Liz Truss sparks controversy with Taiwan visit and call for "economic Nato" to counter China.
TL;DR
Liz Truss, former British prime minister, has called for an "economic NATO" to tackle Beijing's growing authoritarianism and support a free Taiwan. Truss, who is on a five-day visit to Taiwan, is the most senior British politician to make the trip since Margaret Thatcher. She criticized the mixed messages from the free world and called for a network of liberty with free nations working together to develop an "economic NATO" to coordinate pushback against Beijing. Truss also called for the shutting down of UK-based Confucius institutes and for the UK to rule out the resumption of economic dialogue with Beijing.
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