CHINA has reacted with fury to reports the UK is considering basing one of its new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, in the far-east in response to Beijing's increasingly assertive stance in the region.
Relations between Britain and China have soured over the past few months over Hong Kong, Huawei and China’s handing of the original coronavirus outbreak. Speaking to The Times Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to London, warned it would be a “very dangerous move” for Britain to station a carrier in the far-east.He said Beijing would interpret such a move as Britain deciding to “gang up with the United States on the Chinese”.“That is not the way to play an important role.
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