This month @UkCommittee starts its 3rd year, thriving that - by design - UKNCC comprises individuals of different views, united in the common cause of strengthening understanding & facilitating dialogue on China rather than pushing ‘institutional views’. ukncc.org

Q. How is China's approach to human rights evolving? This issue of @UkCommittee Guest Contributor Programme, William Nee (CHRD) and Dr. Xueying ZHANG (Fudan University) offer different responses. Read & download at ukncc.org/guest-contributors

Last week @UkCommittee Chairman & CEO spoke at a Forum in Beijing on future of science & education cooperation. British Ambassador to China, Caroline Wilson, Sir Danny Alexander, Prof. Richard Hobbs and Sir Jim McDonald were among the U.K. contributors. #climatechange #education

The @UkCommittee Advisory Board, chaired by Sir Malcolm Rifkind & Wendy Alexander, seeks to further strengthen its membership. The Board comprises citizens equally from the fields of politics, business & civil society. Email [email protected] to express interest in applying.

Delighted to welcome @sam_waldo to @UkCommittee team. With 10+ years entrepreneur/scale-up experience in China + UK Sam’s focus is strengthening the volunteer experience. BA Economics/EastAsian Language Columbia Uni NYC + @CambridgeMBA / @Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur.

"What have we learned about how China deals with partnerships during the Ukraine crisis?" UKNCC offers contrasting pieces by Profs Alessandro Arduino, John GONG & Zeno Leoni - for those who seek to form their own understanding rather than being spoon fed. ukncc.org/guest-contributors

Q. 'What have we learned about how China deals with partnerships during the #Ukraine crisis?' In the upcoming issue of @UkCommittee Guest Contributor Programme, 3 leading authors offer contrasting perspectives. Published next week at ukncc.org

How can UK & China strengthen cooperation on #climate & #biodiversity? Christine Loh & @ErikSolheim offer their insights - visit ukncc.org/guest-contributors Next up: Q. What have we learned about how China deals with partnerships during the Ukraine crisis? Follow @UkCommittee

How can UK & China best work together on #climatechange? The UK China Hydrogen Energy Cooperation Forum, led by UKNCC, was launched this week in Manchester & Wuhan, kicking off a multi-year educational process to explore & strengthen UK decision making on models of cooperation.

Delighted to welcome Chengkai Xie as the latest talent joining @UkCommittee. Chengkai was the 1st Chinese born President of Oxford Union & was referred to us by Sir Malcolm Rifkind Chairman of our Advisory Board. He will be working from @Tsinghua_Uni as @SchwarzmanOrg from Sept.

This week UKNCC cohosted a session on “Afghanistan present & future: Chinese & UK views" with Institute of World Economics & Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with key experts from around the world. An unattributed précis will be published at ukncc.org

How can 50 years of UK China ambassadorial relations inform our thinking about the future? We asked @Bkerrychina @lauchinainst Tim Summers @ChathamHouse & Hiu Man Chan @dmuleicester and Mme FU Ying, Vice Chair China’s Foreign Affairs Cmte 13th NPC. Read at ukncc.org

Part of UKNCCs #climatechange programme, UK-China Hydrogen Energy Cooperation Forum is working with Manchester & Wuhan to accelerate cities transition to zerocarbon with @ManCityCouncil @Deloitte @ManMetUni, Wuhan City, Wuhan Uni Tech & Hubei Province. UK + Hubei = c.125m people.

This week Dr Paul Jefferiss, Programme Lead for Climate Change at @UkCommittee gave a webinar to the Financial Services Club. fsclub.zyen.com/events/all-e…

Who joined your first team meeting in the year of the Tiger? We had 2🐂 3🐇3🐅1🐓2🐏2🐲1🐀 1🐶and 1🦩(a new and welcome addition!) Apologies were received from 1🐅& 1🙊. Much planning focussed on our #climatechange #hydrogen programme.

UKNCC is running a process to determine the viability of bilateral cooperation on hydrogen at the cities level. Stemming from the AFTERcop26 summit, the process is led by Dr. Paul Jefferiss. @MattBurney00 - who joined the summit - set out what's needed. vimeo.com/671657272

Welcoming 2 new starters next week Elsa Katz MPP candidate @BlavatnikSchool & Reema Sandhu MSc in China & Globalisation candidate @KingsCollegeLon working on #climatechange & researching current issues relating to China from different perspectives in: Economics values & security.