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IN PARA 6 WE SUGGEST REPLACING QUOTE IT IS, THEREFORE, IMPORTANT THAT THERE SHOULD BE UNQUOTE BY QUOTE WE WOULD FIND IT USEFUL, THEREFORE, TO HAVE UNQUOTE, AND TO REPLACE QUOTE WHAT PROPOSALS THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE UNQUOTE IN THE LAST 2 LINES BY QUOTE THE THINKING OF THE CHINESE SIDE UNQUOTE. THIS FORMULATION WOULD, IT SEEMS TO US, BE SLIGHTLY LESS LIKELY TO OFFEND CHINESE

SENSITIVITIES.

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WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE QUOTE SHOULD ONLY TAKE PROSPECTIVE EFFECT UNQUOTE IN LINE 9 OF PARA 8 BY QUOTE SHOULD TAKE ONLY PROSPECTIVE, NOT RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT UNQUOTE. THIS

MAY BE CLEARER.

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IN PARA 10, WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE QUOTE ACTED UNQUOTE IN LINE 10 BY QUOTE BEEN UNQUOTE, WHICH WOULD SEEM MORE ACCURATE.

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