Yang Tengbo

[5] He is an honorary member of the 48 Group Club, a London-based private company which promotes trade between China and the United Kingdom.

[6] In an interview with state media outlet China Daily in 2022, he said that he took part in the Chinese government's Belt and Road Initiative in the United Kingdom.

[7] In November 2021, Yang was stopped at a port, where a letter from Dominic Hampshire, an adviser to Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was found on his devices.

The judges heard that in a briefing to Braverman, officials said that Yang's unique relationship with Andrew "could be leveraged for political interference purposes by the Chinese State".

[8][10] The challenge was dismissed, and the Home Office confirmed that Yang would be barred from the UK as he was considered to have carried out "covert and deceptive activity" on behalf of the CCP.

[2][8][3] After the ruling, Andrew's office stated that he had "ceased all contact" with Yang, and that the two had only ever met "through official channels, with nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed".

[13] Later the same day, Yang issued a statement through his lawyers, saying that he requested the lifting of the secrecy order "due to the high level of speculation and misreporting."