James Cleverly has said it would be a mistake try to isolate China, during the first visit to Beijing by a UK foreign secretary in five years.
On Wednesday, Cleverly met China’s vice-president, Han Zheng, and was expected to meet the foreign minister, Wang Yi.
He told media the UK was “clear-eyed” about its disagreements with Beijing but it wanted to have a pragmatic relationship, and it would be a mistake to try to isolate the world’s…