Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London. He was previously Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Between 1998–2005 he worked at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including three years as First Secretary at the British embassy in Beijing. His recent books include Contemporary China (2013), Hu Jintao: China’s Silent Ruler (2012) and Ballot Box China (2011).

• 1. Setting the scene: the British China story2. Tales from the Golden Era3. What does China want from the UK?4. Walk on by: what does Britain really want from China?5. Who cares? China and the British people6. Britain’s China future in the world of Brexit, Trump and Xi Jinping

In an increasingly anarchic world, Britain’s faltering power is brought into sharp focus through Brown’s incisive analysis of UK–China relations.