Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain met with President Xi Jinping of China as he sought to promote business ties with the world’s second-largest economy.

Analysts expect the U.S.-China trade truce to hold as Beijing bets Trump won’t follow through on his threats ahead of a leaders’ meeting in April.

The Prime Minister’s team has taken burner phones, temporary SIM cards and throwaway laptops on his trip to China to limit the likelihood of being bugged by spies

The PM - who is travelling with 60 British business and cultural leaders - will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

Sir Keir Starmer arrived in China on Wednesday insisting that he could handle sensitive issues on the visit — including human rights — while avoiding upsetting the US, declaring he was “a British pragmatist applying common sense”.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he will not be forced to "choose between" relations with the US or China, ahead of the first visit of a British leader to Beijing in eight years.

China's industrial profits rose 0.6% in 2025 from a year earlier, snapping three consecutive years of declines, as Beijing sought to rein in excessive price competition.