World Insight with Tian Wei

The sixth China International Import Expo is in full swing in Shanghai. We speak to the Executive Director of the UN International Trade Centre on what the CIIE means for the least developed countries. And U.S. agriculture has made a strong showing at the CIIE. We speak to three leaders of the U.S. Grains Council on why farmers and agriculture form the ballast stone for China-U.S. ties.

Middle East tensions are high when three explosions were heard northeast of Iran's central Isfahan province on Friday. This comes as Israel is under pressure to think twice before striking back at Iran over the missile and drone attack on April 13. The ongoing situation is an apparent spillover of the ongoing six-month old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many fear the Middle East is now sitting on a powder keg, on the slippery slope of a wider conflict. What can pull the situation from the brink? And, what will it take to broker a ceasefire?

China cracks open its huge market with the fourth China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou city and Guangzhou's Canton Fair. How can the expo and fair drive consumer-driven growth? What does Chinese consumer power mean for global businesses?

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday in Beijing. President Xi says that as the world's second- and third-largest economies, China and Germany's relationship goes beyond the scope of bilateral relations. This is Scholz’s second visit to China since 2022. We take a look at the top takeaways from this trip.

China is celebrating the second National Ecology Day this week. The day is meant to drum up public awareness and actions to protect the fragile environment. Researchers from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding explain how their efforts help pull the pandas away from the brink of extinction.