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The Guardian - UK
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UK should not ‘pull the shutters down’ on China, says James Cleverly

James Cleverly
James Cleverly on the bullet train from Karuizawa to Tokyo in Japan on Tuesday. Photograph: N10-3606/Simon Dawson

Britain should not “pull the shutters down” on China, as it would be counterproductive to the national interest, the foreign secretary has told the Guardian.

In a warning to Conservative hawks, James Cleverly insisted there was not a binary choice to be made between treating China as either a threat or an opportunity, and said the UK’s approach needed to be more nuanced.

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