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Finbarr Bermingham
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Irish journalist. Chief Europe Correspondent @SCMPnews. Reporting on Europe-China. Geopolitical flâneur. Fermanagh man. Find me on bluesky
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    May 17
    A sinking ship? Why the EU and China could be heading for a trade war Fiery clashes at a conference in Beijing reflect wider tensions that threaten to descend into economic conflict - my report on rapidly worsening EU-China ties for our weekend paper
    A sinking ship? Why the EU and China could be heading for a trade war
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    Jun 4, 2022
    The Polish Consulate General in Hong Kong finding a novel way to commemorate the #TiananmenSquareMassacre today - and troll the local government - on its Facebook page (via a friend)
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    Jun 13, 2024
    🚨 Breaking: Mick Wallace has lost his seat in the European Parliament. Elimination after the 20th count in Ireland South, follows close ally Clare Daly, who lost her seat earlier this week. Two of China's top defenders in the European Parliament are gone.
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    Dec 2, 2022
    NEW: Xi Jinping told Charles Michel that people in China were protesting because they were frustrated after three years of Covid, per senior EU officials Xi told them that Omicron is less deadly than Delta, which they sensed "opens the way for more openness of the restrictions"
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    Dec 2, 2022
    “This is the time to stop being naive, also when it comes to China,” says Sanna Marin Finnish leader warns democratic countries against being ‘naive’ on China - on.ft.com/3XNBaWe via @FT
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    May 20, 2021
    BREAKING! Landslide vote in the European Parliament to put the EU's investment deal with China in the freezer. Motion on stopping discussions on CAI passes by a margin of 599 to 30, with 58 abstensions
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    Aug 31, 2022
    🚨BREAKING: The UN report is finally out, just before midnight It says that actions of the Chinese government in Xinjiang, "may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity" ohchr.org/sites/default/…
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    Jul 3, 2025
    EXCLUSIVE Wang Yi told Kaja Kallas that China cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine, otherwise the US will divert its full focus to Beijing
    Exclusive | China tells EU it does not want to see Russia lose its war in Ukraine: sources
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    Mar 6, 2025
    Exclusive: the European Parliament has removed curbs on lawmakers meeting Chinese officials
    Exclusive | European Parliament removes curbs on lawmaker meetings with China
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    Aug 31, 2022
    🚨BREAKING: UN human rights office to release Xinjiang report by end of the day, AFP quotes spokesman as saying.
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    Mar 22, 2021
    BREAKING! China sanctions 10 EU individuals and four entities in response to EU sanctions over Xinjiang
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    Oct 17, 2025
    Dutch chemical companies can't compete with China. One by one, they're collapsing. Eight chemical companies have already closed factories or parts of them in the Netherlands this year.
    Lyondell in Rotterdam, inmiddels gesloten.
    Nederlandse chemiebedrijven kunnen de moordende concurrentie met China niet aan. Een voor een...
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    Aug 3, 2022
    "After reunification, we are going to do re-education", says the Chinese ambassador to France, on French TV
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    Aug 3, 2022
    Taïwan: "Après la réunification, on va faire une rééducation", affirme l’ambassadeur de Chine en France
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    Finbarr Bermingham
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    Oct 21, 2021
    NEW: European Parliament adopts first ever report calling on EU to ramp up relations with Taiwan. 580 for 26 against 66 abstentions Landslide.