The UK’s Foreign Office has decided to cut its funding to the Great Britain-China Centre (GBCC), it emerged on Thursday.
The Spectator magazine on Thursday quoted a statement from the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), which confirmed the decision, citing financial reasons.
Established in 1974, the GBCC is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) that works to strengthen the UK–China relationship by brokering dialogues between the British government; Parliament; legal, judicial, and academic sectors with their Chinese counterparts.
The GBCC has primarily been funded through the Official Development Assistance from the FCDO, the European Union, and bilateral donors, and through corporate sponsorship….