Onus on China, UK to maintain peace and work together for common good

Liz Truss became the new British prime minister on Tuesday. She is the third female prime minister of the country and the fourth prime minister in six years. Her challenges are daunting as she noted in her first public address outside No 10 Downing Street on Tuesday and her first Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday when she was grilled by the MPs.

Looming economic recession, skyrocketing energy prices, the cost of living crisis and public healthcare services are among the major challenges Truss faces.

Riding out the economic storm won't be easy for her. Although she has overcome a political storm to become the Conservative Party leader and prime minister, she did not win a general election to become the United Kingdom's leader. Her lack of support among the public was evident in the results of a YouGov poll released this week, according to which, 50 percent of Britons said they are disappointed, with 33 percent of them saying they are "very disappointed", that she was chosen prime minister. Only 22 percent said they are very or fairly pleased with her appointment.