Newly released government documents show Lord Peter Mandelson privately warned senior ministers and advisers that China could not be separated from wider security concerns surrounding Russia's war in Ukraine.
The correspondence, published as part of the latest tranche of the Mandelson files, includes emails sent by the British ambassador to the United States to senior officials in Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office. The documents provide a detailed look at the advice being circulated inside government during a period marked by growing tensions over trade, defence and relations with Beijing.
