Every Friday, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, an important summit was held in Beijing, India took another step towards normalising ties with China, and the Medog dam project saw a development.

The European Union and China have agreed on a new mechanism to help solve possible issues regarding exports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday, amid fears sparked by Chinese restrictions to rare earth exports.

Both China and the EU have pledged to deliver new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of this year's U.N. COP30 climate summit in November in Brazil. Both missed a February U.N. deadline to submit their new pledges.

While the two powers made no new commitments, experts say the cooperation agreement reaffirms their climate leadership ahead of COP30

The two economic juggernauts issued a joint statement on climate change, urging more emission cuts and greater use of green technology.

At the 25th EU-China Summit held in Beijing on July 24, 2025, the European Union raised strong concerns regarding the worsening human rights situation in Tibet, marking yet another clear signal that Tibet remains a key point of contention in EU-China relations,

European Commission president also says trade ties have ‘reached an inflection point’, while reiterating claim of industrial overcapacity.

The European Union called on China to refuse any material support to the aggressor country russia, which allows moscow to launch a full-scale war against