China says UK has ‘poisoned’ relations

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China says UK has 'poisoned' relations Reuters Videos 30 July 2020 The country's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, told reporters that the actions of the UK, including questions over alleged rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, had "poisoned" the relationship between the two nations. Liu accused unnamed British politicians of "clinging" to the idea of a Cold War with China, characterising the Asian nation as a hostile threat and suggesting the British government was being coerced by the U.S.. He warned the UK that it was was "decoupling from the future" if it tried to distance itself from the...