to meet the russian president, vladimir putin. trade is set to be top of the agenda as china looks to push its vision for the ‘new silk road.‘ but beijing is also looking further afield for some fresh impetus. from today, global investors can buy chinese company debt through an exchange for the very first time. welcome to world business report. i m jamie robertson. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin. trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of global leaders later this week. the visit will be president xi s sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit. according to chinese statistics, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. co operation is increasing, too. russia will be a key component of china s ‘belt and road initiative an ambitious multitrillion dollar project that will lin
hello and welcome to business live. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin today. trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of global leaders later this month. the visit will be xi s sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit according to china, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. cooperation is increasing too. russia will be a key component of china s ‘belt and road initiative an ambitious multi trillion dollar project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. as part of the project and as a symbol of this close relationship beijing has even agreed to help finance a high speed rail link within russia itself: linking moscow to the city of kazan. joining me now is dr yujie, head of china foresight, at lse ideas. thank you for coming in to doctor us. thank you
than to cheat a friend # and waste a chance that i ve been given # so i m never gonna dance again and a coroner has ruled that the singer george michael died of natural causes, including heart and liver disease. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has suffered another defeat in the house of lords over the process of leaving the eu. peers have voted for an amendment to the brexit bill which calls for parliament to be given a meaningful vote on a final deal. here s a taste of the debate. our chief political co respondent, vicki young is at westminster. it is worth remembering we are only going through this process because the supreme court ordered the government that it had to have a bill to trigger article 50, to formally start those brexit negotiations. the government didn t wa nt to negotiations. the government didn t want to do any of this and maybe late at night we can see why, another defeat inflicted on the government by the house of lords by 366-266 g