GREAT FUTURE TOGETHER

President Xi Jingpin will start a five day state visit to the United Kingdom on the invitation of the Queen. This comes at a time when both sides need each other the most, the UK has a need to replace and reactivate a whole lot of its hardware in nuclear reactors and in science and technology and huge in investments in the money market; China on the order hand is looking for an outlet to booster its currency as a medium of international trade and what market can help provide such an amazing avenue if not the London stock exchange.

 A whole myriad of deals, bilateral agreements and memorandum of understanding are due for signing the underground works haven been concluded. It is interesting how the UK has fashioned an international foreign relations with China, jumping in on AIIB with out recourse to old allie and friend the US. It is acting in the best interests of her citizens by threading this path. China has it all to offer, they have even broken barriers and are forging into new frontiers in science and medicine. They have an enormous market and can single handedly boost FDI of any country globally.

The future holds a lot for partnership like this and indeed for the globe, the UK tactically and aptly stayed mute on the south China sea, where its allie is flexing muscles for strategic reasons and its interest in the region. Smart Brits! The silk road project will immensely benefit a big player like the United Kingdom. Watching the preparation in Buckingham palace, the rehearsal of the royal guards and level of hosts scheduled to meet with President Xi; one is left without doubts as to the intent and seriousness with which over a billion China is been wooed. Respect should be mutual no matter how big one country is to another, that for me is leadership; and China is showing it in Africa, giving with much respect to the people without conditions, and where they exist they are respectfully respected. I applaud this union of symbiosis, that seeks to compliment the other not vice versa. Instead of trying to maneuvers one another in weaponry, the race to resources in the artic regions and suspecting and countering each other's moves, invitations like this one can help rebuild trust and mutual respect. Rather than slide to the cold war in Syria, America and Russia should find a common ground; and let the bigger man be the first to make a gesture. Wishing President Xi a wonderful experience in all the places he will visit, as it is one empire leader playing host to another empire leader. Two dynasties with separate paths blending for the good of its people and the world.