Britain must take a tougher stance on China over its severe human rights abuses and help Taiwan build its defences to deter a potential attack from Beijing, an influential group of MPs says. With the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, scheduled to land in China on Wednesday for a first official visit in five years, a report from the foreign affairs select committee says ministers have to call out the country’s transnational repression. China’s behaviour is a threat to world security that cannot be ignored, it says. The Chinese Communist party (CCP) is “seeking to silence criticism of its human rights…