G7 seeks common front on China in first talks since pandemic

G7: British PM Boris Johnson meets with Antony Blinken at 10 Downing Street

'We want to see China stepping up to the plate and playing its full role,' said Raab (centre)Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (C) is flanked by his Canadian and Japanese counterparts at a G7 meeting focused on China

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Tuesday discussed how to form a common front towards an increasingly assertive China in the foreign ministers' first in-person talks in two years.

The official said the talks were less about coordinating action than finding a common front to bring "like-minded" countries on board.