Hong Kong holds election amid Chinese control

Hong Kong is holding its first legislative council election since China introduced sweeping changes that have altered the city's political landscape. The government says the revamped electoral system will ensure only "patriots" will be allowed to stand.

Also on the programme, after weeks of rising tensions over the Russian troop build up near Ukraine's border, Moscow put forward a list of security guarantees it says it wants the west to agree to in order to reduce those tensions and defuse the crisis. We hear from Estonia’s prime minister.

And, Lithuania has been the object of a Chinese pressure campaign after the democratic island of Taiwan opened a representative office in its capital, Vilnius.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Arminka Helic, a member of the British parliament's House of Lords, and Jeremy Shapiro, research director of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

(Photo: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media during the 2021 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections in Hong Kong, China, 19 December 2021. EPA/JEROME FAVRE)