In the grand mid-18th century opulence of the Mansion House, the two men smiled as they lifted the fountain pens and signed the various documents in front of them. Surrounded by businessmen from both countries – including Alibaba’s Jack Ma and BP’s Bob Dudley – the two leaders were only too aware of the importance of the contracts they were signing. After years of negotiation at hundreds of meetings in the UK, France and China, David Cameron and Xi Jingping yesterday inked the commitment to a new wave of nuclear power generators in the UK. Read more
