High-profile meetings put Ireland in world of our own on China visit thanks to ‘diplomatic traditions’

The EU and China are currently without a formal agreement, and trade is done through piecemeal agreements or, in recent cases, disagreements, writes Paul Hosford

Taoiseach Micheál Martin visits the Forbidden City in Beijing as part of his state visit to China.

On day two of the Taoiseach’s visit to China, there was major news for one of Ireland’s biggest exports.

Yes, Westlife are coming.