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China expects G20 summit confirms its world standing, but admits vulnerable flanks
China is hoping to cement its standing as a global power when it hosts leaders from the world's biggest economies this weekend, but suspects the West and its allies will try to deny Beijing what it sees as its rightful place on the international stage. Ensuring that this does not happen will be one of President Xi Jinping's priorities, and a key mark of how successful China will judge the G20 summit to be. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“From where China sits, it looks like the Americans are trying to encircle them,”
Aug 31st, 2016 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think the word 'trying' is really far too weak, they already have in reality.
The government should stop the hickly point project
Sep 02nd, 2016 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and do it our selves using British money,
may, already suspects Chinese ulterior motives ,
and Obama is on his last G-anything.
just my humble opinion.
@2 Briton
Sep 04th, 2016 - 11:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Britain hasn't built a nuclear power station since 1995, we no longer have the expertise to do it ourselves. And would you want the government to use taxpayers money to build it? Or try and get British companies to invest which might require offering them a better deal than the French and Chinese ones would accept?
Or try and get British companies to invest which might require offering them a better deal than the French and Chinese ones would accept?
Sep 05th, 2016 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0this may well be a better deal in the long run,
yes I accept we have not built any, but we need to regain this lost technology and experience to built it our selves.
@4 Briton
Sep 05th, 2016 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's already a pretty bad deal by the sounds of it; the government has promised to pay EDF twice the current going rate on the electricity it generates for 35 years.
It will be consumers paying that in our bills, and regaining lost technology and experience would cost a lot more. It's really not worth it just for one power station.
Plus then you have yet more nuclear waste, which we're not doing a very good job at dealing with. Latest news is there are all kinds of problems at Sellafield where it is processed, with not enough staff on duty and decaying infrastructure.
You may well have a point,
Sep 06th, 2016 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0some say we should scrap it, and built smaller gas ones, as they are cheaper and will still get the job done,
they have to do something sooner or later, or the lights will be going out,
so they say.
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