Will China hawks match words with deeds?
In the Tory leadership race both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been keen to talk tough on China. Truss has pledged a ‘crack down’ on Tiktok and announced a ‘New Commonwealth Deal’ to unite nations against Beijing. Sunak wants a ‘new Nato-style alliance’, an end to Confucius Institutes at UK universities and has dubbed the country the ‘biggest-long-term threat to the world’s economic and national security.’ Such tough talk has given heart to campaigners, who want China’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region of the country to be officially classed as ‘genocide.’ To date, the Foreign Office, under Truss, has refused to countenance this, by acknowledging
