There’s a telling photograph of the chancellor which shows her sitting attentively, briefcase tucked on her chair, while the Chinese vice president holds forth in front of a classical landscape mural.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative.

Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor, embarks on a significant trade mission to China, aiming to bolster economic ties and explore investment opportunities. Her visit comes at a time when the UK economy faces challenges,

Ms Reeves hailed the trip as a ‘significant milestone’ in Labour’s re-engagement with China, saying she had agreed deals worth £600 million over the next five years

Rachel Reeves's trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 - was always going to be controversial. In recent years Conservative governments have been keeping Beijing at arm's length - amid concern about espionage, the situation in Hong Kong, and the treatment of the Uyghurs.

Rachel Reeves flew out on Friday after ignoring calls from ... notoriously capped by a visit to an Oxfordshire pub for a pint with President Xi Jinping - has been widely written off as a naive mistake. There are many - not least the incoming US President ...

Whatever little credibility red Rachel from accounts had has now melted away as ice does after a cold spell. How many times did we hear her say that Liz Truss ‘crashed the economy’? Well, she doesn't really have a clue does she really?

MPs and peers pen letter to Rachel Reeves urging her to raise plight of detained political prisoners during China trip.

Chancellor defends decision to travel to Beijing where she is seeking to revive relations that have been frozen since 2019

Rachel Reeves has said she will “take action” to meet her fiscal ... It follows Sir Keir Starmer’s own meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 late last year as Labour has pursued a thaw in relations with China following the more frosty ...

Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she as trashed the economy’

British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing criticism for travelling to China during financial market turmoil at home, said on Saturday she will act to ensure the government's fiscal rules are met.