Who is to blame? British officials said the launch of the new cap badge of the British army was delayed because of concerns that "Chinese badges may be implanted with tracking devices"

Source: Global Network

[Global Network reporter Jiang Ailing] On the 15th local time, the Financial Times quoted a senior British defense official as saying that the British military hat badge redesigned for Charles III's accession to the throne may be made in China and may be implanted with a "tracking device". This badge used on the British beret will be delayed.

According to the report, the British army's legions changed the design of the beret's crest from the design of St. Edward's crown favored by the late Elizabeth II to the design of the Tudor crown selected by Charles III. However, this process became very complicated, because Wyedean Weaving, the Yorkshire company responsible for making the crest, outsourced some production to Chinese factories.

In this regard, a senior British defense official took the opportunity to hype that "some people are worried that tracking equipment or GPS transmitters may be implanted into these hat badges". "As a result, the introduction of the badges has been delayed because the UK does not have the production capacity as fast and cheap as China."

According to the report, in 2022, Wyedean Weaving won a three-year subcontract worth 2.9 million pounds from Ledos, a defense service company listed in the United States, to provide badges for the British army.

A director of Wyedean Weavin, Volbank, said, "China is a part of our supply chain. We have a 15 year history in China, have a long-term cooperative relationship, and have never had any concerns."

Netizens did not buy the British media's hype on the above topics. Some netizens questioned on the social media platform X, "Wait a minute, can't the whole UK produce its own badges?! What kind of economy is this?!"

Last year, some British media also hyped that "Chinese made equipment can be used for location tracking". The spokesman of the Chinese Embassy in Britain said at that time that China has always been open and aboveboard. Some people on the British side should not suffer from the delusion of being murdered, and they are always suspicious. Advise the relevant British personnel to stop spreading false information and stop the trick of thieves shouting to catch thieves. The spokesman of the embassy also said that some forces maliciously slander and suppress Chinese enterprises and attempt to break the links, which not only seriously undermine the rules of international trade, but also will cut off the global market, increase their own development costs, and ultimately hit their own feet with a stone.