"At the heart of the strategy behind the prime minister's visit to China this week is what some describe as China's "looking up economy". What they mean by this is this is a tightly controlled state where the Chinese Communist Party is ever present. So, to deliver significant change the message from the top has to be abundantly clear, and when it is big shifts in outlook might then follow."
"Downing Street hopes Sir Keir Starmer's three-day visit, including meeting President Xi and Premier Li in Beijing and a subsequent trip to Shanghai, will be noticed. There has been no shortage of political and corporate glad-handing. The early indications, from Sir Keir's point of view, appear positive. As our China correspondent Laura Bicker has reported, Chinese state media, the mouthpiece of the Communist party, spent 18 minutes of its flagship 30-minute evening bulletin discussing the prime minister's visit on the day he met the president."
The visit centers on engaging a tightly controlled Chinese state where the Communist Party's clear signals can produce major shifts in outlook. The prime minister meets President Xi and Premier Li in Beijing and then travels to Shanghai, with Downing Street intending the trip to be noticed. State media devoted significant coverage, including 18 minutes of a flagship 30-minute bulletin on the day of the president meeting. Political, corporate, sporting and cultural organizations accompanying the prime minister hope the visit opens new opportunities and is not a one-off engagement. Historical US reactions to perceived closeness with Beijing remain a political factor.
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