Speaking at a meeting on 5 January 2026, Keith spoke warmly of the achievements of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, as well as his daughter Benazir Bhutto and grandson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in fostering Pakistan’s friendship with the socialist countries, including the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The meeting was called by Third World Solidarity and chaired by its President, the Hon. Alderman Mushtaq Lasharie

On Sunday December 14, 2025, Friends of Socialist China (FoSC) organised its third consecutive end of year reception and dinner. More than 60 supporters and friends from various progressive organisations, communities and walks of life packed the Palestinian Hiba Express restaurant in Holborn, central London, to renew friendships and to sum up the work in 2025 and the prospects for the new year.

“Until now, modernisation has only been achieved by a minority of, overwhelmingly majority white, nations… China’s modernisation will more than double the percentage of humanity living in modernised societies. As such, it will profoundly change, and indeed revolutionise, global society.” Keith Bennett, addressing an international forum held in Shanghai, 13 September 2025.