Can the UK have a relationship with China while addressing human rights?

The Foreign Secretary David Lammy has pressed his Chinese counterpart on concerns about human rights and Russia’s war in Ukraine in his first visit there since taking office.

Mr Lammy met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi yesterday in what were described as “constructive” talks.

The Foreign Office said he had also urged China to release the dual-national media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, who’s now been detained in solitary confinement for nearly four years.

We were joined by Jimmy Lai’s son Sebastien. He’s been calling for urgent intervention from Britain to demand his father’s release.