Technical tips for creating stem cells that can be turned into any kind of tissue. Chinas biggest political event of the year is under way in beijing. President xi jinping and his administration are meeting delegates of the countrys legislature, the National Peoples congress. Reform is high on the agenda, as the leadership aims for longterm stability. Were bringing you extensive coverage of the npc this week in our series china road to reform. Nhk worlds raja pradhan was at the opening of the npc and he joins us now live. Raja . Hi, gene. Chinese premier li keqiang opened the annual gathering of the political elite by outlining plans for the year ahead. He addressed npc delegates announcing an Economic Growth target of around 7. 5 . And premier li also addressed complaints about corruption, pollution, and the gap between rich and poor. Delegates from across china gathered at the great hall of the people to hear the governments accomplishments, and goals for the year ahead. This is li k
In spending. In defense spending. Also coming up for you this hour on france 24, just 100 days to go until the football world cup in brazil. But things there are far behind schedule. We will take a closer look to see just if it will all be ready on time. And Karl Lagerfeld gives his latest show a very commercial twist just returning paris cash crunch into l. A. Into a giant chanel market. Latest on the ukraine the head of the European Union executive arm says that the ee was ready to provide ukraine with 11 million 11 billion euros in aid, made up of loans and grants in the coming years. It comes as there has been a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering on ukraine throughout europe today. The Russian Foreign minister was in spain first this morning for talks. Speaking in madrid, he repeated russias assertion that armed men deployed in the eastern ukrainian region of crimea are not russian forces. We believe that the problem in ukraine comes from the International Communitys lack of reaction