U.K. Does a U-Turn on China, Forced Into an Uneven Fight
- Back in 2015, over a pint, Cameron talked of ‘Golden Era’
- Post-Brexit political mood in U.K. has turned anti-China
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In 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron took China’s Xi Jinping for a beer in his local pub to mark a new “Golden Era” in the relationship between their two countries. The U.K., Cameron explained, would get Chinese investment, while China would enjoy access to “a leading member of the European Union.”