British MPs plan visit to Taiwan as tension with China simmers

Exclusive: Tom Tugendhat likely to lead trip later this year as London's relationship with Beijing deteriorates

Britain's House of Commons foreign affairs committee is planning on a visit to Taiwan later this year - probably in November or early December - despite rising tensions in the region, the Guardian has learned.

Sources say that the trip - which was originally scheduled for early this year but was postponed due to one member of the delegation testing positive for Covid - was intended to show Britain's support for the democratically run island, which China considers its own.