Liz Truss urged Britain to 'stand up' to the 'totalitarian' Chinese regime in her first public speech since leaving office
The UK should be "standing up" to China, Liz Truss said on Friday, as the former Prime Minister calls on Rishi Sunak to do more to curb the influence of the "totalitarian" regime.Ms Truss who left the top job in October last year after less than two months, used a speech in Tokyo to call on Mr Sunak and the rest of the G7 leaders to agree sanctions against China in the event of further military escalation around Taiwan.
Accepting Taiwan into international organisations and establishing a stronger Pacific defence alliance was also on Ms Truss' wish list.She said: "Some people say standing up to this regime is a hopeless task, that somehow the rise of a totalitarian China is inevitable.
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