China isn’t a threat to Britain

Your article (‘Leaked files expose mass infiltration of UK firms by Chinese Communist Party’, December 13) hypes up the so-called threat from the Communist Party of China (CPC). At present, the UK is China’s third-largest trading partner in Europe. China is the UK’s third-largest export market for goods. And the UK is China’s second-largest investment destination in Europe. All these facts fully demonstrate that China and the UK are mutually beneficial partners.

We may have different histories and cultures but we have lots in common and we need co-operation more than competition. Peaceful co-existence and co-operation is the aim.

Zeng Rong, Chinese Embassy spokesman, London