Taking in the sights: May and her husband Philip (left) ushering in the year of the dog while visiting Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai. — Reuters
SHANGHAI: British Prime Minister Theresa May left China with deals worth over £9.3bil (RM51.5bil) at the end of a three-day trade mission where President Xi Jinping pledged to upgrade their “golden era” in relations.
Britain is trying to reinvent itself as a global trading nation after a 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union and China, the world’s second-largest economy, is high on the list of countries that Britain wants to sign a free trade agreement with.
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