asia's financial hub and one of the most expensive housing markets in the world. you know because of the pandemic a lot of people have lost jobs i don't play music stream lehi and you're going to find more renters now than home buyers so you have a lot of return a lot of big companies coming in from overseas buying apartment houses condos complexes it should have been for single family housing or for housing developments and they would be putting renters and there so yes it's going to get sold but it's going to get sold to different people it's not going to be a primary house that you can buy yourself now so the mix is going to change specially as like we're seeing china really take advantage of these interest rates in a low level in the u.k. and in other countries are we going to start seeing more foreign investment. i think we're going to start seeing more foreign investment because you know the investors have a different from frame of mind than you and me do when we go to buy a house it's all about already motions investors are very emotionless and so they're g

we are counting down to asia's major market opens. shery: i am shery ahn in new york. asia faces a muted start ahead of a new eco-data from china that will gauge the post virus recovery. high onit a one month optimism about a vaccine. the pandemic rages on with the u.s. still the global focus.

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let's look at markets and see how they're doing in asia today. as we have a ready mentioned, there is so much going on with regards to the relationship between us and china, which is critical to global trade. and as you can see at the moment, markets are not too perturbed. hong kong down by 0.5%,japan not too perturbed. hong kong down by 0.5%, japan over 1%, australia up slightly as well. if we look at the us as well to show you how things went the night before on wall street, we have had lots of earnings from the big banks in america, jp morgan came out with news that please the market, it had says that did well, wells fargo did worse than expected, showing it is pretty exposed to what is happening with coronavirus. its shares were sold off was not what posted trade in the us and in asia as well as newsletter covid-19 in asia as well as newsletter covid—19 vaccine, tests are going well. tests were extremely well in one case. so hopes of a vaccine are being boosted by that news. something that market traders have been watching closely as i have

because most of our components come from asia that's the big debate right now. a lot is made in south korea and china thailand in japan as well that means it's only possible up to a certain point. but it's not about saying we won't buy asian anymore what's important is that we don't simply rely on one asian country so that if you're having problems with sourcing things in china you can always fall back on thailand india and the philippines thailand philippines. 80 percent of the parts for the multistory came from asia but aims to reduce that proportion to 40 percent to reduce its dependence the coronavirus pandemic has shown everyone just how risky globalization can be. time to look at how covert 19 is changing our lives and the way we work and if some of those changes are here to stay german futurologist tristan hawkes is a big believer that the pandemic offers opportunities but i his forecasts too utopian. the can grow new virus is changing everything the world will never be the same again we hear that a lot but what does that really mean. these are the noises

thank you very much for joining us from the americas to europe south asia and australia countries around the world are facing increases in corona virus infections more than 16000000 people have been diagnosed with cold 1000 since the pandemic began $4300000.00 are in latin america which a world health organization has designated the new at the center most are in brazil mexico and argentina and is on the run is in colombia another latin american country causing concern. according to the paramedic and health organization the

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so from africa to asia was for these sncc activists not a long leap. and other militant african-americans, not just associated with sncc, also using this kind of critique. began to speak out early about the war in vietnam. now, this is not mainstream groups. the reverend king, for example, in 1964 and 1965, is not speaking out against the war in vietnam. he had private reservations, but he did not make public those concerns at this time. these are more, again, radical black activists in the united states. again for the overwhelming majority of american people, like the pacifists this was a , group that could be essentially dismissed. ok, these people are radical. they've got some overarching complaint about u.s. policy. you know, whatever. and like the pacifists, these are not voices that are heard on the "nightly news," they're not reported in the "new york times" or "time" magazine. there's a fairly narrow window of mass media at this point. it's hard to get your voice into those few niches where you can be heard by more than a few hundred thousand p

in ex—macro asia were forced to pick sides between the two. the asia infrastructure investment bank, which is headquartered in beijing, has had to shake off the perception that it is a globalfinancial vehicle for china's ambitions. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani spoke to the lender's president — who this week was re—elected for a second term — and asked how the trade war is affecting the bank's investments. in spite of the difference in the systems of china, people's republic of china and western countries, throughout the last seven decades since prc was founded, there has been increasing cooperation in many areas between china and united states, canada, european countries, as well as many developing countries. this is the main train and i certainly hope this will go on. this is the main trend and i certainly hope this will go on. how much harder has it made yourjob trying to strike partnerships, doing investments in this region with increasingly us—china tensions are forcing some member countries to choose allegiance

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we are counting down to asia's major market opens. i'm shery ahn new york. >> here are your top stories. u.s. stocks slump amid concerns the economy has a long way to go to get back on track. hotels and airlines are badly hit and tech is not far behind. florida,es in texas, and california all marking new highs. australia's second largest city is back into lockdown as infections search. surge. officials say significant action is needed. shery: we saw this year's longest rally come to a halt with the s&p 500 selling off for the first time after a five-day rally. over an have concerns economic impact of the pandemic and virus cases rising. 10 of the 11 sectors on the s&p 500 lower most of them down by 1%. at onedaq composite, point, touched an intraday high and finished .9% lower. get the dollar strengthening and haven demand really stopping that supply brace -- base. we are seeing further pressure and headed towards $40 a barrel. this is ahead of storage data later this week. we do have accrued inventory reports. those numbers are comin

8000 miles away in asia. and he kind of comes to this conclusion and says, there's some kind of system in the united states. that's the phrase he uses over and over. there is a system in the united states that creates these wars. it creates these interventions. and he says, essentially, i don't know what it is. i don't know how to call it. i don't know how to identify it. but i know it's there. and we, talking to the 20, 000, again there's no tv coverage. it's just them. we have to learn how to identify that system. kind of open-ended phrase. a system that will create wars in asia for some kind of american interest. that's, you know, hard to pin down. of radical critique but a kind of vague critique. interesting moment and creating the open-ended question, again, it's kind of an interesting recorded -- rhetorical move. instead of telling people here is what you should think, he saying, like mario south yielded just a few months earlier in broccoli, what should we do about this? what do you think is happening?

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presence in southeast asia and sounds like where does this end. what is that what's the purpose i mean where are we going to stop just process before it starts a war. and then if the war starts where does that end. the scientific studies that they teach by the scientists that predicts that the earth can be made essentially uninhabitable from nuclear war the scientists have been begging the bomb and straight well they were inside begging but they've made multiple requests to meet with them discuss these predictions because they're peer reviewed studies and they've been turned down over and over again they've been peripherally told that well we don't think the long term environmental consequences or nuclear war are all that important if the immediate effects of nuclear are don't stop it but the long term environmental consequences of nuclear are liable to wipe out the human race in one exchange uclear exchange between the u.s. and china. could be the consequences. well let me just give you an example of what one chinese for 5 megaton warhead would d

♪ >> good evening bread we are counting down to asia's major market open. i'm shery ahn in new york. -- welcome to daybreak australia. tensions are focused on tech .ompanies the pandemic reaches another grim milestone with cases in the u.s. climbing above 3 million red that is a quarter of global infections. california is reporting its biggest daily jump yet. tech wins praise from washington. for their stance on user data in hong kong. futures kicking off trading slightly higher by two tents of 1%. we have another tech rally. the rest of the market was more subdued. the nasdaq ended at a record high. the s&p 500 saw many stocks down but we have gained enough to push it to a one-month high. mega-caps pulling the gauge higher, despite the fact that the pandemic sensitive sectors like airlines sank. the dollar fell against the g10 peers. look at oil. it is unchanged. through the entire month, we have seen wti trading within a tight range of two dollars. it is still hanging around the four-month high. we got a report showing that stockpiles rose by more than 5

until now 80 percent of the parts for the multistory came from asia but the p.t.t. aims to reduce that proportion to 40 percent to reduce its dependence on the coronavirus pandemic has shown everyone just how risky globalization can be. to look forward at how covert 19 is changing our lives and the way we work and if some of those changes are here to stay german futurologist tristan hawkes is a big believer that the pandemic offers opportunities but are his forecasts to utopian. the coronavirus is changing everything the world will never be the same again we hear that a lot but what does that really mean. isn't the crises are no longer abstract they affect us all. the pandemic has triggered fear around the world because we actually learn from this crisis. then yeah if humanity were not able to learn from really major crises i wouldn't be here very beneath germany futurologist to stand hawks is optimistic. was fair in that the value would change how we perceive and deal because right seems even ones that seem somewhat removed to get. growth growth and more growth tha

i've been told that i was asia's sickest patient. vietnam has yet to record a single death from coronavirus. stephen came close to dying than anyone else and keeping him alive became a matter of national pride. within a few days of his first flight, he was on a ventilator with severe covid—19. after 114 days, he left hospital as a celebrity. the vast majority of the country knew about patient 91, which i — was my moniker. when we went through the lobby, it must‘ve been about ten deep with people. everybody had their phones out, even doctors, nurses in the different wards that we went past. and when i got into the back of the ambulance, when we were getting driven away, there was traffic cops out on the roads holding people back — again, maybe 15—20 deep people out on the street, on the road. for somebody who does not really seek out notoriety or limelight, it was a bit surprising. and i wouldn't say overwhelming, but ijust couldn't believe it. and, as lockdown eases here and in scotland and in the uk, do you have a message

one of the largest investment banks are greece to pay a fine to asia. coming up in sports, the leading doctor throws the first pitch on a baseball field. >> dr. anthony fauci. ♪ >> hello. summer looks normal. after a few hours of morning sunshine saw some storms. thunderstorms will continue over the next 24-48 hours, drifting slowly east past austria, the hungarian plains, and the balkans. thee is a very obvious on system which will bring rains to friendss and eventually scandinavia, but it is normal summer weather. where it has been particularly hot has been portugal. cooling down for the summer. going down to 25 degrees come the start of would love next week. north africa it is nice and active -- storms drift slowly westward and disappear off to the atlantic. sometimes, like that one, it could turn into a tropical cyclone. we have another front developing somewhere in the central african republic. you have got frequent big showers in sierra leone, ghana, and the countries surrounding them both. ♪ ♪ dareen: hello again. the headlines on al jazeer

they were testing people as they came back from asia. almost all of them were negative throughout february. there was much more

hong kong is the hub for illegal ivory trade in asia cullen dawson is british and is looted for 30 years he's the founder of the local organization elephant foundation and stripy opposes all ivory trading knives states a guy when the fighting is over its bad name to play the right to consumption of library at that time it was estimated that the ivory stoppers should run out in all kong and 300000 yet we thought in 2019. nearly as much ivory still registered. stocks are illegally replenished with goods shipped into hong kong's pools this is the territories container terminal a gateway for all kinds of goods including smuggled ivory it has the capacity to handle $18000000.00 containers per year of volume of goods it's impossible to monitor trade in ivory was banned within china's national borders in 2018 but in hong kong an autonomous special administrative region the regulation doesn't take effect until 2021 every shop sells ivory is meant for. display problem that they it's license to sell ivory and i can't see a license in the window here that says it can survivors and just over the way

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there is probably more ivory and art collections in asia and europe than the reason elephants still live in the wild. they're back aslam the old model forest is home to the german ivory museum and the late 19th century more than $800.00 tons of african ivory were shipped to europe every year. at a behringer is the scientific director of the museum where prize exhibits date back to the ivory boom of the 19th century. yet this object is very special for 2 reasons i my 1st it's a fine depiction of a key motive for abyad and the odin vow to make namely a hunting saloon a jag and 2nd and you can clearly recognize the structure of the elephant tusks elephant store signs. by the 19th century machines could produce even very intricate objects the museum an airbag house is one of the world's oldest functioning lights this was used to suny produce ivory pieces through the industrial revolution ivory objects became mass produced but not all the museum's exhibits come from europe. will happen here and this is a ball that contains 23 more balls inside i mean how bite it when these were cooled chinese

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turning to asia, you can see what's going on in the u.s. kind of mimicking what's happened in asia you see the nikkei down 1% the shanghai composite almost 2% and the hang seng down 2% as well that of course is due to continuing concerns surrounding the coronavirus. now, early european trading also slightly higher today, actually. you can see there the ftse 100 up about one-third a percent same in italy. back over to you >> all right leslie, stay with us >>> while new fears of covid-19 continue to put pressure on overall markets, the nasdaq keeps rallying higher and higher the tech heavy index is hovering at another record high for much more on this, we're joined by jason ware at albion financial group. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you, frank. >> i've got to ask with the nasdaq notching a close, it looks like tech is the place to be should we pour into tech stocks or are there other names to look at >> so we continue to be overweight large cap technology given the leads and the dominance they have in the markets in which they o

she won the fight against corona virus but asia brown has lost her job and now bills are piling up that's why she's hoping to get the government's financial support from it would help out like with my car note in random food we would ever we need we need it for and i think the issue. has to be a when it detects out there to the people who really need it congress is still debating the coronavirus aid package but time is running out the weekly complementary allocation of $600.00 for the unemployed will stop this week republicans one payments linked to previous earnings but with an eye on the elections democrats are pushing for a quick agreement this is deadly serious a house is burning down in terms of the economic security of america's families and these people are fiddling wherever they may be this weekend some $30000000.00 people would be affected if the payments stop many say they will not be able to pay the rent without the extra state allowance and as the deadline looms neither party wants to see a wave of evictions. all right let's get more from washington d.c. and for that i'm joine

in asia, about the rain. not just japan and china. the korean peninsula, south korea, in particular, have had very downpours. as well.looding, one or two more rain showers wednesday scattered a across japan. heaviest through the central areas of china. really in the forecast as we go through thursday. some areas could have heavy downpours. ♪ >> welcome back. here's a reminder of our top stories from al jazeera. u.s. president donald trump signed legislation and an executive order aimed at holding china accountable for what he calls oppressive actions against hong kong. is ending hong kong's preferential treatment as punishment of china taking away the freedom of the people of hong kong. chinese telecommunications giant huawei will be banned from the u.k.'s 5g network. the move, which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position, will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year. the international court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with four arab countries that i

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but i'm very reserved in asia have synced windowed and poaching is on the rise again in theory tried in ivory is currently not possible but there appears to be little concern about bans the profits a tune tossing. more than one view on people being a huge market for ai weiwei. hong kong is the hub for illegal ivory trade in asia colum dawson is british and is litigious 30 years he's the founder of the local organization elephant foundation and strictly opposes all my free trading knives states and i when the site is full of its violence. the right to consumption of library at that time it was estimated that the ivory stockers should roll out in all 3000 yet we thought in 2019. nearly as much ivory still drives stocks are illegally replenished with goods shipped into hong kong's port this is the territories container terminal a gateway for all kinds of goods including smuggled ivory it has the capacity to handle 18000000 containers per year of volume of goods that's impossible to monitor triton ivory was banned within china's national borders in 2018 but in hong kong an autonomous spe

can it pivot into africa and central asia? it is doing very well in other countries, especially ethical. huawei has gotten in very early with a lot of ag, 3g networks in africa, and so it is merely trying to make sure that even if europe or many european countries decided to go away from huawei that it is a really firmly rooted in africa. we can look at the belton road. as you mentioned, the great project to build new trade routes around the world, and if you look at the countries where the chinese government have focused on building road projects, a lot of those countries are also going to go along with huawei equipment. give us your sense of the global options, countries on the one hand who are turning into a "them and us," for some countries, and difficult choices. how do you see it shaping up? it is difficult, but we have to find a way to work with china, especially on the crucial issue of climate change. unless china is on board and has good relations with the rest of the world, we cannot move forward on that, and so i th

were declined staff have experienced sustained online harassment since the broadcast on one east is an asia pacific current affairs program it's one numerous international awards malaysia's top policeman spoke to the media he dismissed questions over the journalist being treated unfairly he was asked whether the staff were free to go. but at the moment. is there a need for them to leave the country. the way. we were checked with the us. if you will decide in the middle few days in. any case then it would be a charge but i don't think the reason why we did feel that they want to call bill for india. to be free i'm not going to intimidate them i'm not going to allow anyone to harm to cause harm or to instigate the hum down please b b b b b b be professional about it. we still allow them. access to the best lawyers or whatever it is the agent is sacked the idea we keep. all of the lawyers representing the al jazeera staff members spoke as the team entered the police station denying police complaints. if. you. want. human rights watch has called on the malaysian government to stop treating crit

is growth in asia, which obviously largest company -- country in asia, china. that bodes well for the future because they are on the others of this pandemic. in terms of products, we had double-digit growth across the board. our webcams were probably the strongest. webcams and microphones as people wanted to do streams and play music. we had very strong growth across the board. gaming was good, our videoconferencing was good. people are already preparing their offices for what it's going to be like when they get back. it was very broad-based. alix: you mentioned asia. obviously over the last few months, but definitely overnight we have seen an escalation of tensions. when you read those kind of headlines and see those pictures, how does that affect you leading logitech as a company? do you rethink strategy do you do different due diligence? bracken: we have a big business in china, locally, and we do manufacturing in china. also china is still just a part of our overall mix. it is one country out of so many. from a market standpoint we have business all over th

doubling down in asia in particular. india and highland. romaine: you wonder if they don't really need the rest of the world, we are starting to see this bifurcation in a lot of these payment apps. we saw amex pull out of china. maybe not pull out, but lessened its presence. this may just be the new world order we are in for. taylor: huge dual things between shanghai and hong kong. caroline: one to watch. 12 also watches what is coming up next. david rubenstein and none other than mike evans up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: leadership live starts with the david rubenstein, and this time it is mike evans him.ng how the chinese e-commerce company is navigating covid-19 and the rising u.s. china tension. take a listen. david: michael evans, the president of alibaba. welcome, michael. michael: thank you, david, nice to be with you. david: where are you coming from? michael: you are getting me in canada where my -- where i have spent a couple of time -- spent a lot of time. david: i should disclose that people who don't know michael wel

. ♪ shery: "daybreak asia welcome to "daybreak asia." i am -- welcome to "daybreak asia." haidi: our top stories this hour, president trump escalates tensions with china. he signs a bill ending america's preferential treatment for hong kong over beijing's security law crackdown. asian stocks are set to advance after wall street enjoyed its biggest rise in more than a week. futures in tok