International Desk: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the “golden age” of UK-China relations was “over” and the idea that more trade with the West would lead China to political reform was virtually over, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, describing previous decades of close economic ties with China as “unwise”.
The UK Prime Minister made these remarks in his first foreign policy speech on Tuesday (November 29). This information was reported by the British media BBC in a report.
Sunak said the UK now needs to plan to meet its targets with “robust realism” towards competitors. But he cautioned against a ‘war of nerves’, saying China’s global significance cannot be ignored.
He also said that in the face of protests, China has chosen the path of further repression, including assaulting a BBC journalist. Admittedly, China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests, and the challenge becomes more acute as it moves toward greater authoritarianism.
