Don’t reconcile with China before Jimmy Lai is freed, son tells Starmer

Starmer says ‘good progress’ made on tariffs and visa-free travel in China talks

China said it was willing to ‘actively consider’ implementing unilateral visa-free entry for the UK. Sir Keir Starmer said he made “good progress” on talks on tariffs and visa-free travel to China in his meeting with Xi Jinping. He said he and the Chinese leader had discussed how “huge opportunities” in China could benefit people back in the UK. He added: “We made some really good progress on tariffs for whisky, on visa-free travel to China and …

Don’t reconcile with China before Jimmy Lai is freed, son tells Starmer

The PM will address the case of the businessman with President Xi as Sebastien Lai says releasing his father would be ‘an easy concession’

UK’s Keir Starmer arrives in China to defend ‘pragmatic’ partnership, expected to raise Jimmy Lai issue

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, hoping to restore long fraught relations.

My message to Keir Starmer: Free my father Jimmy Lai before it is too late

As Sir Keir Starmer begins his diplomatic trip to China, Sebastien Lai, whose father, Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, has been wrongfully imprisoned there for five years, asks him to bring him home

Jimmy Lai must come home

When Keir Starmer arrives in Beijing, will he raise the plight of this brave British dissident?

Starmer would be ‘pathetic’ not to raise Jimmy Lai case in China, says Lord Patten

The last governor of Hong Kong said the PM should not ‘lean over backwards’ to avoid offending China