She faces domestic accusations that she is indulging in irresponsible sabre-rattling. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Former British prime minister Liz Truss, on a visit to Taiwan on Wednesday, will set up a full-throated clash with both China and her successor Rishi Sunak in demanding the West get tough with Beijing.
The West cannot avoid another “Cold War” with China, the former Conservative leader will argue in the speech to the Prospect Foundation in Taipei, according to excerpts released by her office. “But without freedom and democracy, there is nothing else. We know what happens to the environment or world health under totalitarian regimes that don’t tell the truth.”Ms Truss’s tough rhetoric against China
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