A series of VIP visits to China

China has welcomed a parade of high-profile foreign leaders in recent months including France's Emmanuel Macron, South Korea's Lee Jae Myung, Canada's Mark Carney and Germany's Friedrich Merz. In January, Keir Starmer became the first British prime minister to visit China in nearly a decade. US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs and unpredictable threats - from acquiring Greenland to pulling troops from Europe - have cast uncertainty over America's longstanding alliances. This has pushed