Cleverly China visit: can UK pull off tricky diplomatic balancing act?

Foreign secretary’s trip is first ‘real test’ of Rishi Sunak’s new strategy towards Beijing

James Cleverly addresses the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 22 June 2023 in London
James Cleverly has said ‘no significant global problem can be solved without China’
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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China on Wednesday hoping to tread a fine diplomatic line between calling out Beijing over human rights abuses and posturing over Taiwan and seeking greater cooperation on economic ties and climate change.

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