Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (R) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond co-chair a strategic dialogue between China and Britain in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

August 13, 2015

"British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited Beijing on Thursday to prepare for President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.K. in autumn.

Xi will visit Britain in October at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. This is the first visit by a Chinese president in a decade and the most important event in bilateral ties this year."

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