The first issue to address is whether this is seeking to attract trade or foreign investment. The wording of the text is that they want Chinese companies to tender for certain parts of the infrastructure, which essentially suggests trade – ie importing sub-assemblies, components, even trains from China (or the lines themselves).

On Wednesday, the Treasury announced a £3 million deal to fund a grassroots football programme in China, but Dr David Webber, an expert in the cultural political economy of football at the University of Warwick, believes that the Chancellor’s priorities are misplaced.

Jonathan Garton, Deputy Head of the Law School at the University of Warwick comments on news that charities could face fund-raising bans for breaking the rules, "Although some oversight is desirable, it is important that charities remain independent from government interference if they are to offer the public a meaningful alternative to services provided by the public sector."

Dr Jonathan Cave, an economist from the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, has researched healthcare systems and reacts to news that Cambridge University Hospitals Trust has been placed in special measures.

"Alexis Tsipras couldn't crush European resistance towards his left-wing election promises when he was prime minister earlier this year. As a result, his Syriza party is split, and he has lost some of his shine." University of Warwick economist Dr Dennis Novy reacts to the result of Greece's election on Sunday 20 September.