Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised for meeting China’s president Xi Jinping just hours before 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced for attempting to field opposition candidates in an election.

The Prime Minister’s face-to-face meeting with President Xi Jinping at the G20 raises concern for many, as it appeared not to understand the nature of China’s governing Communist Party. You couldn’t fail to notice how as Starmer started to raise concerns about human rights issues,