Xi Jinping praises Labour’s economic policy as Keir Starmer discusses human rights concerns
by Jessica Elgot in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#6SABA)
PM questions sanctions against MPs and plight of Jimmy Lai as China's president says Starmer fixing foundations'
The Chinese president has heaped praise on Keir Starmer's economic policy as the prime minister used their first meeting to raise concerns about sanctions on MPs and the treatment of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai.
In conversation at the G20 summit in Rio, the first between the UK and China's leaders in six years, Starmer said he would be keen to host a full bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping and his counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing or London as soon as possible, in a meeting aimed at turning the page on frosty UK-China relations.
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