The Foreign Affairs Select Committee has urged the government to strengthen its ties in the Indo-Pacific to counter the threat posed by China.
Alicia Kearns, the Conservative chair of the committee, described the government's China strategy as"confidential" and"elusive", adding that it was"buried deep in Whitehall, kept hidden even from senior ministers across government".
"It's only by shoring up our networks in the Indo-Pacific that we can temper China's economic and political expansionism, offering a viable, democratic alternative to Indo-Pacific states," she said. In response to the committee calling for the full, unclassified China strategy to be published, senior government figures said that everything they were comfortable with sharing had already been put in the public domain.
"China's size, history and global significance means they cannot be ignored, but that comes with a responsibility on the global stage. That responsibility means China fulfilling its international commitments and obligations."
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