Embassy: Rishi Sunak's parroting words from others

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed at G7 summit that China poses the biggest challenge to global security and prosperity of the age. Spokesperson from China's Embassy in UK said China strongly condemns the remarks and called on the British side to stop slandering and smearing China so as to avoid further damage to China-UK relations.

The following is a readout of the spokesperson's remarks on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's words on China at G7 summit.

Question: According to reports, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed in a news conference in Tokyo that China poses the biggest challenge of our age to global security and prosperity, and that the G7 will pursue a common approach to "de-risk" and prevent China from using the economy to coerce other countries. What's your comment?

Embassy Spokesperson: The relevant remarks by the British side are simply parroting words from others and constitute malicious slanders in disregard of the facts. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this.

Anyone without prejudice can see that China is a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order, while the United States and a handful of its vassal countries have kept interfering in the internal affairs of other countries and provoking confrontation. They are the ones that pose the biggest challenge to global security and prosperity.

We urge British politicians to focus more on dealing with the long-standing political, economic and social problems in their own country, instead of always dancing to the tune of the US, stirring up trouble around the world, and creating division and confrontation. We call on the British side to stop slandering and smearing China so as to avoid further damage to China-UK relations.