Tory party ‘acted swiftly’ to block would-be MPs after MI5 warnings Party removed two people from candidates list after MI5 warned in 2021 they could be Chinese spies The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023
Sunak under pressure to act amid row over alleged Chinese spy New curbs on Chinese influence could be considered, as ministers continue to face questions about allegations of Chinese espionage in Westminster. The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023
China spying claims: Rishi Sunak says he ‘will not accept’ interference in UK democracy Ministers are under pressure to reveal when they first knew about allegations of Chinese espionage in Westminster Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023
Ministers urged to say when they first knew about alleged Chinese spy Rishi Sunak said the Foreign Secretary had raised concerns over Chinese interference during his recent trip to Beijing. The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023
China’s unfair trade practices harm American companies, but we can level the playing field We can counter China through tougher rules and enforcement, more investment and other strategies, write union leader Steve Kramer and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 11, 2023
Scot arrested as part of Chinese spy scandal says he’s ‘completely innocent’ THE Scot arrested on suspicion of spying for China has insisted he is “completely innocent”. The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2023
Westminster’s alleged Chinese spy says he is ‘completely innocent’ ‘I have spent my career to date trying to educate others about the challenge and threats presented by the Chinese Communist Party,’ the man said. The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023
UK resists calls to label China a threat following claims a Beijing spy worked in Parliament The British government is resisting calls to label China a threat to the U.K. The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023
UK leader Sunak chides China after report a UK Parliament staffer is a suspected Beijing spy Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China’s premier for “unacceptable” interference in British democracy The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023
UK needs to have ‘pragmatic’ working relations with China, says Cleverly James Cleverly said that the UK was ‘clear-eyed’ that China would not change ‘overnight’. The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023
Meta says Chinese, Russian influence operations are among the biggest it's taken down Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests WEKU · Aug 29, 2023
Graffiti war breaks out after Chinese Communist Party slogans appear on London’s Brick Lane After Chinese propoganda slogans painted, artists respond with anti-China graffiti The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023
Conflict over clocks: China among countries where time is political Keeping of time in Asia has often been subject more to the geopolitics of time zones than considerations of geography. Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2023
Biden bans US investment into China's tech sectors - Roll Call Executive order prohibits U.S. investment into China's semiconductor, quantum computing and artificial intelligence sectors. Roll Call · Aug 9, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023 Graffiti war breaks out after Chinese Communist Party slogans appear on London’s Brick Lane After Chinese propoganda slogans painted, artists respond with anti-China graffiti
The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023 Graffiti war breaks out after Chinese Communist Party slogans appear on London’s Brick Lane After Chinese propoganda slogans painted, artists respond with anti-China graffiti
Barchart · Jul 25, 2023 Can China’s Economic Policies Spark a Growth Rebound? China’s Shanghai Composite Stock Index ($CHSC ) rallied by more than +2% today to a 1-week high as market sentiment improved after this week’s Politburo meeting laid out a pre-growth tone that was more dovish than markets expected. The Chinese Communist Party’s 24-member Politburo, the country’s top decision-making body led...
Reason · Jul 9, 2023 The Solution to Chinese Censorship Is Not Show Hearings Government bullying won’t fix censorship caused by government bullying.
Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023 Critic of Chinese battery plant in Michigan once lobbied for Chinese lumber company LANSING, Mich. — Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, one of the most vocal critics of the push to bring a Chinese battery manufacturer's plant to Northern Michigan, lobbied a decade ago on behalf of a Chinese lumber and plywood company.
The Conversation · Jul 6, 2023 What Vietnam's ban of the Barbie movie tells us about China's politics of persuasion Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is motivated by these concerns. Instead, international political intrigue provides a better explanation.
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 TikTok and 5 content creators ask federal judge to block Montana from banning app TikTok and a group of five content creators who are suing the state of Montana over its first-in-the-nation law to ban the video sharing app are now asking a federal judge to block implementation of the law while the case moves through the courts
The Conversation · Jun 30, 2023 What Beijing's muted response to Wagner mutiny tells us about China-Russia relations – and what it doesn't As mercenary troops bore down on Moscow on June 24, 2023, it likely wasn’t only Russian President Vladimir Putin and his governing elite in Russia who were looking on with concern. Over in China, too, there may have been some concerned faces.
WEKU · Jun 26, 2023 China owns 380,000 acres of land in the U.S. Here's where Chinese companies and individuals own farmland across America. But lawmakers in Washington are pushing to block any purchases that could be connected to the Chinese Communist Party.
France 24 · Jun 20, 2023 Chinese nationals attack Hong Kong protesters in the UK: 'They treated us like dogs' A video that has been circulating online shows a group of Chinese nationals attacking young protesters at a pro-democracy demonstration put on by Southampton's expat Hong Kong community in Southampton on June 11, 2023. This isn’t the first violent incident of this nature to occur on British soil, and members…
The Conversation · Jun 11, 2023 Succession on the Tibetan plateau: what's at stake in the battle over the Dalai Lama's reincarnation? In China, a group of atheists (the Chinese Communist Party) has long dictated how the country’s religious groups should practice their faiths.