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EU Imposes Record €550 Million Fine on Chinese Retail Giant for Illegal Product Sales

TEC News July 20, 2026

The European Commission has hit Chinese retail giant AliExpress with a record €550 million penalty for violating consumer protection rules, far exceeding a previous fine levied against rival Temu.

China’s Xi Promotes ‘Human-Centric’ Approach to AI

TEC News July 17, 2026

Beijing’s announcement guiding its policy on Artificial Intelligence comes one day after it launched a 29-state non-Western intergovernmental group designed to ‘steer’ global regulation.

Spy Row Deepens as China Detains Czech Citizen

TEC News July 16, 2026

Czech officials fear the detention may be linked to the arrest of a suspected Chinese intelligence operative in Prague earlier this year.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 15, 2026

China Now Viewed More Positively Than U.S. in Majority of Countries Surveyed

TEC News July 16, 2026

The favourable views of China have reached record highs in many countries, while perceptions of the United States have worsened, according to a Pew poll.

Why Ideology Is the Wrong Lens for Understanding China

Joaquim Sá Couto July 16, 2026

Has Europe gradually become so committed to institutional uniformity that it has unintentionally reduced one of the principal engines of its own historical success: competition among jurisdictions?

A car drives past the Zwickau Volkswagen Plant on July 9, 2026.

Volkswagen CEO Confirms Plans To Fire 50,000 Employees

TEC News July 14, 2026

According to the CEO of the German car giant, VW’s employee headcount is both about 20% higher than that of its competitors—and too high.

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on July 14, 2026

United States At War With Iran after Strait of Hormuz Hostilities Renew

TEC News / AFP July 14, 2026

Oil prices jumped again Tuesday after Iran attacked tankers.

A man looks out over stormy seas in the Taiwan Strait, from Pingtan Island, the closest point in China to Taiwan’s main island, in China's southeast Fujian province on January 15, 2024.

China Could Face Severe Consequences if It Attempted Military Action Against Taiwan Strait

TEC News July 6, 2026

If Beijing were to disrupt traffic in the strait it would face costs representing a massive burden for its own economy.

China Claims Power To Pursue Critics Abroad Under New Law

TEC News July 2, 2026

Beijing’s “ethnic unity law” appears to have unsettled EU apparatchiks—who just started fretting in public about “extraterritorial application of third-country legislation.”

Brussels Is Playing Catch-Up on Rare Earths, and the Clock Is Running Out

Megan Khoo July 2, 2026

A country that has halted exports as an act of foreign policy is categorically different from one that has not, and European law should reflect that distinction.

Tag: China

EU Imposes Record €550 Million Fine on Chinese Retail Giant for Illegal Product Sales

China’s Xi Promotes ‘Human-Centric’ Approach to AI

Spy Row Deepens as China Detains Czech Citizen

China Now Viewed More Positively Than U.S. in Majority of Countries Surveyed

Why Ideology Is the Wrong Lens for Understanding China

Volkswagen CEO Confirms Plans To Fire 50,000 Employees

United States At War With Iran after Strait of Hormuz Hostilities Renew

China Could Face Severe Consequences if It Attempted Military Action Against Taiwan Strait

China Claims Power To Pursue Critics Abroad Under New Law

Brussels Is Playing Catch-Up on Rare Earths, and the Clock Is Running Out

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