China warns the UK against a new 'cold war' as it accuses British politicians of poisoning relations with Beijing
China has warned the UK against pursuing a new 'cold war' with the East amid rising international criticism of Beijing's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.He accused UK politicians of being "addicted to the cold war mentality to compare China to the former Soviet Union and urge a review of the China-UK relationship, and even call for a new cold war."
Liu Xiaoming, Beijing's ambassador to the UK, said in a webinar on Tuesday that British politicians could "poison" the UK's relationship with China,"Regrettably a few politicians in the UK have been addicted to the cold war mentality to compare China to the former Soviet Union and urge a review of the China-UK relationship, and even call for a new cold war," he said.
The First Secretary of State Dominic Raab, who deputized for Johnson while he recovered from the coronavirus,that the UK's relationship with China could not return to "business as usual" after the pandemic. They include former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith and Tom Tugendhat, chair of the UK Parliament's influential foreign affairs select committee."I can't see how it doesn't change that. Clearly, it's going to have implications," he told Business Insider.REUTERS/Toby Melville
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