Yahoo News Boris Johnson says UK must 'continue to engage with China' and hints sanctions unlikely
The UK will “continue to engage” with China, Boris Johnson says, hinting there will be no US-style sanctions imposed on the regime.
The prime minister appeared to confirm that the government will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, amid a package of measures to be announced later.
But he said: “What we won’t do, as I say, is completely abandon our policy of engagement with China.”
“China is a giant factor of geopolitics It’s going to be a giant factor in our lives, the lives of our children and our grandchildren
“You have got to have a calibrated response. And we are going to be tough on some things – but also going to continue to engage.”
Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, will make a statement to MPs, amid mounting concern about the impact of Beijing’s sweeping new national security law.
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