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GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT BRITISH SUBJECTS AND THE ARREST OF TWO OLD PEOPLE DID NOT APPEAR TO THE BRITIS PUBLIC AS THOSE OF A GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATOS, HE SAID THAT THE FAILURE OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN THESE CASES TENDED TO CONFIRM DOUBTS AND SUSPICIONS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING HARMONIOUS RELATIONS. MA REPLIED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MUST ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE TOWARDS BRITISH SUBJECTS WHO BECAME INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN CHINA. IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS REQUIRED A MUTUAL EFFORT, AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY DONE QUITE A LOT, STEWART
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