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Chapter Seven Britain’s Diplomacy and Relations with China ◎Learning objectives: After completing this part, students should obtain some more basic facts and detailed information about the Britain’s diplomacy and relations with China. ◎Focal points: 1. Britain’s Diplomacy 2. China-UK Relations 1. Britain’s Diplomacy 1.1 Around the Two World Wars Britains diplomacy had been successful in resolving imperial conflicts between the major powers during WWI. During WWII, the United States and the United Kingdom close cooperation in the anti-fascist. 1.2 In recent centuries The United Kingdom is a developed country, with the worlds sixth largest economy by nominal GDP. The UKs most notable alliance is its Special Relationship with the United States, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States. The United Kingdoms close allies also include countries in the EU and NATO. With the history and reality, the British government is likely to continue to not only maintain a special alliance with the developed countries, but continue a extraordinary alliance with the developing countries, especially the Asian countries.有缘学习更多+谓ygd3076考证资料 2. China-UK Relations Before 1800, China was closed to the western countries. In 1856, a second opium war broke out following an allegedly illegal Chinese search of a British-registered ship, the Arrow, in Guangzhou. When the Pacific War broke out, in order to keep the Colonial interests Far East, the United Kingdom in Southeast Asia never led. The United Kingdom recognized the Peoples Republic of China in 1950, and was the first major Western country to do so. Over the past few years, the strategic relationship between the two countries became a steady increase in cooperation in some areas, and a quite dramatic change in others.