Observing China is the essential newsletter to understand the UK-PRC relationship, explained in the context of global developments.
Young science and technology whizzes will soon be able to live and work in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), without even needing a Chinese employer to do so. Some details around this amendment to immigration regulation are scarce, but the idea is for the PRC to attract foreign technology talent as the country faces a declining population and increasing competition against the United States (US), with science and technology as the principal race track.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom (UK) continues to court Beijing for trade ties and Donald Trump, President of the US, has voiced his intent to challenge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the detention of British citizen and Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
And also, was the effect of Trump’s tariffs on the relationship between the PRC and India not slightly predictable?
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