China's ambassador to UK on trade, democracy and human rights - Newsnight

[rider]

The ambassador totally controlled the conversation. He was poised, rational, and articulate. Not to mention he spoke with a heavy British accent. On the other hand, this interviewer was nervous and only resorted to the list he was holding. The interviewer was clearly no match for the ambassador. The best part of this conversation was when the ambassador said "No, I don't think you are stupid".

[melginger]

The ambassador is impressive, respectful and has class. Hard not to respect the way he has handled being attacked by a rude reporter. Good job Sir.

[homan]

I think the Chinese ambassador was being overly polite . If i were him i would ask what human rights does the Iraq and its people once a secular and stable country have not to be invaded, occupied, hundreds of thousands slaughtered, nation destroyed and left with sectarian violence and terrorist army roaming in vast areas of their country ?

What human rights are afforded to Libyans whose country has become a hell hole of violence thanks to your removal and murder of Gaddafi . How about your support of the " free Syrian Army " who turned out to be ISIS terrorists and the human rights of fleeing Syrian refugees whose once stable and relatively wealthy nation you help turn into a war zone ? Human rights are for all and not only for the people whose votes you rely on .

[Animemaniacman]

Even I, a British citizen admit that the Chinese Ambassador was absolutely right. The lines of state sovereignty should not be blurred

[MrGMilitary]

beautiful win by the Chinese Ambassador!

[pprocon]

funny to see the bully who invaded China and colonized Hongkong 100 year ago, now acting like a defenseless little mice. The Great Britain Empire. What an irony.

[nsebast]

This conversation is like talking to a teenager who thinks he knows everything.

[shanghainoon]

I wonder what would happen if we went to the US to discuss obesity, gun violence and the NSA? If we criticised Muhammad being the most popular name in the UK? Western countries have this mentality that they can criticise developing countries, but we can't criticise them.

[leejo]

i have been living in the uk for 3 years. Yet, i never seen an article that is positive about China on any british media. Is this the truth? i am sure i have things you can learn from. A country will remain strong only when it is humble. BBC seems to view the CCP as the cause of the poverty of China. But the truth is that when the CCP took over China, China was extremely poor after 100 years exploitation by the west and japanese. In fact, the west was the cause of today's poor china. Find out what the british did to china. In recent 30 years, CCP has pull millions of chinese people out of poverty. What did the british do? Do they have the right to fucking judge us? One simple question. When do the british plan to return those chinese treasures being displayed in the British museum? LOL Let's talk about human right. Human right is not something about a vote. Human rights is that people need to eat, live properly, that people need to have a toilet, not a fucking vote for poor people living in poor countries. The so called largest democratic country india had similar economical level as china in 1990s, and now what you see? Try ask Indian people living in countryside whether they would like to have a vote or a better life like Chinese poor people have got in the past 30 years. Ideology is something that your filthy western governments created to make conflicts between nations, brainwash you people and create hates against countries that have different views from them. Wake up!

[templezipo]

Chinese Ambassador is really good at describing the facts.

[JasonGafar]

God this was painful to watch. This interviewer needs to humble himself and let the Ambassador speak. The ambassador is clearly a very intelligent person with much to say. Would be nice to hear his views without him having to constantly be interrupted.

[win]

Chinese ambassador should mention that the British "Home Children" is the largest children smuggling and trafficking case in human history, and the UK did it at the peak of British Empire. Over 100, 000 British poor or orphaned children were smuggled and trafficked from the UK to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa to establish the long term British control in the newly acquired colonies. That must be a fine example of British "human rights" record.

[ZLL]

BBC reporter was very arrogant and ignorant...this is a reflection of the British people's general opinion. This is why U.K. is sinking.

[johnlin]

Wow…… As a British gentleman you are rudely interrupt the ambassador's talking so many a gentle man you are!

[Abel_Y]

Britain should learn to do business with people from different nations and respect their cultures, at the same time the UK must spend more resources to their own people rather than criticising other countries. Save the NHS plz.

[zhizuc.]

I would ask to the host if there is a Guinness award for numbers of people lifted out of poverty? China economic rise lifted 600 million people out of poverty, this is the single biggest humanitarian achievement that ever happened in HUMAN HISTORY BY FAR!!!

[victorchew]

Ambassador Liu not only smart and cool, he made this BBC reporter learn more about China's political system. Welldone ambassador Liu.

[VL-inquisitor]

Has anyone heard a word of praise on China and its contributions by the BBC host in the entire show? I don't. In fact, he had a list of questions to 'roast' the Chinese ambassador on matters ranging from the reciprocity of business investment, the backdoor to take control of the nuclear facility, cyber threat, human rights, trade retaliation, and work ethics, etc.

On the other hand, the ambassador was well poised, spoke eloquently, elucidated his arguments assertedly, and he even praised the UK. The stark contrast says volume on how the two individuals presented themselves and their country. Check it out yourself!

[MohammadNABhuiyan]

Ambassador just humiliate the presenter

[yanyan]

Is the host actually listening to Mr Liu? It's like he is just reading the questions on the paper. Instead of interviewing his guest, I think what he wants is to show off his prejudice by asking.