UK now "only good for travel and study" - Chinese daily

Britain should recognize it is not a "big" power, but "just an old European country apt for travel and study", Chinese state-run media have said.

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Tuesday, 03.12.2013.

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BEIJING Britain should recognize it is not a "big" power, but "just an old European country apt for travel and study", Chinese state-run media have said. The article appeared on Tuesday as an editorial in the Global Times newspaper, as British Prime Minister David Cameron was visiting China. UK now "only good for travel and study" - Chinese daily "China won't fall for Cameron's 'sincerity'," the headline of "the sharply-written" editorial said, the AFP reported. China reacted strongly to last year's meeting Cameron had with the Dalai Lama, whom the country considers to be a separatist, and the encounter caused a chill in the Sino-British relations. But on Monday the British prime minister met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and signed a series of trade deals, before holding talks with President Xi Jinping. "Cameron has kept human rights firmly to the sidelines during his time in China, but the Global Times said his three-day visit 'can hardly be the end of the conflict between China and the UK'," the AFP said in its report. "The Chinese government will surely show courtesy to Cameron. But the public does not forget his stance on certain issues," the editorial said, and added: "Beijing needs to speed up the pace of turning its strength into diplomatic resources and make London pay the price for when it intrudes into the interests of China." The Global Times "has close ties to the ruling Communist Party and often takes a nationalist stance," reported the French news agency, and noted that "a more conciliatory editorial appeared in the China Daily, which said Cameron's visit will help 'pave the way for bilateral ties to flourish'." David Cameron and Li Keqiang (Beta/AP) AFP Tanjug

UK now "only good for travel and study" - Chinese daily

"China won't fall for Cameron's 'sincerity'," the headline of "the sharply-written" editorial said, the AFP reported.

China reacted strongly to last year's meeting Cameron had with the Dalai Lama, whom the country considers to be a separatist, and the encounter caused a chill in the Sino-British relations.

But on Monday the British prime minister met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and signed a series of trade deals, before holding talks with President Xi Jinping.

"Cameron has kept human rights firmly to the sidelines during his time in China, but the Global Times said his three-day visit 'can hardly be the end of the conflict between China and the UK'," the AFP said in its report.

"The Chinese government will surely show courtesy to Cameron. But the public does not forget his stance on certain issues," the editorial said, and added: "Beijing needs to speed up the pace of turning its strength into diplomatic resources and make London pay the price for when it intrudes into the interests of China."

The Global Times "has close ties to the ruling Communist Party and often takes a nationalist stance," reported the French news agency, and noted that "a more conciliatory editorial appeared in the China Daily, which said Cameron's visit will help 'pave the way for bilateral ties to flourish'."

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