Guido has obtained analysis of Jonathan Powell’s extensive meetings with Chinese state officials, and those of the private organisation Inter Mediate, which he founded. Security sources point to a variety of meetings undertaken by Powell and the private sector group – both before and during his current post as the most senior government official in national security…
From 21–22 September 2024, shortly after Labour won the general election in the UK, Powell visited Beijing. He attended the ‘U.S.–China Strategic Security and Stability Dialogue (Track II)’, organised by Chinese ‘think tank’ the Grandview Institution. The meeting was backed by The China-United States Exchange Foundation (a stream of work under CPAFC, the ‘front organisation’ Guido reported on yesterday). Powell served as chair, multiple Inter Mediate staff attended…
Earlier, on March 22, 2024 the Grandview Institution had already met with Inter Mediate. From the Inter Mediate side, the team in that meeting included Powell himself, Ameya Kilara, and Julien Chatel. Multiple meetings…
Then, between April 8–9 2025, a Grandview delegation visited Inter Mediate in London. On April 24–25, 2025, the second ‘U.S.–China Strategic Security and Stability Dialogue’ took place in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Inter Mediate’s Claire Hajaj co-chaired parts of the event…
The day before, on April 7, 2025, the Grandview Institution held a closed-door seminar with the FCDO. Inter Mediate’s work was referenced in this government meeting, according to multiple sources. The government has refused to say how much taxpayer funding Inter Mediate has received…
Powell is under pressure today after the CPS made an extraordinary intervention over the collapse of the Parliament ‘china spies’ trial. He is refusing to appear in a public session to explain himself to MPs. Has the British taxpayer been funding his deep links to China, and what commercial work, if any, has been undertaken?
UPDATE: Luke de Pulford of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China told Guido:
“Powell’s rap sheet on China grows longer by the day, and his links to Beijing have a Mandelson-like odour. If he oversaw the decision to collapse a crucial espionage case to avoid upsetting Chinas I don’t see how his position as national security advisor is tenable.”
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