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'Anyone with the faintest understanding of Beijing’s paranoia over Taiwan ... will know that the suspension of the Edinburgh-Kaohsiung partnership has little to do with safeguarding the sensibilities of the Chinese people. It was motivated by fear.'

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“Perhaps this ugly incident, which has once again exposed the Faustian nature of UK-China relations, could act as an impetus for a flourishing of British-Taiwanese twinning agreements.” #Edinburgh 🇬🇧🇹🇼 spectator.co.uk/article/how-ed…

"Labour has chosen to keep its Indo-Pacific cards close to its chest. Success for a future British government in the region will require dexterity and a robust understanding of what regional players want" buff.ly/3RRR4gK | by Sam

China confiscates Taiwanese fishing vessel ft.com/content/e24fda… via @ft

Last week, we relaunched #BritainsWorld on Substack! Sign up to receive our content. We’ll publish our first Cable tomorrow, with a roundup of British foreign policy, how others frame the #UK, and important Royal Navy deployments... britainsworld.org.uk

The first duty of my government is to keep our country safe. I look forward to meeting the UK’s closest allies at the #NATOSummit in Washington D.C. tomorrow.

In this Memorandum, John Hemmings and David Santoro explain why NATO should cover Hawaii 🌎 ‘...it is astonishing that Hawaii’s exclusion from the Washington Treaty is not, at a minimum, an agenda item at the summit.’ britainsworld.org.uk/p/memorandum-0…

Insightful and important reporting from David Rennie James Miles on the 80% of Tibetan children now in state-run boarding schools, including children who live in towns and cities near their schools. This is about political control, not education. Listen here: economist.com/podcasts/2024/…

One for those on the Labour benches:

The latest edition of ‘Observing China’ is out now! 📩 🇹🇼 Trump’s Taiwan slam 💻 Chinese censors to ensure socialist AI 📰 Selina Cheng fired 🇩🇪 Germany sort-of ditches Huawei Read more and subscribe to the newsletter here 👉 chinaobservatory.substack.com/p/newsletter-7…

China warns von der Leyen is "playing with fire" on Taiwan

Four Chinese Coast Guard ships intruded into restricted waters near the outlying islands of Kinmen. It's the third such incursion this month.

In this Memorandum, Robert Johnson 🇬🇧 explains how money alone won’t solve Britain’s defence gap 🇬🇧 ‘Long term, the steady costs of adequate defence are the smallest price to pay.’ britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-memorand…

What is the best approach for the new strategic defence review to take? 🇬🇧 We asked seven experts for their thoughts in today’s Big Ask... ✍️ Ben Baxendale-Smith, Neil Brown, Sir Michael Fallon, Paul Mason, Jennifer Parker, @annietrev and Adm. The Lord West britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-ask-…

Read the latest article by Gray Sergeant, our Research Fellow, on what the recent elections in the UK and France mean for British and French foreign policy 👇

🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨 In my latest piece for The Diplomat, I explore the dramatic changes in Hong Kong since the 2019 pro-democracy protests, mentioned in my latest Council on Geostrategy briefing on #HongKong. Read the full article at thediplomat.com/2024/08/how-sh… 🔒 Erosion of