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Why the UK is sending a tough message on China

Xi Jinping (photo: Getty)
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One of the arguments made against leaving the EU was that Brexit Britain would have to subordinate everything in its foreign policy to economics and the need for trade deals. But the UK’s approach to China in recent months shows that this hasn’t turned out to be the case, as I

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