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The UK’s latest six-month monitoring report on Hong Kong highlighted the city’s high-profile national security trials. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong politics

Beijing, Hong Kong condemn ‘slanders and smears’ in UK’s 6-month report on city

Report highlights city’s national security trials and authorities’ move to place a new round of HK$1 million bounties on six activists.

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Yuan

In overseas first, China to issue sovereign green bonds in London

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Hong Kong society

UK exempts Hong Kong BN(O) passport holders from needing ETA ahead of travel

US-China relations

Republicans urge Britain to oppose China’s plans for new embassy in London

Ahead of British PM Keir Starmer’s Washington trip, two House lawmakers say outpost would help Beijing ‘intimidate and harass’ dissidents.

Royal Mint Court, the site of the proposed new Chinese embassy in London. Photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

China’s ‘rational’ position on Ukraine war validated, Wang Yi says in Britain

China’s foreign minister, in London to meet British counterpart David Lammy, says results of China-UK cooperation are emerging.

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Mainland China

Wang Yi sends free trade message at revived UK-China Strategic Dialogue

Ministerial talks brought back to life in London as Starmer’s government pursues a more pragmatic China policy.

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Chinese offshore investment

Will warmer ties and DeepSeek success boost China-UK economic links?

First UK-China Strategic Dialogue meeting in nearly seven years could help to create climate for further investment.

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Foreign Minister Wang Yi and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy last met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing in October. Photo: EPA-EFE

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi to visit Britain for talks with David Lammy

They will hold strategic dialogue for the first time since 2018, as Labour government seeks to improve ties with Beijing.

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Art

When Brit art world provocateurs Gilbert & George’s visited China

It was the early 1990s, the mainland was opening up, and coming in hot were the two biggest troublemakers in British art. The man who got them there tells all in his new book.

Diplomacy

Editorial | UK-China talks offer cautious grounds for optimism on relations

Revival of dialogue is a positive step with London badly seeking to boost the national economy and Beijing reaching out under shadow of Donald Trump.

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and British finance minister Rachel Reeves meet in Beijing on January 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Britain

British chancellor angles for reset in relations, trade on China trip

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has relaunched a dormant financial dialogue with China as part of a broader warming of ties.

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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has relaunched a financial dialogue with China on an official visit to the country. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

China vows all-out efforts on trade, FDI in fresh bid to kick-start economy

Commerce ministry pledge on key 2025 goals comes as China and Britain vow deeper financial links during Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ visit.

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Keir Starmer

China calls for closer financial ties with Britain as both sides seek reset

Economic benefits can be ‘stabilising anchor’ for ties, Vice-Premier He Lifeng tells revived event co-hosted with Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

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Britain

Shein lawyer evades questions on China cotton at UK hearing, angering lawmakers

The fast-fashion giant is accused of forced labour in its supply chains as it reportedly prepares for a US$62 billion listing in London.

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Shoppers visit Shein’s promotional Christmas bus tour, in Manchester, Britain, in December. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong politics

National security law, minister sackings bookend big year in Hong Kong politics

City continues to deal with consequences of 2019 unrest with a UK spying case, banning of a song and jailing of activists.

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Hong Kong leader John Lee and lawmakers gather for pictures after the vote on domestic national security legislation at the Legislative Council. Photo: Sam Tsang

British minister’s China trip may ‘test the waters’ for pragmatic approach

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning a visit next month in the latest sign the Labour Party is seeking stronger economic ties.

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China education

Chinese university probes forged Cambridge invite that led to visa rejections

British embassy in Beijing says Chinese student were refused visas because ‘false documentation was provided in their application’.

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Britain

UK woman accused of being Chinese spy loses case against MI5

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that the domestic spy agency’s decision did not breach her human rights.

Lawyer Christine Lee. Photo: EyePress via AFP
Espionage

Alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew denies claims, criticises UK political climate

Yang Tengbo says the description of him as a spy are ‘entirely untrue’, that he is a victim of a ‘political climate’.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hongkongers in England, Wales extend record birth numbers under BN(O) scheme

Hongkongers had 2,129 babies last year in England and Wales, even as birth numbers hit nearly 50-year low in their new homes.

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Britain

UK’s Prince Andrew says he’s ‘ceased all contact’ with alleged Chinese spy

A former UK minister called it ‘extremely embarrassing’ that a suspected Chinese agent had become a confidante of the disgraced royal.

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Britain’s Prince Andrew, is seen in London in July 2017. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong politics

2 men linked to Hong Kong trade office case deny spying charges in UK

Trial of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office’s Bill Yuen and UK Border Force officer Peter Wai set to start in March of next year.

Hong Kong currently operates 14 overseas offices, including the one in London, to help liaise with stakeholders and promote the city’s trade and economic interests. Photo: Google Maps
Chinese overseas

Chinese students at UK universities face ‘acute’ integration challenges: report

They account for a quarter of Britain’s international students, but language and digital barriers keep them from adjusting to local culture.

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Britain

Chinese associate of Prince Andrew banned from UK as national security risk

The businessman has close links to the British royal and was authorised to act on his behalf to seek investors in China.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong is counting on innovative investment

The HKIC has funded 80 start-ups and projects. These deals have come at a critical time for the city as it builds itself up as a hi-tech centre.

Hong Kong is counting on investment. Photo: Shutterstock
China economy

‘Ongoing concerns’ for British firms in China as malaise extends for fifth year

Almost 60 per cent of firms surveyed by the British Chamber of Commerce in China reported an increasing difficulty to operate in China this year.

Flags of United Kingdom and China. Photo: Shutterstock
G20

At G20, Xi and Albanese discuss improved China-Australia trade relations

Both leaders note progress, with the Australian prime minister saying: ‘Trade is flowing more freely to the benefit of both countries.’.

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Xi Jinping

China-UK relations: Starmer tells Xi Britain seeks ties without ‘surprises’

UK will be predictable ‘sovereign actor committed to the rule of law,’ British PM tells Chinese president on G20 sidelines.

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