Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe UK must be willing to “contest, contain and, where necessary confront” China over “unacceptable” bullying, the former National Security advisor has said. And a former top UK official in China said Beijing wants Mandarin to be the world’s second biggest language by the end of the century. And he said a lack of unity among Western allies meant a "ruthless" China was able to "pick off" individual countries which tried to challenge it. "Some other Western countries will seek opportunity if they see one of their friendly allied but nevertheless competitors having a setback in their relationship with China. “The British way, as well as Britain, is of a global interest in a way that the Chinese way is frankly not.

Source: Daily Mirror March 18, 2021 13:26 UTC