China and the European Union (EU) have gone through a bittersweet year in economy in 2016, stumbling over issues, such as the anti-dumping regime and "analogue country," while continuously advancing in trade, investment and strategic cooperation.
　　PROTECTIONISM OVERSHADOWS TIES 
　　Growing protectionism in Europe has resulted in mounting EU......

　　A Chinese consortium has bought a 49 percent stake in British data center company Global Switch for 2.5 billion pounds ($3.09 billion), in a strategic move aimed at sharing data center technology and locations.
　　The consortium was set up by data center company Daily-Tech Beijing, although the majority of the funding comes from Jiangsu Shagan......

　　Every day, trains full of laptops, electronics and auto parts depart the remote village of Tuanjiecun for Europe.
　　For five years, trains have delivered laptops for Hewlett-Packard, car window regulators for Brose and semi-conductors for AT&S, from Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, to Europe.
　　Since the trains started in March 2011......

　　China and the UK are taking steps to help Chinese companies planning to invest in British infrastructure to understand the processes involved.
　　The UK-China Infrastructure Academy has been launched on a wave of increased Chinese investment in infrastructure. It will help train Chinese companies and officials on investment processes in the UK......

　　Chinese tourists are reporting fewer choices for travel during the upcoming Spring Festival.
　　Many people use the long holiday as an opportunity to travel outside China.
　　But travel agencies are reporting growing disinterest in some destinations, citing terror attacks in Europe and the Middle East, political turbulence in Japan and South ......

　　Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has congratulated Paolo Gentiloni on his new role as Italian prime minister.
　　China and Italy enjoy traditional friendship and the two countries have built strong political mutual trust, Li said in a message dated Thursday.
　　Pragmatic cooperation in various fields have seen rapid development, bringing tangible b......

 
　　Zhang Dejiang (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, holds talks with Speaker of Belgian Chamber of Representatives Siegfried Bracke, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 5, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)
　　Top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Monday said he hopes Belgium will play a positive role in pro......

　　The seventh "Hamburg Summit: China Meets Europe" opened here Wednesday to address opportunities and challenges in economic relations between China and Europe.
　　The summit is a biennial high-level conference on Sino-European economic relations. The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce initiated the first "Hamburg Summit" in 2004 to set up a platform f......

　　For the second time in a week, UK snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan has been beating the drum for a greater Chinese role in the sport after rattling its organizers with criticism of what he sees as its second-class status.
　　Speaking in York, where he had just gone through to the quarter-finals of the UK Championship, O'Sullivan said: "China is ......

　　After six frozen years, ties between China and Norway thawed on Monday, demonstrating that mutual respect is the cornerstone of bilateral ties.
　　In a statement issued during the visit of Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, Norway reaffirmed its commitment to the one-China policy and respect for China's sovereignty and territorial integr......