The UK's deals worth billions with China: what do they really mean?

An extraordinary week of diplomacy for President Xi's visit generated a series of far-reaching agreements on trade, technology and culture Britain's diplomatic elite has been rushed off its feet catering for the largest contingent of Chinese officials and business executives to arrive in London for 10 years. In 2005, the chief concern was how to contain the noise from protesters angry at Beijing's occupation of Tibet. This time the Dalai Lama and talk of human rights were kept off the agenda dur...