Keir Starmer is on a trip to China. The red carpet has been put out and there is optimism. The prime minister has taken with him a gang of company leaders and heads of cultural institutions, like The Royal Shakespeare Company and V&A museum - so the British are hoping this will all pay off handsomely. However the problem of human rights - isn’t something that can be ignored and the welfare of the Hong Kong newspaper editor and businessman Jimmy Lai, must be addressed. He is now 77 years old and not in good health. Will this visit to China by Starmer make a difference, in the short term perhaps, but longer - who can tell?
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