Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 20
20
Rejected
Paragraph: 69
Explain rationale and method for separating contentious and cooperative issues with China.
Conclusion
We welcome the Government’s China policy statement in general terms in the Refresh. However, this policy now needs to be fleshed out so that practitioners such as academics and businesspeople can be fully aware of the limits within which they can operate with and in China. The FCDO should explain the rationale and method by which it intends to separate issues over which there is contention with China from those on which it seeks close cooperation with China, especially in areas such as trade and educational links, where the line of demarcation is not always clear.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states there is no need to publish an additional China Strategy to flesh out its policy, reiterating its existing approach of protecting national security, aligning with allies, and engaging where in UK interests, coordinated by the National Security Secretariat.
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Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
62. The Government partially agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. As the Committee has identified, the Integrated Review Refresh sets out that the UK will further strengthen our national security protections in those areas where the actions of the CCP pose a threat to our people, prosperity and security. Throughout and where tensions arise with other objectives, we will always put national security first.
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