Financial Times
| UK grapples with post-Brexit Asian ambition
The UK’s charm offensive in south-east Asia is meant to be a bold marker of post-Brexit international ambition — but to some it smacks of a desperation to retrofit a “global Britain” foreign policy as the EU exit door fast approaches. (...) “Most south-east Asians I talk to — regardless of their respect for the UK — see Brexit as a remarkable act of self-harm,” comments Ying Staton, Head of Asia at Global Counsel. “People here feel an intellectual and cultural affinity for Britain but its economic relevance has for some time been dwarfed by China and other parts of Asia.”