Ministers and officials did not provide statements that China was threat despite ‘many months’ of effort to obtain them Charges against two men accused of spying for China were suddenly dropped last month because prosecutors could not obtain critical evidence from the government that Beijing represented a “threat to the national security of the UK”. Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, wrote to two select committee chairs to explain that despite trying over “many months”, the sought-after statements were not forthcoming from ministers and officials. Continue reading...

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This paper examines transnational networks of Pakistani migrants in two Chinese cities, Guangzhou and Shaoxing. It investigates how five key migrant networks (interpersonal, caste-based, religious,...

This article examines how scholars use the concept of “regime” in comparative politics to provide stronger conceptual foundations for the future development of regime studies. We analyse 196 articl...