British diplomat. Husband. Dad. He/him.
United Kingdom
Joined May 2015
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🇬🇧 Deputy High Commissioner @chandruiyer and colleagues visited @MicroncleanUK's factory at Vemgal, Kolar.
Micronclean supports local employment and has noteworthy #sustainability initiatives such as water recycling, and steam sterilisation.
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Any direct attacks on the Indian High Commission in London are completely unacceptable.
We have made clear to @VDoraiswami and the Government of India that the safety of staff at the High Commission is paramount.
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I have just lost my wedding ring - in Buxton Derbyshire - just after giving a talk this afternoon - dropped I think on St John’s rd - if anyone finds it I would be so grateful - it is an old gold ring with a cross on the face. V embarrassed + grateful for RTs.
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Today we tried to share on weibo 微博 the facts about the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong: enduring past 1997; legally binding; registered at the UN. Censored after 30 mins. Even the words of PM Thatcher and President Jiang Zemin too sensitive? Here they are again:
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Access to information is a fundamental right. #WorldPressFreedom Day acts as a reminder to all governments, including China, of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and ensure journalists can work free from harassment.
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On #WorldPressFreedom Day we pay tribute to some of the brave citizen journalists who have been silenced for speaking out on the covid situation in China. Zhang Zhan has been jailed for four years and Fang Bin is still missing since his arrest in February 2020.
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Lovely twitter people - I don't know how many of you are also #instagram users but I'm looking for a wee favour. I've a 12yr old who loves woodwork. He spends hours on his lathe making bowls and creating chopping boards which he's sells to save up for a mountain bike. 1/3
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At @ukinchina we are also explaining 🇬🇧 views on 🇺🇦 in reply to some of the top questions 🇨🇳 citizens are asking us. Here’s @MontagnonGiles (Mandarin needed!) m.weibo.cn/status/4742298619…
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‘Come join us’...but they haven’t agreed to direct commercial flights, there’s three weeks enforced state quarantine on arrival, and tickets aren’t on sale to the public anyway. 🤔 My informal advice to 🇬🇧 winter sports fans: stay on your sofa. – at Beijing, People's Republic of China
Check out this new English song for the #Beijing2022 #WinterOlympics! It features trendsetting Chinese idol Zeng Shunxi and #Chineserap star CDREV to celebrate the impending Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which opens on February 4.
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Not a single human rights defender invited to Friday’s #HumanRightsDay event in #Beijing, hosted by @EUAmbChina, was allowed to attend. In current climate, brave of them even to try.
All they wanted was to participate in a discussion organzied by the EU-Delegation in Beijing: Chinese activists blocked from leaving homes on Human Rights Day scmp.com/news/china/politics…
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Our 'Dismissed for too long' #Migraine report highlights underinvestment in care. UK has just 1.1 full time equivalent neurologists per 100k population v more than 4 in Germany & France. Plus low numbers of doctors & nurses. Must change! #MigraineAwarenessWeek2021 @MigraineTrust
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So you’re in a Hutong in Beijing. What are you actually looking for? These communities have housed Beijingers for around 800 years. A few things to keep an eye out for (thread): – at Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Let's talk about how unfair it is that medication overuse headache even exists, and how unfair it is that we, as patients, have to be in constant battle with ourselves over whether we "deserve" the relief from taking acute/ abortive medications at that particular moment.
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Since it's Disability Pride Month, I'd love to address something I see many issues with out in the wild:
Wheelchair etiquette
There are appropriate and inappropriate ways to interact with someone who is in a wheelchair. Knowing them benefits all involved.
A non exhaustive 🧵
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Today @ukinchina posted this on Chinese social media in memory of all who lost their lives in and near Tiananmen Square, 32 years ago. It was censored within 20 minutes.
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I will make this a happier new year by being kind and polite, to everyone. #BearKind
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Tried to post this tweet on our Weibo channel yesterday but internet censorship is so strict that any post mentioning Xi Jinping is automatically blocked🤦♂️ – at Beijing, People's Republic of China
Pleased to see President Xi Jinping’s commitment to China reaching carbon neutrality by 2060 and to submitting an enhanced NDC 🇨🇳
I look forward to hearing more from our Chinese partners and working together to deliver a successful #COP26 🌎🌍🌏
#TacklingClimateChange | @COP26
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Worth noting too that the UK now will have terrific women ambassadors in all the Five-Eyes capitals, Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing and Berlin. A real paradigm shift and quite a legacy for @SMcDonaldFCO .