MTR Corp’s use of CRRC technology can act as ‘showcase’ for rest of the world

    MTR Corp’s use of CRRC technology can act as ‘showcase’ for rest of the world

    The deployment of mainland China-made rail equipment and technologies by Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation can provide a “showcase” for their applications overseas, a top representative of manufacturing giant CRRC has said. Jin Guozhong, chief engineer of the CRRC Qishuyan Institute, the Chinese state-owned manufacturer’s research and development centre in Changzhou, said on Friday there was…

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    Softer words, harder policy: EU recalibrates on China as it seeks rare earths breakthrough

    Softer words, harder policy: EU recalibrates on China as it seeks rare earths breakthrough

    Under pressure from Beijing’s chokehold on rare earths and the simmering feud over chipmaker Nexperia, EU officials have been asked to tone down their public rhetoric on Beijing, even as the bloc moves forward aggressively with its de-risking plans. Brussels is in “de-escalation mode”, several official sources confirmed, as it looks to convince China to…

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    7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of China and Trump’s ‘G2’

    7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of China and Trump’s ‘G2’

    At a meeting in Brussels last month, foreign ministers from the European Union’s 27 member states sat down to discuss the bloc’s plans for the Indo-Pacific region. The conversation, according to several people familiar with it, lasted just seven minutes. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that officials, diplomats and experts are groaning about the lack…

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    ‘No geopolitics involved’: Angola rail project not aimed at countering China, CEO says

    ‘No geopolitics involved’: Angola rail project not aimed at countering China, CEO says

    Despite Washington’s framing of a key railway network in Angola as a strategic counter to China, the CEO of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) says the company is “a purely commercial entity” with “zero geopolitical considerations”. Nicholas Fournier, the newly appointed chief executive, said in an interview with the South China Morning Post that the…

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