LibLink: Edward McMillan-Scott on Ai Weiwei
During the week, Liberal Democrat MEP Edward McMillan-Scott used the pages of The Guardian to take up the case of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei: With the world’s attention on the uprisings in the Middle...
View ArticleMerlene Emerson writes: Reflections on Media Freedom in China
I am writing this on the 22nd anniversary of ‘Six Four’ (the codename for the Tian An Men incident that occurred on 4th of June 1989). Perhaps no better day to reflect on the subject of media...
View ArticleMartin Horwood MP writes: Facing up to human rights in China
Premier Wen Jiabao of China arrived in Britain over the weekend for a series of events culminating in bilateral talks with the Prime Ministers today at Number Ten. While the discussions will...
View ArticleOpinion: 100 years on from the Xinhai Revolution
Today is 1st October, the National Day of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This year is also the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, which in celebrations in July, was...
View ArticleLDVideo: Jeremy Browne’s pledge to Sam Fox: I’ll raise issue of tiger farms...
As the BBC reports: The former model and singer Sam Fox challenged foreign office minster Jeremy Browne on the Daily Politics about tiger farms in China which she wants to see closed. Mr Browne told...
View ArticleOpinion: Water – time to see it as a national interest?
News that one of China’s leading wealth funds has taken a 9 percent stake in Thames Water is significant. The investment comes quick on the heels of a Gulf sovereign wealth fund taking a similar size...
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Willie Rennie says Salmond should meet Dalai Lama
First Minister Alex Salmond loves to meet international dignitaries and world leaders. Every chance he gets, he’s off playing a larger than life role on the international stage. Just last weekend, he...
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A fresh look at the Diaoyu Islands
On 15 August 2012, 14 Chinese from Hong Kong were arrested by Japanese coastguards in Diaoyu Islands by the East China Sea. Seven of the Chinese were returned to Hongkong by air on 17 August and...
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A postcard from… China: a fly on the Great Wall
It was not my first visit to China (in fact my third time climbing the great wall) but certainly the most intense: ten days from 22nd October to 1st November. Along with 26 other Overseas Chinese...
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Opinion: A fresh look at China’s road to revival
On 14 Nov 2012, Xi Jinping was elected as the new Communist Party of China (CPC) General Secretary in the 18th CPC National Congress of the People’s Republic of China. In his first speech to the press...
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Opinion: A fresh look at China’s road to democracy – the way ahead
Is China now on the road to democracy? My answer is “yes”. I began to observe China’s democratic progress on 5 April 1989. Now, 23 years has past. China is still at the starting point. We know in...
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LibLink: Vince Cable – Investors deserve red carpet, not red tape
In the Telegraph, Vince Cable writes: Britain is open for business. What we say to the emerging economies of the world is that, more than other Western countries, we welcome their investment, ideas,...
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Opinion: More than a Fly on the Great Wall
Last November I blogged here about my trip to China shortly before the Chinese leadership handover at the 18th Party Congress. On Sunday 17 March that hand over was finally completed with Xi JinPing...
View ArticleOpinion: Yin and Yang in China
Images of Mayor Boris Johnson and Chancellor George Osborne in China have featured large in the media over the last week. They have been dubbed Yin and Yang: Boris must be Yin, the softer, cuddlier...
View ArticlePostcard from China: Reflections from a visit to Guangdong province (Part 1)
After returning from my first ever trip to China, I felt a ‘postcard’ was in order to summarise this wonderful experience. It was a huge honour to be asked to represent our Party along with fellow...
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Postcard from China (2): The Pearl of the Orient
Should the Head of State be elected? Who should be allowed to be a candidate, and who should be allowed to vote? Hong Kong currently faces these questions in its quest for universal suffrage and a...
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Chinese Liberal Democrats publish e-book on twinned cities
In today’s globalised world, twin city links with China can be profitable bridges between knowledge economies if approached in a creative way by local Councils, business clusters, educational...
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Jeremy Browne’s ‘Race Plan’. I’ve read it, so here’s my review…
Three points to make right from the start about Jeremy Browne’s new book, Race Plan. First, it’s a wholly Good Thing that a Lib Dem MP is choosing to think aloud, to set out clearly his views. Nick...
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Nick Clegg attacks human rights abuses in China
Yesterday we commented on Nick Clegg’s press conference in which he launched the first phase of the manifesto. We did not then cover the comments he subsequently made about the visit by the Chinese...
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The Chinese are coming!
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left on Monday this week on a 5 day visit to Britain and Greece. With him, according to the press, is a 200 strong business delegation, expected to sign up some £18 billion...
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