What is driving the UK's decisions towards China?

CA 9+ CGTN is funded in whole or in part by the Chinese government. Wikipedia What is driving the UK's decisions towards China? 32,999 views Jul 22, 2020 449 51 Share Save CGTN 2.48M subscribers The UK has suspended its extradition treaty with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region further inflaming tensions with China. This follows criticism of the new national security law and announcement to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from its 5G network by 2027. Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom Liu Xiaoming said, "The UK should have an independent foreign policy, rather than to dance to the tune of the Americans." But with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a two-day visit to the UK, will Prime Minister Boris Johnson be pressured to pull away from Beijing? Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://goo.gl/lP12gA Download our APP on Apple Store (iOS): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvn... Download our APP on Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Follow us on: Website: https://www.cgtn.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChinaGlobalT... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cgtn/?hl=zh-cn Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CGTNOfficial/ Weibo: http://weibo.com/cctvnewsbeijing Douyin: http://v.douyin.com/aBbmNQ/ 404 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... plb475 plb475 11 months ago Boris is like Benny Hill doing U turns all the time, this time he even listens to trump. 20 Martin Ikiyiko Martin Ikiyiko 11 months ago The reason for the UK and the US suspending the extradition treaty is simple: they have to grant political asylum to the guys they paid for the coup attempt. It's part of the deal. 11 yfelwulf yfelwulf 11 months ago The UK is keen to extradite Assange on false charges for telling the truth. 12 Samantha Jenkins Samantha Jenkins 11 months ago The UK has had a long and sad tradition of being bullied by the US. 32 D Nickaroo D Nickaroo 11 months ago Britain is one of the most obsequious nations on Earth (together with Australia). They both do whatever the US tells them to do. 19 plb475 plb475 11 months ago Who wants to be a second class citizens, can the homeless and unemployed apply? To much BS. 9 wjdonner wjdonner 11 months ago On the extradition treaty with the UK the Chinese authorities should be glad with such a generous gift. They can export their most dangerous and unwanted criminals to the UK via Hong Kong without getting them back. Nothing to be angry about. 5 Ashutosh Kulkarni Ashutosh Kulkarni 11 months ago The three of them were trying their best to hide their laughter all along. Great effort from them. 3 Ivan Freely Ivan Freely 11 months ago Short answer: US Foreign Policy. 26 Margaretha Winarto Margaretha Winarto 11 months ago The US has the UK completely twisted round its little finger. What a shame! Is it still worthy to be called the Great Britain? 18 Peace&Harmony Peace&Harmony 11 months ago It is impolite to cut the guests off while they are speaking.