UK Conservative Leadership Contenders Clash Over China and Taxes in BBC Debate

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (R) and former chancellor to the exchequer Rishi Sunak, contenders to become the country's next prime minister, take part in the BBC's 'The UK's Next Prime Minister: The Debate,' in Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, on July 25, 2022. Jacob King /pool/AFP via Getty Images

The two remaining candidates in the race to become Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister—Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former chancellor Rishi Sunak—have traded blows over policies regarding China and taxation in a TV debate hosted by the BBC.

While the tax and economic policy was the focus of the earlier stages of the leadership campaign, China has emerged over the past few days as a key foreign policy battleground between the two leadership hopefuls.