David Cameron has suffered a fierce attack from China’s largest Communist party-run newspaper during his visit to the country, undermining the prime minister’s insistence that the relationship between the two nations is “indispensable”.
Speaking at a university in Shanghai, Mr Cameron welcomed the political, cultural and business links between Britain and China. But that did not stop the Global Times running an article attacking him for being insincere and irrelevant.
“His visit this time can hardly be the end of the conflict between China and the UK,” said an editorial in the newspaper which falls under the direct control of the propaganda department of the Communist party.