UK chancellor becomes first holder of her office to make an official visit to China in a decade
Labour MPs have urged Rachel Reeves to demand Jimmy Lai’s release as she becomes the first UK chancellor to make an official visit to China in nearly a decade.
Nine Labour MPs have joined a cross-party call for Reeves – who arrived in Beijing on Saturday – to raise the detention of political prisoners in Hong Kong and ask for Lai’s “immediate and unconditional release” during her two-day visit. A government official said Reeves intended to raise Lai’s case. The Treasury said the chancellor would express concerns about Hong Kong – whose police have issued warrants for pro-democracy activists living in the UK – and China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
