China has rejected the British Prime Minister’s “irresponsible” pledge in hopes of Liz Truss to clamp down on Chinese-owned companies like social media giant TikTok Inc.
China denied as “irresponsible” an undertaking by UK The prime minister hopes Liz Truss will rein in Chinese-owned companies like social media giant TikTok Inc.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian criticized Truss’s remarks Monday during her first face-to-face debate with former Premier Rishi Sunak. The UK foreign secretary said the government should “absolutely crack down on these types of companies” and limit technology exports to authoritarian regimes.
“We regret their remarks regarding China, and we firmly oppose them,” Zhao said at a regular news conference on Tuesday in Beijing. Beijing. “I want to make it clear to some British politicians that making irresponsible remarks about China, including exaggerating the so-called threat from China, cannot solve the problem of China. self”.
Zhao said China would not comment on the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader, as that is the UK’s internal business.
Truss’s comment on TikTokPopular video sharing app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance Ltd., builds on Sunday’s dialogue between the two adversaries about how to deal with China, with both politicians criticizing each other over their past approaches. The pair are locked down for six weeks to replace Johnson as Conservative Party leader and spent Monday attacking each other’s policy commitments.
Sunak had previously described China as “the biggest long-term threat to the UK and the world’s economy and national security”, and promised to limit its influence in the UK. Tory’s junior membership is set to select a winner, with the results to be announced on September 5.
