Corbyn has 'cordial' exchange with Xi over China's rights record
by Rowena Mason Political correspondent from on (#R3BZ)
Labour party leader raises issue of steel imports as well as human rights record in meeting with Chinese president
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has raised China's human rights record and the impact of its imports on the UK steel industry at a meeting at Buckingham Palace with President Xi Jinping, which the party described as "cordial and constructive".
A statement from Labour following Corbyn's meeting stressed the good nature of the exchange, and praised "the remarkable Chinese achievements in poverty-reduction, lifting over 600 million people out of poverty".
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