Links about China and EU-China relations that caught my eye this week
1) Mostly economic this week, so let’s start with something different: the Economist on the contested historical legacy of Sun Yat-sen.
https://www.economist.com/china/2026/11/05/china-and-taiwan-are-fighting-over-sun-yat-sen
2) I couldn’t find English language coverage of this important story: the European Commission has approved the acquisition of MediaMarkt (well, its parent company Ceconomy) by Chinese giant JD.com.
3) This Rhodium Group report on China’s increasing weight in the global chemicals industry got a lot of coverage, so here is the source.
4) Alicia Garcia Herrero strikes a balance (as ever) in comparing China’s big economic problems and solutions with Japan’s.
https://aliciagarciaherrero.substack.com/p/china-is-becoming-japan-with-worse
5) Edward White in the FT on how the private sector in China is leaping and bounding in the spaceflight sector.
https://www.ft.com/content/9f5f8b20-8e6c-4332-a137-3193a2137d85
Comments welcome. More next week.