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PM promises ‘stability and clarity’ in approach on first visit to Beijing by UK leader in eight years

  • ‘Very low bar’: analysts say Starmer faces slim pickings in China

Keir Starmer has said the UK gove…

Sir Keir Starmer is the first British prime minister to travel to Beijing since Theresa May in 2018.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the Commons, had one foot in a surgical boot after a recent tumble. This did not stop him giving Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson a kicking.

Starmer's fraught visit to China will tell us what he really thinks of the UK's place in the world | Peter Frankopan

Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations?

This week, Keir Starmer will reportedly visit China. This will be the…

Analysts expect the U.S.-China trade truce to hold as Beijing bets Trump won’t follow through on his threats ahead of a leaders’ meeting in April.

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