London wants a pragmatic relationship with China but will remain "clear-eyed" about areas of disagreement, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in Beijing on Wednesday. Cleverly is the first senior British minister in five years to visit China, a trip that he hopes will reset ties between the two countries after years of tension over security, investment and human rights concerns. The foreign secretary has argued it would be a mistake to isolate the world's second-largest economy or tackle climate change without its input, but some Conservative lawmakers say the trip looks like an expression of British weakness. "We are clear-eyed about the areas where we have fundamental disagreements with China and we raise those issues when we meet," he told broadcasters. (https://neuters.de/world/uk-clear-eyed-about-disagreements-with-china-cleverly-says-2023-08-30/) China Vice President Han Zheng told Cleverly at their meeting that he hoped the two countries could make new advances in their relations. Cleverly will hold a meeting with his counterpart Wang Yi later.
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