Europe-China Relations

‘Everywhere you look, it is bad and getting worse and they are doing a full court press at the United Nations to cover it up.’

The SNP’s Stewart McDonald said the government needs to explain why the project has been allowed to proceed while the EU is probing Chinese wind turbine makers.

The government has been urged to expand its ban of new Chinese surveillance equipment, which currently applies only to ’sensitive' government sites.

‘I contacted the head of the Chinese Embassy in Russia. He said it was a personal act and denied [my plea].’

Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Labour MP Fabian Hamilton both warned of the risks to the UK’s genomics data.

Dozens of China hawks from legislatures around the world who were targeted said they found emails from the hackers in their inboxes.

Sir Richard Dearlove said Chinese electric vehicles ‘are transmitting data back to the manufacturer and can be remotely accessed and overridden at any moment.’

‘There’s an axis of evil in the world: China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. And we need to stand up to the axis of evil, not try to do business with them.’

In response, the UK is sanctioning two individuals and one entity associated with APT31, identified as working for the Chinese Ministry of State Security.

Aid went from £80 million in 2019 to around £8.2 million. But a watchdog says there’s still too little transparency over how taxpayers’ money is being spent.

British Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the new law, which was rushed through the legislative process, will have ‘far-reaching implications.’

The Italian regulator launched an investigation into TikTok last March.

A report listed five studies published by Imperial College London researchers since last year that involved Chinese institutions with military links.

Lord Cameron said the proposals will inhibit freedom and threaten international organisations as well as diplomats.

Experts agree the UK doesn’t need Confucius Institutes. But turning to Taiwan is only the first step towards understanding the culture and reality of China.

Experts told the Foreign Affairs Committee companies have ‘clean’ production lines for the United States and ‘dirty’ lines for others including the UK.