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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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Xinhua – China releases 13 new professions to keep pace with economic upgrade
It is stories like this that evidence how China plans its long terminal a very broad approach. The west is continually surprised by China’s innovation http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/04/c_137949759.htm Stephen
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The Story of China
My colleague, Keith Bennett, sent me the link below. Sit back and spend 23 minutes on a great journey. And thanks to all who put this together. And then watch the series. Stephen
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BRI – The Polar Route
There is a lot of talk in non-Western media about the BRI Polar Route stretching from Shandong in China around to the Northern tip of Norway and then linking with a train connection – under construction – that goes into… Read More ›
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Socialism in China – lessons for the West
The Chinese Government and the West share many challenges – housing, education, welfare, inequality, health, defence, social stability, preventing drugs, terrorism and abuse of young people through the internet, and much more. There may be some politics in the… Read More ›
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The Greater Bay Area
The development of the world’s first real region is moving along at a pace in Hong Kong and the 12 other cities of China, including Macao. It is about 70 million people and it is easy to see how transportation… Read More ›
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Two Sessions
The battle for space and inputs is ongoing. Some claim the two sessions are a rubber stamp, but they do not understand the system. If they were a rubber stamp they would be convened and closed. In fact a lot… Read More ›
