London: Britain’s ‘Shadow Foreign Secretary’ Priti Patel has requested to put China in ‘high-security-risk’. The 52-year-old Indian-origin ‘Tory’ (conservative) leader, citing the Chinese spy network, said that Prince Andrew had reached Buckingham Palace in support of his vote.
He also criticized Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer for pursuing closer trade ties with China at the expense of national security.
He said, ‘You may find this confusing, but there is a need to keep a constant eye on China.’ Having said this, Priti Patel told ‘The Sunday-Times’ that ‘China really needs to be included in the foreign-influence-registration-scheme’, and that the ‘lobbying’ done by it is considered a ‘high-security-risk’. Need to put under. , Is
Taking a further dig at China, Priti Patel said, “We have been dealing with an abnormal regime for a decade, facing all kinds of bad activities in our security, from intellectual property to cyber activities and from disinformation to espionage.” Are.” There is a need to be constantly cautious of China.