China’s leadership have just concluded a closed-door conclave focused on drawing up the country’s next five-year economic blueprint – a sweeping plan covering everything from accelerating tech innovation to streamlining how Chinese farms grow food.

China's leaders are poised to endorse a lower economic growth target for Beijing's next five-year plan compared with 2016-2020, as authorities navigate growing challenges fuelled by a deepening rift with the United States,

Signed in 2021 by the US, the UK, and Australia, the pact allows the provision of at least three nuclear-powered submarines to Canberra.