China and the UK: Pomp and circumstance

The UK government, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, has taken a clear decision to hitch the country’s economic fortunes to China and create the conditions for a “golden era” in Sino-UK relations.

Many in Washington, meanwhile, see the “Hollandisation” of Britain, an abandonment of the pursuit of power on the international stage.

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China and the UK: Pomp and circumstance

No institution does pomp and pageantry quite as well as the British royal family, and probably no institution appreciates it as much as the modern Communist party of China. Back home in China, television images this…

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