Let’s start with the recent visit made by the Prime Minister and business leaders. The UK’s largest electricity supplier, having already stretched its tenacles to agree a deal on possible investment in turbine manufacture, called for closer working relationships with China.

Facing the House of Commons select committee, Ed Miliband faced questions from Bradley Thomas MP on the energy security issues around our relationship with China and the UK’s energy infrastructure needs. Mr Miliband was pressed to publish the agreement recently made with China, some seventeen times, but refused to do so.

Meanwhile, Boris Johnson’s former Chief of Staff piped up with his views on the political challenges facing the UK and what he believes to be a disconnect between politicians and voters. He cites net zero policy as an example. He suggests that voters like the idea of net zero (which is true) but when presented with the reality of the UK’s global emissions compared to those from China, they change their tune. I haven’t tested this argument but wouldn’t be surprised if it were also true.

So, this might explain why green lobbyists have been pushing the idea of late that China is tackling its territorial carbon emissions. Carbon Brief published a report last week suggesting that China’s carbon emissions had flatlined and possibly even fallen, suggesting a peak had been reached. Now the headlines, yes, the BBC ran the story, might catch attention and the news would be welcome, but context is everything.

Last year carbon emissions from China were over 12 billion tonnes, the UK by comparison, emitted just around 350 million tonnes, no wonder voters may question the UK’s net zero ambitions in the context of those from China. Add to this the UK government subsidies being spent on Chinese made EV cars, wind turbines and heat pumps at the expense of UK manufactured products, in the quest to reduce UK emissions and our fragile relationship with net zero and China is under the spotlight as never before.