Former prime minister Liz Truss to urge West to ‘get real’ about China threat in political comeback speech


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Liz Truss will warn of a "global battle between free societies and dictatorships" in a speech in the US designed to revive her economic and political agenda. The former prime minister is due to make a speech in which she will question whether Western democracies - including the UK - are currently "match fit to take on China" and the "whole concept of state capitalism". Ms Truss, who currently sits on the Conservative backbenches following a short-lived period as prime minister, will criticise Western governments for "appeasing" autocratic regimes in China and Russia and will argue that more needs to...