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Charles Parton

Charles Parton, senior associate of the Royal United Services Institute in London, spent 22 years of the 37 he served as a British and then EU diplomat working in or on China. He has advised the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament on its China reports. His recent reports include China-U.K. Relations: Where to Draw the Border Between Influence and Interference? and Towards a U.K. Strategy and Policies for Relations with China.