China and the UK are back at the negotiating table after years of diplomatic tensions. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in London, meeting with senior UK officials as both countries look to rebuild trust and cooperation.
Discussions covered trade and investment, health and climate action alongside issues that have strained ties. CGTN’s Li Jianhua explains more.
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Discussions covered trade and investment, health and climate action alongside issues that have strained ties. CGTN’s Li Jianhua explains more.
#UK #china #ChinaUKrelations #foreignpolicy
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00:00I'm in front of the Foreign Office of the UK where China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi
00:04has met his UK counterpart David Lammy to restart China-UK Strategic Dialogue.
00:10It's a mechanism initiated in 2010 to enhance bilateral ties and facilitate direct engagement
00:16between China and UK senior officials but it was effectively suspended in 2018.
00:23Today they talked about common ground that they can find including trade and investment,
00:28health and climate action, also some areas where they would like to find common ground
00:32in the future including Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
00:35China-UK relations have experienced notable shifts over the past decade.
00:40From the so-called Golden Era in 2015 declared by former Prime Minister David Cameron,
00:46Chiu is cooling under Rishi Sunak in 2022.
00:50Now the Labour government is trying to reassess bilateral ties.
00:55Which is why we see a flurry of diplomatic activity between the two countries over the
01:00past eight months.
01:01And Wang Yi's visit to London signifies a step forward for China-UK bilateral ties.