LEFT OVER FROM HISTORY AND OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. OF FAR- REACHING SIGNIFICANCE, THIS MAJOR EVENT OF THE 1980'S WILL BE AND IMPORTANT CHAPTER IS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY.
DEAR PRIME MINISTER, FRIENDS AND COMRADES,
THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IS A MATTER OF CONCERN TO US ALL. WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY ARE BEING THREATENED. IN THE FACE OF THIS GRAVE SITUATION, HOWEVER, IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT MORE AND MORE COUNTRIES ARE ENDEAVOURING TO TAKE THEIR DESTINY INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND MAKING ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO STOP THE ARMS RACE, EASE THE TENSION AND MAINTAIN WORLD PEACE. THE FORCES FOR PEACE ARE GROWING IN STRENGTH, AND THE FACTORS PREVENTING THE OUTBREAK OF A NEW WORLD WAR ARE ON THE INCREASE. WE ARE DEEPLY CONVINCED THAT WITH THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF ALL PEACE-LOVING COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES, PEACE CAN BE MAINTAINED.
THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE NOW FULLY ENGAGED IN A SOCIALIST MODERNIZATION DRIVE. CHINA NEEDS PEACE, CHINA IS READY TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP RELATIONS WILL ALL OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ON THE BASIS OF THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. IN OUT VIEW, EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO SEEK A REASONABLE SETTLEMENT OF ALL INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES THROUGH PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS INSTEAD OF RESORTING TO THE USE OR THREAT OF FORCE. WE HOPE THAT THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION WILL IMPROVE THEIR RELATIONS AS THEREIN LIES THE KEY TO RELAXING WORLS TENSION. FOR THIS REASON, WE WELCOME THE RESUMPTION OF THE DISRMAMENT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE SUNTIED STATES AND THE SOVIER UNION IN THE
HOPE THAT THEY WILL FIND EFFECTIVE MEANS TO HALT THE ARMS RACE THROUGH SINCERE AND EARNEST NEGOTIATIONS. AS PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SHARE A LOFTRY INTERNATIONAL DUTY OF MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. WE ARE PLEASE TO NOTE THAT OUR TWO COUNTRIES HOLD COMMON OR SIMILAR VIEWS ON MANY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. WE SHOULD INCREASE CONTACTS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS MORE FREQUENTLY SO AS TO ENHANCE OUR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, EXPAND THE BASIS OF COOPERATION AND MAKE OUR RESPECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELAXING INTERNATIONAL TENSION AND SAFEGUARDING WORLD PEACE. I BELIEVE OUT BRITISH COLLEAGUES SHARE THIS DESIRE.
DEAR PRIME MINISTER, FRIENDS AND COMRADES,
CHINA IS NOW GOING THROUGH A VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL PERIOD. WITH MARKED PROGRESS IN THE RURAL ECONOMIC REFORM, WE HAVE DECIDED TO FURTHER RESTRUTURE THE ENTIRE NATIONAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING THE INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER SECTORS, WITH THE URBAN ECONOMY AS THE FOCUS. IT IS ONE OF OUT MAJOR POLOCIES IN THE REFORM TO OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE WORLS AND DEVELOP INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. CHINA ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION WITH THE WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INCLUDING GREAT BRITAIN. NOT ONLY. ARE WE READY TO EXPAND SUCH COOPERATION, BUT WE WISH TO
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