Britain’s approach to China ‘beset by incoherence’ warns damning new report

Britain should create a unit modelled on the US State Department’s China House to join up action across Government, the report recommends. In a 53-page document, Ipac said that increasingly polarised politics in the UK and the rise of “populist parties that have yet to define their positioning” on Beijing present “an opportunity for further Chinese influence”. The report says “Substantial evidence” also points to Britain becoming a destination for excess Chinese industrial output, known as “dumping” – and a “backdoor” into the European market in sectors such as steel, batteries and EVs This could hinder any green technology trade…