Amy Hawkins

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Senior China Correspondent at The Guardian

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Elon Musk escalates war of words with Trump after president threatens to terminate government contracts - live

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Lucy Campbell |Marina Dunbar |Kate Lamb |Maya Yang |Fran Lawther | +6 more

Summary of the day so farFran LawtherDonald Trump and Elon Musk escalated their disagreement about the US budget bill into a big public argument on social media. Here’s a roundup of key moments so far: Donald Trump kicked things off during an Oval Office meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Asked about Elon Musk’s criticism of his “Big, Beautiful Bill”, the US president told reporters: “Elon and I had a great relationship.
China accuses US of ‘seriously violating’ trade truce

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Amy Hawkins

China has accused the US of “seriously violating” the fragile US-China detente that has been in place for less than a month since the two countries agreed to pause the trade war that risked upending the global economy. China and the US agreed on 12 May to pause for 90 days the skyrocketing “reciprocal” tariffs that both countries had placed on the others goods in a frenzied trade war that started a few weeks earlier.
China’s pro-wrestlers search for a star to bring the sport out of the shadows

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Amy Hawkins

Rising from the ground with 73kg of writhing muscle on his shoulders, Wang Tao grimaced. The man whose legs were wrapped around his head was not giving up, pulling at Wang’s silver-tipped hair, dyed especially for the occasion. But Wang knew what he had to do. Reaching up with one arm, he grasped his opponent’s neck, and pulled forwards, flinging him to the ground.
Academic with apparent ties to Beijing has forged links within UK parliament

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Eleni Courea |Amy Hawkins

Prof Yu Xiong led a branch of the Western Returned Scholars Association, which states it is ‘managed by’ the United Front Work Department, until May 2023. Prof Yu Xiong led a branch of the Western Returned Scholars Association, which states it is ‘managed by’ the United Front Work Department, until May 2023. Photograph: Sky NewsAn academic with apparent connections to the Chinese Communist party has forged links inside the UK parliament and met King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Academic with apparent ties to Beijing has forged links within UK parliament

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Eleni Courea |Amy Hawkins

An academic with apparent connections to the Chinese Communist party has forged links inside the UK parliament and met King Charles and Queen Camilla. Yu Xiong, a professor of business analytics at the University of Surrey and a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, has attended a dozen events in the House of Lords since 2022 and had regular contact with peers including Baroness Uddin, a cross-bencher.
‘Alarming’ rise in regional internet censorship in China, study finds

1 week ago | msn.com | Amy Hawkins

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‘Alarming’ rise in regional internet censorship in China, study finds

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Amy Hawkins

China’s authorities appear to have implemented an enhanced version of the country’s internet censorship regime in the central province of Henan, subjecting tens of millions of residents to even stricter controls on access to information than people in the rest of the country.
As Trump focuses on his trade war, Brazil and China forge closer ties

1 week ago | msn.com | Amy Hawkins

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As Trump focuses on his trade war, Brazil and China forge closer ties

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Amy Hawkins

Few world leaders can say they’ve been hugged by Xi Jinping, China’s typically reserved president. Last year, an embrace between Xi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seemed to sum up the cosy – if at times slightly awkward – relationship between China and Russia. Now Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, can count himself among the hallowed few to have broken the handshake barrier with Chinese leader.
China accused of using mental health law to lock up critics

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Amy Hawkins

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