Chinese embassy issues trade threat to UK over Manchester consulate beatingA spokesman has said the actions of a few risks China and the UK's trading partnership as he used an Aesop's Fable to issue a warning and noted how important the relationship is between the UK and China."China attaches great importance to the relationship with the UK and we are willing to develop further co-operation with the UK on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.Human rights campaigner Luke de Pulford, executive director of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, said the UK government needs to stamp down on China's trade threats and human rights abuses."I know which I'd prefer, and the government needs to make plain their displeasure at China's brazen hubris now."Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who is sanctioned by China, said any Chinese consulate staff involved in the attack should be expelled, made to apologise and made persona non grata."