US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits China
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The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is continuing his visit to China, there are tensions on many fronts between the world’s two superpowers, how will the trip pay out? We hear from Brian Wong, from the Centre on Contemporary China and the World, in Hong Kong. As TikTok vows to fight a new law which could see it sold or banned in the US, what could a ban mean for businesses who rely on it? And more than 40% of Japan’s municipalities might eventually vanish due to a sharp population decline brought on by a chronically low birthrate, what’s going on? (Photo Credit: Reuters)
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