Theresa May arrived in China on Wednesday with a blunt warning that Beijing must observe global rules and including intellectual property rights if it is to maximise new trading opportunities with Britain and the west.
There have been tensions ahead of the three-day visit, with the British prime minister resisting pressure from Beijing to declare support for China’s Belt and Road initiative, a flagship project of President Xi Jinping.
In an opinion piece for the Financial Times, Mrs May says she wants to increase trade with China but strikes a more sceptical note about bilateral relations than her predecessor David Cameron, saying that the two countries will “not always see eye-to-eye”.
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