China's leaders project stability despite Middle East war

Officials under President Xi Jinping vowed to boost domestic consumption and invest in new technologies including artificial intelligence to drive growth, while making few changes to China's policy roadmap for the next five years. There was also little signalling whether the United States and Israel's ongoing strikes against Iran -- a major supplier of oil to China -- would disrupt US President Donald Trump's expected visit to Beijing this month. Experts say the execution of business as usual is by design.