Digesting the key segments and changes in China documents
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At just after half past nine on Wednesday night, the documents appeared on the government's website. There were three submissions from one of the government's Deputy National Security Advisers, Matthew Collins. The first one from December 2023, under the Conservatives. And two more. The second one is dated February 2024, also when the Conservatives were in power and the third August 2025, when Labour were. But it turns out, we learned in a later hastily published clarification, the date was a year out in that second document and it was actually submitted in February 2025, under Labour – arguably a crucial distinction when one element of the language used is examined.
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