Xi Jinping state visit: China's relationship with Britain in numbers
by George Arnett from on (#R0YW)
Chinese president is in the UK this week, the first visit by a Chinese head of state in 10 years. Here we look at the two countries' ties in charts and figures
Xi Jinping is in the UK for the first state visit to Britain by a Chinese head of state in 10 years. Hu Jintao, Xi's predecessor, visited the country in 2005, when Tony Blair was prime minister.
This visit reciprocates several made by Conservative politicians to China. David Cameron led a trade mission to Asia's biggest economy in 2013 and George Osborne was there just last month.
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