James Cleverly to say during visit to Beijing this week that China has ‘a responsibility on the global stage’
But at the same time military trade between Russia and China is projected to surpass $200bn this year, creating a record high. According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, exports of Chinese goods with potential military uses are this year more than three times higher than they were last year. EU officials claim Russian drones are full of US chips.
Officials added that the issue of Taiwan is a legitimate international concern, and any change from the status quo would be catastrophic for the world economy due to the huge volume of trade passing through the Taiwan strait.Cleverly is also hoping to engage the Chinese positively on the issue of climate change. As the world’s largest investor in sustainable energy and the largest emitter of carbon, the choices China makes will be critical to the world’s collective ability to solve the problem.
Western officials said the UK foreign secretary would also make clear that the human rights abuses recorded by the UN report concerning the Muslim population in Xinjiang was unacceptable, and would not be treated as an internal issue as the Chinese would prefer. He will also challenge Beijing on the erosion of autonomy, rights and freedoms in Hong Kong under the Beijing-imposed national security law, as well as other UK interests including sanctions placed on UK MPs. The UK House of Commons has voted to describe the suppression of China’s Uyghur people as a genocide.
In 2021, the UK imported £63.6bn of goods from China, according to the Office for National Statistics. This accounted for 13.3% of all goods imports, making China the UK’s largest importing partner. There were £18.8bn of goods exports to China , making China the UK’s sixth-largest exporting partner.
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