The head of Britain’s armed forces has visited China to hold talks on security in an “unstable world” in the first trip by a chief of defence staff in a decade. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin discussed “strengthening military co-operation”, Beijing said. He gave an unprecedented speech to future Chinese military commanders at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) National Defence University in Beijing on Wednesday. Radakin also held talks with General Liu Zhenli, a member of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of staff of the CMC joint staff department, Beijing confirmed, amid an escalating trade war between the US and China. According to China’s defence ministry, “the two sides
