Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson is CBBC's Managing Director, China. He can be reached at tom.simpson@cbbc.org

The Year in UK-China Relations

2023 has been about recovery: recovery of relationships, revenues, and – in more ways than one – our collective sanity,…

4 months ago

CBBC announces new Beijing office location

After 20 years based in the China Life Tower in an office opened by Prime Minister Tony Blair in July…

9 months ago

China’s latest GDP figures fall short of forecast

According to government figures released this week, China’s economy expanded 6.3% year-on-year in Q2, falling short of the consensus forecast…

10 months ago

Can foreign investors trust China in 2023?

In an op-ed originally published in Caixin, Tom Simpson writes that as foreign businesses operating in China conclude their damage…

1 year ago

How much will China’s consumer market recover in 2023?

China’s scrapping of zero covid and reopening to the world is widely regarded as the most important economic story playing…

1 year ago

Examining China’s regional GDP growth in 2022

China’s regional GDP growth figures for 2022 offer a lot to reflect on after a difficult year, but with the…

1 year ago

What China’s reopening means for British business

On 8 January 2023, China ended the quarantine regime for international arrivals that had been in place for nearly three…

1 year ago

What Happened to China’s Zero Covid Policy?

In December 2022, after nearly three years, zero covid appears to have been confined to memory, with China entering the…

1 year ago

How to travel to China in 2022

Can you travel to China right now? The short answer is yes, but there are processes in place that you…

2 years ago

Confident, friendly and frank: How the UK can better engage with China

'After the Golden Age, Resetting UK-China Engagement' is a new report published by the British Foreign Policy Group, suggesting Britain…

4 years ago