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Acquisition of British graphene producer off the table
Chinese investors have abandoned acquisition plans for graphene manufacturer Perpetuus Group following a security review by the British government. “The proposed acquisition has been abandoned,” UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng wrote on Twitter. “The UK Government monitors the market at all times to identify acquisitions of potential national security interest. We will intervene […] continue reading →
London withdraws British judges from Hong Kong
In a surprise move, the UK is withdrawing its judges from Hong Kong’s Supreme Court over the National Security Act. “We have seen a systematic erosion of liberty and democracy in Hong Kong,” British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in London on Wednesday, explaining the decision. Since the introduction of the Security Act, freedom of […] continue reading →
Lee case in the UK: ‘Only the tip of the iceberg’
For years, the lawyer Christine Lee made generous donations to British political parties and parliamentarians. Now MI5 is warning politicians about her activities. For the first time, the intelligence service identifies the United Front as a threat to national security. The UK apparently wants to push back Chinese influence. continue reading →
Beer calls for complete boycott of Winter Games
More and more countries are joining the US in its diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in the London House of Commons on Wednesday that no minister from his government would travel to China for the event. This would “effectively” mean a diplomatic boycott, he declared during […] continue reading →
Hong Kong bans entry from UK over virus variant
Due to the rapid spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus, flights from the UK will no longer be allowed to land in Hong Kong from Thursday. The UK is classified as an “extreme high-risk country”, the Hong Kong government announced on Monday. Passenger planes will no longer be allowed to fly to the […] continue reading →
Britain: Nuclear project without China
Die britische Regierung will offenbar den chinesischen Staatskonzern CGN aus dem geplanten Neubau eines Atomkraftwerks in Sizewell im ostenglischen Suffolk herausdrängen. Möglicherweise werde die Regierung bereits im Oktober bekannt geben, dass sie sich zusammen mit dem französischen Atomkonzern EDF an dem Bau des Reaktors Sizewell C beteilige, berichtet die britische Zeitung The Guardian. Damit würde […] continue reading →
UK reviews acquisition of graphene producer
The UK has ordered a review of the takeover of a graphene manufacturer by a Chinese academic. UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has ordered the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate the proposed takeover of the small Perpetuus Group by Taurus International or other companies with ties to Chinese academic Zhongfu Zhou, The Guardian […] continue reading →
China beats EU on UK universities
For the first time after Brexit, UK universities have more prospective students from China than from the EU. The number of applicants from the EU dropped by 43 percent to 28,400, according to the British university admissions service UCAS. This compares with 28,490 applications from China. The number of applicants from the People’s Republic had […] continue reading →
UK plans to exclude CGN from future projects
According to media reports, the UK is seeking ways to exclude China’s state-owned nuclear energy company China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) from all future power projects in the country. Reuters and the Financial Times reported on this, citing people close to planning procedures. Should the UK go through with their plan, it would impact […] continue reading →