World Today China Plus

①Chinese Premier Li Qiang is in New Zealand for official visit. What does the future hold for bilateral relations? (00:41)
②The European Union will impose tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese-made electric vehicles. How will it impact China's EV industry? (12:39)
③Beijing says Washington's tightened suppression of China's semiconductor industry will not stop the country's technological advance. (24:33)
④The World Bank has upgraded its outlook for the global economy. What are the factors driving the slightly more optimistic outlook? (33:31)
⑤The 10th China International Technology Fair is in full swing. (43:37)

① Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia. What to expect? (00:42)
② The Group of Seven Leaders gather in Italy for an annual summit this week. What will be on top of the agenda? (12:52)
③ Hamas has responded to a US ceasefire proposal to end the war in Gaza, but Israel says the response is tantamount to a rejection. We discuss more on the fate of the ceasefire plan. (24:35)
④ China's consumer price index edged up 0.3 percent year on year in May. (33:13)
⑤ Latest survey shows trust in British politics hits record low. (43:00)

①The BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting takes place in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. How does the platform reflect the growing voice of the Global South? (00:40)
②The United Nations has endorsed a US-backed cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza. How can it be enforced and implemented? (12:27)
③Iran has approved six candidates to run for president. What happens next? (24:36)
④China has selected ten candidates for the country's fourth batch of astronauts. (32:49)
⑤Apple unveils "Apple Intelligence" at the WWDC. (41:39)

①Far-right parties have made significant gains in the European Parliament elections. What does it mean for the future of the continent? (00:30)
②China's foreign trade up 6.3% in the first five months of 2024 (25:00)
③Israeli minister Benny Gantz has resigned from war cabinet. What's behind the decision? (35:46)
④How significant is the first International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations? (44:46)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power into a third term following his coalition’s victory in the country’s general election. However, for the first time, Modi will have to govern through a coalition, as his own party failed to secure a majority independently.
What will Modi’s new term mean for India’s domestic and foreign agenda?
Host Ding Heng is joined by Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow with the Center for China and Globalization; Gao Xirui, PhD candidate in political science at the University of Hong Kong; Mohammed Saqib, CEO of the Bureau of Research on Industry and Economic Fundamentals, a New Delhi-based consultancy.

①People across the European Union's 27 member states are voting to decide who serves in the EU Parliament for the next five years. What are the key issues? (00:53) ②Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong holds a bilateral consultation with visiting Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Beijing. What are the details? (11:12) ③NASA and Boeing have launched the first crewed mission of the Starliner spacecraft from Florida.(25:30) ④The World Meteorological Organization estimates that there is an 80 percent chance that annual average global temperatures will exceed the 1.5-degree Celsius warming mark in at least one of the next five years.(34:48) ⑤Survey shows majorities in three major western European countries do not trust the United States to guarantee their security over the coming decade.(44:10)