🇨🇳 Beijing to Britain  🇬🇧

(1) Notable questions from @RuthNewportWest, @OwenThompson and @JimShannonMP on China, religious freedom and heavily armoured vehicles in Hong Kong. https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/xdkjdlGvps

(2) HSBC incurred the anger of British politicians on Monday (again). What will they do to change? Probably nothing. https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/kt75xrx2xf

(3) Lords discuss adding an amendment into the Trade Bill that clearly aims to stop the UK trading with human rights offenders. https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/w1mPYYOFde

(4) Apple downloading @shahitbiz's database in Shanghai https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/CZygDbd7Cv

(5) Absence of Chinese officials from newly drawn sanctions list upsets many. Lack of transparency particularly frustrating. https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/xOs6Um43U5

(6) An interesting bit of soft diplomacy from @ash_rogers and @ukinchina for #HumanRightsDay https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/RGzOeKzWaJ

(7) Minister at the @ChineseEmbinUK @MahuiChina liking a tweet calling Australians the "white trash of Asia" https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/E3onYIE6mN

(8) British business confidence in China. Summary - still plenty of opportunity despite strained political relations. https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/npJ7UMyCRt

(9) What we read this week. Includes... - @BethanyAllenEbr + @zachsdorfman with a year long report on espionage - @edwardlucas on need for democratic alliances to act on China https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-c29 …pic.twitter.com/aWhJjB1VTf