UK PM seeks to reset China ties and cut reliance on Washington in first visit by a British leader in eight years

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to media in the briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, Britain on January 19. Photo: Reuters

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fly to China on Tuesday evening on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, seeking to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy and reduce his country's dependence on an increasingly unpredictable United States.

Starmer is the latest in a series of Western leaders to travel to Beijing. His visit comes amid tension between Britain and its longstanding close ally, the United States, over President Donald Trump's re

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