greene | Jul 8, 2013
As the United States begins trade talks with Europe this week and prepares for the next round of negotiations with Japan and others on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, experts and business leaders expect the...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 23, 2013
Hong Kong authorities confirmed on Sunday that NSA leaker Edward Snowden has left the city. According to a frequently updated report at South China Morning Post, the 29-year-old boarded a commercial flight bound for Moscow on...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 21, 2013
Speculation has mounted this week that NSA leaker Edward Snowden might leave Hong Kong for Iceland, removing a small but buzzing fly from the ointment of Sino-U.S. relations and possibly defusing accusations of spying for China....
by Scott Greene | Apr 19, 2013
China signed a free trade agreement with Iceland on Monday, its first such deal with a European country, in a move that The New York Times’ David Jolly reported will help China’s push for influence in the Arctic. For...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 17, 2013
This week in Beijing, during a visit from Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland became the first country in Europe to sign a free-trade pact with China. The agreement is aimed at assisting the recovery of...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 15, 2013
China’s appetite for raw materials has become a source of concern from Afghanistan and Mongolia to Peru and Zambia. Now, these tensions appear to have spread to Greenland, where the prospect of Chinese encroachment...
by Scott Greene | May 8, 2012
After rejecting his offer to buy a 300 square km piece of land in November, property tycoon Huang Nubo now claims that Icelandic authorities have approved a deal that would allow him to lease the land instead. From China Daily:...
by Sophie Beach | Nov 26, 2011
A Chinese businessman says prejudice against Chinese is to blame for the Iceland government’s rejection of his offer to buy a huge piece of land in northern Iceland in order to build a tourist resort. From AFP: Iceland on...