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Risk of ‘tragic miscalculation’ in China’s military secrecy: UK

Cleverly expressed concern about the secrecy surrounding China's military build-up [File: China Daily via Reuters]

The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has urged China to be more transparent about what he described as the “biggest military build-up in peacetime history”, warning secrecy over its military activities carried the risk of a “tragic miscalculation”.

Cleverly devoted his entire keynote speech at a Mansion House banquet in London to China, sketching out his views on a relationship that has long left behind the so-called “golden era” under former Prime Minister David Cameron.

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