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[During a report on the renewal

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Nation' status by USA)-—-

JONATHAN CHAPMAN: (Reportar)

Foreign

negotiations over

office

ice minister Lord

Caithness denies that

Hong Kong are the driving force for with China. However, ha doas stress

Britain's relations with China.

that in seeking to influence China on human rights, it's important not to force Peking into a corner.

LORD CAITHNESS: (Foreign Office Minister)

Of course Hong Kong is а very important part of our relationship with China, but every time that we meet the Chinese at senior level

at official level, we nake

clear that we are very concerned about human rights. We don't want to drive China into being isolationist again. We've got to bring the pressure that we can bring to bear in the most effective way.

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