In a recent interview, the British prime minister made it clear that he would have a showdown with China, spending $82.5 billion to strengthen its military build-up and threatening China's diplomacy by force.
Britain had a showdown with China, selling for $82.5 billion
Britain can be said to be the most pro-American among European countries, and it is still the "European-stirring stick," and Britain's current foreign policy is to closely follow the United States, and it has taken more than one or two provocative acts in its relations with China, which is tireless.
Sunak is a leader with a very strong personality and a "tough attitude" towards China
Last year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made groundless accusations at the G7 summit that China is the biggest challenge to global security and prosperity in the West's era, and that China is the biggest "national threat" to Britain's economic security.
The economic and trade cooperation between China and Russia conforms to the norms governing international relations, and outsiders have no right to make irresponsible remarks
This time, Sunak slandered China as an "authoritarian country" and criticized Sino-Russian relations, and Sunak also used this reason to express his intention to greatly expand the army and increase military spending, and comprehensively escalate, which is to threaten China's diplomacy by force, and Britain has no right to criticize the diplomatic relations between China and Russia. The British Prime Minister also went to great lengths to declare that "British defence spending will go to war." ”
The size of the UK's overall defense spending will rise to 2.5% of its total GDP by 2030, in addition to £500 million in military aid to Ukraine, including stealth cruise missiles, armored vehicles and other supplies.
British Navy Queen-class aircraft carrier
According to the conservative estimate of the UK's GDP for the whole of last year, according to the proportion of 2.5% in the future, the UK will spend $82.5 billion on military spending. Some analysts said that considering the UK's GDP growth rate in the next six years, the UK's defense budget will exceed the standard of $100 billion by 2030, but according to the current growth rate trend of the British economy, it will be a big victory if it does not regress in the future.
In 2023, the British military will spend 74.9 billion US dollars, which is 25 billion more than Japan, and the expenditure is not low
According to the world military spending data in 2023, the UK can rank sixth in the world, second only to the traditional United States, China, Russia, India and Saudi Arabia, with a military expenditure of 74.9 billion US dollars, significantly exceeding Germany, France, and Japan, and military spending is even more than that of Ukraine, which is at war.
China's response hit the nail on the head
In response to a series of provocative and groundless accusations against China by the British leaders, and the use of China and Russia as an excuse to increase military spending and threaten China's diplomacy, the Chinese official made it clear that it has noticed that British politicians are looking for excuses to increase military spending, strongly condemns Sunak's groundless accusations and malicious slander against China, and resolutely opposes Sunak's Cold War remarks inciting confrontation and confrontation.
Sunak has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
In contrast, the current government of the United Kingdom is stirring up trouble in the international community, blindly providing offensive weapons to one side of the conflict on the Ukraine issue, adding fuel to the fire, and continuing to supply weapons to Israel on the Middle East issue. Therefore, I would like to advise British politicians to restrain their belligerent rhetoric, stop making groundless accusations against China, and pay more attention to the domestic economy and people's livelihood.
The British side is in recession, and there are even idle worries about China and Russia
It can be said that China's response hit the nail on the head: Britain's domestic economy is rotten like this, and the British government still wants to be a "-stirring stick" in the international community? The British government itself admits that GDP has fallen for the second consecutive quarter, and the British economy has fallen into a technical recession, which is the worst performance among developed countries, inflation remains high, and domestic complaints are rife.
Under such circumstances, the British Government wants to increase military spending and actively confront China and Russia.
Gao Zhikai
The strength of China and Britain has long been different from what it used to be, and Britain has no strength to "compete" with China
And the most embarrassing thing is that Britain often puts on a "teacher's master" to point fingers at the Chinese side, giving people a "funny" feeling.
Previously, on a TV program, when the British host contacted Gao Zhikai, a well-known Chinese scholar, he threw out a lot of questions in a row, that is, to ask whether China and Britain are in competition with each other, and whether China is an ally or a threat to Britain.
In this regard, Gao Zhikai directly and bluntly said that the British government should not overestimate its international influence and believe that there is a so-called competitive relationship between China and Britain. The Chinese side believes that Britain is not qualified to be a competitor to China.
Britain has always felt that it is the best in the world, but now it is not 200 years ago, Britain is not the world hegemon, at best it is a small henchman of the United States, and it is not even as independent as France and Germany in diplomacy.
As for Britain's military build-up by strengthening its armaments, it can even be said that it does not pose a substantial threat to China, Russia, or even China, because since the Cold War, the size of Britain's armed forces has been shrinking, and the defense industry has been greatly reduced.
So much so that there is a joke on the Internet, the generals of the British army combined, more than the entire tank of the British army, now the entire British Army has only 200 tanks, which is far inferior to Ukraine, and the total number of 155mm guns equipped with its artillery is even inferior to an artillery brigade under the Xinjiang Military Region.
The total number of advanced fighters of the Air Force is less than 200, which is not as good as the air power of a theater of the People's Liberation Army, and the Navy is even more miserable, building two aircraft carriers, one aircraft carrier because of lack of funds for maintenance, and the British media broke the news that the British Navy even plans to sell the aircraft carrier to improve expenses.
Therefore, it is even more suspicious that even if Britain rises its military spending to the sixth place in the world, the construction of the entire British army is still very strained, and it is still short of money that should be lacking in money, and it is only necessary to maintain an army of less than 200,000 people, which is so lax.
Therefore, if Britain wants to rely on strengthening military spending and army building to scare China and Russia, it is really beyond its own strength, and it is not clear that it is weighing two pounds.
Being an "echo worm" in the United States is harmful in the long run
Of course, from a dialectical point of view, Britain is doing this to show its political ambition to become a "global Britain" after Brexit, but it is too weak to rely on the special partnership between Britain and the United States, follow the United States to oppose China, and in fact use the power of the United States to pursue its own interests.
On the other hand, it can be said that the Sunak government has made no achievements in the economic construction of the United Kingdom, with economic recession, high inflation, and obvious social problems, in which case China has become the best "target" for the Sunak government to transfer the contradiction.
Trade links between China and the UK have always been strong
However, everything has a price, China is Britain's largest trading partner in Asia, want to "anti-China and contain China", Sunak is still too young, if blindly anti-China, it will have a greater impact on Sino-British relations, in turn will affect the British domestic economy, Sunak government will pay a huge price for its short-sighted behavior.
Some sources in the article: 1. British Prime Minister Sunak listed China as an authoritarian country The Chinese embassy refuted the Beijing News