BBCNEWS Global Questions August 8, 2021 05:40:00
With china, even if we didn't have one 47 years ago, would be foolish. but you've been very complimentary about china. you had a phone conversation with president xijinping recently. you said this is about strengthening the relationship with china in 2019. the government signed up to the bri, the big infrastructure projects, and so on. some people are suspicious. they think that china wants to buy the family silver. let us put it this way. we have also been very complimentary of the americans and the british and canadians, so for me not to be complimentary of china seems unusual. secondly, for...