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I’ve already reported on signs of major increases in trade between Scotland and Asia, especially China. See:
China increases imports of Scottish oil from 8 to 38 million barrels in only 4 months
This agreement looks like a recognition that these growing economic links require enhanced communication links. Here’s an extract from the Scottish Business News Network:
‘The capital airports of Scotland and China have agreed to collaborate to develop a shared understanding of markets and shared operational and commercial opportunities. Looking at areas where information and skills can be exchanged to achieve best practice, the airports have created a framework that allows close collaboration and cross-fertilisation of ideas and experience…..the Belt and Road initiative of China is clear and ambitious. Well, we’re at the end of that road and want to understand how we can make sure we can play a part.’
The Belt and Road Initiative of China is a $900 billion plan by China to improve her trade links by building roads, railway lines and port facilities right across Asia and Europe in a modern equivalent of the ancient Silk Roads. See this for more:
https://www.ft.com/content/0714074a-0334-11e7-aa5b-6bb07f5c8e12
https://sbnn.co.uk/2017/05/27/groundbreaking-partnership-edinburgh-beijing-airports/
Talking-up Scotland 
Trade links are positive and can increase social cohesion potentially. However for as long as China exploit neighbouring countries economically, culturally and politically, I will have nothing to do with them personally and encourage as many people as I can to boycott their products.
The People’s Republic of China are occupying Tibet, East-Turkistan and Southern Mongolia, amongst others. It is cultural and actual murderous genocide.
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I know but are we any better? Centuries of exploitation probably on a greater scale than China? See for example: Mike Davis: Late Victorian Holocausts at: https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://t3.gstatic.com/images%3Fq%3Dtbn:ANd9GcTk1-hA__D8ydq0JKC5lLrzzQPE4ofEyWwuUN2P2MNuGot2TbSU&imgrefurl=https://books.google.com/books/about/Late_Victorian_Holocausts.html%3Fid%3D3IrKEzgkQkMC%26source%3Dkp_cover&h=603&w=464&tbnid=ex1VcT71TMRdXM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=123&usg=__ZMB-sJKneFDC9LgnrUIs4GfB81U=&vet=10ahUKEwjHj8m3hZPUAhUJIMAKHfvpDM4Q_B0IhAEwCg..i&docid=ZuKAoUOEOyuf7M&itg=1&client=firefox-b&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHj8m3hZPUAhUJIMAKHfvpDM4Q_B0IhAEwCg
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Or this http://www.rense.com/general81/faeeof.htm
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What a fascinating read. So many analogies kept popping into my head whilst reading it I could hardly keep up with myself.
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