Rishi Sunak calls an end to UK’s ‘golden era’ relationship with China

The British Prime Minister has posted a grim outlook for future relations with China. Photo: AAP

The UK’s ‘golden era’ of relations with China is over, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, as Beijing’s systemic challenge to Britain’s interests and values grows more acute.

In his first major foreign policy speech, Mr Sunak said Britain’s approach to China needed to evolve and Beijing was “consciously competing for global influence using all the levers of state power”.