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Leading Article: Talk softly with the Chinese but not at the cost of principle

THOSE CONCERNED about China's abuses of human rights should not be too dismissive of the Prime Minister's visit to China. The People's Republic is the most populous nation on earth, and easily the most powerful nation in Asia. China's economic health, as yet relatively untouched by the crisis in the world's financial markets, is vital to the economic health of the region and the world.

Good trade relations, and continuing encouragement of economic and political liberalisation, are therefore quite reasonable objectives. If China, too, were to fall victim to speculation and devaluation, or lurch back from such measures of general reform as it has already achieved, then the results could be ...

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