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4.
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Against this background, we see the main non-Hong
Kong objectives of the talks with Premier Zhao as:
i) to establish a good personal rapport (which can be
developed further when Premier Zhao visits Britain in
1985);
ii) to demonstrate our wish for closer and more
substantive relations; and in particular
iii) to lay the foundation for a marked increase in
Britain's market share of Chinese imports (presented in
stake in Chinese modernisation); and
terms
iv)
to underline the strategic importance we attach to
an outward-looking and economically reformist China.
5.
To these ends, if the Prime Minister agrees, we
propose to provide the following briefs:
A) A Hong Kong brief, to be prepared by the FCO;
B) A bilateral political brief covering current
bilateral issues, to be prepared by the FCO;
C) A brief on trade as a basis for discussion of how to
increase British exports to China and covering specific
projects and sectors, to be prepared by the DTI in
consultation with the FCO (including ODA) and the
Department of Energy; and
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