The United Kingdom is opening its doors to three million residents of Hong Kong by relaxing its visa restrictions amid the ongoing political turmoil in the former British territory. In an opinion piece published in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK government will consider its […]
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Government failings to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in February “may have cost thousands of lives”, according to an explosive report in today’s Sunday Times. The paper states Boris Johnson “skipped five Cobra meetings on the virus” while the government ignored scientists’ warnings and early calls for protective equipment, instead sending PPE from the UK depleting […]
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The UK government is in discussions with a Chinese company who have offered to build England’s HS2 rail link for “tens of billions” less than the forecast £106 billion – and in just five years compared to the expected 15-20 years. Boris Johnson finally gave the controversial HS2 project the go-ahead this week and today’s […]
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British citizens are expected to be evacuated from China’s Wuhan city on flights starting tomorrow [Thursday] and to be put in quarantine for two weeks on their return home. British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advising against “all but essential travel” to […]
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Chinese state media said the “UK must bear responsibility” for the deaths of 39 people discovered in a lorry in England, according to the Guardian. An editorial in the China-based Global Times criticised the UK for not preventing a repeat of the Dover port tragedy when 58 Chinese were discovered suffocated to death in a […]
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