Garvan Walshe: Democracies need to pull together to stop Chinese subversion of the open global economy

We deceived ourselves into thinking that as China grew richer, its political system would become more democratic.

Daniel Hannan: We need Ministers’ estimate of the cost of the lockdown to lives and livelihoods

Publishing the figures will underline that Ministers are striving to be balanced. Never mind how it looks, though: better statistics will lead to better decisions.

Jason Reed: Taiwan, Britain and the UN. It’s time to rethink the One-China Policy.

The Coronavirus coverup, assaults on democracy and the appalling genocide of the Uyghur Muslims mean that the world must distance itself from the CCP.

What would President Biden and Vice President Harris mean for the Special Relationship?

From Brexit, to climate change, to the World Trade Organization, how would this administration align with the UK government?

Neil Shastri-Hurst: Trump is right to criticise the WHO. But it needs reform, not abandonment.

During this crisis, people have forgotten that it fulfils diplomatic functions as much as scientific ones.

Crispin Blunt and Sue Pascoe: It’s time to correct the stoking of alarm and spreading of misinformation about trans people

As a Party, we should hold out a helping hand to all those who still face the difficulties of daily life – who still cannot be their authentic selves.

James Rogers: We’re in the G7 and are members of NATO. But we need a new alliance of democracies – the D10.

Britain is said to be keen to build such a coalition to include the existing G7 members, alongside India, South Korea and Australia.

Ben Roback: When masks become memes: The partisan political climate has hurt America’s fight against coronavirus

There is still time for the president to show leadership on this issue, but the window of opportunity is narrowing.

Neil O’Brien: Bullying, hostage taking, censorship, bribery. How China is dealing with its critics abroad.

Economically and politically, Beijing takes advantage of asymmetric openness: we’re open to them, but they are not to us.

Caroline Johnson: Ministers must commit to Britain’s global role this World Immunisation Week

The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the greatest crises to face any Government in living memory – but it cannot be fought on the home front alone.

Over a billion PPE items isn’t “shambolic”. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer was right. We need a more adult conversation about PPE.

From medical equipment, to herd immunity, to data collection, everything has been reduced and given no nuance.

Robert Tyler: China is targeting our Commonwealth friends and allies. We need a united front against it.

It’s time that we all stood shoulder to shoulder together, and kept ourselves safe from outside interference.

Michael Fabricant: Never mind the WHO – the UN is unfit for purpose. Why we may have to look for a successor.

The simple fact is that, despite its lofty goals, it repeatedly fails to live up to the values and standards it was set up to defend.

Frederick Shepherd: The virus brings with it another invisible enemy. A mental health crisis.

When a drop in the curve of the virus is seen, the public’s health mustn’t be endangered by a blinkered pursuit of balancing the books.

Damian Green: Our approach to China may now have to be more like our attitude to Russia during parts of the Cold War

My own experience when I was a minister showed two institutions which really didn’t care very much what we thought: the Chinese government, and Google.