Former taoiseach sheds light on Chinese thinking

Jack Lynch believed China needed and wanted friends in the West but was not willing to make allies.

Former taoiseach sheds light on Chinese thinking
Thu, 30 Dec, 2010 - 10:28

Jack Lynch believed China needed and wanted friends in the West but was not willing to make allies.

As TD in 1980 Mr Lynch travelled to the Far East and in a follow-up report to Government he claimed the Communist state feared Russia was plotting world domination.

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