{"id":121854,"date":"2023-11-27T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=121854"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:39:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:39:04","slug":"rishi-sunak-pledges-that-david-camerons-return-wont-soften-uks-china-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-pledges-that-david-camerons-return-wont-soften-uks-china-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak pledges that David Cameron\u2019s return won\u2019t soften UK\u2019s China stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Cameron on his return to government<\/h3>\n

Rishi Sunak was forced to clarify the UK\u2019s attitude towards China following David Cameron\u2019s return to the Cabinet this morning.<\/p>\n

At the Global Summit at Hampton Court Palace, Mr Sunak was probed about what the return of an infamously pro-China politician meant for the UK\u2019s attitude to the communist country.<\/p>\n

Lord Cameron famously hailed a \u201cgolden era\u201d of bilateral relations with China while Prime Minister, despite security concerns.<\/p>\n

Today Mr Sunak told reporters: \u201cIf David was here what he would say is the China of today is not the China he dealt with over a decade ago\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has changed, it\u2019s right that our strategy evolves to take account of that.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur strategy can be summarised in three approaches: it\u2019s to protect, align and engage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have got to protect the UK against the risks, where they manifest themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to the Prime Minister\u2019s pledge, China-sceptic Iain Duncan-Smith told GB News that the Prime Minister is trying to \u201cpatch up\u201d the \u201ccrass mess\u201d made by David Cameron in office.<\/p>\n

As Prime Minister, David Cameron famously invited Xi Jinping to drink a pint in a pub near his Cotswold home.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the BBC this weekend he insisted it is right to \u201cengage\u201d with China, arguing they are key to solving international issues like climate change.<\/p>\n

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