Political ructions and personal feuds boil to the surface as the tension mounts, making this a highly-charged thriller from famed writer Anthony Trollope.
But it was a start, and that interaction with foreign businesses, and interaction on a political level, led to more support for China in joining the World Trade Organization in 2001.
They have an economic and political partnership, but in June of 2016, voters in the United Kingdom decided their country would leave the European Union.