Britain has “sold the store”, “surrendered” and “totally capitulated” in its efforts to get back into the good graces of the Chinese leadership, in the words of several senior Beijing-based diplomats from Asia and Europe.
There is more than a whiff of hypocrisy from the representatives of countries that have themselves gone to great lengths to ingratiate themselves with China.
But, as Prime Minister David Cameron arrives in Beijing today to begin his first state visit in more than two years, it is hard to avoid the perception that the UK, like most other countries, is struggling to cope with a more assertive China.
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