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Meanwhile in little Britain
The alleged row between Truss and Caroline Wilson, the British ambassador to China, was first early this month. A Truss ally reportedly recalled a conversation last year between her and Wilson who, according to the source, asked why the UK could not treat China “like we treat the French”. “Because the French aren’t committing genocide,” responded Truss, a reference to China’s treatment of the Uyghur population in its far-west region of Xinjiang....
Last year, as trade secretary, Truss backed plans to give the British courts a role in determining whether genocide was happening in Xinjiang, a move reportedly opposed by the Foreign Office.
The alleged rift between Truss and Wilson was quickly noticed by Chinese media. “Wilson, as British ambassador, no doubt stands for British interests,” the nationalist Global Times wrote in an opinion piece early this week. “In a bid to slander China, the UK’s hawkish politicians represented by Truss turn black to white,” it added.
Wilson, a fluent Mandarin speaker, has been a notable figure in the China-focused social media sphere. Since her appointment as the British ambassador to China last year, she has been using her linguistic skills to impress her Chinese audience, posting vlogs and travel photos in Chinese language on Weibo to promote Sino-British collaboration. She has 36,000 Chinese followers on the Chinese social media platform.
The alleged row between Truss and Caroline Wilson, the British ambassador to China, was first early this month. A Truss ally reportedly recalled a conversation last year between her and Wilson who, according to the source, asked why the UK could not treat China “like we treat the French”. “Because the French aren’t committing genocide,” responded Truss, a reference to China’s treatment of the Uyghur population in its far-west region of Xinjiang....
Last year, as trade secretary, Truss backed plans to give the British courts a role in determining whether genocide was happening in Xinjiang, a move reportedly opposed by the Foreign Office.
The alleged rift between Truss and Wilson was quickly noticed by Chinese media. “Wilson, as British ambassador, no doubt stands for British interests,” the nationalist Global Times wrote in an opinion piece early this week. “In a bid to slander China, the UK’s hawkish politicians represented by Truss turn black to white,” it added.
Wilson, a fluent Mandarin speaker, has been a notable figure in the China-focused social media sphere. Since her appointment as the British ambassador to China last year, she has been using her linguistic skills to impress her Chinese audience, posting vlogs and travel photos in Chinese language on Weibo to promote Sino-British collaboration. She has 36,000 Chinese followers on the Chinese social media platform.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Ouch, that's on the carrier's maiden operational voyage, no less. What a start...
Vertical takeoff aircraft are notoriously accident prone. Be it helicopters, or something like the Harrier, or the V-22 Osprey.
Try reading a list of Harrier accidents.
Good thing China isn't going to bother with that kind of crap since they went with EMALS.
Being VASSALS comes at a cost.