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David Cameron’s Relationship with History | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Secrets of Statecraft

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The Chinese Goose, Source for the British Candor?

I think the first thing is worth saying that trying to understand where your interlocutor is coming from and their history. And I don't think we're always very good at that, but it's just a good place to start. Why do the Chinese feel so strongly about the variety of issues in front of us? It's not then about Caltowto. It's trying to work out, can we, as the Chinese would put it, have a relationship based on tolerance and mutual understanding? So you always want mutual understanding and toleration of each other's political systems. What is source for the Chinese goose, source for the British candor? You visited Ukraine recently driving a l

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