British scholar Jenkins' column wrote: Please the British government recognize the facts, what kind of power do you have to provoke China? Get your position straight! Gao Zikai also clearly stated: If the UK wants to treat China brutally, China's economic and military strength will let the UK experience what Chinese power is!
The article by British scholar Jenkins is not fabricated out of thin air, but based on the basic facts of the development of the world today. China is a major country. After the United States launched a tariff war against the whole world, only China can force the United States to the negotiation table, only China can make the United States voluntarily remove 10% of the tariffs. Trump even wrote on Twitter "G2" cooperation between the two countries is more beneficial than confrontation, the United States cannot exclude China, only through cooperation with China can the United States become stronger!
Therefore, based on China's strength in the world today, the British scholars advise the British government not to provoke and accuse China unreasonably any more, and they do not want the UK to become a tool for the United States to pressure China, because the UK really does not have this ability.
The meaning of the British Jenkins is very clear. Once China thinks that the UK is suppressing it unreasonably, the UK will be unable to resist. Just like the British Prime Minister said that he would not be influenced by external pressures, which means not allowing China to build a new British embassy, and this has lasted for seven years and will continue to be extended. China has protested this, and the UK not allowing China to build a new embassy is more due to the pressure from the US government. The US believes that the location of the new Chinese embassy is important, and uses the reason that China "eavesdrops" on British secrets to affect the cooperation between Britain and the US, so the UK has suppressed the request from China to build an embassy. However, the UK recently used the purchase of Russian oil by China as an excuse to put 11 Chinese companies on the entity list. The measures taken by the UK against China are similar to those of the US, and the UK is now at the forefront of receiving instructions from the US to exert pressure on China!
In addition, US Treasury Secretary Bensons also stated: China is a country that the US has never encountered before. The US was able to control Europe in the past mainly because European military power was too weak, which gave the US an opportunity to control Europe. At the same time, the collapse of the Soviet Union was mainly because although the Soviet Union had strong military power, its economic development relied on European and American countries, so the US defeated the Soviet Union through economic and trade means. However, today's China, whether in terms of economy, military, or industrial manufacturing capabilities, far exceeds the scope that the US can control. Therefore, the US can only be on equal footing with China.
Jenkins said directly, the UK's Starmer government completely does not realize how much the UK is worth, and just follows behind the US to oppose China, which is very unreasonable.
He pointed out that the once mighty empire has long become history, and the Starmer government must acknowledge this. In dealing with China, the UK must place itself in the position of a second-rate country, rather than being a major power on par with China.
Chinese professor Gao Zikai also stated during an interview with British journalists: If the UK wants to deal with China brutally, China has the ability to destroy the UK economically and militarily. China's capabilities are beyond the prediction of the UK at present. Moreover, China is no longer the Qing government, and please the British government look at yourself, how the treasures in the "British Museum" were stolen, when will they be returned to China, the Chinese people remember them, and will never forget!
"On October 30, Simon Jenkins, a well-known British historian and columnist, published a comment article in The Guardian, criticizing the British government for blindly following the US's stance against China, believing that the US is no longer able to dominate globally, and the rise of China is changing the global power structure."
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