China

In China itself – as many as 150 million people, more than twice the population of Britain are now living in unprecedented lockdown

Chinese troops have been deployed on the streets of Hong Kong – not to crush the anti-government protests but to help clean up the damage after last night’s unrest. 

 It was a day of bracing experiences for Boris Johnson. Trump, trying to reboot that extra special relationship, while at the same time gently rebuking him on escalating a trade war with China.

Donald Trump has urged the Chinese President to personally meet with protestors in Hong Kong, after weeks of violent clashes between the police and demonstrators calling for democratic reforms. China has sent its paramilitary police force to the border and today the Chinese Ambassador to the UK said his government “would not sit on its…

We speak to the Chinese international relations expert Victor Gao.

Hong Kong police have started making arrests over the protests that took place earlier this week.

Former politician, and lawyer, Margaret Ng. and Carmen Yeung, join Matt live in Hong Kong.

The demonstrating masses in Hong Kong refuse to go away. 

Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, has suspended the controversial extradition law with China that has triggered unprecedented demonstrations.

Britain has accused China of carrying out a “widespread and significant” campaign of industrial espionage around the world – through cyber warfare. The Foreign Office, acting in co-ordination with the United States, said hackers acting on behalf of China had targeted intellectual property and valuable trade secrets, and that efforts were ‘almost certainly’ continuing.

Radio presenters have a sad and difficult history of mispronouncing his name. But today it was Jeremy Hunt’s own turn to struggle with identifying someone correctly. While on an official visit to China, the foreign secretary mistakenly told his hosts mistakenly that his wife was “Japanese” – when she is, in fact, Chinese. Paul McNamara…

China has accused the United States of launching a trade war, after President Trump declared he would impose tariffs of 25% on Chinese imports worth $50 billion. Beijing immediately threatened to respond in kind, to defend its national interests. This was after the US imposed steep tariffs on steel and aluminium from Canada and the…

China’s parliament has rubber stamped an unprecedented move allowing President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The constitutional change tears down a system put in place to avoid any return to a Mao style autocratic dictatorship – and the authorities have already moved to suppress any signs of public dissent.

He is already one of the world’s most powerful politicians. Is he about to be given the job for life? China’s ruling Communist Party has proposed scrapping the two-term limit of President Xi Jinping. That means he could remain in office indefinitely. And it gives some indication of how successful he has been in crushing…

Theresa May has insisted that she is not a quitter as questions about her leadership followed her to China, where she is on a three-day visit to boost trade and investment. Premier Li announced that China will finally look at ending the ban on British beef imports that has been in force since the BSE…