British PM Calls for Human Rights in China at G20, Unsettling Chinese Officials

Published on November 18, 2024

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised human rights concerns with Chinese communist regime leader Xi Jinping at a G20 summit meeting on Nov. 18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, prompting Chinese officials to remove journalists from the room, according to reporters on the scene. This was Starmer’s first in-person meeting with Xi, and he stated the need for a strong UK–China relationship. “I’m very pleased that my foreign secretary and [Chinese] Foreign Minister Wang met recently to discuss respective concerns, including human rights and parliamentary sanctions, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and our shared interest in Hong Kong,” Starmer told Xi, before bringing up political prisoner Jimmy Lai ahead of Lai’s planned testimony on Nov. 19....

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