The UK chancellor has cancelled a planned trip to China, in a sign of bumps in the relationship between the two countries.
Philip Hammond had been expected to visit Beijing in order to meet senior figures including vice-premier Hu Chunhua.
But preparations were disrupted when the defence secretary Gavin Williamson suggested that Britain would send a new aircraft carrier to China’s backyard. Mr Hammond’s meeting with Mr Hu was cancelled, leading the UK to abandon the trip altogether.
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