How the UK may change its approach towards China in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
This coalition of what he calls"PRC-sceptic" MPs includes: pro-American MPs who fear a UK/US trade deal could be threatened unless Britain matches President Trump's hostility to China; human rights advocates concerned about its treatment of Uighur Muslims; liberal internationalists disturbed by China's challenge to the global rules based order; new MPs in the north of England anxious about factories damaged by China's anti-competitive practises.
Other Tory MPs are looking for a tougher response on Hong Kong. And now, in the wake of what many MPs see as China's mishandling of the pandemic - its initial attempted cover-up, its subsequentBut this growing China-scepticism is not shared by all and will be resisted.The Conservatives are led by a prime minister, Boris Johnson, who has been instinctively supportive of engagement with China.
These MPs fear the anti-China mood gripping both sides in the US presidential election is beginning to infect British politics too. "But it is not the most important thing in the minds of our constituents. The most important thing is going to be jobs. And in that sense, having a strong partnership with China makes absolute sense."So perhaps the biggest obstacle to the growing tide of China-scepticism will be the huge economic downturn expected to follow the pandemic.
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