Cameron’s China Links Prompt Call for Rule Change

Amid calls for the ‘golden-era’ PM to disclose interests, an expert said job-hunting rules need tightening so ex-ministers can’t ‘go off and help China.’

China's leader Xi Jinping (L) and then Prime Minister David Cameron drink a pint of beer during a state visit to the UK at a pub in Princess Risborough near Chequers, northwest of London, on Oct. 22, 2015. Kirsty Wigglesworth/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Rules need to be tightened so ministers and civil servants can’t “go off and help China” after leaving their government jobs, a former diplomat said in light of David Cameron’s return to the government as foreign secretary.

Mr. Cameron, a former prime minister, who is no longer an MP, made the surprise political comeback on Monday in a Cabinet reshuffle by becoming Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton in the House of Lords.