Britain turns back to China

After years of frost, London is choosing engagement over ideological crusades and geopolitical brinkmanship

When Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing for a visit in late January, he did more than revive a diplomatic ritual. He stepped into a rapidly reshaping global order in which Western capitals, unsettled by geopolitical volatility and economic fragmentation, are recalibrating their China strategies in real time. This was the first visit by a British prime minister in eight years...