Boris Johnson is testing China with Britain’s foreign policy ambiguities

The UK’s Integrated Review on Foreign and Security policy is unclear about what Britain wants from China, but that is part of the point

Meanwhile, if Britain is serious about getting closer to Asia it must show it is in for the long haul – and should begin by supporting language studies

Rana Mitter

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Published: 8:30pm, 17 Mar, 2021

Updated: 8:30pm, 17 Mar, 2021

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Rana Mitter is Director of the University China Centre at the University of Oxford and author of A Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World and China’s War with Japan, 1937-45: The Struggle for Survival

Boris Johnson is testing China with Britain’s foreign policy ambiguities

The UK’s Integrated Review on Foreign and Security policy is unclear about what Britain wants from China, but that is part of the point Meanwhile, if Britain is serious about getting closer to Asia it must show it is in for the long haul – and should begin by supporting language studies

The UK’s Integrated Review on Foreign and Security policy is unclear about what Britain wants from China, but that is part of the point

Meanwhile, if Britain is serious about getting closer to Asia it must show it is in for the long haul – and should begin by supporting language studies