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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

China carrying out biggest military build-up in peacetime history, says James Cleverly

PA Wire

James Cleverly has said that failing to engage with China would be a “sign of weakness” in a speech setting out the government’s position on Beijing.

The foreign secretary said the UK must engage directly with the country in order to promote stability in a keynote address to the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet in London on Tuesday.

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