Government officials from Oslo and Beijing stood together for pictures at a diplomatic event this week, in the first show of solidarity since Norway drew fire from China by awarding a Chinese dissident the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.
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China, Norway make tentative contact following Nobel row
Posted on 13 November 2012.
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Denmark’s PM snubbed for meeting with China’s Xi Jinping
Posted on 14 September 2012.
China’s VP has cancelled a meeting with Danish premier Helle Thorning-Schmidt. The news came amid the PM’s three-day trip to the Asian country.
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Two jailed in cartoon terror plot
Posted on 01 February 2012.
Two men have been convicted on terrorism charges in Norway for planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.
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More Chinese interest in Icelandic tourism sector
Posted on 21 January 2012.
It has been reported that Chinese interests want to finance the building of a health village in Flúðir, south Iceland to the tune of billions of krónur.
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Finland finds mystery missiles on China-bound ship
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Finnish officials say they have impounded a ship travelling from the Isle of Man to China with undeclared missiles on board.
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Iceland called on to give Liu Xiaobo refuge
Posted on 17 December 2011.
Two Icelandic MPs have put a proposal to the Alþingi parliament calling on the Icelandic government to offer Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo political asylum in the country.
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Chinese land grab in Iceland causing military fears in Canada
Posted on 05 December 2011.
Iceland’s foreign minister this morning described Canadian fears that Huang Nubo’s hoped-for land purchase in Iceland is part of a wider Chinese plan to take the country over, as ‘ridiculous’.
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Jilted Chinese investor to be granted Iceland luxury resort permission after all?
Posted on 04 December 2011.
The owner of the largest plot of land at Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum in northeast Iceland, says that it could very well be possible to rent the land to Chinese investor Huang Nubo to build a luxury resort. The Icelandic government denied Mr. Huang permission to buy the land — a move he criticised vocally as [...]
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