新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/05/16（在线收听）

日本有意加入亚投行，这次不要再被山姆涮了

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi.

Coming up:

--A senior ASEAN official now says the Belt and Road Initiative is an inclusive roadmap for development.

--Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan could consider joining the AIIB.

--France's new president, Macron is calling for a "historic reconstruction" of Europe.

For more on this, CRI's Suyi is now joined on the line by Dr. LIM Tai Wei ,Senior Lecturer UniSIM (SIM University) of Singapore and Research Fellow Adjunct of National University of Singapore East Asian Institute; Dr. Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies.