UK Ambassador to China Stirs Uproar With Photo Seen as Promoting Xi Jinping
(World News USA)

Britain`s newest ambassador to China has gotten off to a rocky start after posting a photo on social media that some viewers interpreted as an endorsement of the hard-line policies of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Caroline Wilson, appointed in June to lead Britain`s diplomatic mission in Beijing as of this month, posted the photo on Twitter after a meeting with Liu Xiaoming, China`s envoy to Britain. In the photo, Liu beams with apparent delight as the two hold what appears to be a gifted book, the latest in a series of tomes laying out Xi`s thoughts on...