THIS is how to battle Beijing: Few understand China's contempt for our way of life - and their determination to destroy it. NORMAN BAKER says we have no choice but to hit back...
In my dealings with China over many years, I have learnt one hard fact: they do not play by the same rules as other countries. They play dirty.
When I went to Beijing as Transport Minister, I was warned by the Foreign Office not to take my phone or my laptop as it was assumed the Chinese would suck all the information out of the devices if I did.
At the residence of the British Ambassador, I asked him a question about the political situation. He ushered me into the garden and advised me in a low voice that it was almost certain the residence was bugged, and to be very careful what I said.
With an economy that will soon be the biggest on the planet, the Chinese can afford to buy the silence of those who find the regime distasteful.
Abroad, they are allowed to behave like a 19th Century colonial power, stripping poor countries of natural resources and securing oppressive political influence, often for very little in return.
Under Xi, China has no qualms about engaging in widespread cyber activities to destabilise other countries and steal their economic secrets. Their military capability has increased hugely and now poses a real threat to the nation’s neighbours.
With the help of countries it has bought off, Beijing has managed to get itself appointed to the UN consultative group to select experts to investigate human rights abuses.
What a sick joke. This is the country that shoots its own people if they dare to demonstrate, and then sends a bill for the bullets used to kill them to their surviving relatives.
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