Tensions between the UK and China escalated after British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China to play by international rules or be ready to face action by the G7 group of leading global powers acting as “an economic NATO”.
“Countries must play by the rules. And that includes China,” Truss said in a speech at Mansion House in London. “They will not continue to rise if they do not play by the rules. China needs trade with the G7. We (the Group of Seven) represent around half of the global economy. And we have choices,” she said in her speech at Mansion House, London, Global Times reported.
Responding to the statement and Truss, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin said, “International rules should be the norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, rather than the rules of a small circle…
