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The current China International Medical Equipment Fair taking place in Shanghai has provided insight into how China will evolve its medical sector.

Sunak has pushed back on Truss's tough rhetoric against China issued before and during her 49-day tenure in 10 Downing Street last year

The G7 groups Japan, Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union.

The new city being developed is located in north China's Hebei Province and the establishment of the 1770 square-kilometre site was announced back in 2017.

EU officials are already discussing halting exports of sensitive technologies to eight Chinese companies over suspicions they are selling them to Moscow.

In a joint statement following their meeting in Washington, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated consensus on the conflict in Ukraine and foreign policy approaches to China.

Truss, who is expected to deliver a speech in Taipei on May 17, said in a statement: "Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and democracy."

New data by JATO Dynamics reveals an overall drop in vehicle registrations worldwide whilst nations such as India and South Africa have increased registrations.

Analysts said this was at least in part due to the reopening of China after a long period of Covid-19 restrictions that hurt economic growth.

Looking ahead to the upcoming G7 Hiroshima summit in May, questions remain over the significance and purpose of the organisation amidst the tensions of today's international order.

Relations between Beijing and Washington have been declining steadily for years, with the rivals locking horns over trade, human rights and the origins of Covid-19.

British foreign minister James Cleverly will urge China to be more open about the reasons behind what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy could lead to a "tragic miscalculation".

A CIA document has revealed that China is developing advanced cyber weapons that will allow it to "seize control" of enemy satellites during conflicts.

China is aiming for "global technological supremacy" in cyberspace and is using its cyber capabilities to conduct intelligence and surveillance campaigns, Britain's cyber chief said on Wednesday.

Earlier this week, the US received encouraging economic indicators. However, analysts are considering the pros and cons as Chinese growth also beat expectations.

Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu praised Russia for "promoting world peace" during his four-day visit to the state

Two topics dominated discussions above all -- the war in Ukraine, and China's growing military and economic clout.

China's gross domestic product likely gathered pace in the first quarter, data is expected to show on Tuesday, as the end of strict COVID curbs lifted the world's second-largest economy out of a crippling pandemic slump, although some headwinds persist.

Citing free speech concerns, influencer Matt Welland has objected to a potential US ban of TikTok as concerns over data security and TikTok's links to China worry US officials.

Social media giant TikTok has been fined £12.7 million for using the data of minors under 13 years old without parental consent, flouting both UK data protection laws and its own terms of service.

The Head of China Research at the French Institute of International Relations says that Macron's hopes of China acting as mediator in Ukraine are unrealistic.