Truss urges Sunak to be vigilant on ‘threat from China’ to avoid ‘very serious problem’

Liz Truss has urged Rishi Sunak to be vigilant on the “threat from China” as she welcomed his talks with Volodymyr Zelensky to send fighter jets to Ukraine.

“We’ve got to focus on Ukraine, but we also need to focus on the threat from China,” the former prime minister said, speaking at a democracy summit in Copenhagen on Monday 15 May.

“If we take our eye off the ball on China, we’ll be facing a very, very serious problem down the road.”

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