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Foreign Sec-I Expect To Meet Chinese VP Later This Week

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UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has stated that he expects to meet Chinese Vice President Han Zheng later this week, the first meeting between senior UK and Chinese officials since Cleverly met with Chinese then-Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines UN General Assembly in September 2022. Han is in London over the weekend attending the coronation of King Charles III.

  • The attendance of a senior Chinese official has drawn criticism from some China hawks within the governing Conservative party, given Han's previous role as head of the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs from 2018 to earlier in 2023.
  • The meeting will also be the first since Cleverly delivered a major foreign policy speech for the UK gov't in late April. During the speech Cleverly signaled at a more pragmatic stance towards China, rather than a hard-line hawkish one. For more info see: https://marketnews.com/mni-political-risk-analysis...

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