“If you go in really hard with raising human rights cases, then of course you offend the Chinese and they pull up the drawbridge bridge when it comes to doing those deals, business and trade.”

Labour must strike a ‘fine balance’ when dealing with China, says Theo Usherwood, ahead of the foreign secretary’s trip to Beijing.

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