Hotline to China: Biden and Xi agree to ‘pick up the phone’ for urgent concerns November 16, 2023 Biden and Xi spent four hours together at a northern California estate – in meetings, a working lunch and a garden stroll.
Labour: Cameron showed ‘incredible naivety towards China’ November 15, 2023 Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds has described newly appointed foreign secretary Lord David Cameron as showing “incredible naivety towards China”.
Biden meets Xi and the goal is to get US-China communication back to normal November 15, 2023 Biden, before leaving Washington to make his way west on Tuesday to attend this year’s Apec forum, said his broad goal was to get Washington and Beijing “on a normal course corresponding”.
Oil watchdogs raise outlooks amidst Israel-Palestine uncertainty November 14, 2023 Global oil markets are creeping back to confidence as two energy watchdogs cast a positive light on the sector this week.
From pints to politics: Whatever happened to David Cameron’s ‘Golden Era’ of China relations? November 13, 2023 Before Trump, before the Belt and Road initiative, before pangolins, wet markets and the “Chinese virus”, before Ukraine, Chinese spies in parliament and the Uyghur genocide, there existed a brief golden window of time in which posh British kids learned Mandarin at school, politicians drank beer with President Xi Jinping and the City of London [...]
David Cameron: How will Sunak’s ‘salesman-in-chief’ approach China? November 13, 2023 Former Brexit-era Prime Minister David Cameron has rejoined the government in a shock move this morning after being made foreign secretary.
City of London awash with drug money, top MPs warn November 10, 2023 Illicit profits from the drugs trade are being “washed” in the City of London, a group of senior MPs have warned.
Falling pork prices drags China back into deflation as recovery continues to stumble November 9, 2023 China's recovery from the Covid lockdowns faced another blow as the economy slipped back into deflation in October.
China central bank: Don’t worry about growth – we’ll clear five per cent November 8, 2023 China will surpass its 5 per cent growth rate target, the country's central bank chief has said
IMF upgrades China’s GDP growth forecasts despite real estate crisis November 7, 2023 China's economy is set to grow 5.4 per cent this year, having made a "strong" post-Covid recovery, the IMF said on Tuesday.