CNA China’s Politburo urges more policy coordination ahead of Two Sessions | East Asia Tonight (Feb 27)

China’s top decision-making body pushes for more proactive fiscal measures and moderately looser monetary policy, alongside efforts to stabilise jobs, businesses and markets. Also on East Asia Tonight: Beijing accuses Manila of disrupting regional peace, after the Philippines held joint drills with the US and Japan in the South China Sea. Also, Pakistan declares an “open war” with the Afghan Taliban, launching overnight airstrikes in retaliation for what it calls an unprovoked attack.

00:00 Headlines
01:37 Growth pressures mount ahead of China’s annual key political meetings
02:23 China’s leadership purge ahead of Two Sessions
09:15 China condemns joint drills by US, Philippines and Japan
11:50 Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict
19:24 Japan’s Nikkei closes at record high
22:32 Japan invests another US$1.6 billion in chipmaker Rapidus
23:38 Hyundai Motor invests US$6.3 billion in AI, robots
31:47 The rise of China’s ‘silver influencers’
44:40 China-Russia border tourism

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