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Beijing to Britain - 2021 UK/China key events 
A thread on what was in the first 'Beijing to Britain' of 2021.
https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/beijing-to-britain-2021-ukchina-key
This week:
1. Pair of Bills to watch - first is the NSI Bill and the Second is the Trade Bill.
Will the Gov have to make concessions to stop Tory MPs voting in favour of the #GenocideAmendment. @patrickwintour reports Truss is backing it - could there be other Ministers who rebel?
Will the Gov have to make concessions to stop Tory MPs voting in favour of the #GenocideAmendment. @patrickwintour reports Truss is backing it - could there be other Ministers who rebel?
2. Two Select Committees and their key inquiries.
- @CommonsForeign & @ChinaResearchGp's @TomTugendhat's Xinjiang detention camps (and two other less-direct inquiries)
- @CommonsBEIS & @ipacglobal member @Nus_Ghani's Forced labour in UK value chains
- @CommonsForeign & @ChinaResearchGp's @TomTugendhat's Xinjiang detention camps (and two other less-direct inquiries)
- @CommonsBEIS & @ipacglobal member @Nus_Ghani's Forced labour in UK value chains
3. It remains our view that the tech side of @Nus_Ghani's inquiry in particular remains largely underreported in the media.
4. New Ambassador arriving in town. @AmbLiuXiaoMing is leaving at some point in the near future, to be replaced by Zheng Zeguang.
Our briefing on Zheng is here https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/ambassador-liu-xiaoming-to-step-down
Our briefing on Zheng is here https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/ambassador-liu-xiaoming-to-step-down
5. Will 2021 be the year we finally see the long-awaited Integrated Review?
We share @MChalmers_RUSI's view
We share @MChalmers_RUSI's view
6. Quick recap of the process Whitehall is having to go through right now to bring in Hong Kong BNO passport holders.
Here's our predictions for the year ahead https://twitter.com/BeijingToBrit/status/1348326054591483905?s=20
