China's Dy PM Hu Chunhua cancels trade talks with British FM Philip Hammond

China's deputy prime minister, Hu Chunhua, has cancelled trade talks with Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond after defence secretary Gavin Williamson threatened to deploy a warship in the Pacific, The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.

Chunhua was due to hold trade talks with Hammond this weekend, it said.

The newspaper said Hu cancelled the talks in protest at Williamson's speech on Monday.