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Stephen Perry has been involved with China since his earliest days. His father was the leader of the Icebreaker group to China in 1953 which restarted UK-China trade relations a year after starting up the business in which Stephen is today Managing Director, London Export Corporation. This year is the company’s 60th anniversary of trade with China.
Stephen grew up with letters from China and stories from China and after studying law at UCL he joined the company full time. The company traded commodities with China and distributed consumer goods in the UK. Stephen opened up US-China trade for the company in 1971/72 and went on to establish subsidiaries there. In the early 90’s he decided to focus on strategic long term deals with China and put together some of the ground breaking deals of that period in China. More recently he has again broken new ground with a deal in Africa with China and a western company.
Stephen is chair of the legendary 48 Group who have been working with China since 1953. Their mission is to develop a positive relationship with China.
One of his main missions is to ensure that the British better understand China. His talk will be around that theme – understand China to work effectively with China.
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Peter Mandelson Article
This article by Peter Mandelson is very useful. He is accorded high level access in China and this time during the important visit of David Lidington, who was received by Wang Qishan. Peter is receiving special interest… Read More ›
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Xinhua Article – China, Britain agree to further promote golden era of bilateral ties
UK – China relations http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/19/c_137123335.htm Worth reading twice Stephen
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ONE WORLD TWO SYSTEMS – collisions or freeing of positive forces?
There is a lot going on right now. Domestically the Chinese have started moves to open their economy. The automobile industry is allowing foreigners greater equity shares in a move that suggests the technology balance has been achieved and they… Read More ›
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President Xi and his term
Eric is a first class writer who writes the Chinese explanation from time to time. I recommend this piece. I have read so much nonsense about how removing time limits suggests a wish of Xi to be in charge for… Read More ›
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China will change and the world with it – the UK has a decision to make
The transformation taking place in China is beyond any observer’s ability to capture. Clearly we are now entering an era where we will see the full impact of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics – a market economy whose development is going… Read More ›
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Democracy with Chinese Characteristics – first buds?
Sometimes I find an article in the Chinese official media that seems, at first glance, to be of not great significance. Something keeps nagging at me and I go back and read and re-read it. In this article I wonder… Read More ›
