00:00A leading candidate to head the UK's foreign spy agency is drawing scrutiny over past positions
00:06some say were too soft on China. Barbara Woodward, Britain's current ambassador to the United Nations
00:13and a former ambassador to China, is in the running to lead MI6, the UK's foreign intelligence agency.
00:21But her candidacy is raising eyebrows. Critics point to what they see as her reluctance to
00:27challenge China over its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Yet her shortlist is historic.
00:33All three candidates for the role are women, a milestone for an agency that's never had a woman at the top.
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