An extraordinary week of diplomacy for President Xis visit generated a series of far-reaching agreements on trade,technology and cultureBritain’s diplomatic elite has been rushed off its feet catering for the largest contingent of Chinese officials and commerce executives to arrive in London for 10 years.
In 2005, the chief concern was how to contain the noise from protesters excited at Beijing’s occupation of Tibet. This time the Dalai Lama and talk of human rights were kept off the agenda during a four-day visit that David Cameron said was the opening act in a “golden era” for UK-China relations.
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Source: theguardian.com