10.30
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
On October 30, China and Switzerland signed the protocol on upgrading their free trade agreement along with a complementary labor cooperation agreement. The agreement stipulates that neither side shall lower labor protection standards to promote trade and investment, must guarantee channels for handling labor rights violations, and respect freedom of association and collective bargaining. It will take effect after domestic approval by both sides.
09.22
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
On September 22, the UK representative at the UN Human Rights Council called for the repeal of Hong Kong's National Security Law and the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai, who has been sentenced.
09.20
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Switzerland
On September 18, the District Court of Zurich convicted a Chinese international student of multiple counts of attempted murder, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. The court ruled that he had full criminal responsibility, and investigations showed he had systematically planned the attack prior to the incident, carrying it out on the day after watching nationalist videos and posting extreme content.
09.20
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 2
·Switzerland
Around September 20, the Swiss Federal Council adopted a new security strategy, strengthening national defense, protection of the population, and resilience, specifically targeting the threat of Russia's hybrid warfare and the risk of long-range attacks by drones or missiles.
2026.09
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·瑞士日内瓦
At international negotiations on lethal autonomous weapons held in Geneva, Switzerland, the US and Russian delegations, in a rare move, joined forces in the final stage of closed-door consultations, jointly deleting multiple safeguard clauses — including the requirement for human review of targets before an attack is launched — causing the international bill to be stillborn.
08.27
·Reported
·Importance I
·Sources 2
·Switzerland
Recently at the Jungfrau in Switzerland, a Chinese woman brought an elderly person to cut in line. After being reminded that she needed to queue, she loudly berated other people in line for "not knowing how to care for the elderly." The related video has sparked discussion online.
08.11
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·瑞士日内瓦
The United States and 40 other countries issued a joint statement at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, criticizing China without naming it for failing to give adequate advance notification before test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in July, thereby increasing the risk of miscalculation.
08.11
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·瑞士日内瓦
On August 11, 2026, the United States publicly criticized China's earlier submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile test in the Pacific for lacking transparency, saying Beijing gave only two hours' advance notice to some affected countries.
2024.10.02
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Zurich
On October 1, a knife attack occurred at a daycare center in Zurich, Switzerland. A 23-year-old Chinese man attacked three children, leaving one of them seriously injured. The perpetrator was subsequently subdued by staff and bystanders and handed over to the police.
2016
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Zurich, Switzerland
The FIFA Museum in Zurich, Switzerland opened in 2016.
2016
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Zurich, Switzerland
Since its opening in 2016, the FIFA Museum has welcomed over 2 million visitors.