Taiwan’s digital minister Audrey Tang is on a rare high-level ministerial trip to Britain this week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Britain’s security minister, Mr Tom Tugendhat, met Taiwan’s digital minister on Wednesday, people with knowledge of the talks said, a meeting that breaks with conventional British foreign policy and risks infuriating the Chinese government.
Mr Tugendhat, who was sanctioned by China two years ago for speaking out about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, is not a full Cabinet minister but attends Cabinet meetings in his role as security minister, where he is responsible for countering terrorism, domestic state threats and economic crime.
“This is extremely welcome and sends the right message,” he said. “The security minister should be congratulated for facing down pressure from other departments and setting a new precedent, which all ministers can now follow.” A spokesperson for the Home Office said: “We do not routinely comment on private ministerial meetings.”Ms Tang on Thursday posted a picture on Twitter of her reading “The New Technology State: How Our Digital Dreams Became Societal Nightmares - and What We Can Do about It,” a soon-to-be-published book whose author, Mr Bill Raduchel, says it evolved from conversations with Mr Tugendhat in 2019.
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