China has filled the disputed South China Sea with more than 200 boats lashed together in rows in an act of aggression designed to ‘squeeze out’ other countries in Asia, experts warn. Beijing have claimed the Chinese vessels, first spotted earlier this month off the coast of the Philippines, are merely fishing boats sheltering from … Read more
China brings in new rules ensuring only ‘patriots’ loyal to Beijing can govern Hong Kong as it crushes democracy and dissent Beijing has increasingly tightened grip on HK since national security law in June Communists claimed latest overhaul gets rid of ‘loopholes and deficiencies’ Slashed number of directly elected parliamentarians and cut size of the … Read more
US ‘deliberately let China eavesdrop on a call to Dominic Raab to send a message to the Communist Party in Beijing’ Call was used to suggest coronavirus leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology Washington source said Mr Raab had been ‘very supportive’ during phone call Source said: ‘We did it on an open phone to … Read more
Elon Musk tells China Tesla cars will never be used to spy for the US after Beijing ‘banned them from military bases over fears their cameras could be recording sensitive information’ Musk made the comments on Saturday at the China Development Forum, where he appeared virtually They came one day after Reuters news agency reported … Read more
Alibaba and Ant Group founder Jack Ma has lost his title as China’s richest man, a list published today showed, after he angered Beijing and his empire was put under heavy scrutiny by Chinese regulators. Ma and his family had held the top spot for China’s richest in the Hurun Global Rich List in 2020 and … Read more
Boris Johnson signals Britain WON’T boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics despite China facing claims of ‘genocide’ Boris Johnson has signalled UK will not boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics PM said government is ‘not normally in favour of sporting boycotts’ Liberal Democrat leader had called for boycott over ‘genocide’ of Uighur people By Sophie Tanno … Read more
Labour peer Peter Mandelson assured Chinese PM that critics of Beijing’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’ during lobbying meeting for rich clients Mendelson told business leaders and officials critics would be ‘proved wrong’ Assured Premier Li Keqiang ‘wouldn’t be hearing complaints from European side’ He has been advising Labour party leader Sir Kier … Read more
China has deployed 15 fighter jets into Taiwan airspace for the second time in two days, in what could be one of the earliest tests for Joe Biden’s administration. According to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, the Chinese air force flew 15 military aircraft into Taiwan on Sunday. The day before, a number of fighter jets and … Read more
Lockdown has been imposed on five Beijing neighbourhoods after two cases of the British Covid-19 variant were detected in the Chinese capital. The cases had ‘no genetic correlation with previously reported local cases and imported cases in Beijing’, the head of the Beijing health authority Pang Xinghuo told reporters, but are ‘considered to be variants of … Read more
Lockdown has been imposed on five Beijing neighbourhoods after just a handful of Covid-19 cases were detected in the Chinese capital. In total, 1.6million people have been ordered to stay at home after seven cases were reported on Wednesday, including six in southern Daxing district, while China reported 103 total cases nationally. China has been reporting … Read more