Britain cannot claim to have an ethical foreign policy if it ignores China’s anti-democratic activities
tried to split the difference: he said he was a “Sinophile” who wanted to boost Anglo-Chinese relations, but was constantly under pressure to take a tougher line from hawkish Conservative MPs., one step up from its current status as a “strategic challenge”, confronting Beijing about rights abuses at home and meddling abroad.
During the summer leadership campaign, Rishi Sunak did his best to compete with Ms Truss in talking tough. But now she has been deposed and he is in No 10, he is finding that navigating the realities of diplomacy is more tricky. The Prime Minister will on Wednesday meet President Xi Jinping for the first time, a one-on-one agreed at the last minute after weeks of negotiations. He is performing a delicate dance: China is no longer a “strategic threat”, but it is “the biggest state-based threat to our economic security” – despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has pushed up worldwide energy prices.
Mr Sunak will raise human rights, but sources close to the Prime Minister have made it clear he will not allow the topic to dominate the precious time he has with Mr Xi (
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