CCP Reacts to UK’s Liz Truss and New Cabinet With Silence and Skepticism
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office and announced the members of her new cabinet on Sept. 6. Truss is known for her tough stance on China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP), and so are some of the new cabinet members. CCP leader Xi Jinping hasn’t sent congratulations to Truss, while the regime and its media are reacting to the new UK government with skepticism.
As a firm critic of the Chinese regime, Truss has called the CCP out multiple times on human rights violations in Hong Kong after she became foreign minister last year.
In early August this year, after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the CCP held large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, which Truss condemned. She summoned the Chinese ambassador to explain the CCP’s actions. “We have seen increasingly aggressive behavior and rhetoric from Beijing in recent months, which threaten peace and stability in the region,” Truss said in a statement.
Tom Tugendhat, who was appointed minister for security, is among the new cabinet members who share the same views as Truss. Tugendhat was sanctioned by the CCP last year for criticizing the regime’s human rights abuse of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region.
He is also the founder and chairman of the British Parliament’s “China Study Group.”
Tugendhat opposed the use of Huawei’s 5G technology in the United Kingdom, which led to the strict Huawei exclusion order. He suggested that Chinese students who pose a potential risk to the UK’s national security should be strictly prohibited from entering British universities. He also urged the UK government to hold the CCP accountable for concealing the information about the COVID-19 outbreak. After the Chinese regime imposed the Hong Kong national security law, Tugendhat called on the British government to further sanction the CCP. After the recent U.N. report on human rights in Xinjiang, he wrote an article for the media saying “China (CCP) Crimes must never go unanswered.”
Chinese Regime Reacts to Truss
Since Truss became the UK’s new prime minister and formed the new cabinet, world leaders have officially expressed their congratulations. However, CCP leader Xi Jinping has remained silent. Xinhua, the CCP’s mouthpiece, only reported on Sept. 7 that the regime’s premier Li Keqiang congratulated Truss.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hasn’t sent out any congratulations. Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning only said on Sept. 6 that she hopes relations with Britain will remain “on the right track.”
Truss sees China as a serious threat to the rules-based international order and to the UK’s national security, as reported by western media. According to reports, she plans to take a tougher stance on China and impose more restrictions on the regime as prime minister.
Zhao Lijian, another spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he would not comment when asked about the reports at a press…
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