China: Foreign secretary will be walking same tightrope as other Western diplomats but he is already behind the curve

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As he lands in Beijing, the first British foreign secretary to do so in five years, James Cleverly, faces the same challenge that has perplexed visiting diplomats for decades. Put simply, China's economy and market are too big to ignore and its government too important to alienate. But on the other hand, China's conduct is completely unacceptable on a whole range of fronts. Its treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority is genocidal, or something pretty close. Ditto Tibet. It has ridden a fleet of carriages and horses through the Hong Kong agreement it made with Britain. Its bullying and threats...