06/03/2026

Can China's economy become less reliant on selling goods to the rest of the world?
As President Xi Jinping lays out his latest Five Year Plan for the world's second economy the pressure is mounting to switch from export led growth to the more sustainable option of boosting consumption at home. Leading economist Professor Keyu Jin from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology explains why China needs the right type of growth its going to fulfil its potential. And former head of the International Monetary Fund's China Division, Professor Eswar Prasad of Cornell University, explains why the Chinese government's policy choices matter to the rest of the world.
Plus Glenn Fogel, the CEO of Booking Holdings, discusses the travel disruption caused by the conflict in Iran and the wider Middle East as well as how AI is shaking up our holiday plans.