Blair warns against new Cold War with China

The West will sometimes clash with China now that it is a major power, but it is "misleading and dangerous" to think of it as a new Cold War, Tony Blair said. A major survey of public opinion commissioned by Mr Blair's Institute for Global Change indicated a shift to a "markedly more hostile attitude" from the West towards Beijing. The former prime minister said China had "serious questions" to answer about the Covid-19 outbreak, as the YouGov survey of citizens in the UK, US, Germany and France suggested that attitudes to Beijing had hardened during the pandemic. (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change/PA) The study indicated 60% of British and French citizens viewed China as a "force for...