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2114, 29 Nov 22

U.K. P.M. Calls for Harder Stance Against China

Many years ago, Americans listened to Churchill speak with a conviction and moral clarity that we failed to find in our own leaders. We may be reliving that moment.

In his first foreign policy speech on Monday since taking office, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared that the country’s “golden era” of relations with China was over, saying it’s time for U.K.’s relations to “evolve.”

Sunak referred to the past decades of close economic ties as “naive,” calling China a “systemic challenge” to British interests.

“We recognize China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests, a challenge that grows more acute as it moves toward even greater authoritarianism,” Sunak said at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London.

He now wants to adopt an approach of “robust pragmatism” against close competitors, strengthening ties with allies including the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Japan. With geopolitical shifts underway, Sunak said, “short-termism or wishful thinking will not suffice” against Russia and China.

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2114, 29 November 2022

1 Comment

  1. Mar

    As long as Senile Joe Biden is president, nothing is going to happen to China. They can spy on us, they can steal our secrets, they can steal US company’s technology.
    Senile Joe Biden is bought and paid for by China.
    Senile Joe is a traitor to the US.
    And liberals are too stupid to realize that

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