The gunboat diplomacy all over again but this time they will get a bloody nose as well as a badly injured body if they dare to do something stupid. The China now is not the China in the Qing dynasty.
The thing is this "Great" Britain wouldn't even dare to step pass the Suez canal if it wasn't for certain Mr big having their backs.
UK should really take a hard look at itself. They don't have a dog in this fight. There's no more opium to be peddled!