Honorable kelly craft, currently the ambassador for canada and nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. First we have two distinguished guests, distinguished and celebrity guests i might add today. And they are going to introduce our nominees or were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. Usually i do senator menendez and i do our Opening Statements first but were going to postpone because i know our guests introducers have important business to do. Were privileged to be joined by ambassador krafts home state senators today, majority leader mitch mcconnell, senator rand paul will be here soon to also introduce the nominee. Senator mcconnell, welcome to the United States foreign Foreign Relations committee. Long known for its kindness to its witnesses and for civility. Your steady and thoughtful leadership inspire us all as you sail this ship through the heavy seas we encounter daley here and we welcome hearing your considered judgment regarding th
Row Over £500M London Development Highlights Tensions Between Investment And Human Rights An image of one of the new buildings in the Chinese embassy complex at Royal Mint Court
At the end of the first Opium War in 1842, the victorious British forced the Chinese to pay 6 million silver dollars in return for opium that had been seized as China tried to rid the country of unwanted British influence. Those small, silver coins were shipped back to Britain, transported to the site of the Royal Mint on the eastern edge of the City of London, smelted and turned into British currency. It is a small element of a defeat that is still today seen as a moment of national trauma in China.