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China & Indo-Pacific

Decisions about China, Taiwan, Hong Kong or another country of East or South-East Asia.

Decisions
18 on 15 sitting days
Outcomes
17 adopted · 1 rejected
Period
10 Oct 2024 – 17 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
18
By kind
Consent 2 · Resolutions 16
Key
foreign-affairs/china-asia
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Decisions, 18

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Sept 2026Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung ResolutionsAdopted459 for, 12 against, 86 abstained by roll call
7 Jul 2026Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region ResolutionsAdopted542 for, 37 against, 79 abstained by roll call
21 May 2026The cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in Indonesia ResolutionsAdopted469 for, 38 against, 62 abstained by roll call
30 Apr 2026New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities ResolutionsAdopted439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained by roll call
26 Mar 2026EU-China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV ConsentConsent given603 for, 3 against, 33 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong ResolutionsAdopted503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained by roll call
27 Nov 2025Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya ResolutionsAdopted519 for, 3 against, 57 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore ConsentConsent given515 for, 93 against, 33 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore ResolutionsRejected136 for, 432 against, 71 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (Resolution) ResolutionsAdopted572 for, 18 against, 41 abstained by roll call

All 18 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 12

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung 2026-2873Decisions117 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region 2025-2169Decisions17 Jul 2026 · Adopted
The cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in Indonesia 2026-2738Decisions121 May 2026 · Adopted
New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities 2026-2703Decisions130 Apr 2026 · Adopted
EU-China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV 2023-0183Decisions126 Mar 2026 · Adopted
Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong 2026-2573Decisions122 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya 2025-2986Decisions127 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore 2025-0009Decisions113 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (Resolution) 2025-0009MDecisions113 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore 2025-2967Decisions113 Nov 2025 · Rejected
Show 2 more dossiers
Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China 2025-2906Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions 2025-2800Decisions110 Jul 2025 · Adopted

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 18 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor7Against3Abst.3Divided5With outcome7of18
GreensFor17Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome16of18
S&DFor17Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome18of18
RenewFor17Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome18of18
EPPFor17Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome18of18
ECRFor17Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome18of18
PatriotsFor8Against0Abst.2Divided8With outcome9of18
ESNFor3Against4Abst.10Divided1With outcome4of18

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “China & Indo-Pacific”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/foreign-affairs?sub=china-asia (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-foreign-affairs-china-asia,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{China \& Indo-Pacific}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/foreign-affairs?sub=china-asia}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/foreign-affairs?sub=china-asia},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}