Mr Blair, moreover, shares many of the principles that the Tories presumably want the new figurehead to project: he is a free-marketeer, an Atlanticist and an opponent of a European superstate.
Each plays the part of a sportsperson, including Fan Bingbing who portrays a show-jumper, Zhao Wei and Jeff Chang who are locked in a fencing contest together, and Wang Baoqiang who practices judo.