wn.com - 18 hours ago

For Charles Powell, China has always been a country Britain has had to deal with “very carefully”. Powell served as a private secretary to Margaret Thatcher during the final seven years of her premiership, a period which included Britain’s negotiations over the sovereignty of Hong Kong. He then served briefly under John Major, before moving into a long career in Sino-British relations, including chairing the China-Britain Business Council. Now he is 84 years old. Speaking to the New Statesman, he reflected on his half-century dealing with the Asian superpower. “I spent a long time working on China, and I’ve witnessed it go through different phases,” he said. “At one stage, we used to believe...

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