The West is already embroiled in a new Cold War with China as the communist state continues a massive military build-up alongside its economic might,

<p class="mol-para-with-font">The West is already embroiled in a new Cold War with China as the communist state continues a massive military build-up alongside its economic might, warned today.<p class="mol-para-with-font">The former PM used a controversial visit to Taiwan to make a punchy speech about confronting and countering ‘s political and <a href="penipu”>https://sipada.kpu.go.id/korupsi/?panel=planet88″>penipu economic might.<p class="mol-para-with-font">She urged to formally designate , as she warned that the West must act ‘urgently’ to protect Taiwan from aggression. The island state is claimed by China.<p class="mol-para-with-font">Speaking at the Prospect Foundation think tank, she said: ‘There are many in the West who say we don’t want another Cold War.

But we have to be clear that this is not a choice that we are in a position to make. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><a href="‘Because”>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=%27Because%20China”>’Because China has already embarked on a self-reliance drive, whether we want to decouple from the <a href="economy”>https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=economy”>economy or not. <p class="mol-para-with-font">’China is growing its navy at an <a href="alarming”>https://venturebeat.com/?s=alarming%20rate”>alarming rate.

It is undertaking the biggest military build-up in peacetime history. <p class="mol-para-with-font">’They’ve already formed alliances with other nations that want to see the free world in decline. They have already made their choice about their strategy.'<p class="mol-para-with-font">But her speech came as Beijing attacked her decision to become one of the most high profile politicians to visit Taipei.<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-dfe484ad212ed172" website height="423" width="634" alt="The former PM used a controversial visit to Taiwan to make a punchy speech about confronting and countering Beijing’s political and economic might." class="blkBorder img-share" /> <p class="imageCaption">The former PM used a controversial visit to Taiwan to make a punchy speech about confronting and countering Beijing’s political and economic might.<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-5142f9eb137a82d" website height="423" width="634" alt="China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has threatened to annex the island by force. Pictured, president Xi Jinping" class="blkBorder img-share" /> <p class="imageCaption">China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has threatened to annex the island by force.

Pictured, president Xi Jinping<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-df91881a05359f92" website height="397" width="634" alt="After Nancy Pelosi, then-speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan last year, China staged a naval and air force blockade of Taiwan" class="blkBorder img-share" /> <p class="imageCaption">After Nancy Pelosi, then-speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan last year, <a href="China”>http://www.techandtrends.com/?s=China%20staged”>China staged a naval and air force <a href="blockade”>https://www.ft.com/search?q=blockade”>blockade of Taiwan<p class="mol-para-with-font">After Nancy Pelosi, then-speaker of the US House of Representatives, <a href="visited”>https://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=visited%20Taiwan&type=all&mode=search&results=25″>visited Taiwan last year, China staged a naval and air force blockade of Taiwan, cutting off channels of communication with Washington on issues from environmental protection to maritime security.<p class="mol-para-with-font">Before Ms Truss stood up to make her speech, the Chinese embassy to the UK issued a statement <a href="warning”>https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search?query=warning”>warning that Ms Truss’ speech would ‘harm’ Britain, labelling it a ‘provocative move’.<p class="mol-para-with-font">It urged her to stop defending Taiwanese independence or else ‘further expose herself as a failed politician and get more backlash from the Chinese people’. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-578b5be0-f4a7-11ed-b1e8-9d79a8b02917" website Truss warns the West is already in a Cold War with China