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Lindsay Hoyle says decision by prosecutors to drop case ‘leaves the door open’ to spies

The UK parliament has been left vulnerable to “foreign actors” after charges against two men suspected of spying for China were dropped, the speaker of the House of Commons has warned.
Speaking to the Times, Lindsay Hoyle said effectively gave Beijing “licence to operate” within parliament.

Exclusive: Simon Stiell believes economic benefits will compel countries to speed up climate action
Cleaning up industry and the global economy will produce massive economic dividends for countries that grasp the opportunity – as the example of China has shown, the UN climate chief has said, before a crunch summit of world leaders this week.
In a last-ditch call to heads of government summoned to New York by the UN secretary general this week, Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, said governments would almost certainly fail to come up with the climate commitments needed to fulfil the Paris agreement before a deadline this month, but they could still reset their economies to reap the advantages of low-carbon growth.

Two Chinese chemical company execs were sentenced to 25 and 15 years in U.S. prison for trafficking fentanyl precursors.

Qingzhou Wang of Amarvel Biotech accused by prosecutors of turning chemical company into ‘pipeline of poison’
A company executive has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking in chemicals used to manufacture , the US justice department has said.
Qingzhou Wang, 37, principal executive of Amarvel Biotech, a company based in Wuhan, and Yiyi Chen, 33, the firm’s marketing manager, were convicted in New York in February of fentanyl precursor importation and money laundering.

The president told reporters Friday that China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, had approved a deal for TikTok. But he also suggested the agreement was a work in progress.

President Trump said he would meet with President Xi Jinping next month in South Korea. Mr. Xi said he welcomes a TikTok deal that would benefit both sides.

Trump’s statement suggests preliminary agreement between leaders in the first direct contact between them since June
Donald Trump has said he and Xi Jinping have approved a deal over TikTok.
“He approved the TikTok deal,” Trump said about Xi to reporters in the Oval Office, suggesting the leaders signed off on a preliminary agreement. But Trump offered no details about the agreement or when it would be signed.

President Trump announced a deal with China's Xi Jinping to spin off a U.S. version of TikTok, the wildly popular social media app. A Chinese company developed and owns the app, which raised concerns ...

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

Strangers in the Land,” the recently published book by New Yorker Editor Michael Luo, chronicles the journey of Chinese immigrants to the American West, and then eastward across the country. Perhaps ...

U.S. funding cuts are straining the United Nations and giving Beijing an opening to strengthen its influence, at a fraction of the cost Washington once paid.

Liz Uihlein sent staff email with cartoon of Trump saying ‘I hold the cards’ to which Xi says ‘the cards are made in China’
A top donor to Donald Trump and other Maga Republicans has privately mocked the US president’s longtime position that he has an upper hand in trade negotiations with China, in a sign that even some loyal supporters have been uneasy with the White House strategy.
Liz Uihlein, the billionaire businesswoman who co-founded the office supply company Uline with her husband, Richard, sent an email to her staff earlier this year that contained a cartoon in which Trump can be seen playing cards with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. In the cartoon, Trump claims: “I hold the cards”, to which Xi responds: “The cards are made in China.”