Least some level of tension between the uk foreign secretary and his chinese counterpart when they sit down. these could also be difficult waters forjames cleverly to negotiate because there are backbenchers in his own party who don t even want him here in the first place. they argue that the chinese government is now beyond the point of no return when it comes to authoritarianism, that there needs to be more decoupling, which means less engagement with china on all fronts. however, the foreign secretary would argue, no, that s not the way forward. what is needed is direct talks to smooth trade relations with this economic giant. he says he will raise human rights abuses and he will pressure beijing to do more to call on russia to end its invasion of ukraine, plus deal with his enormous global problems