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clear. I know that they will pay particular attention to anything you might say to them: after all it was to you in 1982 that Deng Xiaoping first unveiled his thinking on Hong Kong's future.
GENERAL BILATERAL
Visits
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Hong Kong apart, bilateral relations remain on course with both sides steadily injecting more substance, although we
have still not returned to pre-1989 warmth.
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Number of ministerial visits in the offing, including
Mr Heseltine and Mr Needham late October in support of a major trade mission, Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji visiting here on 15-19 November as guest of Mr Heseltine.
Other outward visits include Sir Michael Marshall (IPU) (29 September-1 October) and Mr Robert Adley with a Parliamentary Delegation (1-10 October.)
Human Rights
Human rights remains a central concern. Lord Howe's human rights delegation now fixed for 1-8 December. Details are being sorted out.
Bilateral trade disappointing over the last 18 months. some recent successes on the aerospace front: Rolls Royce engines for 13 Boeing 757s and 8 BAe aircraft.
· Chinese pressing for a third concessional finance arrangement (CFA), but decisions awaited on our global ATP
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