UK calls China a major challenge but an essential economic partner
The government said on Tuesday that China’s attempts to espion, destabilizing and disrupting the economy and democracy of England’s economy and democracy.
Foreign Minister David Lammy said, “China’s power is an inevitable fact” and freezing relationships with the world’s second largest economy and freezing relationships are not “an option”. He spoke to MPs while summarizing the findings of the government’s “Chinese supervision”.
“China is our third largest trade partner, the second largest international student source of our universities. China will continue to play a vital role in supporting the safe growth of England,” he said.
In order to balance the economic interests and security of the country, the Labor Party promised to conduct an in-depth examination of the UK-China relations after being elected almost a year ago. Lammy said that many details of the investigation will be classified for security reasons.
The results were summarized in a document summarizing the British government’s wider national security strategy. “China’s espionage examples, intervention in our democracy and weakening our economic security has increased in recent years,” he said.
However, the government resisted China Hawks in Parliament to label China as an equal threat with Russia. Security examination called it a “geostrategic challenge ,, but it is also an important player in overcoming important issues such as climate change, global health and economic stability.
“We will seek a trade and investment relationship that supports safe and flexible growth and increases the UK economy,” he said. “Nevertheless, there are several important areas such as human rights and cyber security, where there are sharp differences and constant tension.”
Opposition Conservative Party Foreign Foreign Spokesman Priti Patel, the government shows “naive signs ında about China, he said. Another conservative deputy Harriet Cross branded Beijing.
The UK-China relations stuck in 2015 by the Prime Minister Minister David Cameron, the short-lived “Golden Age öldür, after a series of allegations of espionage and cyber responsibility, on the support of civilian freedoms in Hong Kong, a former British colony of Beijing and his support to Russia in the Ukrainian war.
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China was one of the many difficulties determined in a study that the government says that it was an izlik hardening and sharpening of our approach to national security in a more dangerous world.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government promised to increase security expenses by other NATO members to 5% of gross domestic product. Total contains 1.5% in defense and 1.5% in broad safety and flexibility.
The UK currently spends 2.3% of national income to defend and says it will rise to 2.6% by 2027.
