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Connor Horsfall
Connor Horsfall
Connor Horsfall is a China specialist and consultant at Shearwater Global, advising global companies from a wide range of sectors on the political landscape in both China and the UK, and the implications for their businesses. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he studied at Peking University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science with business management from Queen Mary University of London, and a master’s degree in China & Globalisation from the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. Prior to consulting, he worked in political risk and within the UK parliament.

The UK’s decision to invite China to the AI Safety Summit despite objections, and the resulting Bletchley Declaration, is a clear sign of progress. Global issues of this kind cannot be solved unless there is buy-in from China

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The current space governance regime is unsustainable, with vague language and unenforceable terms leaving states to behave as they wish. Many of the variables needed to monitor climate change can only be measured by satellites, so keeping space safe is essential.

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Concerns over Chinese influence in universities and calls for the closure of Confucius Institutes cloud the issue when China literacy is needed more than ever. The UK benefits not just economically and culturally from Chinese students, its top universities also shape world leaders.

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