内容摘要："The scale of available funding will clearly be connected to take-up levels for the first phase."

"The scale of available funding will clearly be connected to take-up levels for the first phase."

It will also be British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted.The ensemble will perform six pieces of music, using a mix of electronic and acoustic instruments.

"Our concert is called 'No more barriers, just great music', because NOYO is breaking down the barriers, so as musicians we can just focus on our love for the music," said Ms Spray."Our first piece of the concert, which is called Barriers, by Oliver Cross, has a really lovely horn solo which I enjoy playing.""What I love about NOYO is the diversity, and all musicians share the love of music and you can really hear that at our concerts," she said.

"NOYO is proving that with a few adjustments, ensembles can be inclusive."It's really important to me that the audience members can see themselves represented on the stage, and I love that about our relaxed performances."

The Birmingham Town Hall performance on 8 June begins at 15:00 BST.

US President Donald Trump has accused China of violating a truce on tariffs struck earlier this month, a claim China has responded to with its own accusations of US wrongdoing.The suspicion of foreigners as the US and China pull further away from each other is a surprising turn for many Chinese people who remember growing up in a very different country.

Zhang Ni, who also did not want to use her real name, says she was "very shocked" by Ms Dong's remarks.The 24-year-old is a recent journalism graduate from Columbia University in New York. She says she "doesn't care about working at Gree", but what surprised her was the shift in attitudes.

That so many Chinese companies "don't like anything that might be associated with the international" is a huge contrast from what Ms Zhang grew up with - a childhood "filled with [conversations centred on] the Olympics and World Expo"."Whenever we saw foreigners, my mom would push me to go talk to them to practice my English," she says.