of the city. france s president, emmanuel macron, signs into law his government s controversial pension reforms despite months of protests. scientists say the remains of ancient viruses which have spent millions of years hiding inside human dna help the body fight cancer. nurses in england will escalate their strike action in the coming weeks after turning down the government s latest pay offer. hello and welcome to talking business, with me, tadhg enright. let s have a look at what s on the show. can revenge spending save the world economy? after more than three years, lockdown is finally over for more than a billion people in china. they ve had time to stash trillions of dollars worth of savings. are they about to spend it travelling the world? and what s that going to mean for the rest of us? i ll be getting the lowdown on revenge spending with this top team steve odlan of the us conference board, tian lu from the economist intelligence unit in china, and gary barrowman