Published: November 14th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

The guests at the Plough were quite surprised by the two well-dressed men at the counter: The then-Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese President Xi Jinping were standing in the local pub in Cadsden, England, that evening in October 2015 – each with a tasty pint in front of them – supposedly having a relaxed conversation about the big issues of the time.