By Lee Randall Not long ago, Xinran Xue met a young Chinese woman while giving a talk in Somerset. Xinran asked how long the other woman had been in Britain and whether she liked the people she'd been meeting. "Half," was the reply. Surprised, Xinran pressed for details.

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Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xin