Brexit hangs in balance as ministers quit

Editor's note: British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom Cabinet had agreed to her draft Brexit deal. But a day later she was battling to save the draft divorce deal with the European Union after Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey resigned, saying they could not support the deal. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

Difficult for UK and EU to meet Brexit deadline

Cui Hongjian, director of the Department for European Studies at the China Institute of International Studies