{"id":36834,"date":"2019-07-04T04:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/?p=36834"},"modified":"2019-07-04T04:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:43:37","slug":"uk-china-relations-to-bend-or-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/uk-china-relations-to-bend-or-break\/","title":{"rendered":"UK-China Relations: To Bend or Break?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wednesday brought a rare geopolitical sight: open rift between China and the United Kingdom, two governments that have been moving ever closer as the latter rebalances its traditional relations with Washington and Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>The spectacle came in the form of a press conference organized by the Chinese embassy in London. In it, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming lambasted British officials for having publicly stood up for the rights of Hong Kong protesters. According to Liu, his hosts had \u201cchose to stand on the wrong side,\u201d and \u201cmade inappropriate remarks not only to interfere in the internal affairs of Hong Kong but also back up the violent lawbreakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments refer to the ongoing protest movement in the former British colony, which culminated with the storming of the parliament on July 1. The dramatic events coincided with the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> anniversary of the UK\u2019s handover of Hong Kong. In remarks commemorating the occasion, UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt reiterated his government\u2019s support for the Sino-British Joint Declaration and called on Beijing to continue respecting Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy. Hunt also threatened \u201cserious consequences\u201d should there be a violent crackdown against the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events in Hong Kong have put a strain on a bilateral relationship that London has been emphasizing over the course of successive governments.  <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":36836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HKProtest.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":false,"audio_player":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v15.1.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Events in Hong Kong have put a strain on a bilateral relationship that London has been emphasizing over the course of successive governments.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/uk-china-relations-to-bend-or-break\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK-China Relations: To Bend or Break? 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