Mr Loughton was one of seven parliamentarians sanctioned by China in 2021, with the remainder still in parliament. "The real fear is that we could be on Interpol's red list, and if we find ourselves in a country which has repatriation agreements with China, we could be arrested and find ourselves on a plane to Beijing," Mr Loughton said.

Beijing has yet to approve the sale of TikTok U.S., increase soybean purchases or ease export controls, despite several rounds of U.S. trade talks.

China’s soybean imports hit a record high for the month of September, even as the country avoids US supplies amid a resurgence in trade tensions between the agriculture powerhouses.'

Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lashed out at a top Chinese trade official, saying he turned up in Washington recently uninvited and behaved in an “unhinged” fashion typical of Beijing’s so-called wolf warrior diplomats.

China's economy likely grew at its weakest pace in a year in the third quarter, with the slowdown set to deepen and threaten the official growth target, a Reuters poll showed, raising pressure for fresh stimulus as a trade war with the U.

After the relative success of China’s first five-year plan (1953-1957), which increased industrialisation through Soviet-style investment in state-owned factories producing goods such as tractors, machinery and fertilisers, Mao pushed ahead with the collectivisation of farmland.

Trump administration officials work to stabilize U.S.-China relations after trade war threats, with President Donald Trump prepared to meet Xi Jinping.