Prime minister wants to know state will remain semi-autonomous,but little is revealed about talks on human rightsDavid Cameron sought assurances from the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and about political freedom in the former UK colony of Hong Kong,as the week-long festival of closer Sino-British co-operation neared its close.
Cameron and the Chinese president spent the afternoon at the prime minister’s country retreat, Chequers, or discussing foreign policy issues including Hong Kong and Syria,fraction of a visit that the Conservative government believes has put British-Chinese relations on an entirely recent and more intimate footing.
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Source: theguardian.com