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UK Trade Mission to China

How the UK is perceived by the Chinese and how China wants to be seen internationally.

The contrasting coverage of the trade mission to China by the UK prime minister David Cameron and the launch by the Chinese of their latest lunar mission provide some clues to the different perspectives of each country鈥檚 media. Rajan Datar talks to former Beijing correspondent Michael Bristow about the way the Chinese regard the UK 鈥 an 鈥榦ld European country鈥 according to the Global Post and how the Chinese government seeks to project its image internationally. Plus a listener takes issue with views of men represented in this headline "Y chromosome: why men contribute so little鈥.

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9 minutes

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Mon 9 Dec 2013 04:50GMT

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  • Sat 7 Dec 2013 23:50GMT
  • Sun 8 Dec 2013 10:50GMT
  • Mon 9 Dec 2013 04:50GMT

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