Beijing urges British politicians to show restraint in their comments on China, stating that “inflating the Chinese threat” will not help solve own problems.
Asked about Rishi Sunak’s comments, in which he called China the biggest long-term threat and vowed to shut down all Britain’s Confucius Institutes, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said. declined make specific comments, stating that the elections of in next The Tory leader is an internal affair of the UK.
But he added: “I do want tell some British politicians that they can’t solve them problems often using China makes arguments and inflates the “Chinese threat” and other irresponsible statements.”
In an attempt to shift focus in Tory leadership race on to international affairs as well as national security, both candidates – Sunak and Liz Truss – made strong statements on China, depicting the UK’s largest import partner and sixth largest export partner. for commodity “threat”.
Sunak is expected to say on Monday that China “is the biggest term threat to the UK and the world’s economic and national security”, referring to the opinion of in director general of MI5 and head of FBI.
Sunak will also hit Truss and other Western politicians for “turning a blind eye to China’s nefarious activities and ambitions” and call for a new NATO alliance will set up to counter it.
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“I’ll change it on day one as prime minister,” Sunak says. on Monday. “I will not let China take over our universities, and get British companies and public cybersecurity institutions they need. And I will work with President Biden and others world leaders transform Western resilience to the threat posed by China.”
Until recently, Sunak was perceived by the Chinese state media how more a balanced candidate when it comes to China. In the report on On July 14, the state-run Global Times reported that Beijing did not expect major changes. in bilateral relations under British new leader, he still hoped that both sides could improve relations. It stated that Sunak had a “pragmatic view of development of balanced relations with China”.
On the contrary, the nationalist tabloid has long held a grudge against Farm. When an alleged quarrel broke out between Truss and the British Ambassador to China out last The newspaper suggested that Truss was a “radical populist” and quoted Chinese netizens calling the UK “Little Britain”.
Farm campaign insisted that it “strengthened the position of Great Britain on China since it became a foreign secretary and helped lead in international response to increased Chinese aggression. They said she would keep doing it if elected.
In public, Beijing adheres to the principle of “non-intervention” of foreign policy when it comes to political reshuffle in foreign countries. Earlier this month, when Boris Johnson stepped down, Beijing took the same line to the question of journalists.
Beijing urged London to “take your time”.term perspective and save in think about the bigger picture.” it also called on in next Tory leaderwork with China in same directionand promote sustainable and sustainable development of bilateral relations.
