https://www.scmp.com/rss/321783/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When President Xi Jinping (習近平) came to stay recently as the Queen’s guest in the UK, most would not have expected the visit to become the success it grew into. Suddenly, something became visible about the UK-China relationship and you wondered why it had taken so long to emerge. Britain no longer has an empire; we do not run the world and we are not even Europe’s largest economy. So what has Britain got that the others haven’t? READ MORE: Full coverage of Xi Jinping’s state visit to the UK For... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1885822/more-trade-britain-brings-its-values-backed-military-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1885822/more-trade-britain-brings-its-values-backed-military-power?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Dec 2015 06:40:42 +0000