China is ready to develop positive relations with the UK, but the necessary atmosphere and condition for normal exchanges between the two sides need to be created, Chinese experts said on Tuesday, after media reported that UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is set to visit China in the last week of August, at a time when the bilateral relationship is at the lowest point in decades.
The UK is being shaken by the biggest wave of strikes in more than a decade, with as many as half a million workers discontent over pay and working conditions finally erupting after brewing for months. Meanwhile, widespread protests are also taking place on the other side of the English Channel, where protesters in France demonstrated their anger over President Emmanuel Macron s plans to raise the retirement age.
While facing severe problems at home, such as rising energy prices and high inflation, Britain is still sending aid to Ukraine to support it on the battlefield better.
While Britain is going downhill, some of its politicians are still irresponsibly stepping on the gas. If they continue to be unscrupulous on the road of inciting anti-China sentiment, will the onetime empire “on which the sun never sets” usher in darkness?