Rishi Sunak defends UK approach to China as ‘more robust’ than EU allies following criticism

The UK’s approach to China is “more robust” than its allies, Rishi Sunak has claimed, as he continues to face calls to use more aggressive language to describe Beijing in the wake of two cyberattacks. The prime minister said suggestions the government was not taking strong action against China were “completely and utterly wrong”. Mr Sunak defended the government’s stance towards China while appearing at the Liaison Committee on Tuesday afternoon, where he faced questions from parliament’s select committee chairs. Business and Trade Committee chair Liam Byrne challenged Mr Sunak that where allies acted on China, the UK was merely…