{"id":2021,"date":"2022-11-29T10:59:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:39","slug":"2021-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/2021-2\/2022\/11\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Sunak says UK’s ‘golden era’ with China is over"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> Nov.29–<\/span> British<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Rishi<\/span> Sunak<\/span> said<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span> so-called<\/span> \u201cgolden<\/span> age\u201d<\/span> of<\/span> relations<\/span> with<\/span> China<\/span> was<\/span> over,<\/span> adding<\/span> to<\/span> Beijing\u2019s<\/span> systematic<\/span> challenge<\/span> to<\/span> British<\/span> interests<\/span> and<\/span> values.<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> his<\/span> first<\/span> major<\/span> foreign<\/span> policy<\/span> speech,<\/span> Sunak<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> UK’s<\/span> approach<\/span> to<\/span> China<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> evolve,<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Chinese<\/span> government<\/span> would<\/span> “use<\/span> all<\/span> means<\/span> of<\/span> state<\/span> power<\/span> to<\/span> deliberately<\/span> pursue<\/span> global<\/span> influence.”<\/span> We<\/span> are<\/span> competing,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Let’s<\/span> make<\/span> it<\/span> clear<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> so-called<\/span> ‘golden<\/span> age<\/span> is<\/span> over,<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> naive<\/span> idea<\/span> that<\/span> trade<\/span> leads<\/span> to<\/span> social<\/span> and<\/span> political<\/span> reform,”<\/span> Sunak<\/span> told<\/span> former<\/span> Treasury<\/span> Secretary<\/span> George<\/span> Osborne<\/span> in<\/span> London’s<\/span> financial<\/span> district.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some<\/span> of<\/span> Sunak’s<\/span> Conservatives<\/span> criticized<\/span> Sunak,<\/span> seeing<\/span> him<\/span> as<\/span> less<\/span> hawkish<\/span> of<\/span> China<\/span> than<\/span> his<\/span> predecessor,<\/span> Liz<\/span> Truss.<\/span> Last<\/span> year,<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> finance<\/span> minister,<\/span> he<\/span> called<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> nuanced<\/span> strategy<\/span> toward<\/span> China<\/span> to<\/span> balance<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> concerns<\/span> while<\/span> expanding<\/span> economic<\/span> ties.<\/span> But<\/span> a<\/span> planned<\/span> meeting<\/span> between<\/span> Sunak<\/span> and<\/span> Chinese<\/span> President<\/span> Xi<\/span> Jinping<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> G20<\/span> summit<\/span> in<\/span> Bali<\/span> this<\/span> month<\/span> fell<\/span> through,<\/span> and<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> London<\/span> banned<\/span> Chinese<\/span> surveillance<\/span> cameras<\/span> from<\/span> sensitive<\/span> government<\/span> buildings.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cWe<\/span> recognize<\/span> that<\/span> China<\/span> poses<\/span> a<\/span> systemic<\/span> challenge<\/span> to<\/span> our<\/span> values<\/span> \u200b\u200band<\/span> interests,<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> challenge<\/span> is<\/span> becoming<\/span> more<\/span> acute<\/span> as<\/span> China<\/span> moves<\/span> toward<\/span> stronger<\/span> authoritarianism.\u201d<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> journalists<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> Chinese<\/span> police.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Of<\/span> course,<\/span> we<\/span> cannot<\/span> simply<\/span> ignore<\/span> the<\/span> importance<\/span> of<\/span> China<\/span> in<\/span> world<\/span> affairs,<\/span> in<\/span> issues<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> global<\/span> economic<\/span> stability<\/span> and<\/span> climate<\/span> change.<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> Canada,<\/span> Australia,<\/span> Japan,<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> other<\/span> countries<\/span> also<\/span> understand<\/span> it.<\/span> .”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0Sunak<\/span> said<\/span> Britain<\/span> would<\/span> not<\/span> choose<\/span> “the<\/span> status<\/span> quo”<\/span> under<\/span> his<\/span> leadership<\/span> and<\/span> would<\/span> use<\/span> “strong<\/span> pragmatism<\/span> rather<\/span> than<\/span> good<\/span> rhetoric”<\/span> to<\/span> confront<\/span> international<\/span> competitors.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Referring<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> continue<\/span> military<\/span> aid<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> next<\/span> year<\/span> and<\/span> maintain<\/span> strong<\/span> support<\/span> from<\/span> former<\/span> prime<\/span> minister<\/span> Boris<\/span> Johnson<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Truss.<\/span> “Don’t<\/span> worry,<\/span> we<\/span> support<\/span> Ukraine.”<\/span> We<\/span> will<\/span> maintain<\/span> or<\/span> increase<\/span> military<\/span> aid<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> year.<\/span> And<\/span> we<\/span> will<\/span> provide<\/span> new<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> air<\/span> defense.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> September,<\/span> Britain<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> provided<\/span> \u00a32.3<\/span> billion<\/span> ($2.8<\/span> billion)<\/span> of<\/span> aid<\/span> this<\/span> year,<\/span> making<\/span> it<\/span> her<\/span> second-largest\u00a0military<\/span> donor<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0Sunak<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> UK<\/span> must<\/span> adopt<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> long-term<\/span> approach<\/span> as<\/span> its<\/span> foes<\/span> and<\/span> competitors<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> China.<\/span> \u201cIn<\/span> the<\/span> face<\/span> of<\/span> these<\/span> challenges,<\/span> short-termism<\/span> and<\/span> wishful<\/span> thinking<\/span> are<\/span> not<\/span> enough.<\/span> We<\/span> cannot<\/span> rely<\/span> on<\/span> Cold<\/span> War<\/span> arguments<\/span> and<\/span> approaches,<\/span> or<\/span> mere<\/span> sentimentality<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> past,\u201d<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) Nov.29– British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said\u00a0the so-called \u201cgolden age\u201d of relations with China was over, adding to Beijing\u2019s systematic challenge to British interests and values. said that In his first major foreign policy speech, Sunak said the UK’s approach to China needed to evolve, and that the Chinese government would “use all […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,280,2425,2428,2480,2482],"tags":[152,156,282,285,373],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SUNK.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2037,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}