With Beijing’s influence growing,European nations need to deem strategically and to speak with one voiceWill Britain, if it decides to leave the European Union, and one day become the 24th province of the People’s Republic of China? This joke,which I heard from a (non-British) European businessman working in China, points to how perceptions gain been shaken up by the pomp and the language surrounding President Xi Jinping’s visit to the UK. It also says a lot about how China is seen to be playing a long, or patient and strategic game,while western politicians seem so much more focused on instant point-scoring and short-term gains. Related: China is rising as the US declines. Britain can’t ignore this reality | Martin Jacques Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com