Just four days after Tras stepped down, Sunak became the new British Prime Minister . As the only Asian Prime Minister in British history, Sunak naturally attracted attention from the whole world.
Although Tras did not do anything during his reign, and the British people were quite dissatisfied with Tras, Sunak became the British Prime Minister without warning, and the British people were also confused. Because Sunak did not put forward his own policy agenda even when competing with Tras, the outside world was blinded by Sunak's future governance plan. Therefore, more than half of the British people believe that Sunak should not automatically become prime minister because of his only candidate, but rather let all British vote.
The British people's ideas are naturally difficult to realize. Now Sunak has taken over , 10 Downing Street, and has become the British Prime Minister. All walks of life also began to let go of their worries and began to pay attention to Sunak's governing philosophy. As the first Asian Prime Minister, whether Sunak will deliberately favor certain Asian countries when formulating foreign policy, and whether he will adopt more pragmatic and moderate policies towards Asian countries have become the focus of attention from all walks of life.
Sunak's election as Prime Minister of Britain made the Indians "proud" and believed that this year marks the 75th anniversary of India's separation from British colonial rule. Sunak's election as Prime Minister of Britain is even more special. Indian Prime Minister Modi also sent congratulations, saying that he was willing to maintain good relations with the UK and sent holiday greetings to the Indians in the UK. Some Indians believe that Sunak will formulate some policies that are beneficial to India.
Sunak received Western education since childhood. As a British man, the first thing he considered was the interests of Britain. Because of his Asian identity, many British people have some prejudice against him. Therefore, he not only cannot favor Asian countries such as India, but also try his best to prove that he will not favor Asian countries.
When the UK develops relations with Asian countries, it cannot avoid China anyway. Whether it was the Johnson period or the tlas period, the British government adopted tough policies against China, and Tlas also called China a "threat". Sunak once served as the British Finance Minister and knew the importance of China to the development of the world economy. Therefore, before running for prime minister, he always supported a more pragmatic policy towards China, hoping that the UK can build a more mature relationship with China. The economic situation in the UK is now severe. Easing relations with China and focusing on people's livelihood is what the British people expect of Sunak.
But Sunak is probably going to let them down. After Sunak was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, US President Biden quickly called to discuss the international situation and the challenges faced by both countries. As expected, Russia and China were the focus of their discussion.
According to a statement released by the White House, the two sides reiterated the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom, saying that they will continue to aid Ukraine and make Russia "pay the price." In addition, both sides also expressed their desire to "jointly respond to China's challenges", and the US also emphasized that China is the largest " geopolitical and economic opponent" of the United States.
In fact, when Sunak was running for the election, he had already begun to change his attitude and showed his tough side toward China. He once claimed that the UK should deal with the "China threat", and said that in order to prevent China from "controlling British university ", he would close all Confucius Institute after he came to power. Now that Sunak becomes the British Prime Minister, he must weigh his interests from multiple aspects and may continue to be tough on China.
In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that China is a partner and opportunity for development of various countries, not a "challenge and threat". China urges the US to abandon zero-sum thinking. Wang Wenbin also said that instead of spreading the so-called "China threat" repeatedly, it is better to try to adopt the new concept of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation and do more practical things to promote world peace and development.
For the current UK, what is needed is a leader who can lead them out of the economic hardship, rather than a politician who takes over the dross of Tras and continues to engage in boring political manipulation.Before formulating foreign relations, Sunak should first consider how to avoid following the old path of the former two prime ministers.
