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Britain and China lock horns at home and abroad
HIGH SEAS, HIGH STAKES
China reacted splenetically as HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s largest vessel, entered the South China Sea. The aircraft carrier has American warplanes on board and leads a flotilla including a Dutch warship.
“China receives friends with good wine and deals with wolves with a shotgun,” said thinktanker Wu Shicun, effortlessly winning this week’s Wolf Warrior award.
Two possible flashpoints: