Starmer stresses Hong Kong’s stability as key to stronger ties in meeting with Xi

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability are in the shared interests of both China and the United Kingdom in a high-profile meeting during his four-day trip to Beijing. Starmer, the first British leader to visit China since 2018, confirmed after the meeting, when asked by the media, that he had mentioned the landmark national security case of jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying with Xi. According to the state...