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Following the successful Belt and Road (BRI) conference in Beijing on 6th June 2017 it was interesting to read that China views regime change as being the biggest threat to BRI's long term success. After attending the conference held at the exclusive Dianyutai Villa... Read more

5 years ago Baoding had the privilege of being named one of China's most polluted cities. Today this image is far behind it as it embraced green technology and is home to China's largest solar panel manufacturers. Located just 40minutes by fast train from Beijing West... Read more

China has been pushing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) hard over the past six months with a rolling programme of exhibitions, conferences, forums and workshops. These have taken place in countries all along the route from China to the UK and built on the theme of... Read more

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It is hard today not to be aware of the influence of China on our social interaction. Aside from dragons and firecrackers there are some key learning points that UK firms may wish to be aware of as we head through the Spring Festival period Oranges and... Read more

Chinese New Year has given time for reflection and one question posed to me recently was "How has Chinese business and culture changed in the past 30 years?" Since my first direct engagement with China was in 1997 while financing Chinese infrastructure projects in... Read more

Filtering RCB (Random Chinese Buyers) has been a large part of the work we do at the China Investors Club. We are often asked by UK firms seeking investment from Chinese investors whether the companies or agents they have been talking to actually have the cash or... Read more

Sitting in the plush new UBS offices at 5 Broadgate Circle with the smell of polished leather, fresh coffee and paint, I realised that it was 10th June 2015 since I was last there. Back then, the China Investors Club hosted a site visit of 5 Broadgate Circle with... Read more

President Xi awarded the relationship with the UK the "Golden Era" during his visit to the UK in 2015. Much was promised and we are starting to see the benefits of such an embracing statement. However, since Theresa May became Prime Minster and Brexit has dominated the... Read more

Since President Xi announced his One Belt One Road initiative in 2013, now renamed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) many significant achievements have been made. Whether is it connecting 60+ countries along the old Silk Route, investing $14.5bn so far in infrastructure... Read more