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INCREASE CO-OPERATION. ON SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS, ZHOU NOTED THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD EXPRESSED THE HOPE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS TO IMPROVE TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. HE BELIEVED THAT THE RECENT VISIT BY FRANCIS MAUDE, TO PEKING HAD HELPED IMPROVE SINO-BRITISH LINKS. HE SAID THAT CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO RESUME AND DEVELOP GENUINE CO-OPERATION WITH THE BRITISH

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