Why Britain seeks to take its relationship with China to ‘new level’ as Keir Starmer visits

Britain is eyeing greater engagement and closer trade ties with China, seeking to steady a relationship long marked by volatility, its ambassador to Beijing said, ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s highly anticipated visit. Peter Wilson told reporters on Tuesday that Britain was taking a long-term “strategic approach” to China and that London sought “a relationship that is consistent”. “We want to build the kind of relationship of mutual respect and trust between our leadership that allows...