China has accused the UK of training and equipping a foreign consultant based in the country to spy for MI6. It's part of Beijing's recent anti-espionage crackdown on consultancy companies, but the arrest raises wider questions about UK-China relations. Our senior UK government reporter Alex Wickham and Bloomberg TV anchor Tom Mackenzie, who lived in China for a decade, bring us their analysis.

Conservative MP Tim Loughton, sanctioned by China in 2021 for speaking out on human rights abuses, tells us what he thinks the government should do next in its relationship with Beijing. Plus, opinion columnist Adrian Wooldridge on the risks posed by global elections this year. Hosted by Lizzy Burden and Stephen Carroll.  

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