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It is now more than a decade since George Osborne delivered a speech on the floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange expounding the virtues of a strong partnership between the U.K. and China.
Scores of dignitaries, including chief executives, civic leaders and heads of cultural institutions, heard the then Chancellor of the Exchequer [Britain’s term for finance minister] declare: “Let’s stick together and make Britain China’s best partner in the West.
“Let’s stick together and create a golden decade for both of our countries.”
