BEIJING: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Thursday for a deeper relationship with China during what he called “challenging times for the world.” The UK leader told China’s leader Xi Jinping that their countries need to work together on global stability, climate change and other issues. “I have long been clear that the UK and China need a long term, consistent and comprehensive strategic partnership,” he said.

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