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Britain increased its handouts to [/news/china/index.html China] last year as the Government overshot its [/news/foreignaid/index.html foreign aid] target by almost £100million.<br>Schemes funded by UK taxpayers included a photography project to understand the country's past, syphilis tests for gay men and improving cancer screening in rural areas.<br>Despite a promise a decade ago to stop sending cash to the world's second largest economy, bilateral aid spending in China soared by £12.3million in a year to £67.9million in 2019.<br>More cash from the UK will have been given through international bodies such as the [/news/united-nations/index.html United Nations] and EU.<br>         Britain increased its handouts to China last year as the Government overshot its foreign aid target by almost £100million. Pictured: Chinese children line up under the supervision of a teacher at a kindergarten playground in Beijing<br>         Despite a promise a decade ago to stop sending cash to the world's second largest economy, bilateral aid spending in China soared by £12.3million in a year to £67.9million in 2019.<br><br>Pictured: Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong (left) and Nie Haisheng (right) wave as they walk to the launch tower of the Jiuquan Satellite<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8768265/Chinese-army-boots-soldier-caught-leaking-military-secrets-smartphone.html  Chinese army boots out soldier after he was caught 'leaking...] [/news/article-8767663/Hong-Kong-activist-Joshua-Wong-arrested-unauthorised-assembly.html  Hong Kong prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong is...] [/news/article-8767131/China-running-380-detention-centres-Xinjiang-researchers.html  China has built nearly 400 'suspected detention centres'...] [/news/article-8764715/How-China-poured-billions-Caribbean.html  How China has poured billions into the Caribbean by...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>12k shares<br><br><br>The Government is legally committed to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on developing countries. <br>Figures released yesterday showed [http://www.google.de/search?q=ministers ministers] not only met the target, but exceeded it by £92million.<br>The total spent on the foreign aid budget rose by £645million to reach £15.2billion for the first time last year.<br>The top [http://www.ehow.com/search.html?s=handouts handouts] were £305million for Pakistan,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour Lệ Giang] £300million for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] Ethiopia and £292million for Afghanistan.<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-0eea9180-feb9-11ea-9a69-0f6e18d9ed07" website gives £67.9m in foreign aid to China in the last year