Sweden’s foreign minister said Monday that China had denied a request for prosecutors to conduct an investigation on a Chinese ship linked to two severed Baltic Sea cables despite Beijing pledging “cooperation” with regional authorities.

Swedish foreign minister says prosecutors were not allowed to conduct investigation on board Yi Peng 3. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sweden has sharply criticised China for refusing to allow the Nordic country’s main investigator on board a Chinese vessel suspected of severing two cables in the Baltic Sea. The Yi Peng 3 sailed away from its mooring in international waters between Denmark and Sweden on Saturday,

China has allowed representatives from Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to board a Chinese bulk carrier at the centre of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches, the Danish foreign minister said on Thursday.

In response to a report by Financial Times that Sweden criticized China for refusing to allow the Nordic country's main investigator on board a Chinese vessel which likely severed Baltic Sea cables, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated on Monday that,

China said on Monday it had provided information and documents for an open investigation into the severing of two Baltic Sea undersea cables, though it and Sweden disagreed over how transparent Beijing had been in the case.

Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Co., one of the world’s largest suppliers of battery materials, has pulled a plan to build a factory in Sweden following the collapse of Northvolt AB.

China has provided information and documents to a joint investigation into two severed Baltic Sea undersea cables, and has invited Germany, Sweden,

Beijing on Monday promised to continue "cooperation" with regional authorities over a Chinese ship linked to the recent severing of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.

Sweden's government is considering age limits for social media use following an upsurge in violent crime involving young people recruited online by criminals in what have been called "digital marketplaces".

Under the newly expanded visa-free transit policy, U.S. citizens may enter many parts of China for up to 10 days without a visa, but they must continue to another country afterward. They can’t just go from the U.S. to China roundtrip visa-free.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said at a news briefing in Beijing that China had invited Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to participate in and complete the inquiry