Britain's Labour government has characterized its China policy under the catchy slogan of the three Cs, for “cooperate, challenge and compete.” It may soon need to add a fourth C: for “cave.”
The first step in revitalizing UK-China relations is to restore high-level dialogue mechanism, which is a key aspect of the Labour government's approach to engaging with China. Since taking office, Starmer has put into action the Labour Party's election manifesto commitment to a "cooperate-compete-challenge" policy toward China,
When the security services accessed the mobile phone of Yang Tengbo, the alleged Chinese spy who became a confidant and business partner of the Duke of York, they found a document in which Yang
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The details of Made in China 2025 are laid out in hundreds of official documents. A so-called “Green Book”, published by a committee of China’s top engineers, identified targets for government largesse.
The United Kingdom should sign a formal bilateral deal with China enabling government-backed climate cooperation, a new research paper said.
Top regional official says he hopes students from US and elsewhere will realise ‘slander’ about alleged forced labour is ‘completely a lie’.
Responding to the news that neither ministers nor officials have had any meetings with Trump’s team ahead of his return to the White House, shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith described it as “utterly negligent”.
For Starmer, the Labour left has been an ever-present critical voice since he became the party’s leader almost five years ago. This group, many of whom are aligned with his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, has been unabashedly critical of the new Prime Minister since he took office.
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China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.
Comment: The incoming Trump administration is likely to introduce new tariffs on China that will reverberate across the multilateral economic system. Such a policy would change the calculations of countries like New Zealand that rely on the global trading system in their relations with Asian superpower.