Original: Situation Source: official account: The situation is very simple

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However, Truss lived at No. 10 Downing Street for a total of one month and 14 days. The Conservative Party members who had voted for Truss personally forced her to resign. Truss likes to mention the title of “the shortest serving prime minister in British history”. When Truss moved away, Sunak took the opportunity to fill the vacancy. The date when he accepted the appointment of King Charles III was October 25, just a month and a few days after today, so his prime minister career was in the state of drinking the “full moon wine”.

(The new British Prime Minister Sunak delivers a speech at No. 10 Downing Street)

On November 28, in his speech at the Mayor’s Banquet at the City Hall of London, Sunak conveyed his foreign policy for the first time. That night, he talked about the future of Britain, about Sino British relations, and about the Russian Ukrainian war. Compared with the obscure foreign language containing strategic planning, values, political ideas and economic policies, he said that the golden age of British Chinese relations has ended in the past two days.

His words sounded very bluff, but Sunak’s further explanation of the words on that day did not have much new. He said that China’s system and model systematically challenged Britain’s values and interests, so Britain should cooperate with the United States, Canada, Australia and other allies to deal with it; We should also actively participate in and promote the “Indo Pacific Strategy” led by the United States. However, Britain cannot fall into a new cold war with China, nor can we ignore China’s role in stabilizing the world economy and climate change. If Sunak’s name is marked and his speech content is taken to the British House of Commons for blind guessing, it is estimated that some legislators will think this is Biden’s speech content.

The Mayor’s Banquet at the City Hall of London is not a general event for weddings, funerals and weddings. Prime Minister Sunak’s speech on this occasion is not an impromptu speech. What he should say and what not to say and how to respond to some arranged questions need experts from the relevant policy office of the Cabinet Government to make preparations in advance, so that Sunak can read scripts and lines repeatedly with his script when he goes to the toilet. The content of the manuscript should not only consider the international influence but also pay attention to the domestic influence. We should not only take care of the feelings of our Conservative Party colleagues, but also leave no obvious loopholes for the Labour Party to attack.

(Sunak and US President Biden)

So Sunak is just a spokesman in front of the stage. His speech represents the latest views of the British Cabinet Government on a series of issues. The political experience of the new cabinet is the same as that of the Prime Minister of Sunak. It has just reached the full moon and is still in its infancy. It has not formed its mind on many issues. Therefore, the content of the speech they prepared for the Prime Minister largely copied the foreign policy of the Biden Administration, and did not indicate the source of the alleged infringement of the copyright of the White House policy team. It can be concluded that the current British government either fully follows the United States, or has to cheat and copy others without knowing the answers to many questions.

The British Prime Minister in 2015 was Cameron, and his Chancellor of the Exchequer was Osborne. At that time, they proposed that “Britain may be China’s best partner in the West”, and used this auspicious promise to engage in economic cooperation. The “golden age” of China UK relations refers to that period. After six or seven years, Sunak said that the golden age had ended, and now it was different from that time. What time is it now? He said that in the future, the British government should respond to China’s challenges steadily and conscientiously, rather than just looking at short-term interests or even wishful thinking. In terms of specific practices, Sunak team seems to have copied Biden again. Because they are afraid of being seen through, they copied conservatively, but they can’t get rid of the suspicion of “washing the manuscript”.

Sunak is still very young. He was born in Southampton, England, in 1980. He is only 42 years old this year. During the 14 years from 2001 to 2015, he worked in the financial industry in the UK. He made a lot of money in the good time, such as bank lending, looking at investment project materials, and fund companies selling financial products. His daughter-in-law was a rich second generation female boss. The couple had financial freedom, so they had the energy to play politics that did not make money but improved their social status. From 2015 to 2019, Sunak served as a member of Congress. In July 2019, he was appointed by Johnson as the chief secretary of then Finance Minister Jared. In 2020, Jared resigned because he was dissatisfied with Johnson’s arrogance, and Sunak took the opportunity to be promoted to be the finance minister of Britain. In July 2022, Sunak was dissatisfied with Johnson’s bossy anger and resigned. Unexpectedly, two days later, Johnson also resigned. Sunak unexpectedly went to run for the position of Prime Minister and succeeded.

(Sunak visited Ukraine after taking office)

A glance at Sunak’s resume shows that he may be a good professional in finance and finance, but he has no diplomatic work experience. This is a course he needs to make up for before the New Year. Therefore, it is very difficult for him to make comments on foreign policy, which must rely on the help of his staff. The UK has left the EU, so it is not good to copy the EU’s foreign policy, so it can only refer to the US policy to show its independent identity. Although it is not the best choice, it will not cause major problems. The only highlight of this copying is the addition of a golden sentence on China UK relations, making him a hot search.

Why did Sunak say such a famous saying? There are reasons for this. Since the election of Prime Minister and the boss of the Conservative Party in July this year, the colleagues of the Conservative Party have repeatedly criticized this young youngster for being too gentle and weak towards China. After Sunak became Prime Minister, these criticisms made him feel like a thorn in his throat. He did not want to repeat the short-lived mistakes of his predecessor Truss, so he needed to strengthen his China policy. Therefore, he worked with his staff to figure out a golden sentence of “the end of the golden age”, which was both innovative and valued the criticism of his colleagues.

China and Europe are separated by thousands of rivers and mountains. There is no dispute over territory, territorial sea and airspace. The historical hatred is not so obvious. The congenital conditions for doing business with each other are very good. As for the so-called challenges in values and systems, they are tools for political figures to survive in the Jianghu. In this respect, China cannot threaten the UK, but the UK will threaten us. We cannot compare the terms and processes of these things, but we should look at the actual environment and governance effect, ignoring the cause and effect, and directly attack the weaknesses of one side with the strengths of the other side. This is the need to create public opinion to expand the impact, and also the need to say something voters like to hear to ensure support.

Since Trump came to power and the COVID-19 epidemic broke out later, the “golden age” of relations between most countries in the world has ended, and each country should treat their relations with prudence and pragmatism. So Sunak just said an easy to understand empty sentence. Because he is too unfamiliar in the diplomatic field, and his new cabinet is still familiar with the office environment, which led to his uncertain policy on China, which was put on the shelves. Therefore, the current policy should not be taken too seriously. What is worth taking seriously is still to be taken seriously.