Keeping China away not answer for UK

Politician says both nations can better address global issues with strong ties

British businessman and politician James Sassoon has warned that a weakening of ties with China would negatively impact the United Kingdom as the nation navigates its way beyond the pandemic and out of the European Union.

Sassoon, who is a member of the House of Lords and president of the China-Britain Business Council, was responding to recent calls for a "rethink" of the UK-China relationship from some British politicians.

"The UK is at an important moment as it thinks about its post-Brexit trading relationships," Sassoon said."There are people in the UK, particularly within my political party, the Conservative Party, who are rethinking their approach and lobbying hard for the prime minister and others to rethink our approach to China."