appear discursive, or mere politeness,
and on visits to the UK, almost "tourist".
But
(b) Bloody tough:
of Hong Kong
gist
d
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As our late Governor
a very experienced sinolo-
remarked, they are "bloody tough"
in negotiation, and François le Corre (the first DREE director in charge of negotiations for the French) remarked at the beginning of our liaison, from his
previous experience, "they are very, very,
very greedy".
(c)
Remorseless:
Probably a good rule
to follow is that the Chinese will
believe a limit has been reached only
when the other party leaves the negotiating
table both Framatome and GEC called a
halt to their negotiations at one point or another. The problem is to make this gesture credible within a framework of concessions eg if further significant
concessions are made after the gesture, it becomes meaningless, and the Chinese
will place less weight on any subsequent
limit.
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