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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Stanley Johnson plans new trip to China after getting caught in Covid lockdown

Boris Johnson’s father is planning a fresh trip to China after a controversial six-week trek was scuppered by a Covid lockdown.

Stanley Johnson, 82, told the Mirror he will return in “Spring or early summer” to “finish off” retracing Marco Polo’s steps, a journey he began in 1961.

His fresh plans could prove controversial after he praised China’s ambassador while planning the trip, despite rising tension between Beijing and London.

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