China arrests head of consulting agency as ‘British spy’ January 8, 2024 Chinese security services have arrested the head of an overseas consulting firm who authorities claim was acting as a British spy
Diageo: Guinness maker shares hit lowest level in four years amid China trade row January 5, 2024 Shares at Diageo are now trading at their lowest level since November 2020, in the face of weakening sales and trouble with Chinese trade.
Wind industry facing turbulence in US and Europe as China emerges as low-cost competitor December 22, 2023 Margins in Europe and the US have been squeezed amid low demand, supply chain disruptions and construction delays, but prices in China have fallen dramatically.
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong court rejects bid to throw out sedition charge December 22, 2023 A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him.
David Cameron calls for Jimmy Lai’s release amid national security trial December 18, 2023 David Cameron has called for pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai to be released, as his high-profile trial in Hong Kong gets underway.
The era of failed panda diplomacy is over. Now all we’re left with are lousy Confucius Institutes December 1, 2023 It’s the end of an era – the panda diplomacy era – as the couple’s ‘residency’ in the Scottish capital came to an end on Thursday.
Regatta: Questions asked after Chinese prisoner’s ID reportedly found in lining of coat at UK sale December 1, 2023 Regatta is in the spotlight as concerns are raised after a Chinese prisoner’s ID was reportedly found in a customer’s coat lining. The coat was purchased by a woman in Derbyshire as part of the British coat brand’s Black Friday sale, the Guardian reported today, but what she received wasn’t quite what she was expecting. [...]
HSBC chief insists China ‘open to international business’ and worst of its property crisis is over November 29, 2023 HSBC chief executive Noel Quinn has reiterated his argument that the worst of China's property crisis is over, saying the country is "open to the international business community".
China takes aim at ‘illegal activities’ in the iron ore market November 27, 2023 The price of iron ore fell 1.2 per cent on Monday morning, to £104.67 ($132.20) per tonne, bringing to a halt five weeks of gains after Chinese officials warned the country may intervene in the market. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Friday it had met with major port operators to discuss [...]
Brace yourselves, the era of the ‘alternative budget’ has arrived November 20, 2023 It started when Liz Truss’s faction of 60 or so MPs, who go under the banner Conservative Growth Coalition, pre-announced – to drum up anticipation – and then two months later published their Budget for Growth.