As the United States has recently launched intensive containment measures against China, Britain, as an ally of the United States, has also become a little unable to sit still, and has begun to take the baton of the United States and take a "ruthless hand" against China.
To put it simply, it is a four-front offensive against China. 1. Unreasonable suppression. In terms of sanctions against Chinese companies, following the pace of the United States, the United Kingdom** recently announced sanctions against 46 entities and individuals in many countries, including 3 Chinese companies. The reason is that the British side claims that these three Chinese companies "support the Russian war machine". Second, meddling in the South China Sea. With the recent escalation of maritime frictions between China and the Philippines, some countries outside the region have followed the United States to support the Philippines, and the United Kingdom is no exception. In its statement, the UK also stressed that both China and the Philippines must abide by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the so-called South China Sea arbitration. This is undoubtedly a disguised support for the Philippines. 3. Interfering in internal affairs. As we all know, the recent case of Jimmy Lai, a "destabilizing Hong Kong" element, is being heard, but the United Kingdom has taken the opportunity to make inappropriate remarks several times, and British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Development David Cameron issued a statement on the 17th, continuing to slander the Hong Kong National Security Law and calling on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to stop the prosecution and release Jimmy Lai. Britain's brazen support for Jimmy Lai, the leading anti-China destabilizing activist in Hong Kong, and its complete disregard for China's rule of law, has obviously touched our bottom line. Fourth, generalize the scope of security. For a long time, generalizing and politicizing economic and trade issues has been a common means used by Western countries against China. Recently, the British ** announced that out of consideration of the so-called "security risks", the Royal Grid Corporation, which manages most of the British power grid, decided to abandon the cooperation with the same Chinese ** businessman. The UK has even stressed that it will remove components from the company from the facilities in question. Whether or not the United States is playing tricks behind this is actually a matter of self-determination. Judging from the fact that the United States recently sent a "special envoy" to Portugal and explicitly demanded that they not be allowed to purchase Chinese scanning equipment, we cannot see what kind of confrontational mentality the United States has toward China.
However, Britain has gone to such great lengths to follow the United States to exert pressure on China, which has not only damaged Sino-British relations, but also affected Britain's own development, and in the end it was pitted by the United States. Why?We have noticed that some foreign media have recently released news that due to opposition within the Democratic Party, Biden has "quietly" shelved the US-UK partnership plan. It is understood that the United Kingdom has been eager for a free agreement with the United States since Brexit. According to the data, the United States is the largest partner of the United Kingdom, as of June this year, the United States accounted for 17% of the UK's total exports. Britain has also made a lot of efforts to this end, including but not limited to playing the "anti-China card" to cater to the mainstream line of the United States. But now, everything that should be done has been done, and the United States has overturned it in a single sentence, and if it says that it cannot be talked about, it will not be able to get along, and this has undoubtedly exposed the careful trick of the United States in "employing people to face forward and not people to face backward."
In this situation, Britain can be said to be bitter in its heart and cannot speak, or dare to be angry but dare not speak. British Business Secretary Kemi Badnoch has previously said that the lack of a free ** agreement with the United States is "disappointing". The current situation may make this Badnoch more than disappointed, and the word "cold" should be used more appropriately. In fact, dealing with a reputable and reputable big country like China is definitely a choice in the interests of the United Kingdom, in the first half of last year alone, the amount of goods between China and Britain exceeded 50 billion US dollars, and China became the fourth largest partner of the United Kingdom and the second largest importer of goods. I don't know if Britain is now blinded by lard, or what, the bright prospects between China and the UK are being consumed by Sunak little by little, which is really regrettable.