There’s a telling photograph of the chancellor which shows her sitting attentively, briefcase tucked on her chair, while the Chinese vice president holds forth in front of a classical landscape mural.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.

Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor, embarks on a significant trade mission to China, aiming to bolster economic ties and explore investment opportunities. Her visit comes at a time when the UK economy faces challenges,

LABOUR MPs are turning fire on Rachel Reeves for cosying up to China as their cheap cars flood the UK. Blair McDougall slammed the Government for failing to impose tariffs on Chinese electric

Ms Reeves hailed the trip as a ‘significant milestone’ in Labour’s re-engagement with China, saying she had agreed deals worth £600 million over the next five years

Rachel Reeves flew out on Friday after ignoring calls from ... notoriously capped by a visit to an Oxfordshire pub for a pint with President Xi Jinping - has been widely written off as a naive mistake. There are many - not least the incoming US President ...

Rachel Reeves's trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 - was always going to be controversial. In recent years Conservative governments have been keeping Beijing at arm's length - amid concern about espionage, the situation in Hong Kong, and the treatment of the Uyghurs.

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will urge company bosses at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to invest in the UK, emphasising its political and economic stability and pro-business government,

Chancellor defends decision to travel to Beijing where she is seeking to revive relations that have been frozen since 2019

Rachel Reeves is expected to raise support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and issues of human rights in Hong Kong during her trip to China.

Rachel Reeves has said she will “take action” to meet her fiscal ... It follows Sir Keir Starmer’s own meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 late last year as Labour has pursued a thaw in relations with China following the more frosty ...

Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she as trashed the economy’