hello there. a significant easing of restrictions in shanghai, which will allow most people to move freely around the city after more than two months of a full lockdown. hooray! the curbs on movement have crippled demand and production. on tuesday, beijing unveiled a stimulus package with 33 measures to try and revive the economy. but china s overall policy of zero covid remains very much in place according to our reporters on the ground. joining me now is iris pang, who is the chief economist at ing wholesale banking. iris, is china open for business? yes, it is. the unwinding of long down in shanghai is a very big step but lockdown is a very big step to the recovery of china. very big step to the recovery of china- very big step to the recovery of china. ~ ., i. ., ~ ., of china. what you make of the olicies of china. what you make of the policies john of china. what you make of the policies john has of china. what you make of the policies john has had of china. wh
Hello and welcome. Im sarah campbell. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has arrived in israel in the past hour, as the us and other nations try to prevent a wider Conflict Erupting in the middle east. Theres also growing diplomatic pressure to get Essential Supplies into gaza which has been sealed off after hamas launched attacks into israel. Here are some of the latest developments. The United Nations says more than 338,000 people have now been forced to flee their homes in gaza and food, fuel and water are urgently needed. Ahead of a possible incursion into gaza, the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has established a National Emergency unity government with Opposition Leader, benny gantz. Israel has continued its mobilisation of troops. Hundreds of thousands are on the southern boundary with gaza. President biden says hes told mr netanyahu that israel must abide by the rules of war, in its fight against hamas. All this as israeli air strikes on gaza continue. The Pale
Made yet on any ground incursion. And this is the scene live for you in gaza today as the Palestinian Health Ministry Says the number of people who have been killed has hit 1200. Americas top diplomat the Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken has arrived in israel. Hell express us solidarity as he meets israeli officials but is also expected to urge restraint to protect palestinian civilians, as air strikes on gaza continue. Mr blinken is expected on friday to meet the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah Faction is a political rival to hamas. We can speak now to lord darroch, kim darroch, who served as the uks National Security adviser between 2012 and 2015 and has also served as its ambassador to both the eu and the united states. If the eu and the united states. I can ask you first of this if i can ask you first of all about this visit by Antony Blinken, what can he hope to achieve . I this visit by Antony Blinken, what can he hope to achieve . This visit by Antony Blinken,
Balance of life and economic growth for the chinese government. so they chose lives overgrowth. so i think there is no right or wrong here, but in terms of gdp growth, the central government and also the local level, they are providing a lot of stimulus, and more is coming. a lot of stimulus, and more is cominu. , . ., , a lot of stimulus, and more is cominu. ,. ., , ., a lot of stimulus, and more is cominu. ,. . , ., , coming. yes, certainly more is cominu. coming. yes, certainly more is coming- 33 coming. yes, certainly more is coming. 33 measures - coming. yes, certainly more is l coming. 33 measures announced on tuesday. there s a good degree of schadenfraude in the west about china. and it s faltering over the last couple of months. is the country still an economicjuggernaut? cannot live the world out of the prospect of another global recession? recession? the first thing is that china recession? the first thing is that china is recession? the first thing is that china is c