10/11/2010

David Cameron has challenged China's human rights record - telling Beijing it should "embrace human rights and democracy". But what right do we have to get involved in someone else's problems? And it's not just China - what about Afghanistan, or Iraq - why should we be telling other countries what to do?

Contributors include Mai in Cornwall, who tells Nicky: "I've lived in Britain almost as long as I lived in China. I feel at home in both countries. Some British journalists often sound full of 'Imperial arrogance' when they lecture other cultures other countries' ways of running their politics, business or human rights, especially towards China. It's important for the Chinese people to feel that they are now independent and are not bullied but respected. The current Chinese leaders are not dumb. And how do we know that their way of running the media, the country is not for the benefit of the majority of Chinese people anyway?"

Also on the programme, Brad Adams from Human Rights Watch:, who says that Cameron should be talking about human rights, and he should be talking about the subject more vigorously.