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The former Cardiff law graduate has been an outspoken critic of the UK’s decision to exclude Huawei from its 5G networks and is tipped as a future ambassador to the US – how might his past diplomatic experience affect his relationship with post-Brexit Britain? Guangdong-born minister Zheng Zeguang had been tipped by many commentators to succeed China’s current ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai – so Beijing’s announcement in December …

Video: CBBC Chair Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles discusses the UK’s policy towards China with CRG In this video, Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and head of the China Research Group, invited Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Chair of CBBC, to discuss the UK’s policy towards China. Emphasising that China is a very important market for UK jobs, and the British economy, Sir Sherard highlighted CBBC’s view that …

China’s government has long had a penchant for announcing grand policy initiatives with titles that can appear somewhat unclear – think of Jiang Zemin’s ‘Three Represents’, or Hu Jintao’s ‘Scientific Development’. The latest in this tradition is Beijing’s catchily titled new economic framework, the so-called ‘Dual Circulation Strategy’ (DCS). Since it was first mooted in May 2020, the DCS has attracted much scrutiny, both within and outside China. CBBC’s Torsten …

After four years of tariffs and a war of words, American policy on China is likely to change under President-Elect Joe Biden. We asked four experts to give CBBC their view Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations We are on the precipice of a new Cold War with China, partly …

The UK government has just introduced a new National Security and Investment Bill (the NSI Bill), which will grant the government new powers to restrict – and block – investment by malicious and potentially harmful foreign actors in 17 crucial sectors. CBBC‘s Torsten Weller looks at its potential impact. Here’s a summary: In the bill, the scope of ‘potential harm’ will be expanded to include assets – such as land …

Jim McGregor, chairman of APCO Worldwide’s Greater China region and longtime China resident, gives CBBC his view on the upcoming US election and the implications for US-China relations. At the time of writing, the final result of the US election remains in the balance. The future of US-China relations will be a top foreign policy priority for whoever emerges victorious. Biden Win In the event of the most likely outcome: …

Whether Donald Trump is re-elected, or Joe Biden becomes the next president, there is little doubt that the United States will continue to pursue hardline policies with China, writes James McGregor, Greater China Chairman at APCO Worldwide The belief that China is an untrustworthy bad actor at home and abroad is the one bipartisan issue in today’s deeply divided Washington. The consensus that China was on a path to become …

Matt Sheehan spoke to Paul French about his book “The Transpacific Experiment,” which discusses interdependent socioeconomic exchanges in the field of tech. Matt Sheehan is a Fellow at the Paulson Institute’s in-house think tank. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was formerly the China correspondent for The Huffington Post. His recent book “The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future” (Counterpoint, 2019) argued …

A recent report titled: ‘Towards a UK strategy and policies for relations with China’ written by Charles Parton, a former diplomat and senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, in collaboration with the Policy Institute at King’s College, London, argues that the UK urgently needs to develop a new China strategy. FOCUS talks to Parton about the report and his thoughts on the future of UK-China relations   …

Recent events have added to a growing sense that Britain urgently needs a better and more substantive understanding of China – now our third-largest goods export market. Torsten Weller examines four recent reports that examine the future of UK-China relations The four publications approach our bilateral ties from different angles and together offer an overview of the choices and trade-offs that will determine the UK’s future approach: ‘Towards a UK …