<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Chinese politics & policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese politics & policy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/02249f44-ac1f-48d6-bba5-820471c18ca5</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:04:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/02249f44-ac1f-48d6-bba5-820471c18ca5?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2024. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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longer]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/56d8151e-8373-469a-bea7-11c00eb3ed16</link><guid isPermaLink="false">56d8151e-8373-469a-bea7-11c00eb3ed16</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:56:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Navy Seal unit that killed bin Laden trains for China invasion of Taiwan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elite commando team makes plans to help island nation in event Beijing launches war]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0a535bbd-767e-406a-8624-1af9cb7246f7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0a535bbd-767e-406a-8624-1af9cb7246f7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 03:53:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Chinese general to visit US as militaries step up engagement ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Move marks latest effort to defuse tensions over Taiwan and South China Sea]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/52adec25-51a6-4634-8439-50f1cc13792f</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AstraZeneca says ‘small number’ of employees under investigation in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police reportedly probing five current and former employees over infringement of data privacy laws]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f5970ecc-c524-461f-bf7e-c00f30f5bf37</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f5970ecc-c524-461f-bf7e-c00f30f5bf37</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:50:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Xi courts African leaders to ward off geopolitical rivals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Debt woes, trade imbalances and weakening domestic economy cloud Beijing summit with 50 African countries]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3ea5eead-4335-46b2-b437-3c1b9d2dcd6a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3ea5eead-4335-46b2-b437-3c1b9d2dcd6a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 03:51:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How China’s coastguard is ‘trying to occupy the ocean’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maritime force is increasingly using police powers to project Beijing’s control over disputed waters]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cf1dbda6-616f-4c2f-9cf8-c2abe18fa076</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cf1dbda6-616f-4c2f-9cf8-c2abe18fa076</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:52:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe must rely less on Chinese technology, Danish PM says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mette Frederiksen says Copenhagen is also pushing EU for more action against Russia’s ‘shadow’ fleet ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fb5d678f-d828-460b-b683-caade2b04fe3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fb5d678f-d828-460b-b683-caade2b04fe3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 07:48:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US assures China that Harris would ‘responsibly manage’ ties ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visiting national security adviser tells Beijing that Democratic candidate wants to avoid ‘conflict or confrontation’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/be95e0fa-f9ca-4c42-9dc3-dc57e5a57c56</link><guid isPermaLink="false">be95e0fa-f9ca-4c42-9dc3-dc57e5a57c56</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:51:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden and Xi to speak by phone amid effort to boost US-China relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top foreign policy officials from both countries are holding talks in Beijing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3145b844-f88a-4e81-8985-0f5234b058ea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3145b844-f88a-4e81-8985-0f5234b058ea</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:38:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s squeeze on the aspiring classes will have an economic cost ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beijing needs to adopt more ambitious measures to improve consumption]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/904cc3eb-fe60-4524-b3b5-aa4bc961b30f</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan says China’s airspace incursion ‘totally unacceptable’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tokyo says two-minute incident was first involving Chinese military plane and marked a threat to national security]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0cf7784d-f1f2-4dd6-9ecb-976b8eeec293</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0cf7784d-f1f2-4dd6-9ecb-976b8eeec293</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:58:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Two bowls of poison’: China weighs a Trump vs a Harris presidency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beijing wary of ‘mystery’ around vice-president who has had little exposure to foreign affairs ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/99d3a277-3d62-4de4-a471-968fa41cfab9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">99d3a277-3d62-4de4-a471-968fa41cfab9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inside story of the secret backchannel between the US and China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top officials Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi met quietly to stabilise relations in ‘cloak and dagger’ summits around the world]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c62ca855-c70b-4814-aa47-96d2a0020c16</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c62ca855-c70b-4814-aa47-96d2a0020c16</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer tells Xi he wants closer UK-China relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain has been alarmed by Beijing’s curbing of civil freedoms in Hong Kong and its neutral stance over Ukraine conflict]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c2fd2a45-bd2e-4bc6-b3a0-65e535782bf7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c2fd2a45-bd2e-4bc6-b3a0-65e535782bf7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:51:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake Sullivan to make first China visit as US national security adviser]]></title><description><![CDATA[White House expects foreign minister Wang Yi to ask about November election]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6d2bb2d7-d948-46e1-8ea7-a2915fa52fdb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6d2bb2d7-d948-46e1-8ea7-a2915fa52fdb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:43:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan’s top security officials make secret trip to US for talks ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visit to Washington area this week comes at sensitive time in relations between Beijing and Taipei ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c4c5f7b3-9506-422b-a892-7b89e90a1631</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c4c5f7b3-9506-422b-a892-7b89e90a1631</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:17:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US-backed railway sparking a battle for African copper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington’s support for a minerals train connecting the DRC to the Atlantic illustrates its desire to compete with China  ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cb2823c7-f451-4bc9-959e-ec7e07384a31</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cb2823c7-f451-4bc9-959e-ec7e07384a31</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 04:00:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walz’s long history with China shaped by horrors of Tiananmen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democratic vice-presidential hopeful visited country dozens of times and emerged as human rights advocate]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1527d949-8298-40c1-9292-c3d0e6adb395</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1527d949-8298-40c1-9292-c3d0e6adb395</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 04:00:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s $70bn property rescue plan limps off starting line]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banks have disbursed only a fraction of the scheme’s target lending to buy up unsold housing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9f4fc133-46b0-47f2-844b-1af9718bd90a</link><guid 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