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CONCLUSION
171.
A 20th
Century Chinese thinker, when asked what he
thought was the
significance of the French Revolution in
1789, replied, "It's too soon to tell", How then, so hard
events of the last year, can we tell their
up against the
significance?
172.
Even SO
close
main
features of the
It
to the canvas we can pick out the
picture.
has been a year of
success in every area but one. Our economy has thrived.
Our social programmes have expanded. Our quality of life
All those statistics of success tell
has
improved.
a tale
of promise achieved in the pages of the report that we
publishing today.
are
173.
Where
have
our efforts failed to bear fruit?
In
an
area where
по
one
but
a fool wants failure:
in the
attempt to create a closer understanding with China, to
replace baleful suspicion with confident trust.
174.
trying.
Not for want of
why have we failed SO far?
Not for lack of the will to make our relationship
work better.
As China's market opens up and blooms,
economic
convergence becomes a happy fact of life.
So why
not convergence elsewhere?
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