Keir Starmer played the China card in Rio - and sent a message to a hawkish Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : But he also offered reassurance with a smiley face, stressing that he sought "stable, healthy and sustainable" relations with the west - words that, like Starmer's, may have been partly aimed at Trump.
50% : Distancing himself from Trump, Macron said France would continue to promote European strategic autonomy, "precisely to be able to talk with China in complete independence".Not to be left out, Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, set aside thorny bilateral disputes and, like Starmer, shook hands with Xi on a new start.
27% : If Trump, the disquieting American, cannot be befriended and influenced, perhaps Xi can?Other countries are making similar calculations.
19% : And, like Trump, they will be unimpressed by Starmer's cosying up to Xi.

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