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BRITAIN'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
DSR 11
1. I was grateful for your despatch on the internal
situation in China and your tentative conclusions on
its implications for the future of China's relations
with the outside world. This provided timely background
to the decisions my colleagues and I have to take about
the future development of our relations with China.
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Your despatch makes clear both how turbulent and
how self-centred China has been for much of the period since
the collapse of the Manchu dynasty; and how unused the
Chinese have been, historically speaking, to treating
with the outside world on the basis of anything/approaching,
equality. The Chinese will have to do much to convince
the rest of the world that the new look is the norm and
not a temporary aberration from a traditional pattern.
The leaders who have emerged since Mao's death appear
to understand that a profound transformation of internal
policies and external relationships is needed, if China
is to achieve stability, prosperity and a rightful place
on the international scene. It is important that the trans-
should formation/stick: China will be an uncertain and difficult
country for future generations to live with if it does not.
As you indicate, the trends that have emerged since Deng Xiaoping's return to power are nevertheless encouraging
/and deserve
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