China sets out its post pandemic rise

As National People's Congress starts in Beijing, we'll talk China's economic post-pandemic economic plan and the fortunes of China’s Communist Party, turning one hundred this year.

Also, Pope Francis will discuss inter-faith relations on the second day of his historic trip to Iraq.

And another day of protests in Myanmar as demonstrators demand democracy.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Charlotte Leslie, director of the Conservative Middle East Council, an organisation which promotes greater understanding of the Middle East amongst parliamentarians in the UK; and Christos Christou, president of Médecins Sans Frontières, or 'Doctors Without Borders', the international humanitarian non-governmental organisation.

(Picture: The National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Credit: CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock)