September 17, 2023

The UK is reportedly mulling over banning Chinese officials from participating in half of the upcoming AI summit, as London's self-staged "China spies" farce continues to simmer. Chinese experts condemned the British government's attempt to play up the drama as not only shooting itself in the foot, but exposing that the British government is bowing to the parliament's China hawks. 

Such traits of the incumbent UK government make it difficult for China to take it seriously, a trend that will further sabotage Beijing's ties with London, experts warned.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering banning Chinese officials from half of his artificial intelligence safety summit in November, the Guardian quoted sources as saying on Saturday.

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