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Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 27th/28th October, 2018

News, analysis and features from Good Morning Scotland’s Weekend Edition.

This edition contains:
* As Japanese PM Shinzo Abe visited China in an attempt to reset relations between the two countries, Christopher Harding, Senior Lecturer in Asian history at Edinburgh University and author of Japan Story, examines the roots of the contemporary enmity between Japan and China.
* Stock markets have been fluctuating wildly over the past few weeks, prompting fears of another global recession.Gordon Brewer speaks to Ryan Avent, a journalist at The Economist who recently wrote a special survey of the world economy, about how the world's powers will cope with another financial crash.
* In our Long Interview, Bill Whiteford speaks to consultant maxillofacial surgeron Jim McCaul about his career and his new book, Face to Face, about the fascinating world of facial surgery.
* Local Government and Education Correspondent, Jamie McIvor, examines in the Reporter's Notebook, why Glasgow council workers’ equal pay dispute is as much about politics as it is money.

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