Thursday briefing: What we learned from the foreign secretary’s trip to China
by Helen Pidd from World news | The Guardian on (#6EAWW)
In today's newsletter: James Cleverly met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing - was there anything to gain?
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Good morning, or perhaps (n ho). Hopefully James Cleverly got at least that far on Duolingo before the UK foreign secretary's plane touched down in Beijing this week on a trip aimed at resetting ties after a long period of tension over security, investment and human rights concerns at home and abroad.
It was the first visit to China by a UK foreign secretary for five years. Remember the last time, when Jeremy Hunt somehow ended up announcing that his Chinese wife was Japanese? Very odd.
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