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China says it doesn’t interfere with the affairs of its neighbours, but a leaked transcript suggests that, behind closed doors, diplomats are more than willing to apply the country’s considerable leverage to get what they want.


Hosts: Jeremy Page, The Economist’s chief China correspondent and Sue-Lin Wong, our Asia correspondent.


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