Living With The Dragon

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:

Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister

Rt. Hon. George Osborne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Rt. Hon. David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary

Lord Charles Powell, former Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to Margaret Thatcher

Lord Stewart Wood, former adviser to Gordon Brown

Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former National Security Adviser

Sir Craig Oliver, former Downing Street Director of Communications

Tom Fletcher CMG, former Downing Street Foreign Policy Adviser

John Gerson CMG, former adviser on China to Margaret Thatcher

Katherine Morton, Professor of Global Affairs, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff

Nick Timothy, former Downing Street Chief of Staff

Presenter: Nick Robinson

Producer: Sheila Cook

Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.

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:

Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister

Rt. Hon. George Osborne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Rt. Hon. David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary

Lord Charles Powell, former Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to Margaret Thatcher

Lord Stewart Wood, former adviser to Gordon Brown

Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former National Security Adviser

Sir Craig Oliver, former Downing Street Director of Communications

Tom Fletcher CMG, former Downing Street Foreign Policy Adviser

John Gerson CMG, former adviser on China to Margaret Thatcher

Katherine Morton, Professor of Global Affairs, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff

Nick Timothy, former Downing Street Chief of Staff

Presenter: Nick Robinson

Producer: Sheila Cook

Nick Robinson examines the recent history of the UK's relationship with China.

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