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Yesterday afternoon Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced that British First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affair William Hague will visit China on July 14, at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. This is welcome news as only last week had Hague placed attention on UK foreign policy which needs to adapt with a “networked world” by building public relations overseas.

With China accounting for just 2.4 per cent of Britain's exports (a majority being from scrap metal) though nearly 8 per cent of our imports, Britain seems to be building a growing dependence on China goods that is not entirely reciprocal. However, Hague has previously mentioned that, "Relations between states are now no longer monopolised by foreign secretaries or prime ministers. There is now a mass of connections between individuals, civil society, businesses, pressure groups and charitable organisations which are also part of the relations between nations and which are being rapidly accelerated by the internet."

During the visit, Hague will co-chair the Sino-British strategic dialogue with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo; let’s hope that his visit to China will be a warm and prosperous one for both Britain and China.

via Telegraph and Xinhuanet

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