CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for December 2025, Part One

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the... Read more »

Keir Starmer opens door to UK visit by Xi Jinping after bilateral talks | Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer has taken a big step towards rapprochement with China, opening the door to a UK visit from Xi Jinping in a move that drew immediate anger from British critics of... Read more »

Finding Your China Substitute: Cambodia vs. Guatemala for Manufacturing:

Cambodia vs. Guatemala for Manufacturing For U.S. companies making labor-intensive products and looking to exit China, Cambodia and Guatemala come up repeatedly as lower-cost alternatives. I am bullish on Guatemala, but cautious... Read more »

Xi-Starmer meeting: Chinese leader tells PM he hopes both countries can ‘rise above differences’

The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said the UK’s relationship with his country has gone through “twists and turns” over the years but that a more “consistent” approach is in both their... Read more »

Starmer-Xi meeting live: UK prime minister says he wants ‘more sophisticated’ relationship with China | Keir Starmer

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Xi Jinping said after his meeting with Keir Starmer that mutual trust was the bedrock for enduring relations... Read more »

Keir Starmer to hold talks with Xi to bolster economic ties with China | Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer will meet the Chinese president Xi Jinping on Thursday for historic talks he hopes will deepen economic ties at a time when some inside government fear the US is no... Read more »

US intelligence agencies disagree with Trump’s opposition to Chagos deal, says Starmer | Chagos Islands

US intelligence agencies disagree with Donald Trump’s newly found opposition to the Chagos deal, Keir Starmer has said, as he underlined how the US administration had supported the deal as it bolstered... Read more »

Starmer vows to raise issues ‘that need to be raised’ with Xi amid push to free Jimmy Lai | Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer has said he will “raise the issues that need to be raised” on human rights with China’s president, Xi Jinping, as he arrived in Beijing for the first trip to... Read more »

From the Burnham row to the China visit, avoiding hard choices is the Starmer doctrine | Rafael Behr

There comes a point in a prime minister’s career when foreign travel offers respite from domestic trouble. Even when relations with the host country are tricky, as Britain’s are with China, the... Read more »

Keir Starmer walks tightrope over myriad issues in quest to bolster China ties | China

Keir Starmer has travelled to China with a vow to bring “stability and clarity” to the UK’s approach to Beijing after years of what he described as “inconsistency” under the Tories, but... Read more »