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and technology fields, and we are looking for a major expansion of this over the months and years to come. London Festival Ballet Company has just completed a most
successful visit to China the first by a British Ballet
Company since 1957.
ir Services Agreement
18. We hope to conclude an Air Services Agreement with the
Chinese Government in the near future. A negotiating team
from the Department of Trade is currently in Peking discussing the question with the Chinese Government.
inese Foreign Policy and International Role
9. As I made clear in the House on the 18th of May we Jelcome the present Chinese leadership's positive and outward looking foreign policy. We hope that they will exert their very considerable influence, particularly in :he developing world in the interest of international
stability and prosperity.
Sino/Soviet relations
20. We have noted the exchanges between China and the Soviet Union on the possibility of holding talks on their
bilateral relations. We welcome this as we welcome any
noves towards a reduction of tension in the area.
sing/US relations
21.
The Government welcomes the improved relations between
China and the United States which will be an important
factor for stability and peace.
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