According to relevant reports on the 13th, British Foreign Secretary James Cliverly stated in a program from British media that in areas such as climate change, China has the potential to become the UK's "important and eternal partner."

British Foreign Minister Recently, he used "forever partner" to describe China. Is it that he wants to show goodwill to China? I'm afraid the truth is not the case.

Comprehensive relevant reports on the 13th, British Foreign Secretary James Cliverly stated in a program from British media that in areas such as climate change, China has the potential to become the UK's "important and eternal partner."

summarizes the ins and outs of the United States and Western countries calling on China on climate issues in recent years. What they usually do is to start dialogue with China and seek cooperation.

Climate issues are one of the most important global issues at present. What is interesting is that because the current international situation is complex, climate issues often become an important entry point for dialogue between countries. This may also be explained from the perspective of international relations. Generally, countries with good relations can start dialogue at any time, without finding a reason. In some countries where the relationship is relatively not particularly enthusiastic and even have differences, if one party wants to contact the other party to start a dialogue, it needs to find a reason, but it cannot seem to be inferior to the other party. Climate issues become a good choice. They will not expose their urgent needs, but can also gild themselves on their faces, showing that they have a sense of mission and responsibility.

For example, the Biden administration in the United States has been frequently calling for dialogue between China since last year, especially since November this year, as of November this year, five rounds of meetings have been held between China and the United States. An important reason for the US to call for dialogue between China is cooperation in climate change. To this end, US President Biden also appointed a climate envoy last year, with the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry .

In addition, the United States is keen to use climate issues to call for cooperation in China, and another purpose is to attack China. Because in fact, China is currently the country with the highest carbon emissions in the world. It should be noted that China's high carbon emissions are related to China's main production capacity, , which is the most important global supply chain. It is equivalent to China's carbon emissions, which is actually paying for the whole world. In addition, China's per capita carbon emissions, according to the data given by the World Bank in in 2021, are actually ranked 15th in the world. In the top 14 countries, except for the two oil exports of Saudi Arabia and Iran, they are all US and Western countries in the United States, and the United States is tied for first place with Saudi Arabia .

So, although it cannot be said all, if a country, especially the United States and the West, calls for China's cooperation on climate issues, then this country is very likely to have three characteristics:

first, this country is relatively developed. Underdeveloped areas generally do not pay too much attention to climate issues in order to develop.

Second, this country is likely to have not had a particularly good relationship with China in the near future, but it also needs China in particular. Therefore, it is necessary to start dialogue with China through cooperation on climate change.

Third, this country may still be hostile to China.

This is true for the United States and the United Kingdom, so is the case. The current situation in the UK is not ideal. According to data released by the National Office for Statistics on December 12 local time, the monthly rate of GDP in the UK from August to October this year was -0.3%, the largest drop since March last year. Moreover, the UK's consumer price index rose 11.1% year-on-year, setting a new "popular" inflation rate in 40 years.

In recent years, the economic decline in the United States and the West has become increasingly obvious. In addition, the occurrence of many black swan events such as the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in recent years has caused the US and Western economies to suffer a heavy blow. Among them, the country with the most severe setback is actually the United Kingdom. Since July this year, the UK has resigned two consecutive prime ministers, namely Boris Johnson and Liz Trass. Although the resignation of these two prime ministers cannot be ruled out that there are some personal ethics issues, economic issues have always been the decisive factor, especially Trass . After only more than 40 days of taking office, the stock market, bond market, and foreign exchange market fell due to the decline of their "mini budget" policy, and became the shortest-term prime minister in British history, which is also a history.

It is worth noting that when Tras ran for Prime Minister, her main opponent was the current Prime Minister Sunak . During the Boris era, Tras served as Foreign Minister and Sunak was the Prime Minister of Finance. During the campaign, Sunak criticized Tras for not understanding the economy at all. Later, Tras did prove that he did not understand the economy. Although Sunak lost to Tras, he became Prime Minister in the end. However, according to the data from the British National Bureau of Statistics this time, Sunak did not see much better than Tras in economics, and inflation was still very serious.

So the current UK dilemma is very serious. In recent years, represented by the United States, more and more American and Western countries have determined that to solve their own difficulties, especially in terms of economy, cooperation with China is the best. Firstly, because China occupies an important position in the global supply chain. Cooperation with China can alleviate the most troublesome inflation problem of the United States and the West now; secondly, the Chinese market is huge enough, with the second largest GDP in the world, and there is still a lot of potential that has not been stimulated, which can fully meet the needs of American and Western countries in developing their economy.

So at this time, it is not surprising that the UK needs China's help, so it is not difficult for everyone to understand why the British foreign minister used "every partner" to describe China. But despite this, we still want to emphasize that this is not a show of goodwill to China, because Cliverly next emphasized that the British government will "find opportunities to influence China to move in a better direction" and cooperate with China.

This is like taking itself to the high ground, criticizing China for its shortcomings, and we should follow the example of the UK. Therefore, Cleveland's statement itself contains criticism of China, and may even be "contempt".

Not only that, the Royal Navy recently announced through social media that its offshore patrol ship broke into the central part of South China Sea , but also posted texts and pictures on social media, indicating that the officers and soldiers on the offshore patrol ship actually watched the World Cup on the deck while they broke into the South China Sea! It also joked that this is "Flying Deck Movie Night". Such provocative behavior can also prove the British side's statement, which is not a sign of goodwill in any case.