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    Yuan Yang

    Europe-China correspondent

    Yuan is the Financial Times' first Europe-China correspondent, based in London. She was previously deputy Beijing bureau chief for the FT. Before that, she covered China's tech sector and economy. She began her journalism career as a Marjorie Dean intern writing about economics at The Economist.

    She is co-founder of the campaign, Rethinking Economics, that calls for a more relevant curriculum that reflects the real world.

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    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      UK surveillance legislation
      UK to strip Chinese surveillance cameras from sensitive government sites

      Ministers to publish timeline for removal of equipment manufactured by companies including Dahua and Hikvision

    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      News in-depthPirelli & C SpA
      ‘Pirelli is in peril’: Pressure rises over Chinese grip on Italian tyremaker

      Rome assesses whether to limit state-owned ChemChina’s voting rights or force it to sell down 37% stake

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      The Big Read
      Has China become too cosy with private equity?

      State-backed investors have poured money into buyout groups, enabling Beijing to deploy hundreds of billions of dollars into western companies and economies even as the political mood has shifted

    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      ‘We are all thinking about how to contribute’: Hongkongers boost Britain’s suburbs

      Immigration influx brings a highly skilled workforce that is eager to integrate

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Natural gas
      Power of Siberia: China keeps Putin waiting on gas pipeline

      Beijing is driving a hard bargain as Moscow presses for a new Sino-Russian pipeline through Mongolia

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Italian politics
      Italy to hold talks with China about exiting Belt and Road Initiative

      Prime minister Giorgia Meloni says ‘debate is open’ on whether to leave Xi Jinping’s foreign investment programme

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
      China seeks ‘damage control’ on Ukraine with Zelenskyy call

      Presidential talks aim to ensure Beijing has role in postwar settlement, say experts

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Xi urges Zelenskyy to negotiate with Moscow

      Telephone call marks first conversation between presidents of China and Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China’s ‘wolf warrior’ envoy threatens Xi’s plan to woo EU

      Challenge to sovereignty of ex-Soviet states undermines efforts to portray Beijing as peacemaker in Ukraine

    • Monday, 24 April, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China disowns envoy’s remarks on post-Soviet statehood

      Ambassador to France stokes furore in Baltic nations by questioning their legal status

    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese diplomat draws ire from Baltic nations over statehood remarks

      Beijing’s ambassador to France questioned legitimacy of countries formerly in the Soviet Union

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      News in-depthTikTok Inc
      Dissenting politicians join young activists to oppose TikTok bans

      A small group of lawmakers from across the political divide speak out against restrictions to the Chinese-owned video app

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      The TikTok divide

      Rupert Murdoch’s Fox agrees $787.5mn settlement in Dominion defamation case

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      ‘The hand of China reaches here’: how Beijing pushes Uyghurs to spy on each other overseas

      Xinjiang police try to manipulate Turkic Muslims abroad through offers of contact with family or threats to loved ones

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      China
      Tea with Xi: Macron gets personal touch as China visit highlights EU differences

      Beijing exploits European disunity despite presence of commission president Ursula von der Leyen

    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      ObituaryJiang Yanyong
      Jiang Yanyong, surgeon and Sars whistleblower, 1931-2023

      The celebrated Chinese doctor suffered multiple political detentions

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Solar power: Europe attempts to get out of China’s shadow

      The EU wants to ramp up its renewable energy capacity but depends on the country for raw materials and technology

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Renewable energy
      Solar industry warns EU rules would hamper clean energy transition

      Vital Chinese supply chain would be hit by local content proposals in Net Zero Industry Act

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Taiwan
      German minister to visit Taiwan despite Berlin’s push for dialogue with Beijing

      Planned trip by Bettina Stark-Watzinger next week would be first of its kind in 26 years

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s reform generation is retiring

      Beijing’s new economic leadership should focus on building social infrastructure

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Chinese genomics company accused of hack attempts by UK minister

      Government later says no ‘evidence’ of attempted hacking of NHS genetic data centre by BGI

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      5G networks
      Germany reviews security risks posed by China’s 5G technology

      Berlin examines use of Chinese components in its telecoms networks backed up by possible change in law

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Xinjiang
      Muddled engagement with China leaves Xinjiang in the lurch

      Toothless sanctions and empty agreements with Beijing fail to improve human rights in the region

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Cyber warfare
      Belgium’s cyber security agency links China to spear phishing attack on MP

      European governments are increasingly challenging Beijing over suspected cyber offences

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      China
      Xinjiang governor cancels Brussels and London visits after outcry

      Meetings with EU and UK officials axed amid protests over treatment of Uyghurs in north-west Chinese region

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