( Observer.com ) Seeing that he was behind in the polls against the British Prime Minister, the former Minister of Finance, who once emphasized "pragmatic towards China", had a bad idea and unreasonably upgraded his wording towards China.
According to Reuters on July 25, Sunak and Foreign Minister Tras are "increasingly divided" in the fight over the leadership of the Conservative Party. On the 25th, the two met head-on in the BBC live TV debate for the first time.
Sunak declared in a statement that "China is a long-term number one threat to the UK and the world economy and national security", and threatened that "the first day of becoming prime minister" would change the attitude of British and Western politicians towards China.
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After the Conservative MPs were screened first, the next party leader will be voted by about 200,000 grassroots Conservative Party members in the UK, and the results will be announced on September 5. A poll on Conservative Party members shows that Tras is currently in the lead. So Sunak hopes for the campaign and debates in the past few weeks, intending to turn around.
He pointed his finger at Confucius Institute , claiming to use spy agencies to help British companies fight against China's "espionage activities". He will also look at cases where Chinese companies are banning key UK assets, including strategically sensitive technology companies.
Some US media analysts said that after his opponent Tras accused him of being weak and powerless towards China and Russia, Sunak's tough remarks will undoubtedly please the Chinese hawks in the Conservative Party.
In June October 2020, Sunak, then the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that Britain needs to be "pragmatic" when dealing with relations with China, "China will become a crucial role in the global economy of , and this importance will only increase. It is wrong to ignore this existence."
On July 1, 2021, Sunak said that the UK is currently "too rough" in handling relations with China and should seek a "mature and balanced" relationship.
The media "Beijing to Britain" that focuses on Sino-British relations stated on July 16 that Sunak has not made any public remarks on issues involving Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang.
Now, Sunak criticized these Chinese internal affairs in one breath.
25, regarding Sunak's statement that China poses the most severe and long-term threat to the UK and the global economy and security. If the Prime Minister is elected, a series of tough measures against China will be taken. My Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian responded that the first election of the British Conservative Party is the UK's internal affairs, and I will not comment.
"I would like to advise individual British politicians to use China to make irresponsible remarks such as the so-called "China threat theory" and cannot solve their own problems."
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