Huawei announces investment in Italy

Huawei announces significant investment in Italy despite America urging other countries not to do business with the Chinese technology firm. We hear from Adam Seagal, the director of the Digital and Cyberspace Programme at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

China's economy has been slowing despite Beijing's efforts to cut tax and boost spending. Iris Pang is a greater China economist at the bank ING in Hong Kong, and tells us what's behind the slowdown. And we get more context from Andrew Coflan, China analyst at the political risk consultancy Eurasia in Washington.

Our reporter heads to New Zealand to find out how a near total ban on foreigners buying houses there, introduced last year, is playing out.

And there's been uproar in New York as Central Park holds a festival which charges an admission fee. Cory Kilgallen, a reporter with the New York Times tells us that people are unhappy about the erosion of a long held tradition.

Plus, Peter Jankowskis from Oakbrook Investments tells us what's been happening on the markets.

Pic Description: Huawei logo
Pic Credit: Sopa Images/Getty