"Sunak's bilateral with China's president Xi has been cancelled this afternoon, described as being because of time pressures after the snap meeting this morning on the missiles in Poland. Blow to the intended reset of UK-China relations," Elgot tweeted.
The UK may close the Chinese Confucius institutes after the Henry Jackson Society Think tank released its report, revealing 30 Confucius Institutions in the UK are "trading on the reputations" of British universities while promoting the ideology of the Chinese regime.
London [UK], September 20 (ANI): A group of cross-party British lawmakers is in talks with Taiwan to provide Chinese-language teachers to the United Kingdon as the government seeks to phase out Confucius Institutes, according to media reports.
Sandhurst [United Kingdom], August 15 (ANI): The visit of Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst is being seen as a strategic shift away by Islamabad from China and towards the West because of the country's economic compulsions.
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): Amid the race to become the next British Prime Minister, China has warned British politicians against making irresponsible remarks about the second largest economy in the world after UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss asked for a crackdown on Chinese companies.
London [UK], July 25 (ANI): Amid the ongoing bid for Tory leadership and the race to become the next British Prime Minister, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has come out all guns blazing against China.
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): A weapons expert at UK's Imperial College who has long received research funding from the British Ministry of Defence and advised it on a number of "critical weapons of destruction" has had frequent interactions with China over the past nearly one decade and is lik
Beijing [China], May 1 (ANI): Tensions between the UK and China escalated after British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China to play by international rules or be ready to face action by the G7 group of leading global powers acting as "an economic NATO".
London [UK], April 28 (ANI): As the United Kingdom realize its growing dependence on Bejing for the development of new nuclear power projects, the country has recently begun to mull preventive actions to save the strategic sector from getting into Chinese hands, said a media report.
London [UK], January 14 (ANI): The Chinese embassy in Britain has refuted reports that a British lawyer of Chinese descent is "involved in political interference activities" in British parliament, media reported on Friday.
London [UK], January 14 (ANI): Britain's spy agency, MI5 has warned lawmakers that a woman linked to the Chinese Communist Party, has been working to influence the political process of the country by establishing links with Parliamentarians.
Exeter [UK], January 7 (ANI): According to a new study, countries, where people have more trust in each other, have been more successful in bringing down waves of coronavirus cases and deaths.