Starmer's China trip provides exquisite optics for the 'world's most reliable superpower'
Let's be frank, in China the UK is not seen as a particularly big or important player
The optics of the British prime minister being here, revamping this relationship, at exactly the moment that Donald Trump is seriously disrupting traditional transatlantic partnerships, is exquisite for the Chinese.
Indeed, under President Xi, China has long nurtured the narrative that it is, in fact, the world's most reliable superpower, that countries should look to it, and not the US, for stable global leadership.
Reliable in some ways of course -
The optics of the British prime minister being here, revamping this relationship, at exactly the moment that Donald Trump is seriously disrupting traditional transatlantic partnerships, is exquisite for the Chinese.
Indeed, under President Xi, China has long nurtured the narrative that it is, in fact, the world's most reliable superpower, that countries should look to it, and not the US, for stable global leadership.
Reliable in some ways of course -
Xi's military purge claims biggest victim as he removes China's top general amid Taiwan uncertainty
President Xi has achieved total control of China's armed forces after removing a top general over alleged 'violations of discipline and law'.
Zhang Youxia is the latest high-ranking figure subjected to Xi Jinping's long-running purge of military officials.
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