China is now, without question, the single biggest threat to our security and the freedoms many of us have taken for granted. The evidence for this rests in China's appalling behavior over a number of years. Beijing poses a clear and present threat to Britain and our allies.
During the G-20 summit, I was struck by the way that the United States and others went out of their way to speak of China having an important role in restraining Russia and in achieving our net-zero carbon reduction targets.
I am struck, however, by the reality that when it comes to net-zero, China goes on building more and more coal-fired power stations. It obviously has no real intention of meeting such arbitrary carbon targets. Also, even as the G-20 was meeting, the Chinese delegation at the United Nations was busy voting against the reparation payments resolution regarding Russia’s obligations to Ukraine.
