“The new British government is eager to restart relations with China.” A number of Western media recently issued such comments. According to Reuters and other media reports, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Development Lamy may visit China this week. On the 14th, when asked about this visit in an interview with Bloomberg, British Prime Minister Stammer said, “We will raise challenges when necessary, but we are also very pragmatic. We hope our country can move forward and achieve success.” On the same day, British Commerce and Trade Secretary Reynolds said that the former Conservative government “did too little” in relations with China and that Britain “needs to have more contacts” with China; Britain does not plan to follow the European Union and will not impose tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China.

“The new British government is eager to restart relations with China.” A number of Western media recently issued such comments. According to Reuters and other media reports, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Development Lamy may visit China this week. On the 14th, when asked about this visit in an interview with Bloomberg, British Prime Minister Stammer said, “We will raise challenges when necessary, but we are also very pragmatic. We hope our country can move forward and achieve success.” On the same day, British Commerce and Trade Secretary Reynolds said that the former Conservative government “did too little” in relations with China and that Britain “needs to have more contacts” with China; Britain does not plan to follow the European Union and will not impose tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China.