Hong Kongers demonstrated about everything from the removal of hawkers selling fish balls during the Chinese New Year to fare increases on mass transit (which had also provoked protests under British rule). But mostly they have demonstrated...
I had missed the first British evacuation when my embassy didn’t get me a permit for the checkpoints in time, but I was trying to make the second. My send-off gifts: two instant-noodle pots (hot food safer than cold), a tub of alcohol-soaked...
On October 9, the European Commission and the European Agency for Cybersecurity released their long-awaited risk assessment of the region’s 5G network. Written with input from all 28 European Union members, the report warned about a 5G supplier...
The rise of populism in Europe and the United States has had a pronounced impact on domestic politics and foreign policy, as seen in Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. In China, leaders are unsettled by the nationalist and anti-...
Anti-submarine frigate to sail through contested waters of South China Sea.
During her visit to Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan January 31-February 2, Prime Minister Theresa May attempted to improve her country’s trade relations with China—an increasingly important partner for the post-Brexit United Kingdom. And yet, May...
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday she discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping the importance of removing barriers to commerce, especially for British food, drink and financial services, as the two countries move toward a future...
As British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives in Beijing today, where is the U.K.’s relationship with China heading? Despite a complex history, U.K.-China relations have remained a relative bright spot in China’s engagement with the West in...
Theresa May has insisted she will raise human rights and Hong Kong’s political situation with China’s leaders this week, amid criticism of Britain’s “pusillanimous” response to Beijing’s increasingly hard line.
UK prime minister to raise concerns on visit aimed at boosting trade ties.
My historical novel “A Most Immoral Woman” tells the story of Morrison’s passionate and unconventional affair with Mae Perkins, an independent and wealthy young American libertine, in 1904. It’s a tale that roams the landscape of a dynasty in...
Worries about the future of civil society organizations in China are limited to only a handful of European countries. Others put their faith in established informal ties or have subscribed to Chinese understandings of “people-to-people exchanges...
From May 31 to June 2, Premier Li Keqiang will visit Germany and Belgium, to “further deepen and enrich China’s relations with the European Union (EU) at a time of increasing global uncertainty,” according to an article in China’s state newswire...
HarperCollins signs ‘historic’ deal with Shanghai publishers amid hopes it will boost British students’ performance
China for the first time became Germany’s most important trading partner in 2016, overtaking the United States, which fell back to third place behind France, data showed on Friday.
China has invited British Prime Minister Theresa May to attend a major summit in May on its “One Belt, One Road” initiative to build a new Silk Road, diplomatic sources told Reuters
The first China-to-Britain freight train arrived in London on Wednesday after a 7,500-mile journey, marking a milestone in China’s push to build commercial links across Europe and Asia.
May has promised to work for a "golden era" in the UK's relations with China, as the country's vice-premier visits London for talks.
Think Chinese SOEs' have little incentive to stray beyond China? That's far from the case. Just look at Britain's utilities
Summaries of the consultants’ interviews with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation were filed this month.
The deal has the backing of the British government.
Could the city ever be independent from China?
Shanghai composite climbs as the MSCI All-Country World Index tumbles....
China vows to contain any drastic changes in the capital market after the global panic....
Sill, Premier Li Keqiang argues his nation has ample tools to meet challenges facing the economy.
Brexit is concrete evidence that democratic decision-making can lead to catastrophic results.
The People’s Daily said the British vote could indirectly unsettle China’s economy in the short term but was unlikely to leave deep, lasting damage.
We have to look at the motives of Chinese investors in Europe.
Behind Xi’s opposition to the UK leaving is China’s difficult trade situation with the European Union.
The group, SinoFortone, has already explored the potential of building a new stadium in the dockland area of Liverpool.
Investors fretted ahead of this week's central bank meetings and Britain's referendum on whether to remain in the EU.
Chinese consortium thinks involvement will benefit nation’s football.
The state visits of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping to Washington, D.C. in September and London last week were both significant milestones in China’s long term “rejuvenation,” a key element in Xi...
Wait for some evidence before assuming that only bad can come from good relations.
UK economy needs the cash flowing in, but politicians should be wary of throwing out all principle in favour of business.
The visit to Britain by Xi Jinping is underscoring how European nations are de-emphasizing human rights and security concerns.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Britain he wants to see a united European Union.
China's start-up culture means the best jobs of the future may soon be, not here, but in the East.
The grand kowtow continues its humiliating progress today, but beggars can’t be choosers.
Steve Hilton denounces lavish treatment of President Xi Jinping, saying UK should consider sanctions on China ‘not rolling out red carpet’.
China's President Xi Jinping is receiving a ceremonial welcome by the Queen as he begins the first full day of his visit to the UK.
The Duke of Cambridge is to deliver a speech on the illegal ivory trade for broadcast on Chinese state TV.
Does the UK have a new "special relationship?"
A look at the realities of working life in China, following Jeremy Hunt’s suggestion that Britons need to work as hard as the Chinese.
The U.K. and China moved closer this week to finalizing the finance of a highly controversial plan to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.K. for a...
The Global Times praised Mr Osborne's "pragmatism regarding his China policy".
China will be part of building the next generation of UK nuclear power stations.
A surge of emotion washed through me on Sunday night as I watched tens of thousands of protesters fill the streets of Hong Kong on television. It was...
It reads like an Orwellian threat to all Scots: "The English government needs to immediately commence political thought education, and Scotland needs to be ruled by someone patriotic. Strike hard against separatist forces! Let every department at...
This week, Kaiser and Jeremy are pleased to be joined by Isabel Hilton, a longstanding British journalist whose youthful interest in China got her blacklisted by the British security services and the British Broadcasting Corporation and...
A great deal of speculation surrounds China’s prospects in science and innovation, as with other aspects of China’s development and heightened visibility on the global stage. The same pitfalls—of hype, generalization, and only partial awareness...
