Rishi Sunak on Monday warned that the so-called “golden era” of UK relations with China was over, but he signalled his determination to engage with Beijing as he stopped short of describing the superpower as a “threat”.
The new prime minister, in an implicit criticism of the pro-China policies of former premier David Cameron, said there had been a “naive idea that trade would lead to social and political reform”.
He also criticised China’s handling of protests against Beijing’s zero-Covid policy — including “assaulting” BBC journalist Ed Lawrence — and said the country posed “a systemic challenge to our values and interests”.
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