The PM is under pressure to raise several difficult subjects, including China’s espionage activity, when he meets with President Xi Jinping on Thursday

Keir Starmer is the first PM since Theresa May to visit China, but political editor David Maddox explains why a trip to Beijing now – amid faltering relations with the US and…

The prime minister’s trip to Beijing has prompted concerns over security risks

Sir Keir Starmer is the first British prime minister to travel to Beijing since Theresa May in 2018.

Executives from Airbus, AstraZeneca and HSBC are joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a rare China visit, highlighting the business focus of the trip amid strained global trade…

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 prime minister has said he will ‘raise the issues that need to be raised’ on human rights in talks with Xi Jinping tomorrow

BEIJING: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, hoping to restore long fraught relations. It is the first…

The PM is under pressure to raise several difficult subjects, including China’s espionage activity, when he meets with President Xi Jinping on Thursday

The prime minister seeks to strengthen ties with China but faces fierce criticism from opponents at home.

Keir Starmer has landed in China to meet Xi Jinping, in the first trip to the country by a UK prime minister in eight years. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to Guardian political editor…

PM is first UK leader to visit China in eight years and hopes to strengthen bond with superpower amid uncertainty over US alliance

The high-stakes visit aims to balance diplomatic engagement with addressing critical domestic and international concerns

British PM Keir Starmer meets Xi Jinping in Beijing to strengthen economic ties amid US-Britain tensions.

Starmer tells Xi Jinping during Beijing meeting that it has been ‘too long’ since a British PM has visited China. Follow the latest developments, live

Sir Keir Starmer and Xi Jinping met on Thursday, 29 January, as the UK and China seek to improve long-strained relations. Sir Keir, the first British prime minister to visit China…

Our countries must ‘rise above differences’, Chinese president says as he welcomes prime minister to Beijing

The PM says he also raised the jailing of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in his meeting with President Xi.

PM says trip to China has put relationship in stronger place, but possible return visit angers British critics

Chinese leader bestows a little largesse on the British PM while getting the green light for London ‘mega embassy’

Despite the controversy, Starmer’s visit has yielded tangible agreements