A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.

Prime Minister resists calls to declare China a threat to national security and insists UK needs to strengthen ties with Beijing

HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.

Revival of dialogue is a positive step with London badly seeking to boost the national economy and Beijing reaching out under shadow of Donald Trump.

Starmer’s Government is re-making the age-old mistakes in China diplomacy all over again. Those who frame the debate as a choice between whether or not to engage Beijing are proposing a false dichotomy. It is not about whether to talk or trade with China, but how? On whose terms, with what criteria, on what conditions and with what objectives?

Revelations that China intends to supply Iran with rocket fuel goes against UK's Middle East policy and casts further doubt as to the wisdom of Keir Starmer's new détente with Beijing

Donald Trump is threatening to block Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the new UK ambassador to Washington unless strict limits are imposed on his actions.

BEIJING: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit Britain next month to hold talks with his UK counterpart David Lammy, The Guardian reported on Sunday (Jan 26).

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of "putting Britain at risk" in an attempt to remedy his "self-inflicted economic woes" ahead of a visit from one of China's top diplomats. Wang Yi is believed to be set to visit the UK next month to conduct talks with Foreign Secretary David Lammy as Labour continues to try to forge a closer relationship with Beijing.

The Metropolitan Police has abruptly dropped its objections to China's planned "super embassy" in London after reviewing a Beijing-funded research document, contradicting its own recent warnings about public safety risks.

In a congratulatory message to this year's "The Icebreakers" Chinese New Year celebration, Vice-President Han Zheng expressed hope that friends from all sectors in China and the UK will continue to uphold the icebreaking spirit, characterized by great courage and forward-looking wisdom, to promote mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation.

In a major speech in Oxford yesterday, the Chancellor said she was prepared to 'fight' with opponents who stand in the way of her reforms.