European businesses urge EU to take ‘defensive’ measures against China’s state-owned enterprises

EU Chamber of Commerce warns of ‘resurgent state-owned economy’ receiving more funding, government contracts and subsidies than ever before It calls for ‘fail-safes’ to protect EU such as introducing new policies and making better use of laws to give Beijing more incentive to speed up reform Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3029996/european-businesses-urge-eu-take-defensive-measures-against

Pourquoi la reculade de Carrie Lam n’apaise pas Hongkong

Dans un geste inimaginable il y a encore peu, les autorités locales ont renoncé mercredi au projet de loi d’extradition à l’origine de la contestation. Trop tard, tant les rancœurs se sont accumulées Source : https://www.letemps.ch/monde/reculade-carrie-lam-napaise-hongkong

China’s social credit system ‘could be used against companies in international trade disputes’

EU Chamber of Commerce report says data collected could be used to compile blacklist of ‘unreliable entities’ Companies will be subject to series of rewards and punishments and they have been told ‘no one should be naive about this’ Source : https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3024636/european-firms-warned-chinas-social-credit-system-could-be