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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Pidd

Thursday briefing: What we learned from the foreign secretary’s trip to China

James Cleverly and Han Zheng in Beijing.
James Cleverly and Han Zheng in Beijing. Photograph: Florence Lo/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning, or perhaps 你好 (nǐ hǎo). Hopefully James Cleverly got at least that far on Duolingo before the UK foreign secretary’s plane touched down in Beijing this week on a trip aimed at resetting ties after a long period of tension over security, investment and human rights concerns at home and abroad.

It was the first visit to China by a UK foreign secretary for five years. Remember the last time, when Jeremy Hunt somehow ended up announcing that his Chinese wife was Japanese? Very odd.

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