British Prime minister Rishi Sunak Says UK's 'Golden Era' With China Is Over

 

CNBC: ‘Golden era’ for Britain and China’s relationship is over, UK PM Rishi Sunak says 

* Beijing’s move toward even greater authoritarianism posed a systemic challenge to Britain’s values and interests, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned. 

* “Let’s be clear, the so-called golden era is over,” Sunak said Monday at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London. 

* His comments come shortly after public demonstrations were held across China to protest the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy. 

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the so-called golden era of relations with China was over, warning that Beijing’s move toward even greater authoritarianism posed a systemic challenge to Britain’s values and interests. 

“Let’s be clear, the so-called golden era is over,” Sunak said Monday in his first major foreign policy speech. 

His reference to the “golden era” for the U.K.-China relationship echoed comments made by former U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne in 2015, who had claimed Britain could be China’s “best partner in the West.”  

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WNU Editor: China is still China. It has not changed. What has changed is the West, and specifically, their views towards China. 

British Prime minister Rishi Sunak Says UK's 'Golden Era' With China Is Over  

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