Then first, remove the dependencies, there are places that you can start manufacturing stuff cheaper than China, and without the risk of Chinese stealing the IP

Then first, remove the dependencies, there are places that you can start manufacturing stuff cheaper than China, and without the risk of Chinese stealing the IP. It is not a UK/EU issue. At the end of the day CCP think itself as a rising power and will want to expand its power to anywhere on earth. The belt and road initiative is basically modern day colonisation, instead of taking over a whole country or city, Sri Lanka lost a port for 99 years. [1] 1: https://www.ft.com/content/e150ef0c-de37-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52f9c https://www.ft.com/content/e150ef0c-de37-11e7-a8a4-0a1e63a52...