in the area and there is no clue about the whereabouts of simon chen at this point does this kind of existing tensions and the fears of those tens of thousands of people that we've seen for what 11 weeks hold on the streets protesting against the government in hong kong and clearly as well against the government in beijing. yes absolutely actually days and small protests just behind me and one of the points that were brought up is the importance of this extradition know especially in this case of china simon chen proves it over and over again people say that it has to be withdrawn not dead as kerry says but actually legally with a drone that's what they want and they say that otherwise everyone here even though simon chen is a hold of a british national overseas passport everyone here could be. the same thing could happen to them just being picked up even on this side of the home taken back to china into this sort of secure legal system in china and then their families here are left to wonder where here we're here or she is and what is happening to them so certainly this really under

. >> reporter: that's how neighbors describe 53-year-old ping chen. a discovery bay woman who's been missing for nearly 24 hours. contra costa county sheriff's deputies have been searching for chen since last night. they've been searching after she went out to water the plants but never returned. >> my heart is at the bottom of my stomach right now. >> reporter: david works next door and says chen is out working in the yard all the time, especially since her husband became sick. >> the neighbor on the other side saw her down on the dock, cleaning the spider webs off the boat cover. and my heart just sank, because ping can't swim. >> reporter: a marine unit has been scouring the waterway behind the couple's house, using sonar to look below the water's surface and search dogs to sniff along the shore. >> law enforcement officers are currently searching for a missing person. >> reporter: the sheriff's department has sent out a community alert, urging neighbors to be on the lookout. people in this quiet community are hoping she's okay. >> hoping for the b

and is winnie chen here? miss chen, you want to come up and tell us a little bit about yourself? >> my name is winnie chen? i'm an incumbent from seat eight seeking to be reappointed? part of it is as you know in your positions is after you've been there a year when you hit your stride. and i feel by continuing my work for the next twoers i can't, i can continue to benefit -- two years, i can continue to benefit the community? i have to say, mr. walton, i am a big fan of yours from the school board where you may have seen my participation in going to the school board and speaking on behalf of the c.a.c. and also -- which i'm a member of. i'm specifically more involved or have knowledge of children who have -- are in special education as well as low-income families and parents who access many of the services we have in san francisco. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much miss chen. supervisor mar, do you have any questions? >> okay. thank you. >> supervisor walton: thank you. next, i invite julie roberts-phung. >> hi. my name is julie roberts-phung, and i qualify for all three s

up by the chinese officials and then we don't know what happens to us the family of the child simon chen says that they had they hired a lawyer in change and he went around 3 different detention centers but no sign of simon chen now the protesters here are actually in front of the british consulate because they're calling on the u.k. government to put pressure on both hong kong authorities to try to resolve this issue and also to put pressure on the authorities in beijing to try to say where is. why is he held and what will happen to. still ahead an al-jazeera protest in indonesia's west papua and to the 3rd day as police send more than one fison additional officers to contain the violence. former vatican treasurer cardinal george pell returns to prison after a in a straight court upholds his conviction for sex abuse.

have a similar passport we know from his girlfriend that all this he went to chen jane for a business trip and he was supposed to return that same day on his way back in the evening he was on a high speed train he exchanged several messages with his girlfriend the last one was around 10 pm in which she said that he was about to cross back into hong kong we also know from a statement issued from his family that he was held at the west train station it is actually on hong kong territory but it is manned by chinese immigration officials only shanny's officials operates. in hong kong now this goes really right at the heart of what protesters have been calling for over the past 3 months that much contested extradition bill that they want to see with drone one of the protesters here will say this is it this could happen to any one of us being picked up by chinese officials and then we don't know what happens to us the family of the child simon chen says that they had they hired a lawyer in change and he went around 3 different detention centers but no sign of simon chen now the protesters h

if you look at the chinese yuan -- david: chen, can you hear us? chen? i think we just lost chen zhao. alix: we will try and get him back. we want to take a look at market reaction. bob browne of northern trust joining us. if you're coming today, it's a real tough tape. j.p. morgan says buy the dipping stocks. do you agree? bob: we've already been overweight in u.s. equity. i'm not sure if we would add more just now in the wake of all this news. sometimes it's better to digest the new event. we do have our asset allocation meeting the monthly meeting kicking off tomorrow so much we'll see what the rest on the team thinks. but with regard to china, u.s. trade tensions, this is just another example of our long-term call that the tensions will be here for many years to come. and so investors just need to be prepare for these evens good and bad and incorporate that into their strategy. alix: how? bob: how? well, one, making sure that you're getting paid for the risk and focusing on risk asset which is are most likely to survive hese episodic tweets and strat

he disappeared of august 8th as he was returning to hong kong from mainland china sidemen chen is an investment officer at discount this development international section of the british consulate and was on a one day business trip in. his hold of a british national overseas passport which china doesn't recognise now his family and friends are calling the british government to take action boris johnson i like you and i believe in you. and. i urge you to an old and an old. save simon saving simon is your number one priority now the chinese foreign office has confirmed that simon chen is being held in what it's calling administers of detention in. for an initial period of 15 days but didn't explain why simon's family says it hasn't received any notice of detention the last time simon chen was heard of his when he wrote a message to his girlfriend saying that the train was approaching the wesco hoon station it is in hong kong but it's manned by chinese immigration officials. border checks are conducted here not on the mainland and chinese laws apply his family says is from here that he w

they hired a lawyer in change and he went around 3 different detention centers but no sign of simon chen now the protesters here are actually in front of the british consulate because they're calling on the u.k. government to put pressure on both hong kong authorities to try to resolve this issue and also to put pressure on the authorities in beijing to try to say where is. why is he held and what will happen to. ok that's the latest from our correspondents let's just rewrite some tape that we've got here . for you these pictures films coming into us here and just in the past 10 minutes or so you can see the protests beginning to get. a little bit more effervescent than the been just in the past 24 hours this is not the british consulate this is in an area called you know all along you're seeing there that green flashing and occasional blue flashes i'm just wondering if we can flip over to the the live shot that we've also got coming into us here at al-jazeera there we are you can see there the lasers what they've got is the protesters have got these laser pens and they in effect point t

got a heart big as gold. >> reporter: now chen is described as 4'11". she's just 88 pounds. she has brown hair and brown eyes. she was last seen weing a light green tank top, green shorts and pink sandals. if you have any information about her whereabouts, you're urged to call the contra costac. in discovery bay, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a 12 year old boy is accused of lighting a playground on fire. last month, woodstock park in alameda was gutted. you can see the photos here. it was ruled an arson. today the 12 year old was arrested. the cost to rebuild woodstock park, the playground there, $200,000. >>> a troubling discovery at san jose state, just as students start the new year. someone has been posting white nationalist propaganda around campus. nbc bay area's scott budman joins us live. you're hearing this is how this hate group recruits people? >> reporter: well, janelle, this is a hate group that normally recruits online via social media, but every once in a while they'll go to campus and post flyers, that's what happened here. but this campus and the ci

foreign office says simon chang attended a business event in chen's then on august 8th and was supposed to return to hong kong on the same day but china says it's got no information about its whereabouts on kong police say they're trying to figure out what happened. see 5 point. 9 from august leading to a missing person case but for the sake of personal data i couldn't just comes to too much detail and the case is currently under the and try read by the regional missing person unit of how and when we can and so far the hong kong police force does not receive and the notification from the mainland of storage is under the reciprocal notification mechanism and i hear word has more from london where we understand that simon chang travelled to shands then on august 8th to attend a business conference he told his girlfriend that he was going to come back the same day on the fast train but he simply didn't make it back home now the hong kong police have opened a missing persons inquiry into his whereabouts now they he is of concern of course to the british government because he is a member of

simon chen is a hong kong or who holds a british national overseas passport about 3000000 home congress have a similar passport we know from his girlfriend that on august 8th he went to change and for a business trip and he was supposed to return that same day on his way back in the evening he was on a high speed train he exchanged several messages with his girlfriend the last one was around 10 pm in which he said that he was about to cross back into hong kong we also know from a statement issued from his family that he was held at the west train station it is actually on hong kong territory but it is manned by chinese immigration officials only shanny's officials operating in hong kong now this goes really right at the heart of what protesters have been calling for over the past 3 months that much contested extradition bill that they want to see with drone one of the protesters here was saying this is it this could happen to any one of us being picked up by chinese officials and then we don't know what happens to us the family of the child simon chances that they had they hired a lawye

simon saving simon is your number one priority now the chinese foreign office has confirmed that simon chen is being held in what it's calling administers of detention. for an initial period of 15 days but didn't explain why simon's family says it hasn't received any notice of the tension the last time simon chen was heard of his when he wrote a message to his girlfriend saying that the train was approaching the west calhoun station it is in hong kong but it's manned by chinese immigration officials. border checks are conducted here not on the mainland and chinese laws apply his family says it's from here that he was taken back to the mainland the announcement of his disappearance comes as protesters stay just sit in to mark one month since an attack by suspected gang members on their it happened at the wayne long station near the border with the mainland yet attackers are said to be staunchly probation . salman's portrait is now under wall among the victims of that day michael moore says he's not surprised his friend simon has been detained simon has. involved in some academic related acti

with this detention and hoda abdel-hamid words that the support for simon chang in hong kong simon chen is a hong kong or who holds a british national overseas passport about 3000000 of them congress have a similar passport we know from his girlfriend that all this he went to change and for a business trip and he was supposed to return that same day on his way back in the evening he was on a high speed train several messages with his girlfriend the last one was around 10 pm in which she said that he was about to cross back into hong kong we also know from a statement issued from his family that he was held at the west train station it is actually on hong kong territory but it is manned by chinese immigration officials only shanny's officials operating. in hong kong now this goes really right at the heart of what protesters have been calling for over the past 3 months that much contested extradition bill that they want to see with drone one of the protesters here was saying this is it this could happen to any one of us being picked up by chinese officials and then we don't know what happ

didn't explain why simon's family says it hasn't received any notice of detention the last time simon chen was heard of his when he wrote a message to his girlfriend saying that the train was approaching the west calhoun station it is in hong kong but it's manned by chinese immigration officials. border checks are conducted here not on the mainland and chinese laws apply his family says it's from here that he was taken back to the mainland the announcement of his disappearance comes as protesters to just sit in to mark one month since an attack by suspected gang members on that it happened at the wayne long station near the border with the mainland yet backers are said to be staunchly probation. simon's portrait is now on to wall among the victims of that day michael moore says he's not surprised his friend simon has been detained simon has. involved in some academic related activities some of the forum some has occurred or of of course stole some alerts for those forms would have a particular stance. on busy the constitutional reform of the way powerful moves forward in terms of political

lanheewe welcome chen. chen. i want to stick with u.s. china trade talks. there has been a dizzying amount of news on that particular front. how to the chinese view all of this. i know you talk with a lot of chinese businesses. >> i think the challenge for the chinese was the unpredictability. they believe winning out trump they follow our politics and i think they figured out that this election will be a crapshoot. they will do their best to wait things out. dothe meantime, they will their best to do with the fluctuations while keeping their eye on the ball. when i see these headlines with the hong kong protest, he is facing some pressure of his own. lanhee: he is facing pressure, the economy is not good in china. the biggest challenge that president xi has is an internal one. obviously there are political factors there. if you talk about political sensitivity, ours is much more political than his is. he know president trump has an election to worry about next year. the factors aligning here in the u.s. are probably more acute than those happening in china

army in hong kong has condemned the ongoing pro-democracy protests in the territory military leader chen dowse young says the unrest should not be tolerated mark that has many wondering if beijing will intervene with force and what's also seen as a warning the army released a propaganda video of an exercise in which armed troops quell demonstrations. help your show of force by the chinese troops stationed in hong kong this video released by the people's liberation army is not just about regular military training. also show soldiers facing down demonstrators. the video will be seen by many as a thinly veiled threat of intervention by the chinese military in hong kong's internal affairs especially when a company by this. message from the commander of chinese forces in the territory major general chandelle shunk spoke of extremely violent incidents happening in hong kong and warned that these should not be tolerated. shunk was referring to the mass protests that have been taking place in the city for weeks often resulting in clashes between demonstrators and police they jane has become incr

my name is erin chen. i live in san francisco 335 palace street. i strong low against the naming rose pak for subway person. i think she did not make a career distinction between china and chinese party government. she actively followed the chinese government and she thinks it is to love china. that is why she did a lot of bad things and hurt many chinese people. i am against naming rose pak for the subway station. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> hello everyone. i am ella. i am an american citizen living in san jose. i like the name to call it chinatown station because i feel it is closer to my heart. i am against the naming of the subway station after rose pak. she committed a per jerry perjury and was investigated by the fbe. she obtained low market rate housing. you can see the report here. so she has no right to represent our community, represent the chinese americans. her name cannot show up in the public facility at the subway station. she doesn't represent the righteousness. think about it. if a child asked who is rose pak?

melody chen: thank you for having us. robert: and, now, you brought another guest as well? melody: yes, this is nemo. robert: nemo? okay, so you found nemo. melody: nemo was one of our international rescues from korea. he was actually going to be sold into the meat market there before a rescue was able to get him, and now he's been adopted and even have his own instagram page. robert: wow. melody: he's just having a good time. robert: gotten into the social media right away then, huh? melody: yes. robert: that is amazing story because--i don't know. i don't think people would necessarily know all the dramatic situations sometimes that these animals come from. melody: yeah, a lot of people still don't know what's going on in certain places around the world, and that's why we wanted to, kind of, start the program to, kind of, open people's eyes to what's going around, and our program was also dedicated to help our local dogs too. robert: mm-hmm. your organization then specializes in certain dogs that have a certain traumatic kind of experience, or what? melody: we are actuall

at the british consulate and hong kong that's according to local media reports beijing had said that chen was being held in administrative detention and chen gen he disappeared on august 8th as he was returning to hong kong from mainland china is a holder of a british national overseas passport what china doesn't recognise his detention came amid months of long anti-government protests and hong kong to the head on the news hour it's a neck and neck race at the rally germany one who is in the lead coming up of sports. on the course this week we check the pulse of the global economy the age of populist governments is the independence of central banks comes under threat and the other intended consequences of trade or plus the i.m.f. was on the steps of brigs its trade with. counting the cost is iraq. well you. know some other like. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that could set them free. through legal education classes and tribunals their dedication has led to studying results you've been in prison in the us as with ricin that was secretly teaching empowerment can yo

it's been nearly 24 hours since 53-year-old ping chen was last seen. the sheriff's department says chen went outside to water her plants and never returned. a marine unit has been scouring the water's surface and also .shoresearch dogs to sniff along >> the neighbor on the other side saw her down on the dock cleaning the spider webs off the boat cover. and my heart just sank because ping can't swim. >> now, she's a personal trainer who speaks broken english. she's four eleven with brown hair and eyes. she was last seen wearing a light green tank top, green shorts and pink sandals. >>> new tonight a big break in a homicide investigation. two days after a deadly assault san francisco police have made an arrest. the encounter happened on 5th and stevenson in the soma neighborhood. surveillance video shows a man striking another man in the head. the victim, tung tran, fell to the ground. he later died from his injuries. >>> well, no verdict yet and no verdict anytime soon. the jury in the ghost ship fire trial is now on a two-week break. this was a preplaf

chen: the bond market has passed the judgment. trade time ago we feared protectionism would be stagflationary. the bond market is saying that is wrong. deflate --, our deflationary. all thee to absorb costs they shrinking their profits. that is a bond market just -- judgment. tell thehy i always fed to cut interest rates very to smoothly in order out the process. is, the fedine still has ammo. the chinese economy is very domestic-oriented. they do have a lot of ammo. if they cannot use it on time, if they can use it aggressively as necessary, we have to get over this problem in terms of growth. that is why i still feel reasonably optimistic about the risk assets six months down the road. shery: thank you so much for your views. great to have you with us, alpine macro chief strategist chen zhao. get around above stories you need to know to get your day going in today's edition of blake -- daybreak. also available on mobile in the bloomberg anywhere app. customize settings to get news on industries and assets you care about. this is

extremely concerned by reports that a member of our team has been detained returning to hong kong from chen said they are now held trying to help the family of simon chang the chinese authorities in beijing say they have no information about his whereabouts of course this is all happening against a backdrop of increased tensions in hong kong because of the ongoing protests there we understand there are more and more checks at the border between hong kong and mainland china but of course these are very worrying times for simon chang's family . well hong kong's leader carrier says she hopes the recent nonviolent protests show that the territory is on the path to peace sunday's march drew 2000000 people it was a columnist in weeks of demonstrations which of often become violent they began ever proposed changes to hong kong's extradition laws but they've since grown into a wider movement against beijing's growing influence. and i can give you this a very clear commitment at the political level that the bill is steps there is no plan there's no plan to revive the spill especially in light of the

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foreign office says simon chain attended a business event in chen's in the north was the aids and was supposed to return to hong kong the same day but china insists it has no information on his whereabouts hong kong police say an inquiry is underway. the scene from one point on 9 of august will leading to a missing person case but for the sake of personal data i couldn't states coast to much details here and the case is currently under the and primary by the regional missing person unit of how. we can and so far the hong kong police force does not receive and in notification from that minority on the reciprocal notification and some songs later carry land says she hopes the recent nonviolent protests show the territory is on its way to peace sunday's march which drew 2000000 people was the calmest in weeks of demonstrations which have often become violent. russia has accused the u.s. of escalating military tension after it tested a ground launched missile with a range of more than 500 kilometers the test would have been banned under the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty washing

divers have located the body of ping chen in a canal behind her home. chen was last seen tuesday night gardening in her yard in discovery bay. police and search and rescue teams had been searching for her using everything from k-9s to a drone. sheriff's deputies announced the drowning appears to be the cause of death. >>> this is unnevering frving f of people. an arsonist is targeting ret richmond and el cerrito. jodi hernandez has the late est. >> reporter: police say there have been so many arson fires over the last few days that everyone needs to be on their toes. they've also released a photo of a person of interest in one of the cases. >> the fire started right here. the car was parked facing this direction. the woman was asleep in the car. >> reporter: el cerrito police say this is parked car on fire early yesterday morning with a woman inside. >> to wake up, have the car engulfed in flames was pretty frightening. >> reporter: they say she suffered serious burns before she managed to get out. >> she was able to break a window and escape and run do

about possible chinese plans to quell the unrest a large force of on the vehicles has been assembled in chen's and just across the border out with hong kong and the restaurant is ramping up chinese state media all condemning the protest as early actions as the beginning of terrorism. now. joins us now from hong kong welcome charlotte tell us the situation what's happening there right now. and it's a rainy day so far in hong kong with that hasn't stopped more demonstrating demonstrators gathering on the streets once again there are several protests planned for today this is going to be extremely busy weekend because we've got another big rally taking place tomorrow now hundreds of thousands of people according to organizers are expected to take part in that rally and assembly has so far ne been approved by police but people are expected to to break away from the assembly and march through the streets of hong kong as we've seen through so many weekends in the past now protests so far both last night and today have remained peaceful but of course there is always the lingering concern that we are

while world number three chou tien chen avoided an upset in his first round match to claim a three set win over denmark's hans—kristian vittinghus. the chinese taipei player will now face croatian zvonimir durkinjak for a place in the quarter—finals. a pogba missed penalty at molineux. that was the biggest talking point. for that and everything, go to our website. we can download the bbc sport app. until next time, goodbye. hello there. the last two weeks have been pretty unsettled across the uk, quite a lot of rain around, strong unseasonable winds too but there are signs as this week continues to wear on, pressure will begin to build, things will turn drier and warmer and in fact today is looking like one of those. there will be quite a lot of dry and warm weather around as high pressure begins to nose in from the south—west. we still have a few weather fronts across northern areas, they will generate a few showers at times, mainly across central and southern scotland and into northern england. maybe the odd one there for northern ireland. but i think elsewhere, largely dry, lo

army in hong kong has spoken out in strong terms against months of street protests in the territory chen said unrest should not be tolerated stoking fears of intervention the army has also released a propaganda video to commemorate its 92nd anniversary it shows a military drill of armed troops quelling protests as recent demonstrations have seen violent clashes between protesters and police with tear gas and rubber bullets being fired protesters have been on the streets of hong kong for months now following the tabling of a controversial extradition bill. well for more now i'm joined by china policy analyst clifford kuhn in here in our studio. and our correspondent in beijing mathias bulling goes with us as well clifford with you what do you make of the call is by china's hong kong military commander well i think his comments are a clear warning nothing is ever said by accident everything you have to really interpret everything on i think this is a very clear message. and wants to show that the central government. is keen that hong kong situation doesn't get out of control and it sees it