Tag: #UK

Renowned brand survey reveals China’s soft power ranks in world’s top 3 for first time

GT staff reporters April 07, 2024

Renowned brand survey reveals China’s soft power ranks in world’s top 3 for first time

Editor's Note: Brand Finance, the internationally renowned brand valuation agency based in London, recently released the "Global Soft Power Index 2024," which shows that the US and the UK have maintained their positions as the top two most influential countries in global soft power. It is noteworthy that...More

US, UK militaries owe $111bln in climate compensation, continue expanding toxic footprint worldwide: study shows

Hu Yuwei and Shan Jie January 25, 2024

US, UK militaries owe $111bln in climate compensation, continue expanding toxic footprint worldwide: study shows

"It is idiotic to waste our dwindling carbon budget on war," researchers from the US and the UK warned in a recent report revealing that the US and the UK militaries owe huge sums in climate compensation as they continue to involve themselves in wars and conflicts globally....More

China, Arab League urging immediate, comprehensive cease-fire of Israel-Palestine conflict

GT staff reporters January 17, 2024

China, Arab League urging immediate, comprehensive cease-fire of Israel-Palestine conflict

China and the League of Arab States issued a joint statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict on Sunday, urging an immediate and comprehensive cease-fire and stressing the two-state solution as "a basis" for any future settlement concerning the fate of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the...More

Canberra can’t eat London’s empty and penniless words

Ai Jun December 03, 2020

Canberra can’t eat London’s empty and penniless words

On November 26, Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the UK's Foreign Affairs Select Committee, told the Sydney Morning Herald that he expected the UK and Australia to stand "shoulder to shoulder in standing up for democracy" against China. The Diplomat magazine said the remark demonstrated "deep solidarity with Australia...More

Washington squeezes transatlantic partnership to contain Beijing

Cui Hongjian July 28, 2020

Washington squeezes transatlantic partnership to contain Beijing

The US has recently ramped up its engagement with its European allies in an attempt to rally them to confront China. After US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien's three-day visit to Europe, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a flying visit to the UK and Denmark from...More

London’s Huawei decision ‘turning point’ for China-UK ties: Analyst

Shen Weiduo and Zhang Hongpei July 19, 2020

London’s Huawei decision ‘turning point’ for China-UK ties: Analyst

The UK's move to ban Huawei may further sour strained China-UK political ties, largely reduce personnel exchanges, and most likely prompt Beijing to take reciprocal measures against London's discriminatory policy, Chinese observers said. The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after December...More

Some British elites at loss in face of changing intl situation

Li Qingqing July 19, 2020

Some British elites at loss in face of changing intl situation

The Guardian on Sunday published an opinion article titled "China will punish Britain for defying its will. We need allies to hold the line." The author said that the UK should not abandon its "basic values" as it engages with China, claiming that the UK must work with...More

Shameful for Canada, UK to follow US on Huawei

Left Review Online June 22, 2020

Shameful for Canada, UK to follow US on Huawei

A secret report from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), released recently among other court documents, indicated that there was advanced communication between the CSIS and the US FBI ahead of the December 2018 arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver International Airport. In response, Chinese Foreign...More

Creation of new history through violence toward statues

Mark Hoskin June 11, 2020

Creation of new history through violence toward statues

Momentous events taking place last weekend in the UK remind us that the country was a center of a global economy built on slavery, the trafficking of illicit drugs, and mass inhumanity that many Western countries participated in. UK ministers, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who referred to...More

The UK, France and Germany followed the footstep of the USA – DPRK

Left Review Online March 13, 2020

The UK, France and Germany followed the footstep of the USA – DPRK

Kathmandu. Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has remarked the UK, France, and Germany followed the footstep of the USA. This was mentioned in a statement issued by the Spokesperson of the DPRK Ministery of Foreign Affairs on Saturday responding to a "joint...More