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STORY The firms looking to sell snow sports in #Xinjiang off the back of @Beijing2022 and whether you can ‘divorce’ yourself from the genocide claims. That’s what @burtonsnowboard #china boss Craig Smith told me.
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Robin Brant
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Robin Brant
@robindbrant
Advising on reputation and crisis. Was @bbcnews correspondent in China, Westminster, presenter. @TimesRadio @SpeakersTrust @Monocle
London, England Katılım Haziran 2011
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@Steven_Swinford @oliver_wright Interesting take on #brexit in this brief piece from her NYC stint newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…
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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to appoint the first female head of the civil service, replacing Sir Chris Wormald, who has been in the job for only a year, @oliver_wright reports
Dame Antonia Romeo, the Home Office permanent secretary, is Starmer’s choice to take over as cabinet secretary as part of his reset in the wake of the Mandelson scandal
Romeo, 51, was on the shortlist for the job when Wormald was appointed but lost out in the final round of interviews with the prime minister
However, she has impressed Starmer with her handling of the small boats crisis since taking over at the Home Office in April
One Whitehall source said that Romeo’s appointment could be announced in the coming days if the Civil Service Commission agrees that it does not need to run a fresh recruitment process
The commission ruled that she was qualified for the job when she applied for it last year
Of the two other candidates Starmer considered, Tamara Finkelstein has left the civil service while Olly Robbins, permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, was involved in the vetting process for Lord Mandelson
Starmer ready to appoint first female cabinet secretary
thetimes.com/article/10615f…
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Some vacancies just get harder and harder to fill… @10DowningStreet PMOS anyone? civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…
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This reminds me of #china eternal push to usurp Japan in its production of ballpoint pens but failing to harness the capability around making the hard ball bit.
Jonathan Cheng@JChengWSJ
China’s pens—which look like the real thing but sell for just a few bucks—force consumers to ask what they’re getting from the entrenched brands, said Willy Shih, a professor at Harvard Business School specializing in manufacturing and supply chains. wsj.com/lifestyle/foun…
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@alexwickham He told @FT Lunch today he thinks a compromise will emerge. Amidst the Turkish food.
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Exclusive: Ex-MI6 chief Richard Moore says China “should get their embassy” in London
“I’m sure there has to be a way through where they get an appropriate embassy and we are allowed to retain and develop our own excellent embassy in Beijing,” he says in a Bloomberg interview with @MishalHusain
“We need one in Beijing and it’s important that we have that, so it’s right and proper that the Chinese should get their embassy. Whether it’s this one or not isn’t really for me to judge.”
Moore’s assessment is significant as it may signal Keir Starmer wouldn’t be putting himself at odds with the security services if he backs the embassy. The delayed decision is due next month.
“You’ll understand also why I tend to discourage politicians from being too moralistic about the issue of spying in itself. The UK has rather effective intelligence organisations and we are actively gathering intelligence against other countries.”
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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I'm now on Substack, explaining a little more about what I've written in The Times and the reading that informs it.
Today: why Keir Starmer needs some fat men, the No 10 adviser who's actually doing a good job, and the best books on Brownism.
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Mixed messaging and confusion on #china from @patrickkmaguire in @thetimes today... or maybe it's meant to be that way? I wrote about this a few months ago linkedin.com/posts/robin-br…
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When asked to comment on #UK government Wednesday adding Chinese refiner Shandong Yulong Petrochemical, three port operators from Shandong, and as well as #Chinese Beihai LNG terminal to its sanctions list, and claiming that these entities are added in the sanctions list for supporting #Russia's #energy sector, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at the press conference on Thursday that China consistently opposes unilateral sanctions that lack a basis in international law and are not authorized by the UN Security Council. Chinese side expresses strong dissatisfaction with the UK's relevant actions and has already made solemn representations to the British side, Lin said.
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On Thursday, responding to media inquiries about reports that some former British security officials claimed Chinese state actors had systematically hacked into UK government’s classified computer systems over the past decade, accessing confidential documents, private communications and diplomatic cables related to policymaking, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said such allegations are purely slander and smears. “We urge relevant individuals in the UK to stop making unreasonable hype and cease such political manipulation,” Lin said.
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@thetimes @Steven_Swinford see Tim Weiner's excellent book earlier this year 'The Mission' for details on how he says #china hacked US govt OPM database a decade before and cross ref to find details of @cia officers and agents. It's a very, very good read.
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🔺EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Cummings: China ‘stole’ classified state secrets
✍️ @Steven_Swinford #Echobox=1760535535" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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@kateferguson4 wonder how those meetings between @FCDOGovUK perm sec Olly Robbins and conterparts are going in #china
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Kemi Badenoch hits back at Keir Starmer:
“Those spies were charged under a Tory government they were let off under a Labour government”
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Driverless taxis are coming to London in a Europe-wide first next year. See what it’s like being in one here. In my old job, in China, way back in 2020… bbc.co.uk/news/av/busine…
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That new embassy thing - in both London and Beijing - not looking good as the days, and briefings, go by. To be fair though Xi is a little more focused on rare earth supply chain dominance at time of writing #china (v liberal use of ‘cabinet ministers’ here by @thetimes)
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive from @Geri_E_L_Scott Cabinet ministers believe Sir Keir Starmer’s national security adviser is too close to China and his position is increasingly unsustainable Jonathan Powell faces mounting scrutiny over his relationship with Beijing after a China spy trial collapsed last month Before entering No 10, Powell made several visits to China, including one in which he met the most senior diplomat, and said that Britain wanted to “enhance” its relationship with Beijing in pursuit of a “stable, practical and long-term partnership” One cabinet minister said that Powell was too soft on China and risked undermining Britain’s security interests. “I am concerned that a narrative builds up that we are not strong enough on China,” they said. “Our strategic approach to China [under Powell] is a little bit fuzzy. “He has become almost like a cabinet minister in that the focus is on him and his policy positions, which is never really a great situation to be in as a non-elected official.” Another said he had become a lightning rod for criticism, while a third said Powell was from a 'different era'. 'He thinks you can ride both horses,' they said, 'That you can have the economic benefits of the relationship with China while managing the security risk. You can’t and he’s wrong. They are completely entwined because China takes a whole state approach. It isn’t sustainable.' thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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This is an interesting point.
To some extent, the own goal of the party-state is that the people they antagonize/harass the most are journalists (who frame China’s developments for the outside world) and diplomats and officials (who influence policy).
Julian Ku 古舉倫@julianku
Interesting short piece from @Lingling_Wei on how Nick Burns, a classic establishment China engagement guy, became more hawkish on China AFTER serving as Biden's Ambassador there. wsjchina.cmail20.com/t/d-e-gmttdt-d…
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I remember the weekend Team Boris tried to hose down my scoop about his mysterious visit to Venezuela — presenting it as philanthropic exercise designed to drum up support for Ukraine
Now Guardian reveals he was paid almost a quarter of a million £ by the hedge fund that put him on the plane…!
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@hzeffman He has a week or so to read up on #china before that long planned trip Reynolds was due to make. Important precursor to expected @10DowningStreet visit before years end.
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EXCL: Peter Kyle is becoming the new business secretary, a position previously held by Jonathan Reynolds.
Liz Kendall is likely to replace him as science secretary.
Lisa Nandy will remain culture secretary despite months of briefing against her
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.@SteveReedMP now has the weekend to read up on #china embassy app and decide by Tuesday. Beijing will be very, very keenly watching.
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Somewhere in the #china London embassy an official is trying to calculate then craft a cable to Beijing on implications of @AngelaRayner travails for 9th Sept decision she was due to make about their contentious new embassy. And do a runners n riders on new Housing Sec.
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@DannyShawNews @YvetteCooperMP @FCDOGovUK And what about @realDonaldTrump ? Much was made of Lammy connections with Vance et al. State visit in under a fortnight.
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Moving @YvetteCooperMP to @FCDOGovUK is a great move, for her: a promotion.
Her knowledge of security/terrorism, her support for Ukraine, plus having established good relations with France through negotiations over small boats are a good springboard...
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NEW @ShabanaMahmood, the new Home Secretary, now has the toughest job in government.
Two priorities: close asylum hotels & cut small boat crossings. The next general election may hinge on it.
She is a direct communicator, which is what's needed in this job.
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update on this from yesterday - big, and imminent, #china decision awaits for incoming Housing Sec
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Don’t forget the big decision for @AngelaRayner over the next few days… that new #china embassy linkedin.com/posts/robin-br…
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update on this from yesterday - #china views of the incoming Housing Sec in play now
Robin Brant@robindbrant
Somewhere in the #china London embassy an official is trying to calculate then craft a cable to Beijing on implications of @AngelaRayner travails for 9th Sept decision she was due to make about their contentious new embassy. And do a runners n riders on new Housing Sec.
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