Starmer thaws China relations: what’s at stake? (opens in new tab)

<p>Keir Starmer has landed in China to meet Xi Jinping, in the first trip to the country by a British prime minister in eight years. But Starmer is facing myriad issues, including pressure to try to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, the jailed former media tycoon and one of Hong Kong’s most significant pro-democracy voices, as well as raising other human rights concerns.</p><p>On top of that he has the difficult task of trying to boost trade with China without triggering the fury of Donald Tru...