{"id":76,"date":"2025-02-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihr-advisors.com\/china-and-human-rights-ben-keith-writes-for-the-daily-telegraph\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:24:15","slug":"china-and-human-rights-ben-keith-writes-for-the-daily-telegraph","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/ihr-advisors.com\/es\/china-and-human-rights-ben-keith-writes-for-the-daily-telegraph\/","title":{"rendered":"China y los derechos humanos - Ben Keith escribe para el Daily Telegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Chancellor courting China signals a craven betrayal of British interests and human rights. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You may or may not remember the time Rachel Reeves voiced fears about the UK being too dependent on China. \u201cI think we are still too over-reliant on China,\u201d she said back in early 2023. \u201cNational security has always got to come first.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, fast forward to early 2025 and the Chancellor appears to be taking a very different approach. Reeves may have often voted in support of laws that advance human rights, but this failed to deter her from visiting the ruthless authoritarian state last month. In her much-hyped speech laying out her plans to turn Britain\u2019s struggling economy around, she bragged that her visit to Beijing had secured agreements worth \u00a3600 million to the UK. But the question remains: At what cost?<\/p>\n

\u00a0The list of human rights abuses perpetrated by the People\u2019s Party is both lengthy and indefensible. From the grave persecution and reprisals faced by government critics and those who fight for human rights to the stringent censorship of Chinese citizens and quashing of freedom of expression and association, repression in China is only intensifying.<\/p>\n

State-sanctioned abuse against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang persists \u2013 as does the continued repression of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Forced organ harvesting perpetrated against religious minorities remains one of the most barbaric and sickening examples of abuse imaginable.<\/p>\n

Moreover, there is the espionage committed by agents of the Chinese state around the world. The Chinese embassy in London recently urged the UK to \u201cstop creating trouble\u201d after Yang Tengbo \u2013 a businessman accused of spying on us on their behalf was barred from the country. The controversy unsurprisingly revived demands for the UK to classify China as a national security threat. However, with Reeves apparently cosying up to them, it feels like we are moving in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

Yes, Reeves is right to point out that China is both our fourth-largest single trading partner and the world\u2019s second-largest economy. But this neither negates nor alleviates the grave threat to national security that China presents.<\/p>\n

Reeves has promised to challenge China, saying she raised during her recent trip \u201cissues around human rights, forced labour, Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai, and around the sanctioning of parliamentarians\u201d.<\/p>\n

But one cannot help but wonder what truly goes on behind doors in such negotiations – and whether the chancellor or the wider UK government takes China\u2019s track record of human rights violations as seriously as they should. UK leaders have long excelled at paying homage to democratic principles and human rights but this so often amounts to lip service and empty promises.<\/p>\n

Since taking office last July, Labour has made no secret of its eagerness to improve our relationship with China. But such efforts have also been marked by an apparent dearth of consternation and anger at the regime\u2019s grisly catalogue of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Take the weaponisation of Interpol red notices. Red Notices are designed to be alerts to track down serious criminals but the mechanisms have been weaponised by Beijing as a tool of transnational repression. In turn, they have been wielded to target individuals who have escaped the regime\u2019s repression – with human rights defenders and political dissidents among them.<\/p>\n

Such persecution is at times deeply rooted in ideology and those Chinese who have become successful in business and subsequently \u201cwesternised\u201d have found themselves punished. Being targeted by a Red Notice is life-changing – your assets can be frozen, you can face travel bans, and most irrevocably of all, your reputation can be profoundly damaged. Such harm can outlive the notice being withdrawn because it is found to be unwarranted.<\/p>\n

\u00a0To sum up, China\u2019s sophisticated manipulation of Interpol\u2019s system of red notices is unparalleled – and its misuse poses a far-reaching danger to international law enforcement. Its successful infiltration of a global institution like Interpol is a tell-tale sign of the authoritarian regime\u2019s swelling power and control. The UK government \u2013 which gives substantial funding to Interpol \u2013 must demand reform of the institution.<\/p>\n

There is also the issue of cyberattacks. In 2020, the US Department of Justice announced criminal charges against Chinese nationals after a campaign of attacks aimed at governments and businesses.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If the UK government remains intent on pursuing economic ties with China, it will have to keep its eyes wide open. Unsurprisingly, concerns have been raised about the security risk posed by China\u2019s plans to build a new 600,000-square-foot embassy in London \u2013 both Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper have signalled their support for the mega-embassy.<\/p>\n

But the threat which China presents does not just exist in cyberspace, with Chinese nationals even assaulted here in the UK. Take the case of Consul General Zheng Xiyuan assaulting a Hong Kong protester inside the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester back in 2022.<\/p>\n

Reeves\u2019s opening to China signals a craven betrayal of human rights and of British interests.<\/p>\n

\u00a0This article was first Published by the Daily Telegraph on 8 February 2025.<\/p>\n

[https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/02\/08\/chancellor-courting-china-craven-betrayal-british-interests\/]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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