UK-China ‘ice age’ thaws: Why the West needs Beijing

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Eight years after a British prime minister and foreign secretary made back-to-back visits to China, the Keir Starmer government is once again trying to reset relations with Beijing after a long period of what Starmer had in January described as an “ice age” in relations. Prime Minister Starmer went to Beijing in January, and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is currently visiting on a three-day trip, as the United Kingdom and China try to revive economic and diplomatic ties despite lingering differences over security, human rights and the Russian war on Ukraine. Former PM Theresa May and her Foreign Secretary Jeremy…

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