According to reports from the British newspaper The Guardian, analysts of the British secret service agencies, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Security Service (MI5), have informed political representatives that the Chinese government is promoting the narrative according to which their Covid-19 contrast system was more effective and successful than the western one.
The goal of this narrative, according to British intelligence officials, is to prove the superiority of the single-party state over the pluralistic decision-making system prevalent in western nations.
In response to this narrative, the UK government should review its relations with China and re-examine its dependence on Chinese industry, particularly in strategic areas of the economy, such as hi-tech research, digital telecommunications and artificial intelligence. , argue a group of British conservative politicians.
The Guardian also highlighted, however, that it was the British intelligence community, in early 2020, that gave the green light to the participation of the Chinese Huawei to a 35% stake in the construction of the British 5G telecommunications network. The decision, although opposed by the Americans, was found not to run counter to British strategic interests globally.
However, the British newspaper warns that London should be careful about criticizing Beijing, as much of the medical supplies the country needs today are produced in China.
"After the Covid-19 crisis, Britain is likely to review its relations with China". This is the summary of a letter sent by a group of parliamentarians to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Conservative MPs have already formed the "block of skeptics of China". According to reports from British government sources, these MPs have written a letter to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week, urging him to "review Britain's relations with China", evaluating "the strategic vision of Britain's long-term economic, technological and security needs."