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UK ‘clear-eyed’ about disagreements with China, Cleverly says

China Vice President Han Zheng told Cleverly at their meeting that he hoped the two countries could make new advances in their relations.

The British government is under pressure from several lawmakers, including the former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who want London to toughen its policy on China and to declare the country a threat to British national security.

One Conservative, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was unclear what the “benefit” of the trip was. “We should be robust towards China, but this looks the opposite,” the lawmaker said.

Head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, Conservative Alicia Kearns, said she feared ministers had no coherent strategy on Beijing after her committee released a report critical of the government’s China policy.

She said the strategy was buried, “kept hidden even from senior ministers across government”, she said. “How can those implementing policy – and making laws – do so without an understanding of the overall strategy?”

Cleverly said any attempt to distil the relationship down to a single word or a sound bite was fundamentally flawed.

“It is an important country, it’s a large country, an influential country, and a complicated country, and therefore our relationship with China will necessarily be just as complicated and sophisticated,” he said.

Source: CNA

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