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 <a href="embroiled”>https://www.huffpost.com/search?keywords=embroiled”>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 <a href="punchy”>https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=punchy%20speech”>punchy speech about confronting and countering ‘s political and <a href="economic”>https://lerablog.org/?s=economic”>economic might.<img src="https://www.freepixels.com/class=" style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;"><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 <a href="Prospect”>https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=Prospect%20Foundation”>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">’Because China has already embarked on a self-reliance drive, whether we want to decouple from the economy or <a href="penipu”>https://yasseryehia.net/?q=hotwin88″>penipu not. <p class="mol-para-with-font">’China is <a href="growing”>https://www.news24.com/news24/search?query=growing”>growing its navy at an 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 <a href="punchy”>https://app.photobucket.com/search?query=punchy%20speech”>punchy speech about <a href="confronting”>https://www.travelwitheaseblog.com/?s=confronting”>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, <a href="president”>https://www.ft.com/search?q=president”>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, China staged a naval and air force blockade of Taiwan<p class="mol-para-with-font">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, <a href="cutting”>https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/search/site/cutting”>cutting off <a href="channels”>https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=channels”>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 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