Living with the Dragon

Published: Nov. 27, 2020, 5 a.m.

How have recent British governments handled the UK's relationship with China and what does this tell us about the way to live with China today? Nick Robinson talks to former leading politicians, diplomats and officials to cast light on the risks and the rewards. Drawing on his personal experience reporting on prime ministerial visits to China, he recalls telling encounters and the challenges they reveal.

Contributors:\nRt. Hon. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister\nRt. Hon. George Osborne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer\nRt. Hon. David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary\nLord Charles Powell, former Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to Margaret Thatcher\nLord Stewart Wood, former adviser to Gordon Brown\nSir Mark Lyall Grant, former National Security Adviser\nSir Craig Oliver, former Downing Street Director of Communications\nTom Fletcher CMG, former Downing Street Foreign Policy Adviser\nJohn Gerson CMG, former adviser on China to Margaret Thatcher\nKatherine Morton, Professor of Global Affairs, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University\nJonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff\nNick Timothy, former Downing Street Chief of Staff

Presenter: Nick Robinson\nProducer: Sheila Cook