Any notion that China can be trusted must
surely have been dispelled following its initial – and disastrous –
attempts to conceal the Covid-19 pandemic.
If
it transpires that the virus began its spread as a result of negligence
in a Wuhan laboratory, it can only strengthen calls to temper China’s
reach and influence.
For despite
endless promises of transparency and reform, China has shunned
international accountability. It seeks superpower status but repudiates
freedom, democracy and the rule of law.
Appeasing
China has not worked. And that is why today, just as Churchill stood up
to Stalin in 1946, Boris Johnson should take a stand and urge the West
to face down President Xi Jinping’s cynical aggression."
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