UK Parliament Asserts Taiwan's Independence as Foreign Secretary Visits China

The British parliament's influential foreign affairs committee has referred to Taiwan as an "independent country" in an official report, marking a significant departure from the country's previous stance and risking backlash from Beijing. The report criticized the UK government for not being bold enough in supporting Taiwan and called for closer relations, including trilateral cooperation with Japan and Taiwan on cyber and space defense capabilities. The committee also urged the government to campaign for Taiwan's admission to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Additionally, the report criticized the British government for keeping its China strategy under wraps and called for tougher action against China's "transnational repression" on British soil.