It’s “increasingly concerning” that the UK government doesn’t have a coherent China strategy amid growing tensions between the two countries, the chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee said. The committee’s new report, published on Friday, said that the deliberate ambiguity and the inconsistent China policies of the three most recent governments mean that there’s “no clear sense of what the current government’s strategy towards China is, or what values and interests it is trying to uphold in the UK–China relationship.” The committee said that while the government’s Integrated Review of security, defence, development, and foreign policy published in March alluded to the key tension in the UK–China relationship, which is “balancing a desire for close economic engagement with the need to uphold the UK’s values and protect its national security,” there was no indication of how the tension would be solved. “In an atmosphere of growing tensions between the UK and …
UK Government Has No Clear Strategy on Relationship with China: Lords Committee
September 10, 2021
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