![]() ![]() My research on the handover of Hong Kong produced documents showing the dilemma which faced Margaret Thatcher on discovering that China simply discarded treaties which did not suit it.Īs a lawyer, Thatcher insisted on the principle of 'pacta sunt servanda' namely, that agreements should be kept. It is in the tradition of Chinese realpolitik (“Chinese diplomat draws ire from Baltic nations over statehood remarks”, Report, FT.com, April 23). "The remarkably frank statement by China’s ambassador to France on the status of post-Soviet republics is not an aberration. How a Chinese diplomat gave the game away: my letter in the Financial Times today: ![]()
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