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As Pedro Sánchez prepares to depart for the Canary Islands on his annual summer retreat, yet another scandal has emerged that he is unwilling to address: his government’s €12 million contract with China’s Huawei, which involves the storage of sensitive judicial wiretap data.
A video of the July 24 visit shows EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her delegation disembarking at the summit venue without any high-ranking Chinese officials present to greet them.
Top US and Chinese officials met in Stockholm for five hours of talks at the Swedish Prime Minister’s office, aiming to extend their trade truce. President Donald Trump, speaking from Scotland, said he wants China to “open up their country.
As the two biggest economic targets in Donald Trump’s trade war, some analysts thought the European Union and China could move closer together and stake out common ground.
From border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia to China’s mega dam construction, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.