In the spirit of World Radio Day, we kicked off this Backchat by speaking to the Head of Radio at Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to learn more about listening trends around the world.

After that, we talked to a political analyst on the recent violence that took place in Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan. Pakistan's military recently concluded a week-long operation in the region against insurgency, following a deadly attack last month by separatists.
After the break, we brought the latest dating trends that are capturing the hearts of people across China.
And finally, we learned more about what happens when you combine music and robots with empathetic speech. A local university research team has discovered that this combination may foster a stronger bond between humans and machines.

9:05am-9:20am: World Radio Day

Speaker: Andrew Davies, Head of Radio at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

9:20am-9:30am: Balochistan violence

Speaker: Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, CEO of the Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development

9:32am-9:47am: New dating trend

Speaker: Yvonne Yu, Hong Kong Head of Lunch Actually

9:47am-10:00am: AI-powered music robot

Speaker: Johan Hoorn, Interfaculty Full Professor of Social Robotics of the School of Design and the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University