It turns out the suspension is fake news and the origin was APF. Australian news are of North Korean quality when it comes to anything China.
"We have ... for the moment suspended some efforts to raise political awareness on the part of the Commission, because it is clear that in the current situation, with the EU sanctions against China and the Chinese counter-sanctions, including against members of the European Parliament, the environment is not conducive to the ratification of the agreement," Dombrovskis told the French news agency.
"The agreement needs to be now legally reviewed and translated before it can be presented for adoption and ratification. However, the ratification process of the [investment agreement] cannot be separated from the evolving dynamics of the wider EU-China relationship,"