Let's be frank, in China the UK is not seen as a particularly big or important player. China holding firmIt is clear that some trickier things came up in the room, too, things on which China wants to control the narrative. Image: Sir Keir tried to raise jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai - to little success. Pic: Reuters/Nicky LohAnd we know Sir Keir had promised to raise the case of Jimmy Lai, the jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner. You need javascript enabled to view this content 4:33 Enable javascript to share Share Is the ice thawing between UK and China?