the chinese were worried. they were worried that they would have someone that would take a much tougher stance. his predecessor before said, our biggest concern on the western pacific is climate change. admiral harris was doubling out about to say that. >> where is he today? >> he's in charge of pacific command. in the spring, he winds down. -- they're been reports of navigation operations where our ships can fail and internet -- can sail in international waters. he is running those kind of operations right now. >> admiral harris is half chinese, half american. >> half japanese. >> i am sorry. a big difference. he was born where? >> he was born in japan. >> what were the circumstances? >>'s father had been a chief and the navy, his mother had gone to work on a naval base there. met split the deal and they and after that, his early, early was spent in the west pacific. he came back and grew up in kentucky. >> where did he go to school? >> and kentucky. >> -- in kentucky. ofwhat is the significance him being cap

that is why the chinese tracks and behind me at. the kazakhs tracks start to my left back them up don't differ you see from here you can get to beijing shanghai eon young gung and ningbo and from here you can get to almaty a stana russia and europe. in quarter goes the chinese containers are loaded onto cars a freight trains which run on a narrower gauge the russian gauge a leftover of the soviet era from here the goods can reach anywhere in central asia home to a number of countries the size of europe with a population of just seventy million kazakhstan is the biggest among them. four bulb you could use it off we mustn't forget that the border between the former soviet union and china ran along here for a very long time there was almost no contact between the two countries the border was closed thanks to the new infrastructure a lot of passengers and goods will come through here on it on the way to target the core goss is the starting point for a revival of the silk road wanted to settle on its own as it all does for. the new silk

he got you mentioned the chinese aircraft carrier brian: you mentioned the chinese aircraft. michael: it was a hand-me-down. there is a very interesting story about that. china first bought it saying they were going to make a floating casino, which would have been perfect. there were all kinds of casinos to portuguese buildings. that is what the cover story was. then he took it and fixed it up. they made an operational carrier. in the meantime, what they've done is designed and built their own aircraft carrier. just recently could they launched that. brian: let's look at some video of the awning. there is a big difference in our aircraft carriers. tell us the difference. michael? the biggest is how they launch recovery aircraft. it is a sweet looking ship. the jets thrust to use it to take off. for the most part, it is the jet taking off. our u.s. aircraft carriers, we use the catapult systems. we are throwing that jet off their. result, we can put up the aircraft carrying more weaponry and operate in different kinds of weather. brian: what are they doing with this carrier? u

the chinese will do whatever is in the best interest of the chinese. it is in china's best interest to keep the unstable western pacific. keep that in mind, china will always do what is in the best chinese interest. they won't do the whole regional interest. everything reverts back to china. >> the name of the book is crashed back. it is all about the united states and the relationship to the chinese navy. our guest has been michael fabey . thank you very much. michael: thank you. >> for free transcripts or to give us the problems about the program, they doesn't -- visit us at q&a.org. q&a episodes are also available on -- on c-span podcast. >> if you like this q&a, here are some others you might enjoy. scandalmpus on the involving a malaysian defense contractor arrived several u.s. navy officials with cash, prostitutes and other gifts and exceed for classified information. michelle howard talks about her experience in the military and becoming the first female four-star admiral in the history of the navy. and purchase his account as commander of the u

but there's not just the chinese who are here. we have french american british german and italian people here too if the whole world . if that. is what you see as expansion depends on the context if you are referring to the globalization of investment and economic exchange different than globalization is undoubtedly except of poles but if you take it to mean domination or he get money man it isn't that it doesn't fit china's culture is much lower on the lyceum little version. in two thousand and fourteen kazakhstan became a member of the eurasian the economic union the free trade zone desired by moscow on the other hand the chinese have invested twice as much in kazakhstan since that date. to bear has become a new outpost for this chinese presence just a hundred kilometers from russia and the border station of jaison. at the moment russia is still thrilled by the chinese project of the new silk road because it's in line with its own eurasian ambitions. russia's advertising spots also promise affluence and cutting edge infrastructu

kipman chan is the president of chinese commerce. chinese consolidated presiding president, mr. harry hewy. so now i would like all of our officials join our wonderful kid for the picture. we would like to have mark farrell for the supervisor and schuo, and also any other department heads. if i missed any of your flames... and after the group picture we would like to have the board of supervisors come out and say some word. please remain seated. after the group picture we do have a singing performance. (speaking mandarin) francis and victory li vick -- victor lin please also come to the stage. may i ask the board of supervisors to remain on stage. so whoever -- we have jane kim here. good evening and happy new year. and also on behalf of the vietnamese american community i also represent. ) speaking vietnamese) happy new year in the city of san francisco. it is an honour to have represented the city in the last decade both on the schoolboard and here opt board of supervisor. one of the reasons why i love san francisco so much is because we have a very strong asian specific commu

this new patrick ism has a name the chinese dream and to make this chinese dream come true g. ching ping has accrued more power than anyone else in china since mout say dong and deng xiaoping. its new trudy's g jinping the superstar who will lead china into a glorious future this message is not only broadcast to his own people but to the whole world. the math to put for him the parties comes above all else and he's the challenge head of the party is the most powerful man off only in china but possibly the whole world that he knows and from what you know in that it. several days before the party congress party members are already flocking to these exhibition grounds in the heart of beijing. the party takes stock of the past five years successful ones of course all thanks to jinping. has done so far i'm very proud to be chinese china has developed very well in the last five years love i hope this painting is great everybody knows that he's done a lot not only for china but for the whole world and has brought prosperity. on the us we now call him uncle she he's a great leader and

the chinese side is much better at that i'm. just very much feel that the road is very good it's well maintained there are no potholes why who is it will improve here to. launch of birth of my. news of the imminent opening of the highway is spreading slowly in the step. but for some the new silk road is likely to be bad news. for years dude but it's most lorries that stop here have come through russia or europe we clean them before they head into china it appears it seems i can you that we're doing a good thing for people there are not many car washes here. most of the q. more of course in mali was when the highway is open and the old country road will probably be closed there won't be a single vehicle coming through here that i think i will be here another two or three years after that no cars will come through here it will be dead quiet last. month. all this is seen with mixed feelings in the villages through which the old road runs they're hoping for a better future and are dubious about what will happen next honestly i'm sur

chinese newter the year holiday. trying to play catch-up in terms of those lows we saw supported hong kong and the midst of that selloff trade a pretty bereft day when it comes to asia, plenty of time and attention for investors to focus on this as they really saw indications of the central bank that was increasingly confident also a pickup when it comes to tightening the rent tight. it's take a look ahead. we have china looking at the bottom of this our bridge southeast asia, coming online. we had a session where investors were struggling to make up their minds about how they were going to take these fed minutes. we are see much of the same and asia. >> it looks like investors may be waiting on the sidelines while we wait for the china open. there is that hawkish fed on the rise asn a higher by the yield. thiss asia, there is resuming of losses after the jump we saw on wednesday. the highest climb in september when we saw those clawback. those shares on the back foot. tokyo is now building. they are over 1.25%. l yo

it was built to chinese companies. it is the nomination for the water discharge that was coming out, which ended up killing the fish in four provinces along the northern part of the south china sea and the vietnamese border. huge economic impact. huge protests, mostly aimed at china. i would think that probably maybe the builders made some as eggs, but i think also the officials who let this thing happened inside vietnam made some mistakes and you have seen a number of bloggers being sentenced to very long sentences recently in the last few months up to 10 and 14 years. she has been going after this and yes, part of it as a criticism of china, but part of it is a criticism of the government for not controlling the project setter. so china with some of its investment one is central vietnam, that even the famous generals was supposed to before you died a number of years ago. there's some bad projects in vietnam. china manages to get most of them and leads to somehow -- china needs to figure out a way to change the image.

actually, you know the chinese new year today's the chinese new year actually is also the vietnamese new year, so actually maybe there are several countries share the common festival in the world, china, vietnam and might be korea. but maybe in korea the spring festival is a little bit different to the festival of china and vietnam. so actually apart from the spring festival, china and vietnam share many common customs. now let's go to the topic i am discussing today which is the china vietnam relations. i think it has some specialty in this modern, bilateral relations in general. actually, this statement was made in speech delivered to the vietnamese conquest by presidents of china xi jinping during his research in 2015. he said china and vietnam have the same political system, share the same identity and belief, have common strategy interests. we should be good comrads of mutual trust and assistance. the relations between china and vietnam are common bilateral relations which are -- of more strategy significance. actually, just a few days ago, on february 8th, they exchanged letter

dim sum special seasonal gifts and chinese american newspapers. now the mission here how tour companies have hired chinese hawkers to lure visitors into boston's. compound and me yeah we're running numerous specials on the chinese market we're very excited about that so we were very active because individuals into los angeles from the us market. tourism to los angeles has been rising fast for the last seven years the city has a larger share of foreign visitors than the country as a whole and the biggest gains are coming from china. now an international donor conference for the rebuilding of iraq has failed to meet expectations united states had already pledged a loan was three billion dollars other investors in mocking billions more that all fools well short of what baghdad need it is all. rebuilding a country after decades of war doesn't come cheap iraq estimates the cost of close to ninety billion dollars q.h. the nation hosting the conference is one of many countries making financial commitments to rio. but three is to announce the state of kuw

he is also very chinese minded. the chinese are a very patriotic people. they call china the motherland. they really do. he is also considered a top-notch mariner, someone who is very much into it with growing the navy, modernizing the navy and making sure they act appropriately. it was him who not only agreed to do a special set of drilling also his forces, but offices -- his officers would learn english so that they could do drills properly. >> you said there are 12 chinese nuclear subs, there are 30 other subs -- 75 missile destroyers, 70 amphibious ships, four helicopter landing ships and 60 carrier aircraft that would be on the aircraft carrier -- how does that compare with the united states? michael: overall it is a very small portion. overall. >> give me a better idea. we have 11 aircraft carriers and they have two. now,el: for destroyers we're up to 115. at any point we have 40 or 50 out there, we had a half dozen cruisers. more than that actually i'm , thinking operational. >> what is the difference? michael: a cruiser is slightly bigger. what a c

of traditional chinese science and the communist party has been pushing for tiny's medicine to be given equal status with western medicine but while many doctors agree that traditional medical principles and beliefs have a value they warn against using ancient remedies that could do more harm than good when the saying that if you're taking the medicines used by the ancient chinese they may contain things that are harmful to your health that's different from traditional medical theories. back in the trading halls and bojo such concerns are largely dismissed ancient remedies they say can exist happily alongside modern medicine still do to our complimentary you can go to a hospital to get modern treatment but traditional medicine works well in prevention this has become a belief for people. with that belief comes increasing spending power to ensure the market for those potions keeps on booming. and finally u.s. crude is back the international energy agency saying earlier this month it expects american production to support saudi arabia climbing above ten million barrels a day in twenty eig

is part of an larger, brighter pattern of chinese revocation in the region. -- broader pattern of chinese revocation in the region. china had a ship go our --.during chinese jets have circled taiwan nearly wants per month. the is consistent with chinese policy that seeks to enjoy the benefits of an international world order for the purpose of replacing out world order with one of their own making. for example, china signed and ratified the u.n. law treaty during the administration of ronald reagan. the treaty established territorial in contiguous waters up to 24 miles from the states border of the coast and exclusive economic zone up to distance from the coast. china and joyce the benefit of as well as -- china and joys the benefit of security. sovereign claims enjoyed the construction and arming of islands far beyond the definition within the 200 mile limit of the economic zone, which was done -- which does not come under any qualification whatsoever. china's artistic patient in the economic and international order is not restricted to the holocene. actions in the world trade organizatio

they are a group of talented youth playing traditional chinese instruments. well, karen chen is going for the gold at the winter olympics. and with the constant spotlight, the public has had a chance to hear about her life as an athlete, but we sat down with her backstage at the recent kristi yamaguchi golden moment show to talk about the more personal side of her journey. robert: and we are here with karen chen. karen, welcome to "asian pacific america." karen chen: thank you for having me. robert: thank you for doing this. you have become a very high profile public figure skater because of your success recently. has it made it--has it been a tough thing to do, like, interviews and be in the public eye so much? karen: yes, for sure. it took a while to get used to. and being a shy kid growing up, it was kind of hard for me to i guess open up and really socialize. but i feel like with skating, skating was kind of my way to express myself on ice, and that really helped me open up and, you know, with all these really great opportunities. robert: now, you grew up

solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. ♪ [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! is toxic,teachers literally harebrained, half cocked, creating more dangerous schools not less. amy: as president trump advocates for arming teachers, lawmakers returned to capitol hill under intense pressures to pass gun-control measures.

dim sum special seasonal gifts and chinese american newspapers. not you mr tour companies have hired chinese hawkers to lure visitors into busses to. me yeah we're running numerous specials on the chinese market really very excited about that so we're very active because individuals into los angeles from the market. tourism to los angeles has been rising fast for the last seven years the city has a larger share of foreign visitors than the country as a whole and the biggest gains are coming from china. nice doing business with a. good . mood more intrigue international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week do you listen to rush of threatening said upgrade their nuclear capacity china is expected to get some snow and then the business career this is a world on the brink of a new nuclear arms race to find out which own country. want to go next w. . my first boss was the sewing machine. where i come from women are almost by the social level it was something as simple as learning how to write them by side of those years and. since i

for example the chinese aircraft carrier goes through the taiwan strait. one day after the aviation route changed since the taiwan president was inaugurated. they had circled taiwan nearly once a month. this is consistent with china's policy that seeks to enjoy the benefits of an international world order for the purpose of replacing that world order of one of their own making. for example they ratified the un along during the administration of ronald reagan. the law of law of the sea treaty established territorial waters up to 24 miles from the state's border. and an exclusive economic zone up to 200 miles distant from the states coast. they enjoy the benefit of the security that has been provided by this agreement as well as the distinction of ratifying the un convention. but the sovereign claims include the that is far beyond the un agreement of even the 200-mile limit of the state's exclusive economic zone. the selective participation in international order is not restricted to military policy and actions in the world trade organizations for example is

in our chinese labs. francine: because of regulations? jean-paul: not only. we want to create a product absolutely right for them, especially skincare, because their needs, their skin, their aspirations are specific, are different. we formulate in our chinese labs. we manufacture in chinese factories, and l'oreal paris is the number one beauty brand in china. francine: i have also been reading that one of the most popular products is actually a homemade range of cosmetics wear which is favored by the wife of president xi. jean paul: still the number one beauty brand in china, the preferred beauty brand by the chinese women is l'oreal paris. they call it with the chinese name. it is beautiful, by the way. no, it is great, because l'oreal paris is the number one brand for chinese, for americans, for europeans, for russians, everywhere. so it is -- francine: not bad. jean-paul: yeah, not bad. francine: so tell me about your success in china. is it through distribution, ads, through celebrities? what is the a

dim sum special seasonal gifts and chinese american newspapers. now the mission here how sure companies have hired chinese hawkers to lure visitors into busses to. fall back on me yeah we're running numerous specials on the chinese market we're very excited about that so we were very active to get individuals into los angeles from that the us market. tourism to los angeles has been rising fast for the last seven years the city has a larger share of foreign visitors than the country as a whole and the biggest gains are coming from china. to south africa because jakob suma gone as president it's time to focus on the country struggling economy and turn it around. south africa's economy has taken a beating under president jacob zuma it has fallen into recession the country's bonds are rated junk and its political elite is no longer trust it and due to political mismanagement its second largest city cape town is running out of water fast growth has declined steadily from more than three percent seven years ago to less than two percent in recent years o

palace ransacked and looted by british and french troops more than one hundred fifty years ago the chinese people are taught not to forget it. we should try every way to get we've things back from britain they're all china's national treasures they're ours that britain should return the things they looted from china because they belong to china. as she embarks on a three day tour of china to reason may well have larger concerns than historic grievances she's here on a mission to increase british trade with china that need is growing quickly following britain's decision to leave the european union she should have tried to call this chinese leader that she's ok i love her garment he's ok and he will she can you know pro white any i mean if it's to have a stable and a smooth spreadsheet. and you specially were doing the practice process they were not happy and if they could to impact on china britain relations thirteen billion dollars worth of trade deals was signed on wednesday significantly the prime minister said in spite of her earlier reported reservations britain would now cooperate wit

but many firms a nervous about exposing their data to the chinese. this won't impact safety that's because governments telecom companies just provide a channel a network they can't see any content on the network related to your company for businesses that follow chinese laws and regulations this is guaranteed constitution stipulates that citizens have the freedom to communicate and that corporate communications will be protected with. previously however comes at a cost many small and mid-sized companies are troubled by the usage fees for the state own software well over one thousand euros a month experts say that's more than smaller businesses will be able to shoulder in the long run. ok we've managed to get my bearing on a long line beijing. correspondent there mathias tell us these businesses and individuals suddenly cut off from the world. well until today we haven't seen it yet today everything seem to be working fine today was one of the dates where everybody expected the b.p.'s to be shut off after a document was leaked last year that mentioned

investments in defense assistance there's a long term problem they do in a western diet because the chinese and the russians are going to provide health and education and issues they want to sell weapons and they want to extract natural resources. right now most of the people of myanmar are not aware of any negative impact that the range of crisis might bring but some think that there will be a cost that there's further distancing from the international community and that could impede the progress of reform after years of isolation. alpana matt has its famous canal the suez canal cuts through egypt and now there's a plan to resurrect a four hundred year old sea link in the south of thailand the waterway would link the indian ocean and the man sea with the gulf of thailand in the south china sea when hey traveled to seek out to a coastal community. during the winter season thailand's end him and coast is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fisherman to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier if the proposed shipping canal cuts through here some we

the chinese know that. —— teresa may. in terms of the uk the moment, train it is only the eight export market. this will be the biggest economy in the world in a few weeks time. —— theresa may. thank you very much are is robin brant from shanghai. the british government has told the bbc is concerned about the treatment of muslims in the western chinese region of xinjiang. there have been an increase of reports of minorities being held in detention cans without trial. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth travelled to the region, where all filming and coverage by foreign media is tightly controlled. in looks and in distance, it's closer to baghdad than beijing. but this is china, its far western province of xinjiang and now the target of one of world's most intense security crackdowns. the uighurs, a mainly muslim minority, have a long history here. today, fear is everywhere. under the watchful eye of government minders, there's only ever one correct answer. "i know nothing," he tells me, "life is good here". moments l

sololution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. -it's pretty much impossible to live here and not be political. especially specially as an artist. -the conflict makes art. the unknown future makes me alive. i want to create here. -crereating satire in a placace where there's a bunch of dudes walking around with guns. that's an intense place to be creating art.

well, one chinese woman joined her handbag through an x—ray machine to preventjust that. apparently she emerged safely on the other side. it is still unclear what the cherished handbag contained. that's all from me now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: victims of the former youth football coach, barry bennell, have been speaking out after a jury found him guilty of seven further offences of sexually assaulting boys. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. it's all smiles from north korea and the winter olympics but will that be enough to lift sanctions on the country. and we had to hyderabad to find out why this city's drawing so much talent. gong xi fa cai, have been lunar new year to all our viewers, welcome to asia business report. —— happy. the world has heard from north korea more from the last few days than in decades, their figure skating team, cheerleaders and north korean leader kim jong—un‘s sister have all won the hearts in the winter olympic games in pyeongchang but good this soft diplomacy translate into

also coming up a chinese company now owns more of germany's dime now than anyone else in the world will tell you what to do to me also has in mind. welcome to do business the german government. it will scrutinize a decision by china's automotive company g eight to buy a nine point seven percent stake and dima meanwhile g.e. chairman lee schultz who is currently in germany on what some call a charm offensive so who is the shuffle and what might he have planned for diana let's meet the man. it's a rags to riches tale the son of a rice farmer genius found early shoe food is china's tenth richest man according to forbes magazine the fifty four year old started out with a refrigerator pants factory in the one nine hundred eighty s. back then though the sector was strictly state run inevitably also richie's shot sleaze factory down but by then lee had already made a small fortune and so he simply switched industries producing first motor bikes and then cars as lee himself said all you needed for a car were four wheels and two sofas an insight that for several years reflected the quality of hi

in order to appease the chinese. the chinese government only want citizens to see content they want them to see. we will see a high usage of instagram in certain markets which will be interesting. how important is instagram to facebook? we see higher reach on instagram. more advertisers are seeing instagram as a platform to communicate. charles tidswell. india's finance minister is due to present the annual budget to parliament in a few hours. will the government stay on course for a deficit or throw caution to the wind with spending priorities? the prime minister will be looking to attract rural vote rs minister will be looking to attract rural voters and small visitors ahead of the next general election. joining us outside parliament is the bbc‘s davina gupta. what are some of the features of this budget?m bbc‘s davina gupta. what are some of the features of this budget? it is a chilly morning here. the finance minister will be presenting the ruling party's budget injust a minister will be presenting the ruling

the chinese occupation forces took most of the overhead wire. kids are the ones who always suffer most. they never know what is going on or why. how do you explain to them after they have just seen their whole family get killed? >> seoul was in very bad shape as far as food was concerned. there just wasn't any. the communist who profess to be representative of the working people, the farmers, seem to take advantage of them. they lived off the land taking their food, not giving them medical treatment. ♪ >> everyone came back as soon as they could. a lot of them, right out of caves. our first job was to get water for civilians and our troops. >> during the occupation by the chinese, there were many fires in the city. this caused a great deal of damage to the city. in order to get water into the islands, we had to get the water works going. in addition to that the cemetery needs of seoul needs to be met. it looked like it would take six months to get water back into the city. we were far wrong. with much hard work and preparation, between the ame

and a chinese company is now the number one investor in germany's dyna we'll take a closer look at julie's plants and its strategy in your. exam for business on g.w. and how you got to get us welcome to the program and we start with a brand you may not know but gili is china's biggest independent car maker and now co owner of one of germany's leading car companies which you do know through its core brand mercedes-benz g.-d's chairman lee shoe food is currently in germany and after revealing his company bought a ten percent stake at diana carmakers are shocked and it's not the first time here's a look at a man who has turned the chinese car industry upside down. it's a rags to riches tale the son of a rice farmer genies found early shoe food is china's tenth richest man according to forbes magazine the fifty four year old started out with a refrigerated parts factory in the one nine hundred eighty s. back then though the sector was strictly state run inevitably also richie's shuts nice factory down but by then lee had already made a small fortune and so he simply switched industries produci

. >>> chinese new year celebrations are underway. it is celebrated with food and family. >> lots of food coming up. we will enter to shoot -- introduce you to a chef in chinatown. >> if you are waking up to a chill in the air, things are changing a bit. >> a cold front is on its way. rain and snow would be coming to the bay area. we missed you yesterday but steve was telling us that the white stuff could be coming down. >> yes. on the way down to 1000 feet. not a whole lot of moisture. that will be a timing thing. if it comes overnight and if we get enough moisture, we might see something hit. high elevations will have a better shot of getting a little bit of rain. nothing like what what you would call -- we would call beneficial. we have a beautiful sunrise. 37 degrees in santa rosa, 50 in oakland. upper 50s in livermore and san jose is at 50 degrees. temperatures are little on the cold side. we are only going colder as we get into the days ahead. here's a look at your temperature change. we are a lot warmer this morning than where

the majority of tourists in tibet are chinese. it is an important site for them and of course, for tibetans, it is an absolutely important pilgrimage site. usually, there are long lines of people going there at all times. the particular roof i saw in flames is one of the central roofs over one of the central areas and it was quite a strong fire, i was quite shocked seeing it, i must say. there is a possibility, depending how bad the fire is, that some could be restored? they will rebuild it, of course. all of these ancient buddhist temples have been destroyed by fire over the years. this one is particularly amazing because it was done moo years ago. it has stood the test of time. chinese recently renovated it. polished it up a little bit, about a decade ago. it isa it is a very important art historical monuments and so forth. hopefully the roof, although beautifully done and reflects traditional tibetan architecture and metalwork and so on, did not damage in some of the important statues. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: w

sololution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. [cheers and applause] paul: woof. [laughter] well, i'm greatly honored to be here. thank you, kenny and ina, and thank you, all bioneers. it really feels like i've come home. i really have some groundndbreaking new research,h, never been revealed to an audience like this, only in the past several weeks, , that'm gonnnna revealal at the end of y talk. now, i'd like to start off my talk, because i'm wearing my favorite hat, it's a very cool hat, made from the amadou mushroom. it's a birch polypore mushroom. this hat is actually made by some ladies in

has stopped a chinese state backed deal to buy an american electric company x. sara and massachusetts based chip testing company withdrew from a five hundred eighty million dollars sale to an investment group backed by the chinese government xers president david tell celie said that the company backed out due to the unlikelihood that the committee on foreign investment in the united states would approve the deal the rise of china is a huge story and one that gets lots of coverage here including a boom bust but what about the chinese china's relationship with latin america and a huge market with a large and diverse array of resources here to discuss the under-reported story with us is rebecca ray fellow at the global economic governance in initiative at boston university welcome to boom bust and thank you for joining us professor we sure appreciate it to start with what is driving this relationship between china and some of these countries. the relationship is being driven not only by a growing chinese demand for new strategic partnerships with new countries arou

changing the rules to make way for an indefinite role under the chinese president -- rule under the chinese president. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: 9:29 a.m. in hong kong. we are counting down the opening of trading in shanghai. there will be joining what is another positive session in asian stocks. with preload volatility overnight. -- pretty low volatility overnight. --re looking at jody just janet yellen at 2%. prettyell would be cognitions that the markets are watching his every move. here in asia, we have the bank expecting it to keep rates on hold at 15%. -- 1.5%. markets consider what direction his future policy might take, given he may rule beyond 2023, you have a deduced start. shanghai stocks are losing ground after the best three-day event since 2016. a little bit of a risk move coming through mainland markets so far. check out what has come -- going on in hong kong. when it comes to what potential seems a we could look to with the economicasure, thatmation is reporting china will take steps for rural development. fellow till the has eased following what we have heard. after pos

narrator: wild aid features celebrities like chinese basketball legend yao ming to educate the chinese public about ivory. knights: well, the chinese government has been very supportive. we've been very lucky that cctv, which is the main govevernment run tv station inin china, h has run ourur messages in prime time. hutson: when they're surveyed, up to 70% of chinese consumers say they didn't know that for them to buy an i ivory trinketet means that an elephant actually has to die. and once they learned that fact, , most of them say they will no longer bubuy ivory. narrator: must africa's elephants go extinct? saving them calls for a multifaceted solution. hutsonon: have to l look at the demand side, at the supply side. we have to cooperate internatioionally. wewe have to involve businesses and statecraft and private citizens and ngos and law enforcrcement, and we have to educate people worldwide that your ivory trinkets mean that an elephahant has to die. thornton: we need to go back to the total ivory ban, including complete ban on domemestic trade in china and japan. if china andnd