
China gears up for political summit
Chinese lawmakers have gathered in Beijing for this year's "two sessions" summit.
Chinese lawmakers have gathered in Beijing for this year's "two sessions" summit. We hear about the economic issues on the agenda from Freya Beamish, chief Asia economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. Also in the programme, thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets of their capital to protest against their president seeking re-election for a fifth term. Simon Constable is a journalist in Algiers, and explains the background. We have a report on the regulators around the world asking whether the world's tech giants such as Facebook, Amazon and Google are getting too big. As a coalition of Christian investors controlling assets worth $28bn say they will target companies including ExxonMobil and Broadcom over their corporate tax affairs and gender diversity on boards, we discuss activist investing with Owen Walker, author of Barbarians in the Boardroom. Plus our regular workplace commentator Peter Morgan reflects on the many pitfalls of the office move.
(Picture: A delegate outside the Great Hall of the People. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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