{"id":98389,"date":"2023-08-30T22:57:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98389"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:57:09","slug":"foreign-minister-faces-backlash-over-perceived-appeasement-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/foreign-minister-faces-backlash-over-perceived-appeasement-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister faces backlash over perceived &apos;appeasement&apos; of China"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Foreign Minister James Cleverly faces backlash from senior Tories over the perceived &#8216;appeasement&#8217; of Chinese &#8216;autocracy&#8217; amid first trip to Beijing in five years for talks with CCP officials<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ex-Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith warned the visit &#8216;smells&#8217; of\u00a0 &#8216;appeasement&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Foreign\u00a0Secretary James Cleverly\u00a0today vowed to rebuild relations with China despite being warned by senior Tories over &#8216;appeasement&#8217; of the &#8216;autocratic&#8217; superpower.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cleverly has ended a five-year freeze in relations by travelling to Beijing for talks with senior officials from the ruling communist party.<\/p>\n<p>But some Conservatives have warned that cosying up to China will send out the wrong message to a country notorious for its record on human rights and its efforts to subvert democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Following face-to-face talks with vice president Han Zheng, Mr Cleverly said: &#8216;Some people think I shouldn&#8217;t be here, but it is more important than ever that we engage.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Secretary said he had had &#8216;tough conversations&#8217; with the Chinese leadership and insisted he was &#8216;clear-eyed&#8217; about Beijing&#8217;s agenda. &#8216;We are not going to change China overnight&#8217;, Mr Cleverly said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74895055-0-image-a-29_1693432833685.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, left, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74895051-0-image-a-30_1693432862627.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Cleverly has ended a five-year freeze in relations by travelling to Beijing for talks with senior officials from the ruling communist party<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0James Cleverly faces growing Tory backlash over plans to visit China with warnings some ministers could RESIGN if Beijing trip goes ahead\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>The Foreign Office said tonight that Mr Cleverly had tackled Mr Han and foreign affairs minister Wang Yi over a range of contentious issues, including human rights, Taiwan, the sanctioning of British MPs and China&#8217;s &#8216;malign cyber activity&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The one-day trip was the first visit to Beijing by a senior British minister for five years.<\/p>\n<p>A decade ago, David Cameron and George Osborne pioneered a new &#8216;Golden Era&#8217; in relations which turned a blind eye to some of China&#8217;s excesses in return for enhanced trade co-operation.<\/p>\n<p>But relations have been in the deep freeze following Beijing&#8217;s crackdown on Hong Kong and its conduct during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith warned that Mr Cleverly&#8217;s visit &#8216;smells terribly&#8217; of 1930s-style &#8216;appeasement&#8217; and questioned the value of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74895101-0-image-a-31_1693432900986.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith warned that Mr Cleverly&#8217;s visit &#8216;smells terribly&#8217; of 1930s-style &#8216;appeasement&#8217; and questioned the value of it<\/p>\n<p>Sir Iain, one of a number of MPs sanctioned by Beijing for speaking out against its human rights abuses, said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t understand why he&#8217;s there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a country that has committed genocide in Xinxiang, they are threatening Taiwan, they have locked up British citizen Jimmy Lai on trumped-up charges in Hong Kong, they are spying on us and stealing our secrets.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Kearns, Tory chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, said Mr Cleverly should balance the visit with a trip to Taiwan to show that the UK had not abandoned the island state which is under threat of invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;It is imperative [he] steadfastly and vocally stand by Taiwan and make clear we will uphold its right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This commitment aligns not only with British values but also serves as a poignant message to autocratic regimes worldwide that sovereignty cannot be attained through violence or coercion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12463323\/Foreign-Minister-James-Cleverly-faces-backlash-senior-Tories-perceived-appeasement-Chinese-autocracy-amid-trip-Beijing-five-years-talks-CCP-officials.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister James Cleverly faces backlash from senior Tories over the perceived &#8216;appeasement&#8217; 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