Gary Gibbon
May seeks to calm Brexit fears in China
Japan, among others, are nervous about the effect of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU on foreign investment.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Beijing’s warning shot for Theresa May over Hinkley
China’s ambassador to the UK warns Theresa May Britain must stay open to Chinese business, as doubts grow over a joint nuclear project.
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Gary Gibbon
China – Three’s a crowd in a carriage
If you listen back to the garden party tape you can actually hear the Commander D’Orsi say to The Queen: “They also wanted to come in your carriage with an interpreter.” The Queen replies: “Yes” after the word carriage.
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South China Sea dispute: China ‘deploys missiles’
China deploys surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, say Taiwan and US Officials.
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China pays £6bn for nuclear power station stake
China agrees to invest £6bn for a 33.5 per cent stake of a nuclear power station to be built at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Critics have complained that the project does not represent value for money.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron off the naughty step with China
Pro-Tibet demonstrators were massively out-numbered by a well-planned bussed-in deluge of pro-regime supporters from all over the country.
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Steel: Tata announces 1,200 job cuts
Britain’s biggest steel maker Tata confirms that hundreds of people are to lose their jobs at plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Britain and China: 200-year-old lesson learnt, but is it too late?
Britain is going all out to get Chinese investment and to increase British exports, but the Chinese are pragmatic too. They’ll invest where they will get a good return and import the best products.
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Michael Crick
Jeremy Corbyn to meet Chinese President one-to-one
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is to get a one-on-one meeting next week with the Chinese President Xi Jinping – his first official meeting with any head-of-state as Labour leader.
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Chinese stocks swing for a second day
Asian markets experience a turbulent start to Tuesday as Chinese stocks tumbled for a second day, following ‘Black Monday’.
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China financial crisis: the key questions
Following China’s “Black Monday” jittery global financial markets begin to recover – but do we all need to start worrying about China?
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‘Black Monday’: markets plunge over China fears
The Chinese government’s failure to take action sparks panic across global stock markets, with the FTSE 100 dipping to its lowest level since January 2013.
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Lindsey Hilsum
China: has there been an official cover-up?
The assumption in China these days is that officials lie and cover up whenever there’s an environmental catastrophe.
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China explosion: dozens die after huge blasts
At least 50 people die and more than 700 are injured after two massive explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin. Chinese authorities promise action against those responsible for the accident.
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Paul Mason
China: danger of an open currency war
China has stunned the world by devaluing its currency twice in two days. Or rather it has stunned that naive part of the world that believed China’s economy was okay.