support groups have also sprung up like here in west beijing. an artist group wants to turn the cell is into accommodation for the migrant workers to give a bed and shelter to these people who give so much to the city. this would be only a doorway you know when you're one of the workers of established small convenience stores in our neighborhood yeah like the fruit vendor and the little shop on the corner they make our lives more comfortable. that i'm going to win them but all i can tell. these offers of support are being closely monitored by the government because they're afraid that criticism could lead to protests. this small village lies in her pay the neighboring province of beijing. migrant worker liu and his employees are staying here temporarily but they're not really welcome. in the village there even official announcements warning not to rent to textile companies because of the fire risk that's on you know the two thousand and eight olympic games in beijing said everyone was welcome even us now we've just been discarded it's so cruel t

it's caused an uproar among the beijing population. but the photos and videos uploaded by bloggers quickly disappear from the internet -- censored by the state. one group uses an online map to show where the evictions are taking place across beijing. they call it a map of fire protection measures as a way to avoid censorship. support groups have also sprung up, like here in west beijing. an artist group wants to turn their cellars into accommodation for the migrant workers, to give a bed and shelter to these people who give so much to the city. liu: the workers have established small convenience stores in our neighborhood, like the fruit vendor and the little shop on the corner. they make our lives more comfortable. reporter: these offers of support are being closely monitored by the government, because they're afraid that criticism could lead to protests. this small village lies in hebei, the neighboring province of beijing. migrant worker liu and his employees are staying here temporarily, but they're not really welcome. in the villa

no space among the twenty two million residents in beijing. in twenty sixteen the government initiated plans to make cities cleaner and more livable beijing set a target to reduce the population by nearly two million people starting with the most vulnerable. and it's the most vulnerable who generally lack access to clean water to as many as two point one billion people worldwide around. two hundred and sixty three million people have to walk at least thirty minutes every day just to access water at all. and one hundred fifty nine million get their water straight from lakes and rivers the world's longest rivers in fact ensure the livelihood and survival of billions of people rivers like the nile for many in egypt it's their only source of water. met abdel heidi has been rowing on the nile for as long as he can remember. when he's on the river the commotion of cairo seems far away. close to twenty three million people live in greater cairo egypt's capital is expanding and so is its population by around two million people a year. almost the entir

there are also broader goals for the beijing games. the chinese government hopes that by holding the winter olympics it will encourage many more people here to get involved in sports such as skiing and skating. the games will also be used to show off this country's capacity to host these mega— events. then there is china's big soft power push and the role of the olympics in presenting this nation in its best possible light to the rest of the world. you have been watching newsday. and we're not quite done with the new year revelry. let's end the first newsday of 2018 with some crazy new year day celebrations. it's called the loony dook, when more than a thousand people who've paid for the privilege dive into the freezing waters of the firth of forth estuary in scotland. good morning. we have some very stormy weather to come in the week ahead. wind will often reach gale force widely across them british isles and heavy rain as well. ahead of that, quite quiet this morning with light winds overnight and clear skies meanings of us have a

press in beijing thank you. palestinian leader bonded with defiance to u.s. president ronald trump's threat to create a palestinian authority and a u.n. agency. saying around three quarters of a billion dollars. long. accusing palestinians of not wanting peace talks chamchamal parts from ramallah in the occupied west bank. for. a mother of three palestinian refugee children a routine trip to the doctor was already riddled with complications. but after hearing the u.s. may decide to cut more than three hundred million dollars of annual aid to the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees or as it is known she now worries a bad situation may worsen. it's getting more difficult it's getting more complicated and things aren't getting solved everything is becoming more expensive going to laws available to the poor is not nowadays on wednesday residents of the occupied west bank woke up to the news that u.s. president donald trump may halt aid payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars to palestinians if they're no longer willing to talk p

the rising number of bikes in beijing has brought more chaos to the streets. better regulation of the bike sharing industry the company themselves. they should have been able to do her analysis. but her operation. transfer all of them to not making them on the straight. on a bike fate appears to be the scrapheap. lack of ownership lack of response that's it you're up to date with the latest from the world of business for more check out our website that's t w dot com slash business or find us social media business for you at the top of the hour. in the snow we all go. forward to a lot. works up a sweat. when your make a shoe close to nature. the other way region in winter. next film. industry four point zero zero small is true. where is the nation still under analogue dominance our attitude is stuck in the past that's the problem of digital traffic made. in sixty minutes. on freedom and the whole. world i come from the region is rich in history. poor. this makes it especially difficult for independent journalists i see many of the young promising journalists wh

now, beijing has told hong kong to criminalise the jeering. the national anthem is not representation of hong kong... jack and hundreds like him will be breaking the law if they carry on booing. why do football fans boo the chinese national anthem? we don't think that we are chinese, we are hong kong. the difference is that hong kong has democracy and also we have the right of speech and right of demonstration in hong kong. this was at a game between hong kong and bahrain. fans could be imprisoned for three years. new laws could be applied retrospectively. critics say this contradicts the basic law in terms of freedom of expression, applying chinese national law and applying it retrospectively. but jack is defiant. can they stop you disrespecting the chinese national anthem? no. at west kowloon magistrates court, nine more activists face public order charges. all were key figure in the umbrella protests. tanya chan, who opposes chinese law in the new rail station, is one of the defendants. in fact, over 50 democracy activists and elected lawâ€

to closer mark you see candidates basically the message as interpreted by hong kong people is that beijing wants to crack down on the more radical wing of the pro-democracy movement which has been advocating for democratic self-determination or independent they say the central government in beijing has been redefining hong kong's mini constitution the basic law not just in these elections but in previous elections too to squeeze out any supporters of democracy

give us your perspective on this, being based in beijing. i think that. .. perspective on this, being based in beijing. ithink that... there's been a history and countries have moved nearer and further apart and it's a bit of a damp —— dance, i would suggest. the reality is that north korea does want to isolate itself so much. it's coming backwards and forwards again. there are threats made and they were retracted, but in essence i think they are using the winter olympics as may be an excuse 01’ an opportunity to maybe bring things backin opportunity to maybe bring things back in from the brink, because it wasn't a good place to be for anybody. it just wasn't a good place to be for anybody. itjust goes to show once again howa anybody. itjust goes to show once again how a big sporting event is an avenue to open up talks about other issues. and there are some very well—known skaters from north korea and sport is a really good opportunity or stage for people to come together. the use that, anything to release the tensions. we don't real

these imports are now banned because beijing is trying to clean up because beijing is trying to clean up the country's environment and improve public health. but the ban will disrupt billions of dollars in trade. in 2016, china imported $18 billion in waste. from hong kong, danny vincent reports. recycling in hong kong — this is where plastic waste ends up. used plastic near and far. recyclers must change the way waste is processed. china's has introduced a ban on recycling products. hong kong has a challenge when it comes to dealing with plastic waste. right now the majority of the west coast to mainland china. but that could be set to change. the change also represents an opportunity for recyclers. waste management is big business. some companies in hong kong want to recycle the plastic rubbish themselves. the man in the driving seat is mr lam. the ceo of one of hong kong's largest recyclers. he has invested close to $1 million to upgrade his equipment, ready for the ban. translation: the recycling industry in hong kong faces many obstacles that these days. the chinese government

then beijing's controversial plan to clean up the city that's leaving thousands homeless plus. i'm rory chalons in moscow and later in the program i'll be explaining why a british the terrible film about this man is not going down well in russia. how the real cold winter air in europe is in the east in fact is going over into western russia as this gray stuff was slow moving cloud that's way feels like it should do but further west this is a reasonable thing like winter is when the smile to contains lots of rain in the forecast not could be a problem so waltz we have goals for thursday's forecast maximum temperature is subzero for book rest in kiev the sun might be up for the be fog around as well and in turkey it's snowing as it is indeed in finland if you look through germany and france and even spain and portugal were up to double figures we've got right now this rain is falling on top of snow a vast amount of snow in the alps so we've already had something in the way of too much water flooding on the rise in the run for example on the smaller rivers in switzerland and now a

beijing is to demolish thousands of what it calls illegal structures this here in an effort to spruce up the city the blitz was ordered after a fire in november but thousands of low paid migrant workers acetyl lose their homes in the process as adrian brown reports. well the owners of this business a pet shop packing up and moving out they have to close their business by friday there are fifty other businesses in this condemned neighborhood they also all have to close by friday the owner of one of the business we spoke to said that they've been offered no compensation they simply be told to leave this area by friday now of course last december we saw really the beginnings of this demolition campaign and this followed a fire in a warehouse which had been converted into a legal apartments and that gave the government the excuse it needed to really intensify. this campaign of demolitions now on wednesday the mayor of beijing announced an ambitious plan to demolish some forty million square meters of illegal structures here in beijing that's almost thirty eight square kilometers now the g

this doesn't happen normally during beijing winters in northern china we normally experience very high levels of hazardous air pollution but china has said recently has clamped down on the use of coal for heating in northern cities it's a controversial move it's had to relax that somewhat because there isn't enough gas around to keep the furnace is burning but it gives you a sense of the kind of control the compact kind of power that china has in controlling its own environment how important it is that it is owned board in getting behind the paris climate accord rob thank you very much that's rob mcbride reporting there live from beijing and he rainy an oil tanker that collided with a freighter off china's east coast on saturday's still on fire and doesn't rescue boats have spent three days trying to control the blaze it's here the tank and main explode and sink rescuers are looking for thirty one of whom members are still missing the body of one of them has been found adrian brown has the latest from near shanghai. the drama is happening some one hundred sixty nautical miles out in th

this scrap heap is the fate of the many millions of bikes in beijing there's about one rental bike for every ten people in the chinese capital the two wheelers are one of the cheapest means of transportation in beijing they can be rented for as little as seven u.s. cents for half an hour less than a subway take it. from there it's convenient but sometimes there are too many bikes they block the roads. i feel people don't take care of the shared bikes because they're not their personal property otherwise they'll protect them very well wouldn't they. the rising number of bikes in beijing has brought more chaos to the streets that's why some are calling for better regulation of the bike sharing industry the company themselves together with the government they should be able to do a better analysis but her allocation off them better operation of them the better transfer all too not making too much of them on the street until then a bike's fate still appears to be the scrap heap. well china is cracking down on polluting cars a state run news agency shin cost says beijing has banned the maki

there are also broader goals for the beijing games. the chinese government hopes that, by holding the winter olympics, it will encourage many more people here to get involved in sports such as skiing and skating. the games will also be used to show off this country's capacity to host these mega—events. then there is china's big soft power push, and the role of the olympics in presenting this nation in its best possible light to the rest of the world. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. in business news we will be looking at china's decision to stop importing foreign rubbish. and we are not quite done with the new year revelry. let's end the first newsday of 2018 with some unusual new year's day celebrations. this is loony dook, when more than 1,000 people dive into the freezing waters of the firth of forth estuary in scotland. they have paid to take part. some wore fancy dress, while others stuck to more traditional swimwear. the reward — a bowl of porridge. good morning. we have some very stormy weather to come in the we

the two thousand and twelve two thousand and ten two to beijing going to olympics and. and two thousand and twenty four trial us france summer olympics to greece as an opportunity to do can our cooperation where both agree or support more mccann is me oh measures to facilitate or make it easier for people exchange we have joint decided that more comprehensive international coverage to we're going to do it and that will be followed by their principles of united nations. constitution and we'll have a multilateral or green meant to improve the global. issues it was change a little face with the climate change and terrorism and. other challenges we were we were china will be working together with the french side and then we have a mutual wing wing situation under the forces framework where we situation it will have a new strategy a new strategy and then have a human fate which will be contributing to the more prosperity of human humanity in the world we have also discussed about china and european relationships. and china china. all unification we support the unification of

macron is now in beijing where he is meeting with the chinese president. we will talk more about his aree-day visit -- this is state visit and for both partners, a real golden opportunity here. it's interesting. france has nowhere near the punching power of the u.s. we saw donald trump's recent visit where he was wined and dined in the for bit and silly. macron is not going to get that treatment. france has a special relationship. france opened up to china before richard nixon was doing it in the u.s. and getting all the headlines. going back to september 1960 5 -- this is quite a quote. he said at a press conference china is in a position to have a global leading role. -- going back to september 1965. charles de gaulle's statement from 1965 seems more prescient than ever. they are there to special moment. we have the u.s. down and out with an erratic president -- at least from china's perspective, seen as very erratic, not perhaps on china. on a lot of issues, especially trade -- you have the u.k. bogged down in brexit. angela merkel in germany struggling

beijing may finally be winning its war on smog. plenty more on those stories over the next couple of hours. calendar today is trade numbers out of china for the month of december appeared rounding out has been a year of significant recovery when it comes to chinese exports in particular. 5643. after the declines over the past couple of years we do see two years of decline followed by that recovery. we are looking at december, a 10% year on year rise when it comes to exports coming in dollar terms. that's a little moderation from november's 12.3% rise. imports looking to pick up significantly. the brighter spots in that. continuing to paint a picture of synchronized global recovery. such a stronghad base to come off of in 2017 we might be struggling to hit double-digit numbers in 2018 for exports. certainly there is also the cloud of trade tensions between the u.s. and china lurking ever in the background. we are 30 minutes away from the opening china and hong kong. sophie, we were thinking -- that is not the clear-cut case in asia.

side of japan with some snow or higher elevations chilly conditions for the korean peninsula again beijing just above zero so let's head into more central and southern parts of china and taiwan where we've got a few showers around but otherwise weather conditions fairly quiet same goes across much of indochina with her noise seeing falling conditions across central areas remnants of tropical depression could be giving some heavy rain here for a time but would like to see an area of rain heavy rain developing across these areas during the course of saturday with some snow on the northern edge not could prove to be quite significant so let's head down into southeastern parts of asia we have a scottish showers across the philippines we have dry conditions for java during the course of friday but i think soon into carter will pick up some heavy showers on sofie highs of thirty to draw in kuala lumpur with highs here of thirty three. rashi's musical pioneer. uses to be silent in spite of the endless cycles of violence. across to music and the. patient. would miss documentary this time on al-jaz

should beijing fail a little bit threatened. i don't think it even figuring it frightened about that but i totally agree with what has been say regarding be important in the coffee to china and i think that my core knowledge is that but also sitting in the knowledge is that and for the chinese leaders at the moment is perceived as what we may call the head of your call the c n n if we may put forward to it michael is in a position that you know you were in the to. get i mean he's facing some don't mistake problems and she doesn't have the same attributes of power that you have mentioned earlier see that u.n. security council nuclear power and the capacity to sit and forces approach but these are the tributes that france has u.k. also does but has we know that the u.k. is a little bit out at the moment so in the eyes of the chinese france is playing a more significant role not only in world affairs but especially in shaping. some sort of european defense and foreign policy and michael is incarnating it so therefore is physically

beijing's controversial plan to clean up the city that's leaving thousands homeless. hello we've got some more snow in the forecast for japan over the next couple of days the winds coming in from the northwest direction so there's that crowd drifting into the western side of honshu in particular and the lake effect snow will be coming down once again then on the other side of the mound since sheltered in tokyo temperatures getting up to around three degrees celsius it should be lost a crisp dry and sunny as we go on into a sas day temperatures start to pick up a little still want to snow flurries a possibility take it getting up to around six degrees celsius a five for a soccer sort of temperature we can expect to see in shanghai over the next day or so temperatures gradually picking up here we've had some unusual snow shall we say . but we have seen some snow fall in shanghai snow there into central and pushing down towards will south and central parts of china but that snow will nudge a little further north as percents day five in shanghai not too bad in hong kong t

what is beijing have in terms of striking back? >> will they have drawn up a list, and they made that pretty public last year. as we heard this rhetoric coming up from the trump administration, you are right to point out that the consensus view seems to be that the chinese are not going to take radical steps. they are going to be relatively moderate. of course, they know there are potentially facing a slowdown in growth. and so they are very keen to avoid a trade war. is take someht do unofficial measures to make it more difficult for u.s. companies operating on the ground in china, and of course, i can take stronger measures whether targeting soybean imports or even orders for boeing aircraft. been to sectors and industries that have been flagged by the state media last year. so that is something to be aware of. but in terms of the general impact as you pointed to, the solar panel tariffs are probably going to have an impact around the edges. china steel exports have been declining, so they may be relatively relaxed at this point.

chinese leaders micron's visit began in hsien the starting point of the ancient silk road in a not to beijing's efforts to revive the trading route. this is predicted to be a great one for i.p.o.'s in almost three hundred billion dollars bonanza for public listings of companies which means you can start investing in them who shares could you get your hands on and twenty eighteen will let you know also coming out watch out tesla startup bites and is revealing its vision for the future of electric mobility in las vegas but can that go with fellow chinese firms fail and going dry towns worst drought in decades coping with the harsh conditions is one thing but it's also leading to job cuts we'll tell you why. i'm done here winter and this is a business update tech firms are lining up to go public you could soon be buying a slice of the likes of spotify and dropbox analysts say the market for initial public offerings is that cold could total two hundred ninety billion dollars and twenty eighty but the biggest i.p.o. expected isn't a newfangled startup. if saudi arabian oil mommas goes ahead with its

beijing bans the import of plastic waste. we ask what impact that will have on nations that rely on china to recycle their rubbish. investors focus on the price of the black stuff in 2018, as china edges closer to opening its own market to trade in oilfutures. and on the markets, asian stocks kicked off the new year on a high, led by investors in hong kong. the hang seng saw its highest level in a decade. plenty more on that. we'll get the latest on that from singapore, coming up. the world gets back to work after the new year break, leaving behind piles of plastic, textiles and paper waste from the festive season. much of the stuff we recycle would be shipped to china, but beijing is now banning imports of a range of waste materials in 2018. 2a different substances have been outlawed, as china tries to tackle environment damage caused by hazardous waste. each year, the world uses more than 800 million metric tons of scrap commodities to make new stuff. and china is the biggest importer of that. in 2016, the country took in 2

. >> this scrapheap as the fate of many millions of bikes in beijing. there is one bike for everyone in the chinese capital. they can be rented for as little as seven u.s. cents for a half hour. less than one subway ticket. >> it is convenient, but sometimes there are too many bikes. the block of the roads. >> i feel people do not take care of the shared bikes. >> the rising number of bicycles in beijing has brought chaos to the streets. that is why some are calling for better regulation of the bike sharing industry. >> the company themselves, together with the government, they should be able to do better analysis on better allocation. better operations. better transfer. they don't want to make too many of them and put them on the street. >> until then, the bicycles fate appears to be the scrapheap. >> china is cracking down on polluting cars. the state run news agency says beijing has banned making more than the different models for using too much fuel, and not complying with environmental regulations. the band includes vehicles produced as joint ventu

and improve their capability to win wars she made the comments at a ceremony at an army base outside beijing he said the purpose of the event was to implement the thought of building a strong army and a new era for china shinier you see it at the beginning of the new year the central military commission holds the mobilization ceremony with the purpose of implementing the spirit of the nineteenth national congress of the party and the thoughts of the party on building a strong army in the new era and calling on the whole armed forces to comprehensive you strengthen real combat training. she has been trying to strengthen china's influence in a number of areas long tried to assert control over the disputed south china sea that's home to major trading routes that raise concern and the u.s. and southeast asia across the region china is investing and several large projects in the philippines which is traditionally a u.s. ally its promise twenty four billion dollars of investment since two thousand and sixteen and of course the central geo political issue is north korea beijing is played a careful

it was carrying one hundred thirty six tons of crude let's get the latest from our correspondent in beijing rob mcbride rob what more do we know about what happened. that's right the concern at this hour is very much for the crew members who are missing as you said this isn't a rainy and oil tanker and most of the crew are a rainy and some thirty to be exact with two bangladeshis the crew on the other vessel we are told is there as a crew of twenty one all of those have been accounted for they have been rescued this collision it seems took place at eight pm saturday saturday evening beijing time a location around thirty thirty three hundred kilometers off china's east coast in the east china sea it seems as though the vessels the tanker was heading to south korea it's called the sangi with thousands of tons of iranian oil on board and it seems as though the bulk carrier carrying grain was heading in the opposite direction we were told that that was heading for southern china there are eight vessels have been sent from the chinese maritime more thorough to the scene of this and given the pro

is focusing on russia china iran and north korea but really the pentagon is singling out moscow and beijing have a listen we face growing threat from revisionist powers as different as china and russia or from each other nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models pursuing veto authority over and over nation and economic diplomatic security decision doctrine calls for modernization what what would you expect to see well another word used by the u.s. defense secretary was fundamental this is how he characterized this modernization that he's been talking about and mostly the pentagon is going to be focusing on space on cyber security and on its nuclear program so in terms of cyber security they're going to be overhauling the whole thing really we don't know the details yet but obviously big big big changes are coming up especially with all of the russia and china hackers craze in terms of the nuclear program they're seeing it as a reaction you know as sort of a reaction to what russia has been doing in this sphere and if you're talking about outer space a

favors we can only choose people that beijing accepts this is not an election political persecution does not only affect me endemol sisto they are also persecuting the entire younger generation viggle pollen has more from hong kong. many people here say they're concerned about the wider implications of agnes child's disqualification they say there's no the goal basis for the government's decision and at stake is hong kong's rule of law now many of the speeches here i've been highlighting how the goalposts keep moving especially when it comes to closer mocker see candidates basically the message as interpreted by hong kong people is that beijing wants to crack down on the more radical wing of the pro-democracy movement which has been and will take didn't fall democratic self-determination or independent they say the central government in beijing has been redefining hong kong's many constitution the basic law not just in these elections but in previous elections too to squeeze out any supporters of democracy it's really hopeful there's no vote if you show me all about iraq. oppression

rescue a save the twenty one crew on the other ship involved in ages from rob a bride who joins us from beijing rob what what's the latest on the search for those missing say it is. well the priority for the years very much for the well being of those sailors they are still missing unaccounted for this is an iranian tanker most of the crew thirty to be precise are rainy and with two other bangladeshi seafarers as you mentioned there the crew of the other vessel twenty one crew members we are told all chinese nationals they have been rescued they have been accounted for this collision happened three hundred kilometers nearly three hundred kilometers out in the east china sea off the eastern coast of china at around eight pm saturday beijing time we don't know the cause of the collision but it seems as though the vessels were heading in opposite directions the senshi the tanker was heading north with its with its oil to south korea meanwhile the bulk carrier was carrying grain that was seemed to have been heading south to the southern coast of china when this collision occurred the big concern is

i'm jane doesn't this is al jazeera live from doha we're going to beijing now the french press.

beijing has been trying to connect that road for years, but the response has been cold and will now. macron said it is time to get behind the initiative. >> the new initiative can bring us into alliance with france and europe if we work together. correspondent: the plan will see new road links and shipping links throughout asia. it has raised worries of chinese expansionism and country living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia raised fears of what beijing was buying was influence. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides. >> these roads cannot be one way. there has to be cummings and goings. these roads cannot be those of a new hegemony that would transform the country they cross into vassals. correspondent: there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into your but emmanuel macron will have to avoid fears that the silk road will become a way for more chinese mass production. brent: amazon says of the market for initial public offerings for dropbox and spotify could total $990 billio

real combat training where she has been trying to strengthen china's influence in a number of areas beijing has long tried to assert control over the disputed south china sea and to major trade in birds and this is various concern in southeast asia and the u.s. across the region china is investing in large several large projects in the philippines which is traditionally a u.s. ally that's promised twenty four billion dollars of investment since two thousand and sixteen the central geo political issue is of course north korea beijing has played a careful game implementing international sanctions against it leader kim jong un and his government but it wants to avoid regime collapse which could lead to us our lives south korean troops on its borders it's also trying to position itself as a regional deal broker attempted to mediate disputes between pakistan and afghanistan rob mcbride has more now from beijing. this was a show of military strength meant to impress president xi jinping with seven thousand troops and their hardware at a parade in herb a province outside beijing delivering a speec

beijing is considering tapering its services. president trump is backing a house plan to avoid a government shutdown. speaker paul ryan and his team have been lighting up support for a stopgap spending bill to keep the government operating. a house vote is likely on thursday. president trump has tweeted a link to the fake news awards. however, the page went off-line moments later. earlier, republican senator jeff flake said the president was not dismissing media coverage. the enemy of the people is how the president of the united states call the free press and 2017. testamentent, it is a to our condition that the president uses words spoken by joseph stalin. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i'm paul allen. this bloomberg. ♪ haidi: china's most inquisitive companies are now getting crushed by the government shutdown. we will have the latest casualties if you will next. this is bloomberg. ♪ noisy, chaotic, and the confusing world. understood what is real

jazeera live from our headquarters in doha fully back also ahead french president emmanuel mccoy is in beijing on a state visit ways pushing for a more balanced access into the chinese market china braces to prevent environmental disaster is feared an oil tanker which has been on fire for three days may explode and sink and we meet the nigerian migrants forced to return home from libya who aren't giving up their dreams to get to europe. north and south korea have been holding their first official meeting in more than two years with a few diplomatic breakthroughs kyung young says it will send a high level delegation to next month's winter olympics in the south seoul is considering temporarily lifting sanctions against north korea and has proposed military talks it also wants every union of thousands of families that were separated after the korean war senior officials from both sides met at the demilitarized zone in on one john on the border now people from both sides of the borders say they are optimistic about the talks. and you know every korean really wants relations between the north and t

yvonne: a fight against smog in beijing. greenpeace says dangerous particles plunged 33% in the fourth quarter of the year earlier. in the capital, levels tumbled by 4%. government policies have forced billions of homes and businesses to change from coal to cleaner burning natural gas. we did hear headlines this morning from officials in beijing, telling students to stay indoors. also be the bad side, not as pretty as some suggest. is it worth it? wet happened with the shift, ran short on natural gas and it forced the government to hold -- factories, and in some cases, go back to burning coal. betty: it is running counter to what beijing officials are hoping for and aiming for, burning more natural gas, less coal. as you mentioned with that shortage, it is turning things around. surprisingly quite quickly with this morning. the heavy air pollution in beijing, warning students to stay indoors between january 13 and 15. that is it from "daybreak asia." our market coverage continues with haidi lun next. a lot to cover. this is

france's president emmanuel mccall has endorsed beijing's belled and bold initiative in his first visit to china as president michel called for europe and china to work together on president xi signature project that aims to build a modern day silk road but he said the projects benefits must be shared problem bride has more from beijing. president macron has begun his visit in the ancient city of scheana home of the terra cotta warriors but also more symbolically it's one of the departure points for the ancient silk road the trade route connecting china with the west and macron is keen to play up the historic nature of the franco chinese relationship and in a wide ranging speech he went into the details of how france can continue to work with china on the world stage in a number of different areas and specifically in the development of africa china was reminded about france's long relationship through the colonial period with a number of countries in africa macron compared that with china's interests now china of course has been building up relationships with a number of different afric

coming up, beijing says momentum remains tight. we will see how the numbers stack up with the survey when it is out shortly. ♪ rishaad: welcome back to bloomberg markets. i'm rishaad salaaamit. with growth better than expected in the fourth quarter, all of that boosted by finance and insurance. at 2.8% from the previous three months. steady growth and benign inflation, the government hinted it may raise taxes but the central bank opened the door to tightening in the last meeting. exports expanding last year to the at 2.8% from the previous three highest in at least six decades, boosted by semi conductors, machinery and petrochemicals. surging 16% to $574 billion from a year ago. widening to $96 billion. ratesg exports raising and they have not done that since 2011. the last year to show the economy having its best performance in five years, although that may be as good as it gets. bloomberg survey saying gdp 3.8% lastncreased year, the best results since 2012 before using this year. it was wants praise for its strength but not la

no manual mccrone has endorsed to beijing's a belt and road initiative in his first visit to china as french president president called for the e.u. and china to work together on president xi jinping a trillion dollar project to connect asia and europe by road rail and c. but he said the projects benefits must be shared president also pledged to visit china every year for the duration of his presidency mcbride has more from beijing. president macron has begun his visit in the ancient city of scheana home of the terra cotta warriors but also more symbolically it's one of the departure points for the ancient silk road to trade routes connecting china with the west and macron is keen to play up to the historic nature of the franco chinese relationship and in a wide ranging speech he went into the details of how france can continue to work with china on the world stage in a number of different areas and specifically in the development of africa china was reminded about france's long relationship through the colonial period with a number of countries in africa macron compared that with chi

plus we look at beijing's plan to clean up the city that's leaving fossils homeless . and sport the young afghanistan cricketers who are on a world cup in new zealand. from cool brisk news in few weeks. to the warm trying to ease of southeast asia. and i will just come south it's been snowing in shanghai a rare event is probably not going to repeat it on friday but it will be code a max of a nice three degrees you feel a bit of a chill in hong kong as well i think but the snow is going to stay in landing and chart vertical expand fifty bit further north come saturday as temperatures start to try and recover in hong kong and to a small degree in shanghai as well but that's proper winter as it should be proper big rain in the wet season is still falling in indonesia in java and in bali was recently in both ones been flooding but in malaysia has been a much dryer if we do and you saw from the satellite picture and the forecast see showers a long way north this time of year in the gulf of thailand a hint that maybe even in bangkok rare ones occasional ones but they shouldn

beijing is boldly extending claims to the south china sea. it's doing so through an enormous land reclamation project, dredging the sea floor to build islands. - it's very difficult for any foreign policy analyst to get to the core of what drives current chinese behavior. i think number one is this, the chinese have long held a view that this is part of their sovereign territory in territorial seas, goes back not just decades but centuries. - let me make this clear. the south china sea islands have been china's territory since ancient times. it is the bounds of duty of the chinese government to uphold china's territorial sovereignty and legitimate maritime rights and interests. - this is the rejuvenation of the chinese nation, and getting back what has been stolen from china, i believe, is part of realizing that dream. - they've been methodically re-acquiring china, tibet, macau, hong kong, taiwan waiting, and this can be seen as part of what they regard as a legitimate acquisition of territory and seas that were taken from them illegally and

just minus two in sapporo and in tokyo of eleven towards the west while it's cool and not here for beijing our maximum well it will be minus one we won't get above freezing a tool in the day that cold air is pushing further south to so far i'm for with the maxim there in shanghai and only a leaven in hong kong here also be a fair amount of cloud and if you outbreaks of rain the rain though is lighter has been incredibly heavy recently it's easing off though as that system drifts its way towards the south and then as we head into wednesday drifts off towards the south and breaks up altogether so there with a bit more sunshine looks like hong kong will get to around sixteen degrees the further towards the south and for us in mindanao just a pretty wet as we head through the day on tuesday. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between a criminal boasts it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question minister or throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominated record with doing the investigation into a. u

well there is a lot of skepticism starting first with officials in moscow and in beijing in fact the chinese government called this meeting on tuesday illegal we don't know what such a gathering of world leaders would be considered illegal but that's beijing's perspective certainly there is a real concern that washington or at least some elements within the trumpet ministration have been pushing much harder than others would prefer for some sort of military resolution to the crisis even though the official line policy of the u.s. is that there is ultimately. only diplomacy that can end this situation with north korea but that said both china and russia are considered to have considerable influence with the government impelling yong in fact the british foreign minister boris johnson made that point when he addressed reporters in the past couple of hours here in vancouver so it's really a question of will the briefing that happens after this meeting here in vancouver with officials in moscow and beijing be enough to keep these powers that all sit on the u.n. security council as permane