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Former British PM says Taiwan is ‘on the front line of the global battle for freedom’ during trip that China has called a ‘dangerous political show’Free nations must commit themselves to a free Taiwan and must be prepared to back it up with concrete me…
Read MoreFormer prime minister will challenge Rishi Sunak to deliver on rhetoric about Beijing being a ‘threat’ to UKLiz Truss’s trip to Taiwan this week is a “dangerous political stunt”, the Chinese embassy in London has said, as the former prime minister prep…
Read MoreMPs in talks with Taiwan to help phase out Confucius Institutes as relations between the countries worsenA group of cross-party MPs is in talks with Taiwan to provide Mandarin teachers to the UK as the government seeks to phase out Chinese state-linked…
Read MoreChinese president says ‘one country, two systems’ will endure and democracy flourishes after unprecedented unpicking of freedoms25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong – in picturesWe were too lenient on pro-democracy politicians – Regina IpThe ‘…
Read MoreTrade should be directed at countries who can be trusted, says British foreign secretary Liz TrussChina would be making “a catastrophic miscalculation” if it invaded Taiwan, Liz Truss has said, telling the Nato summit that the UK and other countries s…
Read MoreBoris Johnson and Liz Truss among those saying Ukraine war highlights potential Chinese threat to TaiwanBoris Johnson and his ministers are going into the Nato summit with fresh warnings that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown the need for extra…
Read MoreJagtar Singh Johal has been detained since 2017 and allegedly tortured, accused of helping to fund assassination plotThe UK is under pressure to insist India release Jagtar Singh Johal, a British citizen, after a UN working group ruled he had been arbi…
Read MoreIn response to British foreign secretary’s warning that Beijing must ‘play by the rules’, ministry of foreign affairs says Nato is stirring conflictUkraine-Russia crisis latest news – live updatesChina’s ministry of foreign affairs has accused Nato of …
Read MoreConference raises only $2.44bn as Russian foreign minister says west is responsible for country’s humanitarian crisisThe world’s donor drought, and growing global divisions over Afghanistan’s political direction, have been laid bare when a UN appeal fo…
Read MoreForeign secretary urges democracies to join in applying sanctions to Russia after Ukraine invasionIndia’s external affairs minister, Dr S Jaishankar, has defended his country’s right to buy discounted oil from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukra…
Read MoreForeign secretary wants Narendra Modi to loosen ties with Russia – but Sergei Lavrov is also visitingLiz Truss, Britain’s foreign secretary, is due to land in India on Thursday to urge Narendra Modi’s government to reduce its strategic dependency on Ru…
Read MoreUK foreign secretary says invasion by Putin could embolden Iran and China to expand their ambitionsUkraine crisis – live updatesThe UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has warned of a “dangerous moment for the world” as the “highly likely” prospect of a R…
Read MoreTub-thumping talk of all-out war in Ukraine seems overblown but the White House knows the fledgling Sino-Russian axis is a real threat, in Taiwan and elsewhereIf, as seems increasingly probable, Russia decides not to launch an all-out invasion of Ukrai…
Read MoreFormer prime minister says country is at risk of famine and UK must take lead in resuming delivery of aid• The people of Afghanistan are starving; to turn our backs on them is morally wrongGordon Brown has written to the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, c…
Read MoreForeign secretary says summit is a ‘chance to show a united front against malign behaviour’A new show of western unity against Russia and China is being lined up by the UK foreign secretary Liz Truss as she hosts a weekend meeting of G7 foreign ministe…
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