China Economy Slowdown Spooks Financial Markets

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More signs of slowdown in China as factory output falls at its fastest rate in six years. David Dollar from Brookings explains how fears about the health of China's economy are spooking the world's financial markets. We also focus on the challenge of winning sponsorship for athletics. Independent sponsorship expert Nigel Currie analyses why many athletes, even famous stars of the track are poorly paid. Everyone enjoys a good laugh and 20 years ago an Indian doctor thought laughing and yoga would be a great mix.He set up the first laughter yoga club on a beach in Mumbai and today there are more than 16,000 of them across the world. The BBC's Rahul Tandon has been to Bangalore to meet the laughing doctor Madan Kataria, to find out whether laughter really is the best medicine. (Picture: Wall Street sign, location of New York Stock Exchange. Copyright: Associated Press.)