UK's Starmer to visit China in bid to build bridges with Beijing

NAMPA / DPA

2026-01-26

London (PA Media/dpa) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to China on Tuesday for the first prime ministerial visit to the country in eight years, his office has confirmed. Starmer will also fly to Japan this week, his Downing Street office said. The visit marks a significant moment in the Labour leader's bid to build bridges with Beijing after a freeze in Sino-British relations in the final years of the previous Conservative govern......

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