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...Angela Zhang, director of the University of Hong Kong’s Centre for Chinese Law, said that Beijing hoped the threat of countermeasures would at least “incentivise [US companies] to lobby Washington to drop...
...Ministerial aide Angela Richardson quit, citing “deep disappointment” over the scandal....
...Theresa May, former prime minister, led the criticism of Johnson, former chief whip Andrew Mitchell withdrew his support, and ministerial aide Angela Richardson quit, citing “deep disappointment” over the...
...“These moves signal a further escalation of the legal warfare between China and the US,” said Angela Zhang, director of the Centre for Chinese Law at the University of Hong Kong....
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...Before Beijing imposed sanctions on the EU MPs, it was expected that the European parliament would eventually ratify Xi’s geopolitical coup, which had strong backing from France’s Emmanuel Macron and Angela...
...Additional reporting by Erika Solomon in Berlin, Edward White in Seoul and Tom Mitchell in Singapore...
...Seven years on, however, they signalled their opposition to the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment even though German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European power brokers had made clear...
...In our latest attempt at a cull, I have gone through novels by the likes of Jeffrey Eugenides, Angela Carter, Paul Auster, Thomas Hardy and Emily Brontë....
...The PBoC “is stepping into someone else’s territory to state what a monopoly is — it signals they are strengthening their control”, said Angela Zhang, an antitrust expert and head of the Centre for Chinese...
...“The [new rules] and unreliable entities list are more bark than bite,” said Angela Zhang, director of the Center for Chinese Law at the University of Hong Kong....
...American democracy would “prove to be much stronger than the attackers and rioters”, said Angela Merkel, the German chancellor....
...In private, however, EU officials have expressed frustration with the Biden team’s last-minute sniping at the CAI, especially after German chancellor Angela Merkel last year publicly committed to concluding...
...Angela Merkel of Germany and Justin Trudeau of Canada had difficult relationships with Mr Trump....
...Our chart of the day looks at Chinese export strength, while our policy watch considers whether Xi and his counterpart in Germany, Angela Merkel, can pull off an ambitious investment agreement between China...
...In 2011, a public battle erupted between the families of Ho’s second and third wives who teamed up against his fourth wife, Angela Leong, over Ho’s empire including a 32 per cent stake in his Hong Kong-listed...
...Sebastian Kurz, the conservative Austrian chancellor, who is sometimes critical of Angela Merkel, his German counterpart, appears a more promising leader of a US-friendly, ex-Habsburg bloc....
...Devolution was not devised on the basis of which powers were best exercised at a Scottish or UK level, says James Mitchell, chair of public policy at Edinburgh university....
...Send any thoughts to trade.secrets@ft.com, or email me at tom.mitchell@ft.com. A substance-free rehash of ‘concessions’?...
...“My parents collected modern British art,” she says, “and for their first holiday after the war they went to St Ives to see Barbara Hepworth and met [the sculptor] Denis Mitchell....
...The crackdown on the city by President Xi Jinping will divert attention from his handling of coronavirus, writes Tom Mitchell....
...Hong Kong’s justice system is worth preserving, writes Beijing bureau chief Tom Mitchell....
...Angela Merkel has urged fellow EU member states to reach agreement on the bloc’s future budget and the post-coronavirus recovery fund before the summer break....
...Mitchell sees the pandemic as another example of “the wonder and terror of creation”....
...Mitchell Baker, executive chairwoman, Mozilla Mitchell Baker co-founded the Mozilla Project to support the open, innovative web and ensure it continues offering opportunities for everyone....
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