Links about China and EU-China relations that caught my eye this week
1) A useful roundup from POLITICO on the big EU-China issue: the trade imbalance (I don’t know about you, but it comes up in every China-related meeting that I have):
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-wants-to-convince-china-to-curb-exports-to-the-bloc/
2) An intriguing report from Reuters suggesting that some in China have got the hint, and that electric vehicle makers are being urged not to race to the bottom on price:
3) On a different note, the FT reminds us that the best robots – including Chinese ones – are the ones that don’t look too much like humans:
https://www.ft.com/content/2bb2b670-999d-499c-ad56-47702b3830b1
4) Fan culture meets Chinese history through the shitong nü. Fangirls offer ibuprofen at the tomb of Cao Cao, for his headaches. It’s a bit late – he died in 280 AD!
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018940
5) A fragment of Roman silk found on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in 1914 shows just how ancient the trading and cultural links between China and Europe are, as my old friend Peter Stewart explains.
https://silkroadsarchaeoheritage.org/articles/10.5334/srah.29
