British PM Starmer plans to visit China in late January, sources say

The British government has proposed that Prime Minister Keir Starmer visit Beijing and Shanghai from January 29 to 31, according to two sources familiar with the plan. The British embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The British government has proposed that Prime Minister Keir Starmer visit Beijing and Shanghai from January 29 to 31, according to two sources familiar with the plan. The trip could be postponed if Beijing decides that a lack of progress on approving China's contentious plan to build what would be the Europe's largest embassy in London represents too significant a political setback for the two leaders to meet, the sources said.

A decision could be agreed upon by the end of this week, one of the sources added. The British embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.