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Beijing’s warning shot for Theresa May over Hinkley
China’s ambassador to the UK warns Theresa May Britain must stay open to Chinese business, as doubts grow over a joint nuclear project.
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It was a show of unity, with talk of peace and cooperation, but the backdrop was a world divided and – in Ukraine and Gaza – engaged in deadly combat.
Rishi Sunak has confronted the Chinese Premier over what he said was China’s “unacceptable” interference in British democracy.
Another powerful storm is threatening Japan days after Doksuri, a tropical cyclone, tore through China and the rest of the region.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described talks held today with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as ‘candid, substantive and constructive’ and invited China’s foreign minister Qin Gang to further talks in Washington.
China has rejected Western claims that democracy is under threat in Hong Kong, after pro-Beijing candidates swept the board in the weekend’s legislative elections.
Leading members of the US Congress are calling for more sanctions on China after it ignored foreign critics and passed a new law, reducing the proportion of democratically elected lawmakers in Hong Kong.
Pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong have resigned en-masse, after four of their colleagues were expelled from the city’s legislature.
I spoke to Joshua Wong who is one of the leaders of the protest movement in Hong Kong.
We spoke to the pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong from Hong Kong, where he is facing increased pressure after Beijing approved new security laws for the territory.
China has raised its emergency warning to its second-highest level – cancelling more than 60 percent of flights into Beijing in an effort to control a worrying spike in new Covid cases.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met with the Chinese President – brushing to one side recent tensions between Beijing and Washington.
China’s ambassador to the UK warns Theresa May Britain must stay open to Chinese business, as doubts grow over a joint nuclear project.
A reported mass suicide attempt in Beijing shows several people lying on the pavement surrounded by onlookers, after apparently drinking pesticide in a busy shopping centre, writes Danny Vincent.
In a mass demonstration in Hong Kong on Tuesday, protesters are hoping their Beijing-based masters get the “message” and leave them alone.
The Vince Cable attack on his close friend, confidant and some-time adviser Lord Oakeshott, could actually help Nick Clegg’s position.