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The U.K. government and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have tread a delicate balance between underscoring the need for maintaining cooperation with the global superpower, and criticizing its human rights record. Liz Truss warned of the importance of not becoming overly reliant upon China, in an indication of her priorities as the U.K.'s new foreign secretary. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the Programme for International Student Assessment which revealed the improvement in the education system in Shanghai, China which is confirmed by England's education minister Elizabeth Truss. Topics discussed include improved performance of students in mathematics, science and reading, views of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's deputy director Andreas Schleicher and views of Harvard University's policy professor Tom Loveless.

The article offers information on modern education in China as of June 2014. Topics discussed include criticism against Chinese education for heavy assignment burdens because of the score-based high school and college admission system, a delegation headed by British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare Elizabeth Truss in February 2014 in Shanghai, and a study by six Chinese universities on Chinese textbooks.

The article discusses British junior education minister Elizabeth Truss' planned visit to Shanghai, China in order to study Shanghai schools' success in mathematics performance as of February 24, 2014. The author discusses Shanghai's success in math education relative to Great Britain's performance, and the success of math students in Singapore is also noted.

The article reports that British Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) secretary Liz Truss has signed an agreement with China for the export of food and drink manufactured in Great Britain. It is stated that China has a population of 1.3 billion, a growing middle class, and huge import market for specialist food, due to which China offers a great potential for Great Britain's food and farming industry.