Since the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing last Sunday, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been all over the news. Despite its ubiquity in the press many are still confused, three years after being announced by Xi Jinping, about what the BRI actually is. Even…

Made all the more noticeable by their conspicuous flags and megaphones Chinese tour parties attract a special kind of fascination from a largely negative press. Whether they’re failing to queue or defacing ancient temples there’s no shortage of horror stories featuring the world’s largest international tourist cohort. But for the most part the press is…

Five reasons why China could be more influential than ever in the UK in 2017 Chinese business, tourism and investment have been increasingly prevalent in the UK in 2016, and many signs indicate it will rise in 2017. Here are five reasons why, and why it’s more important than ever to be ready to do…