Cameron sees China's rise as an opportunity

BEIJING - As British Prime Minister David Cameron entered a Peking University lecture hall on Wednesday to meet more than 500 students, he did so with his own fond memories of living and studying in Hong Kong more than two decades earlier.

"Twenty five years ago I came to Hong Kong as a student. The year was 1985," Cameron said.

The 44-year-old Oxford graduate and youngest prime minister in British history told the audience that "real relations" between China and the UK are founded on people to people exchanges as well as on higher levels.