China is ten times as big as Japan. We have to decide our strategic view of our futures, and the extent to which that depends on greater economic integration with China. I just looked today at that there's a new national intelligence law that Chinese passed a couple of years ago,. They're quite open about it. So what that means is that if Huawei even didn't want to abuse their power in the UK or any other country, if they were instructed by Chinese intelligence, i.e. the Chinese government, they would have no legal right to refuse to cooperate. That is the concern.
Is China, with its unfair trade policies and shameless theft of intellectual property, an enemy that needs to be reined in? Or is it in the West’s best interests to view China as a strategic partner and aim for mutual respect and cooperation?
We were joined by Beijing-born Professor of Economics at the LSE Keyu Jin; politician and former cabinet minister Sir Malcolm Rifkind; and Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the FT. The event was chaired by Carrie Gracie, BBC News Presenter and the BBC’s first China Editor.
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