This deal risks assisting our adversaries in a well-established information war. China’s model of state capitalism is not confined to its borders. It exports influence, suppresses criticism, and seeks to rewrite the global narrative in its favour.
James Cleverly should instead meet the Uyghur activists protesting outside his office today, and leave Erkin Tuniyaz out in the cold.
“I’m very, very positive about China, but I’m very, very negative about the Chinese Communist Party.”
This deal risks assisting our adversaries in a well-established information war. China’s model of state capitalism is not confined to its borders. It exports influence, suppresses criticism, and seeks to rewrite the global narrative in its favour.