Lammy Under Pressure to Take Tough Stance in China Visit

Foreign Secretary David Lammy will urge China to stop supporting Russia in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine on a two-day visit this week as the government said it will continue “challenging” the communist country “where we must.” The visit signals the resumption of high-level diplomatic engagement with China, but Lammy’s trip on Friday comes with the “firm recognition” that London and Beijing “will not, and do not, always agree,”  the Foreign Office said. China faces ongoing allegations of human rights abuses against the mainly Muslim Uyghur minority group as well as the unlawful detention of Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong businessman and democracy campaigner who holds British citizenship....