Xi-Starmer meeting: Chinese leader tells PM he hopes both countries can ‘rise above differences’

China agrees visa-free travel for British citizens as countries sign agreements on closer economic cooperationUK politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said the UK’s relationship with his country had gone through “twists and turns” over the years but that a more “consistent” approach was in both their interests.Ahead of talks with Keir Starmer during the first visit to China by a British prime minister in eight years, Xi said the two men would “stand the test of history” if they could “rise above differences”. Continue reading...