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Ambassador Simon Manley delivered a general comment ahead of the draft decision to hold a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement on the cases of reprisals in Venezuela, Belarus and China, calling on them to be ceased.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly spoke at the Milken Institute Asia Summit about the strategic importance that the UK places on the Indo-Pacific region.
The UK Permanent Representative to the UK in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered a statement on the possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, China, Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, protests in Iran, the…
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement on the Acting High Commissioner's Oral Update on Xinjiang, Sudan and South Sudan.
As a mark of respect, British Embassy and all Consulates General across China will be closed on Monday 19 September.
Liz Truss gave a statement after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report provided new evidence of China's human rights violations in Xinjiang.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has summoned China's Ambassador to explain his country’s actions against Taiwan.
The British Embassy in Beijing is pleased to open a call for bids to the China Network’s International Programme (Open Societies) for projects running between 15 October 2022 and 31 March 2023.
The UK and G7 partners have issued a statement on preserving peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Today, 30 June 2022, marks 25 years since the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China, and 2 years since the imposition of the National Security Law.
Liz Truss spoke at the panel session of the NATO Public Forum in Madrid about how we must be united to ensure Ukraine wins, and deter aggressors like China.
The FCDO gave a statement on China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang, following a visit to the region by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss gave a statement following new evidence emerging of China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang.
Liz Truss said that geopolitics is back, and argued for a reboot in the free world’s approach to tackling global aggressors in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
The Trade Remedies Authority has begun transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on Hot Rolled Flat and Coil steel from China.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to China’s President Xi Jinping earlier today.
Ambassador Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered the UK's Item 4 statement outlining concerns about human rights violations in Russia, China, Afghanistan and Egypt.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss gave a statement on the unjustifiable action taken against the UK-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hong Kong Watch.
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