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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kwiyeon Ha and Mari Yamaguchi

Ex-PMs of UK, Australia, Belgium urge tough action on China

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Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium called Friday for a tougher international approach to China to reduce the possibility of war over Taiwan and respond to human rights violations.

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison linked human rights violations in China with security in the Indo-Pacific as he spoke at an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China conference in Tokyo. He was joined by two other former leaders — Liz Truss from Britain and Guy Verhofstadt from Belgium.

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