UK Cannot Be Strategically Dependent on China: Foreign Secretary

Britain cannot become strategically dependent on China and must work with “reliable partners” 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, “but it’s important that we don’t become strategically dependent.” Asked about the involvement of Chinese state-owned companies in UK nuclear power plants, Truss said: “I think it’s very important that we don’t become strategically dependent and I think it’s important that we make sure that we’re working, particularly in areas of critical national infrastructure, with reliable partners.” “There are other areas like quantum, artificial intelligence, cyber security where we need to make sure the partners we’re innovating …

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