The Foreign Affairs Select Committee has urged the government to strengthen its ties in the Indo-Pacific to counter the threat posed by China.
Ms Kearns said the UK needed to"shore up" its relationship with Indo-Pacific states to counter China's threat.- as an"important ally and partner of the UK" and urged the government to"stand shoulder to shoulder" with the island and make clear that attempts to undermine its self-determination were"unacceptable".
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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