As we reported last week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held his first in-person meeting with President Xi Jinping on November 18 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. As we noted in our introduction to that report, “much of the goodwill generated by the meeting would have been spoiled by … Continue reading Keir Starmer dares to lecture President Xi on human rights?!
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held his first in person meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping on November 18, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, being held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The two men had previously held a telephone conversation on August 23. In his opening remarks, borrowing from the … Continue reading Xi Jinping meets Keir Starmer in Brazil
On August 23, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a phone conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. What is believed to be the first conversation between the two men took place at Starmer’s request. Having congratulated the British Prime Minister on his recent assumption of office, President Xi told Starmer that the two countries need … Continue reading Xi Jinping speaks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
In the following article, Grenville Cross dissects the likely foreign policy trajectory and options of Britain’s new Labour government which took office following the July 4 general election. Regarding the manifesto on which the Labour Party fought the election, he notes that its references to foreign policy are relatively sparse, but that it committed the … Continue reading Starmer should develop balanced strategy
In this witty and perceptive article, originally published on his Substack, ‘The Rest is Bullshit’, Steve Howell excoriates Britain’s right wing anti-China hawks in politics and the media, arguing that Donald Trump’s positive meeting with President Xi Jinping in the Republic of Korea has exposed their foolishness. Having noted that, “The US and China surprised … Continue reading Trump makes fools of Britain’s China hawks
The following article by Morning Star editor Ben Chacko describes the reality of China’s pursuit of ecological civilisation, witnessed during a recent trip to the southwestern province of Yunnan, and contrasts it with the West’s hypocrisy: talking up the need for climate mitigation and adaptation whilst predictably sacrificing environmental regulation for economic growth. Ben notes … Continue reading Red goes green: witnessing the truth of China’s ‘ecological civilisation’
The decision by Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to drop charges brought under the Official Secrets Act 1911 against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, far from drawing a line under the matter, has seen the country become engulfed in a wave of spy hysteria and mania redolent of the worst features of the US McCarthyite … Continue reading Sinister spy hysteria risks poisoning UK-China relations
On September 25, 2025, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov chaired the fourth Informal Meeting on Afghanistan Between Foreign Ministers of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. China was represented by Special Envoy on Afghan Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign … Continue reading China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran reject US return to Afghanistan
Friends of Socialist China successfully held its second annual China Conference on Saturday September 27. More than 100 people gathered in London’s Bolivar Hall to hear expert presentations from a broad range of progressive scholars and activists on such topics as 80 years since the defeat of fascism: China as a force for peace and … Continue reading George Galloway prevented from speaking at FoSC China Conference by airport detention
Serial buffoon and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently visited China’s island province of Taiwan, where, participating in the Ketagalan Forum, a security confab, he made a series of absurd and provocative remarks, not only encouraging the separatist forces seeking to divide China but even going so far as to claim that Taiwan has … Continue reading Boris Johnson plays the fool in Taiwan with provocative remarks against China and Palestine
We are pleased to republish the following article, which originally appeared in China Daily, in which Grenville Cross recaps the furore which ensued at the Glastonbury music festival in England after punk rock duo Bob Vylan gave expression to the sentiments shared by the overwhelming majority of the many thousands of people present, who stood … Continue reading Bob Vylan at Glastonbury – A lawyer’s view from Hong Kong
Britain’s Defence Minister, the largely and justifiably unknown John Healey, has made an extraordinary threat to go to war with China over the question of Taiwan, an island province that Britain legally recognises – not least according to the bilateral agreement concluded in 1972 between the two countries that elevated their diplomatic relations to ambassadorial … Continue reading British Defence Secretary threatens war with China
In the below article, which was originally published by China Daily on June 27, Sophie Bolt, the General Secretary of Britain’s Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), reports on the mood of the June 21-22 Hague summit, held to counter the 77th annual meeting of NATO, in which peace campaigners from over 17 countries participated. Sophie … Continue reading A nuclear free world is the answer to the war drive against China – Sophie Bolt
In the following article, which was originally published by the Morning Star, Diane Abbott sounds a warning that, “Europe is acquiescing in Trump’s manoeuvrings – where Europe takes over the US forever war in Ukraine while Washington gets ready for a future fight with China. And it’s working people who will be left paying the … Continue reading NATO backs the anti-China war drive – Diane Abbott
The British government published a new National Security Strategy (NSS) on June 24. Before last year’s general election, the Labour Party said that it would carry out a comprehensive audit of the UK’s relationship with China within 100 days of taking office. With the publication of the NSS, a little over 350 days after taking … Continue reading British government’s new China policy: Another case of one step forward two steps back?
The British government published its new “defence” strategy on June 2. According to a summary carried by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), it “aims to put a ‘stronger, more lethal’ Nato at the forefront of British defence plans as the country boosts its nuclear deterrent, rebuilds munitions and weapons stockpiles and invests billions of … Continue reading British government’s Strategic Defence Review hypes war threat against China
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (IDCPC), recently visited Cyprus, Britain and Norway. On June 6, he met with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides. Christodoulides said that Cyprus-China relations have a solid foundation and will grow better and stronger no matter how the international situation changes. He … Continue reading Liu Jianchao strengthens ties with Cyprus communists; visits Britain and Norway
A major step in China’s multilateral diplomacy was taken on May 30, 2025, with the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the event and delivered a speech. Around 400 high-level representatives from 85 countries across Asia, Africa, … Continue reading China establishes International Organisation for Mediation in Hong Kong
We are pleased to republish the below article by Dr. Kate Hudson, Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which is the gist of her speech given at the ‘Socialism or Barbarism’ Arise Festival Day School, held in London on March 29. Setting out the need for solidarity with the Global South in the … Continue reading Trump versus the rising Global South
The following article by Paul Atkin, originally published in Socialist Economic Bulletin, analyses the response by British politicians and journalists to the announcement by Jingye – the Chinese company that acquired British Steel in 2019 – that it would be closing the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant on account of making losses of £255 … Continue reading British Steel crisis leads to wave of anti-China propaganda
