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The Taiwanese government had the diplomatic spotlights turned on it when Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen upon his ascension to President-Elect of the US - the first conversation between the two nations at this level in decades. But others were less pleased - namely the Chinese Government. Alongside other anti-China sentiments expressed by Trump, this conversation with President Ing-wen marks a new faux-pas. Share Radio's Matt Cox spoke to Dr Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, and expert in governance, foreign, and security policies of China and Taiwan.

Aviva's latest Real Retirement report reveals that baby-boomers are enthusiastic users of technology but pensions need to catch up. According to the report, the 45-64 year old is very confident when it comes to mobile technology where banking is concerned, but when it comes to pensions there's less confidence. So if this is a generation of tech adopters, what's the problem? Alistair McQueen, Aviva's retirement spokesperson, joined Share Radio to discuss.

The Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust was launched a year ago. It targets growth regions in Continental Europe and aims to provide a regular and attractive level of income together with the potential for long-term income and capital growth. Tony Smedley, Investment Manager & Head of Continental Europe, joined Share Radio to discuss their latest full year results.

In its 19th year, the survey of 1,735 organizations globally examines some of the most compelling cybersecurity issues facing businesses today in the digital ecosystem. The 19th EY Global Information Security Survey has been released and it revealed that, despite the growing risks, three quarters of global organizations do not have a threat intelligence programme, more than half lack the ability to identify vulnerabilities and 44% do not have a security operating centre to continuously monitor for cyber attacks. Paul Van Kessel, global cybersecurity leader at EY, joined Share Radio to discuss the survey.

The market is heading into the last US Federal Reserve meeting of the year almost certain that the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will raise the Fed fund rate by 25 bps, from current 0.25% to 0.50%. Professor Peter Rupert, Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Former Senior Economic Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank joined Share Radio to discuss.

Japan's government is set to forecast real economic growth of around 1.5% and nominal growth of about 2.5% for the next fiscal year from April. This according to two government officials involved in the projection process told Reuters. The projections have not yet been finalised and can change slightly by the time the government announces the figures on Dec. 20. Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at University of Shizuoka, Japan, joined Share Radio to discuss.

As part of our series with financial journalist and author Rodney Hobson, we look at ponzi schemes.

A quarter of us have fallen victim to a scam. This is according to new research released by Santander, showing that 13 million of us have been targeted, losing on average £438 - amounting to losses of almost £11 billion to the UK economy. So why are so many of us falling victim? Olivia Demetriades spoke to Paul Wilson, TV presenter and star of The Real Hustle.

Recently prpl Foundation unveiled its global study on the use of smart devices- the first research of its kind. "The prpl Foundation Smart Home Security Report" found that while there was more adoption of smart devices people were failing to secure their smart home. To find out more about this Jinan Rahma spoke to Cesare Garlati, chief security strategist for the prpl Foundation and began by asking whether the smart home was a thing of the future.

Simon Rose is joined live in the studio by Rishi Patel of FTI Consulting to discuss: Hammond calls for transitional and soft Brexit arrangement. Would a hard Brexit lead to economic hardship? With the rail strike and Post Office strikes are we entering a new Winter of Discontent? The Government is looking at increasing council tax to help pay for social care. Will this be sufficient and will it lead to inequality? Oxford students trying to get rid of "he" and "she" and replace it with the gender neutral "ze". Political correctness gone mad?