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The number of visitor visa routes has been reduced and we have made the process easier to understand with less recommended documentation.
UK joins likeminded partners to confirm Chinese state-backed actors were responsible for gaining access to computer networks via Microsoft Exchange servers.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly spoke at the Milken Institute Asia Summit about the strategic importance that the UK places on the Indo-Pacific region.
Advice on how to obtain criminal record checks for use in China, covering time spent in the UK.
Ambassador James Kariuki gave a joint statement by the UK and 50 other countries at the United Nations Third Committee on human rights violations in Xinjiang.
Extending UK understanding and influence into China’s key regional economies, building ties with local governments and supporting UK businesses.
At the end of every month we publish a newsletter covering recent intellectual property (IP) developments in China.
The UK government gave a statement in response to Chinese escalation against the Philippines in the South China Sea.
The Foreign Secretary made a statement on arrest warrants, issued on 3 July 2023 under the National Security Law, for 8 people living outside Hong Kong.
Quarterly update produced by the British Embassy in Beijing on key commercial regulatory developments in China.
Ministers of the governments of the UK and Australia met in Portsmouth on 2 February 2023 for the annual Australia-UK ministerial consultations (AUKMIN).
A new two-year visit visa for Chinese nationals will be launched on Monday, 11 January.
The British Embassy in Beijing is pleased to open a call for bids to the China Network’s International Programme (Open Societies) for projects running between Summer 2023 (July onwards) and 29 February 2024.
Writing in The Sun on Sunday, Foreign Secretary David Cameron outlined how the UK must build up defences, stay close to partners, and reach out to new allies.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announces sanctions against Chinese government officials for gross human rights violations in Xinjiang.
The Foreign Secretary is visiting China on Wednesday 30 August for high-level talks with senior representatives from the Chinese government.
The new Hong Kong BN(O) Visa will give British National (Overseas) citizens the ability to come to the UK to make a new life.
The Delegation of the European Union to China expresses regret at the sentence of 4 years imprisonment handed down to human rights defender Xu Zhiyong.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Today (14 December 2023) the Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants under the National Security Law for 5 people living outside Hong Kong, including some who reside in the UK.
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