① Xi Jinping has proposed five cooperation frameworks to step up the building of a China-Arab community with a shared future. What is drawing the two sides closer? (00:51)

② Liu Jianchao, a senior official of the Communist Party of China, is on a visit to Japan, with resuming ruling party talks being at stake. (14:20)

③ We look at possible central issues at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. (25:27)

④ Why does Thailand aim to become a BRICS member? (35:42)

⑤ Will the ruling ANC fail to win majority in South Africa’s election? (44:15)