UK Will Not ‘Pitchfork Away’ Chinese Investment: Boris Johnson

UK Will Not ‘Pitchfork Away’ Chinese Investment: Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum in London, on Oct. 19, 2021. Leon Neal - WPA Pool /Getty Images
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will not “pitchfork away” investment from China despite a long list of ongoing rows with the communist regime over issues such as Hong Kong, the Uyghur persecution, and the South China Sea.

“I’m not going to tell you the UK government is going to pitchfork away every overture from China,” Johnson said in an interview with Bloomberg ahead of the Global Investment Summit in London. “China is a gigantic part of our economic life and will be for a long time—for our lifetime.”