The Daily Mail website (among many others, no doubt), gives a video of D. Cameron's speech at Westminster on the occasion of the
50th anniversary of Churchill's funeral yesterday :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2932752/Sir-Winston-Churchill-great-Briton-owe-huge-debt-gratitude-says-Cameron-ahead-day-commemoration-50th-anniversary-wartime-leader-s-funeral.html
I was surprised to hear him say that it was Churchill who recognised the People's Republic of China. I always thought it was the
post-war Labour Government, to protect the British presence in Hong Kong.
I checked on Wikipedia :
6 January 1950 - The United Kingdom recognises the PRC as the government of China and posts a chargé d'affaires ad interim in
Beijing (Peking). The British expect a rapid exchange of Ambassadors. However, the PRC demands concessions on the Chinese seat at
the UN and the foreign assets of the Republic of China.
[Churchill of course was still Leader of the Opposition on 6 January 1950]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations#Between_the_UK_and_the_People.27s_Republic_of_China_.281949_-_.29
Who is right ? Cameron (who no doubt has the best experts in the Foreign Office
to brief him) or Wikipedia ?
Thanks to all for any enlightenment,
Antoine CAPET, FRHistS
Professor emeritus of British Studies
University of Rouen
76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan
France
[email protected]
'Britain since 1914' Section Editor
Royal Historical Society Bibliography
Reviews Editor of CERCLES
http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html
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