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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Their rock will host a Pope for the first time.

The country's Christian minority is much reduced and frequently ostracized.

Pope Francis hopes to give them strength to draw the displaced back home and to forge

greater ties with Shia Muslim leaders.

And for all the businesses that are starting to think about reopening, nightclubs face

a particularly tricky task.

Distance isn't really the point.

Members have been hammered by the pandemic, but the truth is they were struggling even before that.

First up though.

Today began the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, or NPC, China's Parliament.

The Jiangshu Chairman of the Standing Committee declared the session open.

Thousands of delegates from across the country have congregated in Beijing to witness the

release of the Communist Party's next economic five-year plan and to shake a political agenda

for the year ahead.

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