【09.12.29 每日电报】 The execution of Akmal Shaikh demonstrates what China really thi

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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100020869/the-execution-of-akmal-shaikh-demonstrates-what-china-really-thinks-about-britain/

                                       
By Con Coughlin

Last updated:  December 29th, 2009                                       


                                                                        
                                                                                                
China’s decision to press ahead with the execution of Akmal Shaikh shows just how little Beijing cares for maintaining cordial relations with Britain.

Both Gordon Brown and David Miliband made it abundantly clear to the Chinese authorities that they were totally opposed to the execution of the mentally-ill former taxi driver.

But the Chinese ignored their appeals and went ahead with the execution in the early hours of this morning. And rather than seeking to reassure Britain that the affair would not affect relations between the two countries, Chinese officials have issued a series of statements condemning Britain’s unwarranted interference in their internal affairs.

And that just about sums up China’s attitude not just to Britain,but to the Western alliance.  China’s fundamental approach to the West is that it is prepared to cooperate only when it is regarded as in Beijing’s interests to do so. We saw this at the Copenhagen global warming summit, where the Chinese basically withdrew their cooperation when they realised the reduction in carbon emissions might damage their own economic growth.

The same applies to their attitude towards law and order. The Chinese government regards the death penalty as an essential tool to maintaining law and order in the world’s most populous country, and no amount of condemnation from the West is going to change their minds.

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