In the COVID-19 vaccine world, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have been given a bad rep over fears that they might cause blood-clots.

Because of that, Austria, Denmark and Norway have dropped the viral vector vaccines from their vaccination campaigns.

But now, a team of scientists in Germ...

📱 Huawei confirmed it will launch its new software next week, 🌞 the Belt and Road initiative donates solar panels to Cuba, 🌾 China’s agronomist Yuan Longping died aged 91...

Here are ten stories you may have missed in #China this week.

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The World Economic Forum has been publishing an annual Gender Gap Report for the past 15 years.

It examines the divide between men and women across the globe in four major areas – economics, education, healthcare and politics.

And while the gaps are closing in some of those areas, in others –...

The COVID-19 pandemic has of course had an extraordinary effect on all our lives.

But for women, according to a new report, it’s had a particularly devastating impact. The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Gender Gap report shows that COVID has pushed back gender parity by an entire generatio...

Professor Kate Maclean from the Centre for International Development at Northumbria University joins Stephen Cole to explain why female political leaders – like New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern have come to the fore in this time of crisis.

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Wine and baby formula... it might not be the pairing you first think of when considering Chinese imports from Europe.

But for Eastern Europe, they’re two crucial products that have benefited from expanding markets and faster trade routes between Asia and Europe.

CGTN Europe spoke to a Polish ...

Expanding economic ties between Croatia and China was expected to be the focus of the final day of a visit to Eastern Europe by a delegation led by senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi.

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In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia in the Caucasus region of eastern Europe, Chinese investment is giving a new lease of life to an area that has suffered from a lack of new funds in recent years.

The Hualing Group has built a self-contained town, complete with parks, a hotel, a hospital and th...

Why is this fairly bare industrial stretch of land in eastern Hungary seen as a crucial space for European development and trade?

It’s the Zahony rail hub on the Hungary-Ukraine border, and its CEO Norbert Csomos told CGTN Europe Chinese investment and trade has increased 10-fold the freight co...

Music soothes pain.

At Jeanne Garnier care home in Paris, French cellist Claire Oppert plays to ease suffering for end-of-life patients. 🎵

It is well known that much of the personal protective equipment used in the fight against COVID-19 is manufactured in China. But that doesn't mean European countries don't play a role.

Czechia-based Respilon group designed a high-end face mask which uses nanofibers coated with copper oxide to pr...

Lenovo's new in-house facility in Ullo, in the outskirts of Hungary's capital, is "up and running," according to Hungarian authorities and production is expected to start "very soon."

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-26/Chinese-tech-giant-Lenovo-opens-first-European-factory-in-Hu...

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Lockdowns have meant boom times for delivery services all over the world and Ukraine, where more than two-thirds of deliveries come from China, has been no exception.

Online sales jumped 40 percent in 2020, supercharged by a decision to allow tax-free imports up to a value of $120. That helped i...

Spain has lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions for countries including the UK and China, as the government aims to boost its vital tourism industry.

Madrid says Chinese and British travelers, as well as those from Japan and seven other countries, will be allowed to travel for non-essential reaso...

Investigators are looking into the cause of the fatal cable accident in Italy that claimed 14 lives. It's believed a failed emergency brake could be a contributing factor.

A five-year-old boy is the only survivor. His parents, great-grandparents and little brother died in the crash.

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Have you had a COVID-19 vaccine yet? If so, you might want to thank Katalin Kariko. She’s the biochemist who spent much of her career studying mRNA, the basis for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna jabs.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-24/The-biochemist-whose-research-helped-create-...

The Polish city Polkowice has a brand new fleet of yellow buses - all the way from China.

But what really makes these buses stand out?

They are all electric. And for a city in the heart of Poland’s mining zone, that’s a big deal.

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How does a $600m investment from China help Serbian power plants reduce their fossil fuel emissions?

Aljosa Milenkovic went to Kostolac to find out.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-24/It-s-time-for-cleaner-air-in-Serbia--10n8ZgXYbFm/index.html

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Every year, Kenya imports more than 100,000 tonnes of second-hand clothes or mitumba. Some of the good quality clothes get sold and reused, but an estimated 35,000 tonnes are thrown away and end up clogging rivers or in overflowing landfill sites like Dandora, Africa's biggest, in eastern Nairobi...

🇪🇸 Spain is ready to welcome back tourists and host large-scale face-to-face events, its tourism minister told CGTN at Madrid’s FITUR International Tourism fair, the largest trade expo of its kind in the world.

😷 The event is taking place in a conference center that was used as Spain's COVID-1...

A new contemporary art museum is opening in Paris, just in time for the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Taking the place of the old stock exchange in the capital, the gallery will showcase the art collection of luxury goods magnate François Pinault, who’s dreamed of opening a museum in Paris fo...

🇬🇧 The UK’s Prime minister is the latest person to criticize the BBC for getting an interview with the late Princess Diana through 'deceitful' means.

In the 1995 interview, Princess Diana famously said three people in her marriage with Prince Charles, referring to his now second wife - Camila P...

The Netherlands has taken the next step in its relaxation of pandemic restrictions, with terraces now allowed to stay open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m..

Outdoor entertainment venues such as zoos and amusement parks as well as indoor sports venues, including swimming pools and gyms, can reopen. Most of...