Beijing has yet to approve the sale of TikTok U.S., increase soybean purchases or ease export controls, despite several rounds of U.S. trade talks.

Mr Loughton was one of seven parliamentarians sanctioned by China in 2021, with the remainder still in parliament. "The real fear is that we could be on Interpol's red list, and if we find ourselves in a country which has repatriation agreements with China, we could be arrested and find ourselves on a plane to Beijing," Mr Loughton said.

China’s soybean imports hit a record high for the month of September, even as the country avoids US supplies amid a resurgence in trade tensions between the agriculture powerhouses.'

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. officials on Wednesday blasted China's major expansion of rare earth export controls as a threat to global supply chains, but said Beijing could still change course and avoid steps by Washington to decouple from the world's second-largest economy.

Both this government and its Conservative predecessor had deep worries about Chinese espionage, writes the BBC's p.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lashed out at a top Chinese trade official, saying he turned up in Washington recently uninvited and behaved in an “unhinged” fashion typical of Beijing’s so-called wolf warrior diplomats.

China's economy likely grew at its weakest pace in a year in the third quarter, with the slowdown set to deepen and threaten the official growth target, a Reuters poll showed, raising pressure for fresh stimulus as a trade war with the U.

Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.