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What will happen after Hamas political leader Haniyeh’s assassination?

2024/7/31
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① The CPC leadership has set out China’s economic priorities for this year’s second half: fostering new quality productive forces, strengthening macro regulation and tapping the potential of domestic demand, among others. We explore possible scenarios for China’s economy in H2? (00:58)

② Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran. How big a blow does his death represent to Hamas? (14:04)

③ What could be the policy directions of Iran’s new president who pledges to keep trying to remove Western sanctions? (25:45)

④ Sudan's government has conditionally accepted an invitation to attend US-sponsored peace talks in Geneva. How much hope does it raise for advancing efforts to end a 15-month-old civil war? (36:54)

⑤ China grants 144-hour visa-free entry to foreigners visiting Hainan in tour groups via Hong Kong and Macao. What could this policy bring to the tropical island? (45:01)