China has financed tens of billions of pounds’ worth of investment in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC Panorama has learned.
Monthly Archives For November 2025
Tokyo dispatches envoy to Beijing as tensions over Taiwan comments escalate
Kanai is expected to lodge a protest over a threatening social media post by China’s consul general in Osaka in response to Takaichi’s comments, but will also use the visit to urge Beijing to refrain…
New Nuclear Arms Race Pits U.S. Against Both Russia and China
While Russia and the U.S. are still abiding by some arms-controls limits, such as the New Start treaty that expires in February, China, unconstrained by any commitments, is quietly but rapidly leaping …
Robots, AI and high-tech innovations in action at China’s National Games
Humanoid robots hold medals during the award ceremony for the men’s 92kg of boxing at China’s 15th National Games in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, on Nov. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) …
China shoppers are choosing local luxury over LVMH, Gucci
Five domestic prestige brands in handbags, apparel, fragrance, cosmetics and jewellery have outpaced seven foreign rivals in sales growth over the past two years.
Japan tourism-exposed stocks sink as China issues travel warning after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Japan’s tourism-related stocks fell amid a worsening diplomatic standoff between the two nations Beijing issued a travel and study alert for Chinese citizens considering going to Japan.Japan’s tourism …
Japan sends envoy to China in bid to calm escalating spat-media
A senior Japanese diplomat will head to China on Monday, Japanese media reported, as Tokyo tries to calm an escalating diplomatic spat over Taiwan that is straining relations between the East Asian …
Japan tourism and retail stocks slide after row with China over Taiwan
Japanese tourism and retail stocks fell on Monday after China warned its citizens not to travel to the country as Tokyo and Beijing remain locked in a row over Taiwan.
Germany’s Klingbeil at last reaches Beijing as trade gulf widens, supply chains wobble
Germany’s finance minister will finally become the new coalition’s first cabinet minister to visit China on Monday, under pressure to show the government has a handle on China policy as a record trade …
2025 Computing Global Conference Held in Shenzhen, Building a New Ecosystem for the AI Era
The 2025 Computing Global Conference (CGC2 025), hosted by the Global Computing Consortium (GCC), was successfully held on November 7 in Shenzhen. With the theme “Building New Foundations, Empowering …
Germany Is Just Making Too Much Money in China to Back Away Now
German corporate investment in China jumped €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) between 2023 and 2024, hitting €5.7 billion, according to the Mercator Institute for China Studies. Government officials, too, …
China’s state-owned giants vying to be world-class enterprises
BEIJING: State-owned enterprises (SOEs), as key participants in China’s high-quality development and in international competition and cooperation, should enhance their core competitiveness and, …
US sanctions propel Chinese AI prodigy to US$23 billion fortune
BEIJING] In 2019, Chen Tianshi was a long way from becoming one of the wealthiest people on the planet. Read more at The Business Times.
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