By James Chapman PUBLISHED: 19:35 EST, 1 December 2013 | UPDATED: 19:35 EST, 1 December 2013 China's rise to world dominance is one of the ‘defining facts’ of our age and we must ‘like it or lump it’, David Cameron says today. In an article that risks angering other European leaders, he will offer to be Beijing’s strongest advocate in the West - saying no country is ‘more ready’ than Britain to welcome China to the ‘top table of global affairs’. The Prime Minister, who is leading Britain’s largest ever trade delegation to China, suggests the country is on the brink of becoming the leading global economic superpower and it is pointless to see it as a ‘threat’.
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Prime Minister is leading Britain's largest ever trade delegation to China
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Mr Cameron will propose a free trade deal between the EU and China
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He intends to offer to be Beijing's strongest advocate in the West
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But leaders of other EU countries fear this could lead to China flooding the West with cheap, fake goods
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