Beijing's ambitions have been the subject of much discussion and its relationship with some countries can be described as a little "can't live with, can't live without".

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by former US Ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker and George Magnus, an associate at Oxford University's China Centre as we discuss issues including security, human rights and what property firm Evergrande's debt problems could mean for President Xi Jinping.

Daily podcast team:
Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast researcher - Rosetta Fourlagawo
Interviews producer - Tatiana Alderson
Archive - Simon Windsor
Archive - Rob Fellowes
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Music - Steven Wheeler