Jonathan Fenby

Buried in China

Despite our government’s best efforts, we’ll probably never know why Neil Heywood died

issue 14 April 2012

Despite our government’s best efforts, we’ll probably never know why Neil Heywood died

Dealing with China is never easy, as everybody from Margaret Thatcher (over Hong Kong) to Barack Obama (over everything from currency issues to who is going to be top dog in the Pacific) has discovered. Now David Cameron and William Hague find themselves embroiled in the biggest political earthquake in the People’s Republic since the protests that led to the killings in Beijing in 1989.

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