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HARDtalk: Liu Xiaoming - China's Ambassador to the UK

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Stephen Sackur speaks to the veteran Chinese Ambassador in London Liu Xiaoming.

Stephen Sackur speaks to the veteran Chinese Ambassador in London Liu Xiaoming. Did the Chinese response to the Covid-19 outbreak cost the world dear, or was it to be admired?

As the global effort to control Covid-19 continues so arguments about culpability for the spread of the pandemic intensify. At the centre of the story is China, where the outbreak began. Did the Chinese government's impulse to cover up the truth cost the world dear? Or did China respond with admirable determination? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to the veteran Chinese Ambassador in London Liu Xiaoming. Is China the villain or the hero of this pandemic?

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