Concern raised about PM’s father Stanley Johnson acting as unofficial diplomatic backchannel to No. 10 -

“The Prime Minister had not offered China a personal message of support about the Coronavirus outbreak.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/06/pms-father-stanley-johnson-passed-on-chinese-message-to-minister">https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/...
What Is Boris Johnson’s Brother Up To In China?

Max, youngest bro of the PM, always knew he had to jump on the China wave.

Max attended MBA program at Tsinghua U School of Econ& Management,owns MJCapital, invest in firms selling goods &?service in China https://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-degree/6191/boris-johnson-brother-in-china">https://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-...
Max chose Tsinghua to mingle with China’s elites.Tshinghua SEM’s founding Dean, Zhu Rongji, is former Prime Minister of China.
Max Johnson, the half brother of Boris, was the 1st non-Chinese UK citizen to graduate from the MBA at Tsinghua.

He was Vice Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce In China & currently a Leading Light for the British Council China.

https://www.maxjcapital.com/team/ ">https://www.maxjcapital.com/team/&quo...
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Max is in talks to co-found a £1.2B hôtel investment fund targeting Asian high net worth individuals & pension funds.

Is he under quarantine? https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3022223/boris-johnsons-brother-hong-kong-backs-his-brexit-strategy">https://www.scmp.com/business/...
Max declined to name the partners of the fund, which set for launch 3 months after Brexit or a general election, whichever comes first.

He expects to become a Hong Kong permanent resident this year after living there for 7 years.
Sept 2016
Jo, Boris’ another bro, UK’s Minister of University, Science & Innovation, celebrates successful commitment of £200M in UK-China research & innovation collaboration - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏼‍♂️" title="Man facepalming (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Man facepalming (medium light skin tone)"> https://www.gov.uk/government/news/minister-celebrates-successful-commitment-of-200m-in-uk-china-research-and-innovation-collaboration">https://www.gov.uk/governmen...
Jo also met with China’s Minister of Science & Tech Wang Gang for the UK China Joint Commission For Science & Tech.

He also witnesses the signing of agreements:

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@BorisJohnson
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‘I love China’ Boris Johnson tells Xi JinPIG in phone call covering ‘Bribe and Loan’ (Belt & Road) projects & coronavirus - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3051241/i-love-china-boris-johnson-tells-xi-jinping-phone-call">https://www.scmp.com/news/chin...
Trump official compares Chinese telecom coronavirus Huawei to ‘the Mafia’ & suggests it could spy on the British Parliament as White House works on 5G battle plan: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤪" title="Zany face" aria-label="Emoji: Zany face"> https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/trump-official-calls-huawei-mafia-as-white-house-works-on-5g-battle-plan.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/2...
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