Starmer’s visit to China was not a reset, but a new way forward

Diplomacy, much of the time, is about symbols rather than substance. And in the case of China, that can be particularly true.

In this sense, what was important about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to China at the end of January was that it happened at all. In recent years, there have been plenty of tensions between the two countries: the accusations against two British citizens of s...