NPR's Steve Inskeep attends the China Development Forum in Beijing, an annual gathering of global business leaders where rising economic tensions with the U.S. are on display this year.
China's economy is growing, but consumer spending is down. The government is attempting to jumpstart the country's numbers by reassuring private entrepreneurs that they have its support.
Israel is considering a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza, Ukraine holds ceasefire talks with the U.S., Beijing's China Development Forum displays tensions with the U.S.