Britain’s Keir Starmer is in China this week, marking the first visit by a U.K. prime minister in eight years and hailed by Beijing as a potential “new chapter” in relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/world/politics/uk-ties-china-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #xijinping #china #uk