The delicate process of freeing up China's capital and current account restrictions to allow the yuan to play a role commensurate with China's industrial power will take time.
With the Falklands conflict behind her, she travelled to China in September 1982 to open talks on another delicate sovereignty issue: the future of Hong Kong, a British Crown Colony.
"We are at a very important and delicate point in our relationship with the People's Republic of China and how this is handled will go a long way as to the future of that relationship, " Sen.
As for trying to set up regional internet clusters, China seems committed, but so far Silicon Valley has proved far too complex and delicate a system for a bureaucrat to copy.