A leading Chinese Internet company rolled out a fleet of fully driverless robot taxis on Sunday. Ten Apollo Go Robotaxis started picking up passengers in west Beijing, charging approximately $4.60 per ride. Developed by Baidu, they’re the first paid autonomous taxis in China that don’t have a safety driver behind the steering wheel. The vehicles … Read more
We’ll still give China millions despite aid cut: Whitehall ministries will NOT be covered by new clampdown on cash flowing to Beijing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Wednesday that his department will cut funding for programmes in China by 95 per cent However other Whitehall ministries, including the business department, are not covered by … Read more
China has filled the disputed South China Sea with more than 200 boats lashed together in rows in an act of aggression designed to ‘squeeze out’ other countries in Asia, experts warn. Beijing have claimed the Chinese vessels, first spotted earlier this month off the coast of the Philippines, are merely fishing boats sheltering from … Read more
China brings in new rules ensuring only ‘patriots’ loyal to Beijing can govern Hong Kong as it crushes democracy and dissent Beijing has increasingly tightened grip on HK since national security law in June Communists claimed latest overhaul gets rid of ‘loopholes and deficiencies’ Slashed number of directly elected parliamentarians and cut size of the … Read more
Meet Nigel Farage 2.0: a healthy-looking figure, sipping mineral water in a Knightsbridge hotel as he announces that he is transitioning from polarising Brexit insurgent to hug-a-husky green activist. The former Ukip leader is regenerating, Doctor Who-style, into a paid expert on ‘carbon-offset’ – the planting of trees to mitigate the environmental impact of big … Read more
Meet Nigel Farage 2.0: a healthy-looking figure, sipping mineral water in a Knightsbridge hotel as he announces that he is transitioning from polarising Brexit insurgent to hug-a-husky green activist. The former Ukip leader is regenerating, Doctor Who-style, into a paid expert on ‘carbon-offset’ – the planting of trees to mitigate the environmental impact of big … Read more
China’s capital and wide swathes of the country’s north have been cloaked in yellow smog as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended. Pollution levels in Beijing surged off the charts and flights were cancelled on Monday as landmarks including the Forbidden City were partly obscured by the haze of dust and sand. Residents used … Read more
Labour peer Peter Mandelson assured Chinese PM that critics of Beijing’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’ during lobbying meeting for rich clients Mendelson told business leaders and officials critics would be ‘proved wrong’ Assured Premier Li Keqiang ‘wouldn’t be hearing complaints from European side’ He has been advising Labour party leader Sir Kier … Read more
Labour peer Peter Mandelson assured Chinese PM that critics of Beijing’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’ during lobbying meeting for rich clients Mendelson told business leaders and officials critics would be ‘proved wrong’ Assured Premier Li Keqiang ‘wouldn’t be hearing complaints from European side’ He has been advising Labour party leader Sir Kier … Read more
An increasing number of Britons view the rise of China as a ‘critical threat’ to the UK and oppose economic ties to Beijing, a new survey has found. The surge in anti-Chinese sentiment comes after a period of intense scrutiny over Beijing’s role in British infrastructure and after a ban on the Chinese telecom company … Read more