RedBird Capital drops £500m Telegraph takeover bid US private equity group’s deal collapses amid newsroom criticism and threat of regulator intervention The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025
Yu Menglong Death Mystery: Vanished Whistleblower Accused Chinese Minister of Being 'The Artery' of Cover-Up Explore the Yu Menglong death scandal: A vanished whistleblower accused Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong of being the 'artery' of a cover-up involving high-ranking 'princelings.' International Business Times · Nov 7, 2025
Yu Menglong Death Mystery: Vanished Whistleblower Accused Minister of Being 'The Artery' of Cover-Up Explore the Yu Menglong death scandal: A vanished whistleblower accused Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong of being the 'artery' of a cover-up involving high-ranking 'princelings.' International Business Times UK · Nov 7, 2025
Telegraph sale in turmoil after lead bidder linked to China’s politburo Media group’s own paper publishes photograph of RedBird Capital chair with alleged spy ring chief The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025
China spy row: Berry knew some of his contacts were non-commercial, messages suggest Man at centre of abandoned spy case has said he reported to Chinese company with clients that wanted ‘to develop trading links with UK’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’ In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025
King Charles ‘considering stripping Prince Andrew of Duke of York title’ Buckingham Palace said to be at ‘tipping point’ over headlines about prince’s links to Jeffrey Epstein and Chinese official The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025
‘A high-level operator’: Cai Qi’s rapid rise to become Xi Jinping’s right-hand man CCP official alleged to be leading a Westminster spy ring is the de facto gatekeeper to the Chinese president The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025
Prince Andrew ‘met China spymaster at least three times’ Duk of York allegedly met senior CCP figure three times in both London and Beijing The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025
Prince Andrew met ‘spymaster’ at heart of China spy scandal ‘at least three times’ Disgraced Duke of York shook hands with Beijing official Cai Qi Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025
China’s fifth-ranking official was suspect in dropped Westminster spy case Person who was thought to have received intelligence is understood to be Cai Qi, de facto chief of staff to Xi Jinping The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025
Loyal and experienced, China's other top leaders take posts With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023
China's other top leaders bring loyalty to Xi, experience Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, handling major portfolios from propaganda to corruption fighting The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023
President Xi Jinping: Who could replace him and what might it mean for the world Disapproval of the leader is spreading as the population becomes angered by China's strict zero-Covid policy Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022
Caixin Global · Nov 14, 2022 Former Provincial Party Chief Takes Over as Beijing’s New Boss Yin Li, the ex-party chief of Fujian, has replaced Cai Qi, who has been elevated to become one of the seven members of the party’s top decision-making body
ABC News · Oct 24, 2022 Who are the men now ruling China? Meet the members of Xi Jinping's powerful Politburo Standing Committee Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled his seven-member Politburo Standing Committee after securing a third term as party leader on Sunday. This is what we know about the seven men on the country's highest decision-making body.
Reuters · Oct 23, 2022 Beijing party chief Cai, Xi loyalist, vaults to top rank Cai Qi catapulted to the top rung of China's leadership on Sunday, capping a late career rise that overcame a less than ideal stretch as Beijing's Communist Party boss.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022 Who’s who in Xi Jinping’s China as leader cements power An introduction to loyal Xi acolytes on politburo standing committee who will now shape Xi’s vision for China
Al Jazeera · Oct 23, 2022 Who’s on China’s new Politburo Standing Committee? The elite committee was appointed following a week-long Congress of the governing party.
Reuters · Oct 23, 2022 Factbox-China's new elite Communist Party leadership Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a third term as leader of China's ruling Communist Party and unveiled a seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, which he heads, that will determine the path of the country's development in the next five years.
Reuters · Oct 23, 2022 China's Xi clinches third term, packs leadership with loyalists China's Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.
Reuters · Jun 28, 2022 China slashes COVID quarantine time for international travellers China slashed the quarantine time for inbound travellers by half on Tuesday, in a major easing of COVID-19 curbs that have deterred cross-border travel and resulted in international flights running at just 2% of pre-pandemic levels.