When the UK announced its U-turn on allowing the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to play a part in the country’s 5G network, it signaled an end to the so-called “golden era” of UK-China relations. To the delight of US President Donald Trump, the UK would seemingly no longer equivocate on its national security in order to balance its relationship with China — and would instead adopt something closer to a US-style hard line.
When the UK announced its U-turn on allowing the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to play a part in the country’s 5G network, it signaled an end to the so-called “golden era” of UK-China relations. To the delight of US President Donald Trump, the UK would seemingly no longer equivocate on its national security in order to balance its relationship with China — and would instead adopt something closer to a US-style hard line.
