Podcasts about china's national people's congress

China's national legislature opened its annual session earlier this week in Beijing, with Chinese leaders attending the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress. Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report on behalf of the State Council to the legislature for deliberation. GDP, Jobs, Climate, and trade deals were among topics highlighted. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Iris Pang, Chief Economist, Greater China, ING on the latest from the two sessions.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

China's National People's Congress began Friday by setting out broad plans for economic growth. Environment observers around the world are also keeping an eye on plans from China’s top lawmaking body for reducing carbon emissions over the next five years. And, for years, the US military has depended on Afghan interpreters for languages and advice on local norms. But when troops return home, the interpreters stay behind and can face deadly threats. Also, in Colombia, a frog farm is trying to defeat poachers, by competing against them.

Can we expect surging commodity prices to continue? How will the shakeup in the HSI affect the Hong Kong markets? Are Chinese equities overbought? Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

China's National People's Congress is pushing ahead with a national security law for Hong Kong that could make criticism of the Chinese Communist Party illegal. It also comes as the Hong Kong Legislative Council forces through a national anthem law that would make criticizing the CCP's national anthem illegal. Noticing a pattern here? And Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam backs Hong Kong police, clearing them of any police brutality. Joining us today is Hong Kong Free Press co-founder and editor in chief Tom Grundy.

On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we're discussing China’s national security legislation for Hong Kong. China's National People's Congress has approved the draft of a national security bill that would criminalize dissent and includes, for the first time, the establishment of national security agencies in Hong Kong.

China's National People's Congress has created a legislative process to criminalize certain behavior in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong, as well as the Trump administration, have criticized the move, arguing it erodes the city's freedoms and goes against Beijing's prior promises to respect its autonomy. Nick Schifrin reports on the reaction from Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Age's Lucy Battersby is joined by IG Market Analyst Kyle Rodda to discuss announcements coming out of China's National People's Congress (00.52), the lack of company's listing on the ASX this year (05.05), whether the market is going to over-react at every coronavirus vaccine announcement (08.30) and why FANGs are nearly back to all-time highs (11.32).  Kyle Rodda, Market Analyst from IG Markets Ltd (ABN 84 099 019 851, AFSL 220440). Disclosure:IG does not issue advice, recommendations or opinion in relation to acquiring, holding or disposing of our products. IG is not a financial advisor and all services are provided on an execution only basis.

US President Donald Trump has decided to pull the US out of the Open Skies arms control treaty that allows nations to fly over one another's territory with surveillance equipment. Former State Department official Alex Bell tells host Marco Werman that the move is more evidence that the White House plans to exit the START Treaty, which limits deployed nuclear missiles. And that could herald a new arms race. Also, slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s sons announced on Twitter that the family will forgive and pardon the killers of their father. Meanwhile, Khashoggi’s fiance, Hatice Cengiz, says she is not accepting any pardon. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Agnes Callamard, the UN official who led the investigation of Khashoggi's murder. Meanwhile, the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress, considered the most important political event of the year, kicked off today. Dominating the meeting so far were the country's economic plans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and a controversial new Hong Kong national security law. And, usually, the center of life during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan is the mosque — but the coronavirus pandemic has changed how it's being celebrated. From Casablanca, Morocco, reporter Lauren Schenkman reports on how Ramadan this year is very different.

China's National People's Congress will today debate a proposed new national security law, which critics say is designed to limit freedoms in Hong Kong.

On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley spoke with Bloomberg View Columnist Conor Sen and Karl Smith, Niskanen Center Director of Economic Research, about their recent Bloomberg View piece and debated if the economy is running hot enough to generate pay raises. They also spoke with Geoffrey Dennis, UBS Global Emerging Market Strategy Head, to get a check on emerging markets and ask whether they have been impacted by President Trump's proposed steel and aluminum tariffs. Then Nicholas Consonery, Director of Rhodium Group's China Macroeconomic and Policy Research practice joined to discuss China's National People's Congress and China's Achilles' heel. 

China's National People's Congress opened its annual two-week meeting today. The country’s parliament is expected to change China’s constitution to allow President Xi Jinping to abolish term limits. Sean Rameswaram speaks to Fordham professor Carl Minzner and The New Yorker’s Jiayang Fan to find out what it means that the leader of one fifth of the world's population just decided he’s never stepping down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices