Rachel Reeves is the most senior British government official to visit China since then-PM Theresa May held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping seven years ago.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will become the most senior British official to visit Beijing in 7 years this weekend as she embarks on a mission to deepen economic ties with China against the backdrop of UK market turmoil that threatens to undermine her plans to spur growth domestically.
British finance minister Rachel Reeves will begin a visit to China on Saturday, seeking to revive dialogue with the world's number two economy in the shadow of financial tumult back home.
Reeves is the most senior British government official to visit China since then-British prime minister Theresa May held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (ç¿’è¿‘å¹³) seven years ago.
The Philippines and China agreed to seek common ground and find ways to cooperate despite their disagreements in the South China Sea, their foreign ministries said on Thursday, as heated rows persist over vessels deployed around disputed features.
US special operations forces could be leveraged in ways similar to the way they were in the Cold War as the US military focuses on China and Russia.
Senior Philippine and Chinese diplomats will resume talks in China's southeastern city of Xiamen on Thursday amid Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea.
Chinese side made solemn representations over the recent infringement and provocative activities of the Philippine side in the South China Sea and hyping China-Philippine disputes relating to the South China Sea during the Tenth Meeting of the China and Philippines Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea,
Once he takes office on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump plans to give TikTok a 90-day 'reprieve' from a ban, he told NBC News on Saturday.
Mr Trump's key advisers are also debating whether to put Sir Keir Starmer 'at the back of the queue' of world leaders invited to Washington after tomorrow's inauguration.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson's merciless assault on the school system was deemed so destructive Tory shadow minister Laura Trott branded her 'our very own Miley Cyrus'.
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SENIOR Philippine and Chinese diplomats resumed talks on the South China Sea (SCS) in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen on Jan. 16 against a backdrop of increasingly troubling Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea.