That comes just one day after India and the EU announced a "landmark" free trade deal, as countries recalibrate supply chains and trade ties away from the U.S.

The upcoming visit could revive a "golden era" in relations between Britain and China amid a turbulent geopolitical situation, Bloomberg wrote

Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations, asks professor of global history Peter Frankopan