Chinese Communist Party

The US president managed to reignite the trade row with China while achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, but both he and Xi Jinping will have firepower when they meet

Berlin once had a tendency to overlook the ‘dark side’ of closer economic ties to Beijing, but federal prosecutors have begun to crack down

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The officers, who are suspected of ‘serious duty-related crimes involving an extremely large amount of money’, are said to be facing ‘detrimental consequences’

Beijing uses a ‘whole society’ approach to gather intelligence on the West, but it risks clouding the picture with irrelevant information

National security concerns clash with demands of trade, making the government’s approach to Beijing wildly inconsistent

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were accused of providing an inside track on British ministers — and their views on Beijing — according to the government’s witness statement

The US and Germany have urged Beijing to release the leaders, including Jin Mingri, the founder of the Zion Church

The government will announce a decision on Beijing’s application next week after coming under pressure over the Chinese spy trial’s collapse

British policy has oscillated alarmingly for years — we have to engage with this superpower but can’t kowtow our way to prosperity