Antoine,
Cameron was probably referring to Churchill’s support for recognition of China in a speech made in the House of Commons on November 17, 1949. He supported recognition, but only after consultations with the Commonwealth and the United States. In 1951 Churchill criticized the Attlee government’s recognition of China as it was not “brought about as a joint policy with the United States and the Dominions.” China, for its part, was the only country to refuse to be represented at Churchill’s funeral. As I detail in my series of blog posts on Churchill’s death, lying-in-state, and funeral, China and Mongolia were the only countries not represented out of the 113 countries that were invited. The Mongolian government, however, expressed regret that it was unable to provide a representative to attend. Additionally, while every newspaper in the world on January 25, 1965 provided extensive coverage of Churchill’s death, the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, reported the death with one brief paragraph near the bottom of the back page. Brad https://winstonchurchillblog.wordpress.com/ https://churchillinnorthamerica.wordpress.com/ On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 10:09 AM, 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
