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Chinese tourism ‘rip-off row’ tarnishes ‘Golden Era’ partnership

by Gordon Watts February 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Politics is an art and sometimes the brushstrokes end up being smudged. In this case, there was too much red on the palatte when a row erupted at London’s Heathrow Airport over a duty-free promotion which left Chinese tourists feeling “ripped off.” For the United Kingdom, it was certainly not the image Prime Minister Theresa […]

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