China is working to undermine British democracy, the British government says

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The UK government said it wanted to enhance trade with China, although it is a warning that Beijing has increased its efforts to spy on Britain and undermine its democracy and economic security.

As part of the broader national security strategy that warned of the mainland, Britain has risked “direct threat” by military opponents, the ministers published a long -awaited study in the risks posed by China to the United Kingdom.

Foreign Minister David Lami said that China represented the “most complex bilateral relationship” in the United Kingdom-but she said it needed a “consistent” relationship with the country, which represents its third largest commercial partner.

Lami said in a statement to the deputies: “The strength of China is an inevitable fact,” Lami said in a statement. “Not engaging with China is not an option at all.”

The report, which was published on Tuesday, said that the United Kingdom must “request a trade relationship and invest” that “supports safe and flexible growth.”

However, I warned at one time that “cases of spying China, interfering in our democracy and undermining our economic security have increased in recent years.”

The military risks facing the United Kingdom were also put in the national security strategy, which was also published on Tuesday, and that sparked the possibility of a direct attack on British soil.

“Some opponents put the foundations for the future conflict, and they put themselves to move quickly to cause a major disturbance of our energy chains and/or our supplies, to deter us from standing on their aggression,” she said.

“For the first time in many years, we must actively prepare for the possibility of the country in the United Kingdom to directly threaten, and perhaps in a scenario in wartime.”

Sir Kerr Starmer, who works at the NATO meeting in The Hague, pledged to raise defensive spending in the United Kingdom to 5 percent by 2035, taking into account the investments adjacent to cybersecurity and border control.

The challenge of achieving a balance between the United Kingdom’s relationship with China was set on Tuesday by a strong group of Congress Beijing plans for a giant new embassy in London.

There are planned plans Chinese embassy website On the edge of the city of London, it will put it close to many sensitive data cables, including those used by American banks.

The Chinese Communist Party’s selection committee raised fears that the building, which is going through the approval of planning, has raised a “unacceptable threat not only for the inhabitants of London, but for the United Kingdom, (the security coalition) five eyes, and Europe as a whole.”

He added: “We have not yet received reliable assurances that the risks posed by the so -called huge huge in London can be reduced enough.”

Lami said that the permission to plan the Chinese embassy was a legal process that was unable to intervene and suspected a claim to cut deals with Beijing.

Lami said: “There are no tight deals, on any issues, and certainly do not relate to the embassy,” Lami said.

After the Foreign Minister said that many of China’s review in the United Kingdom were classified, Emily Thornbari, the Labor Vice -Chairman, asked the government to establish a safe reading room so that deputies can see the details.

Luke de Bulford, Executive Director of the Parliament in China, questioned the UK government’s secrecy and focus on trade.

“Much will appear in the consultation process negative but not necessarily sensitive – but there will be a risk that Beijing embarrasses,” Polford said.

“The idea that trade with China will save the British economy worthy of interrogation. What we see in the UK growth is the” treasury “for government policy to extend to foreign policy now.”