James Cleverly in China despite storm of criticism over ‘appeasement’ of communist regime

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J ames Cleverly in Beijing on Wednesday insisted on the need for face-to-face contact with Chinese leaders but faced a storm of criticism at home for alleged “1930s appeasement” of the communist regime. Mr Cleverly, on the first visit to China by a Foreign Secretary since 2018, was set to raise respect for individual freedoms amid reports of Chinese students being monitoring and harassed at universities in London and other parts of the UK. But he was also treading a fine line as Rishi Sunak bids for a possible bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit in...