i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the bbc‘s former china editor carrie gracie tells british mps of her anger at the way the bbc has treated some of the women it employs. i was so distraught by what had happened. anyway... then i thought, no, i have to fight. and i am sorry it is taking this long, and i am sorry we are in this position, yes. and goodbye to vaping. singapore bans e—cigarettes. it is 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 8:00am in beijing, where the british prime minister, on her visit to china, has forecast a golden era in trade relations. theresa may says she has won assurance that beijing will further open up its markets to the uk, but has also been forced to insist that she is not a quitter, following days of criticism of her leadership from her own supporters. our political editor laura kuenssberg is travelling with the prime minister. even the most carefully planned entrance can go a touch awry. a bit of pushing and shoving — not the political kind, this time. asia's r

i'm babita sharma in london.n the ice rink with a single, united women's ice hockey team, playing ahead of the winter olympics. there are reports that south africa's president jacob zuma is resisting calls to stand down. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. take a look at these pictures on the front page of the philippine daily enquirer. it has a special report on air and naval bases built by china on islands in the south china sea that the philippines also claims. the photographs show the transformation of seven reefs into military bases, you can see this one has a runway built onto it. the strait times says south—east asian governments are exploring ways to tax online transactions. that's because more and more people are buying things online. it reports the internet economy in the region will be worth as much as $200 billion by 2025. and this is the front page of the china daily, it has a picture of a boy pretending to whip an ox in beijing to celebrate the traditional start of spring, w

i'm babita sharma in london. i was so distraught. then i thought i have to fight.

i'm babita sharma in london. i was so distraught. then i thought i have to fight.nd singapore bans e—cigarettes. britain's theresa may is in china to forge new partnerships ahead theresa may says she has won assurance that beijing will further open up its markets to the uk — but has also been forced to insist