Of course we re protecting our critical infrastructure. We will take tough measures to call out China for what they re doing in Xinjiang. There is a balance to be struck because, after all, we have a strong trading relationship with China worth about £81billion. China is the second largest economy. But we ve also got to be tough where we see risk and that s why this Government has brought in the National Security and Investment Bill to protect our intellectual property.
Boris Johnson said the UK must strike a balance with Beijing (Image: PA)
Chairman of the Defence Committee Tobias Ellwood said: I was hoping for a Fulton, Missouri moment (where Sir Winston Churchill made his Iron Curtain speech in 1946), when we finally call out China for the geostrategic threat that it is.