Keir Starmer's new City minister WILL be allowed to make decisions about China despite Emma Reynolds having previously 'lobbied against tougher rules on Beijing'

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

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Emma Reynolds was this week appointed as Economic Secretary to the Treasury to replace Tulip Siddiq, who quit following a sleaze probe.

Keir Starmer refuses to say if his new City minister will work on China policy after she previously 'lobbied the Tories not to impose tougher rules on Beijing'

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 15:41 UTC

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Emma Reynolds was yesterday appointed as Economic Secretary to the Treasury to replace Tulip Siddiq, who quit following a sleaze probe.

Dramatic moment fireballs are seen flying across the sky as 'Chinese satellites enter atmosphere over Arkansas'

found 2024 › Dec › 23 (Mon) @ 12:43 UTC

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The fireballs, which scientists have identified as Beijing 's SuperView-1 02, were spotted soaring through the sky over Bryant, Arkansas around 10pm Sunday.

Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 18:41 UTC

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Chinese president calls for city to ‘focus on cultivating new industries’ as he attends inauguration of new leader

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has urged the gambling hub of Macau to diversify away …

Fiji defence minister welcomes US security deal and criticises China missile test

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 07:05 UTC

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Pio Tikoduadua tells the Guardian the Pacific is ‘not a space for missile testing’ after China’s launch earlier this year raised concern in the region

Fiji’s defence minister has stressed the need for…

Labour delays crucial review of Britain's relations with China until after Rachel Reeves visits the Communist superpower

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 07:05 UTC

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Rachel Reeves is due to make a trip to Beijing in January - the first by a UK Chancellor in five years.

New York man pleads guilty to running Chinese police station in Manhattan

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Chen Jinping pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of China’s government and faces up to five years in prison

A New York man has pleaded guilty to running a undeclared police station for the…

China is rapidly expanding nuclear forces, says Pentagon

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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US defence department reports that Beijing has increased operational nuclear warhead arsenal by 20% in a year

The prince and the ‘spy’ – podcast

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

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Prince Andrew is in trouble again, this time for meeting a businessman who has denied spying for China. Dan Sabbagh and David Pegg report

In parliament, it has sparked fears about how far the British …

What does the China 'spy' row show? That Starmer can't just muddle through on foreign policy | Rafael Behr

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

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The PM’s attitude to China exposes the void where there should be a strategic concept of Britain’s place in the world

When Keir Starmer met Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Rio last month he declared t…