Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cast China in a harsh light on Friday, assigning blame to Beijing, along with American and European companies, for practices that have allowed the country to pull off rapid technological advances.

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: BEIJING — China’s President Xi Jinping had a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Monday,

Analysts say Beijing will try to exploit growing tension between the US and European countries – but say these efforts won’t lead to a fundamental shift in relations between China and the EU

Beijing hopes to benefit from tensions created by the Trump administration, but China will have to change its own approach to capitalize.

Some EU capitals have suggested embracing the US’s hawkish stance on China to curry favour with President Donald Trump, but others warn against jeopardising the bloc’s economic relations with Beijing.

Last October the EU imposed tariffs of up to 45 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles, but the move caused deep divisions in the bloc. Sánchez in September said the plan should be “reconsidered” and Spain eventually abstained in the key vote. Germany and Hungary voted against the tariffs.

China has been "doing its best" to push for negotiations with the European Union over its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, a commerce ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, almost four months after the punitive import curbs took effect.

China's foreign ministry said on Monday that "healthy and stable" China-EU relations are needed now more than ever, after a push by the United States to initiate Ukraine peace talks with Russia without Europe threatened to rock transatlantic ties.

Beijing is projecting itself as a reliable force to help inject ‘new vitality’ into China-EU relations as transatlantic relations wobble.

As the US pursues direct talks with Russia on the Ukraine war, China has indicated that it wants the European Union to have a seat at the negotiating table.

During his debut trip to island nation, Wang Yi meets Prime Minister Micheal Martin and Irish counterpart Simon Harris - Anadolu Ajansı

The world shook this weekend as deep cracks appeared in the transatlantic alliance during a glitzy security summit in Munich. One guest was ready to capitalise: China. Top officials from the United States and Europe spent a chaotic weekend trading barbs over values,