China Market Plunge Hits Global Markets

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Shares across the world have fallen as investors take fright following big losses for stocks in China. We hear the reaction from the streets of Shanghai and the rest of the world, as share trading was suspended in China after just 29 minutes. We get the views of Zhangkai Huang of Tsinghua University in Beijing and the American economist Irwin Stelzer analyses the impact on the global economy. Also in the programme, Richard Westcott reports on the realities of a future with driverless cars. Plus, Vincent Dowd sees an award-winning play about workplace bullying, that is making waves in London’s West End. We also ask an unusual question; If a monkey takes a selfie in the forest, does the primate have the right to make money from the photograph? The legal battle to determine who owns an infamous photo has ended and the British nature photographer, David Slater, who took the picture tells us about the changing landscape of the internet and copyright law. (Picture: A Chinese investor watches share prices plummet. Copyright: Getty Images).