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- Boris Johnson is under growing pressure from his party to reset the UK's relationship with China.
- Conservative Members of Parliament told Business Insider that the party's attitude to Beijing had "hardened" after the Chinese government had "consistently lied" about the coronavirus pandemic.
- The Conservative chair of the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee said the pandemic would inevitably change Johnson's government's attitude to China.
- Senior members of Johnson's government have previously warned that there will be a "reckoning" with Beijing after the crisis and said the UK could not go back to "business as usual" with China.
- Conservative critics of China within Johnson's party have set up a new grouping designed to pressure the government on the issue.
- Johnson risks a major rebellion from his party if he pushes ahead with plans to allow the Chinese telecoms company Huawei to develop the UK's 5G network.
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Boris Johnson is under growing pressure from within his own party to reset Britain's relationship with China and axe the UK's controversial deal with Chinese telecoms company Huawei.
Influential Conservative MPs say attitudes towards China within Johnson's party have "hardened" in light of the coronavirus crisis, after Beijing "consistently lied" about the pandemic and failed to "face up to its responsibilities."
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