N Korea and China's relationship enters choppier waters
Relations between North Korea and China seem to be tense after the crew of a Chinese fishing boat were taken hostage in North Korea.
Angus Walker is China Correspondent for ITV News, based in Beijing. In 2010 Angus was shortlisted for Royal Television Society Television Journalist of the Year following a number of exclusives including the first telephone contact with Paul and Rachel Chandler after their capture by Somali pirates. Most recently, Angus was shortlisted in the 2012 Foreign Press Association Awards for his exclusive reports on China's 'Black Jails'.
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