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P.1
6.
4.1991
Мив. Muiz Ball
Jun 1891
[During a report on the renewal
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eneways
of China's
'Most Favoured:
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Nation' status by USA)-—-
JONATHAN CHAPMAN: (Reportar)
Foreign
negotiations over
office
ice minister Lord
Caithness denies that
Hong Kong are the driving force for with China. However, ha doas stress
Britain's relations with China.
that in seeking to influence China on human rights, it's important not to force Peking into a corner.
LORD CAITHNESS: (Foreign Office Minister)
Of course Hong Kong is а very important part of our relationship with China, but every time that we meet the Chinese at senior level
at official level, we nake
clear that we are very concerned about human rights. We don't want to drive China into being isolationist again. We've got to bring the pressure that we can bring to bear in the most effective way.
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