UK Cannot Be Strategically Dependent on China: Foreign Secretary

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Britain cannot become strategically dependent on China and must work with โ€œreliable partnersโ€ on its critical national infrastructure, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said.

Truss, who replaced Dominic Raab as UK foreign secretary in a reshuffle last month, is currently on a visit to India to discuss security and defence links with the South Asian giant.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Truss said that Britain will continue to trade with China, โ€œbut itโ€™s important that we donโ€™t become strategically dependent.โ€

Asked about the involvement of Chinese state-owned companies in UK nuclear power plants, Truss said: โ€œI think itโ€™s very important that we donโ€™t become strategically dependent and I think itโ€™s important that we make sure that weโ€™re working, particularly in areas of critical national infrastructure, with reliable partners.โ€

โ€œThere are other areas like quantum, artificial intelligence, cyber security where we need to make sure the partners weโ€™re innovating with are reliable and there is a bond of trust there,โ€ she was quoted as saying.

Truss also stressed the importance of diversity in the UKโ€™s supply chains for pharmaceutical products, which she said was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic that was caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

She said the UK needs to โ€œbuild a network of liberty around the world with like-minded partners.โ€

โ€œWeโ€™re winning the battle for economic influence for those countries that believe in free enterprise, that believe in democracy, as opposed to non-market economies which include China,โ€ she said.

On the final day of her two-day visit to India, Truss will tour the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is taking part in a series of exercises with the Indian military.

It is part of the carrier strike groupโ€™s deployment to the Indo-Pacific amid heightened tensions with China in the region.

Byย Alexander Zhang

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