The Foreign Secretary said meeting Chinese officials was important to avoid misunderstandings between Beijing and London.
In the first visit by a UK foreign secretary to China for five years, Mr Cleverly told him they would “address the challenges and differences of opinion that all countries have in bilateral relations”.
Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith compared the Government’s approach to the appeasement of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. “I’m very hopeful that he will land those points about transnational repression. We all know we are seeing increased espionage on British shores and we are also seeing appalling human rights abuses against the Uighur, the Tibetans and many more,” the senior Tory said.
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