There is a focus on China this week because the five-yearly Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress opens in Beijing on Tuesday 18 October.
The Committee is planning a Pelosi-style trip to Taiwan this year, when British MPs will express their solidarity with the continued independence and democracy with the island.
The Biden Administration has just approved its sixth arms package for Taiwan worth $1.1bn, including Harpoon anti-ship missiles.US warships sail through Taiwan StraitIn her previous job as Foreign Secretary, Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss hardened Britain's diplomatic stance towards China. Truss appears to be bringing down the final curtain on the"golden era" hailed by David Cameron and George Osborne.
As prime minister, Boris Johnson flip-flopped on Huawei's involvement with 5G, first reversing May's ban and then re-instating it, after the outbreak of COVID.
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