china's own rowing raising some of the exidy s. and destabilizing fact is but china sees the united states as a country that it confronts in the region and the real security challenge but seem to see explicitly india's high profile strategic and policy document is certainly in poland and speaks volume 2 things are the white papers focus some political ot of the armed forces above all else as well as the internal focus of china's military so in terms of maintaining domestic stability but also the political power of the communist party how do you think the overall region of asia the asia pacific is going to react to this white paper. i think very much so in terms of strategy there's nothing really new in these papers a lot of the details of the strategy what china is doing. a regionally as well as in terms of its military modernization is known at least 2 d. at the experts in the policy makers but what i think is near is the new assertive confident tone and the political rhetoric that accompanies it at any thank you very much. the wh

well so this is just another example of how our china pop propaganda can look like today. thank you very much. following up on a story we covered earlier this month that some are calling indonesia's need to movement the country's parliament has approved amnesty for a woman who was jailed for recording her boss's sexual harassment by eek was charged with a crime after the recording was shared she served 6 months in prison but her case triggered national outrage prompting calls for amnesty here's what macoun had to say to other victims of sexual abuse the toughest but don't give the perpetrators i mean opportunities women need to be brave if the same thing ever happened to you be brave and speak out but it's one. that ends or show check out our other stories on g.w. dot com for slash asia thank you for watching see you next time and good bye. to . my 1st boss i was a sewing machine. where i come from women their phones by this ocean for. something as simple as learning how to write a bicep isn't. since i was a little good i wanted to have a bias i belong to my home and it to

look littering metropolis brimming with confidence is the face of the new china an ambitious china with eyes clearly focused on the west. and the way there is the new silk road we retraced 2 routes overland and city from the chinese city of shenzhen to the german city of do sport. what lies behind china's grand ambitions what transformations will base root bring and how will these changes be felt in germany and western europe. i boarded a train from shenzhen headed west through the night in my restless sleep the sound of the wheels on the tracks conjures up the plot of the camel caravans that once traversed this route. the train is scheduled to arrive in didn't one at 6 30 in the morning. but it pulls into the station half an hour early. china has taken many by surprise in its hurry to reach the west. as day breaks in doing the sand dunes slowly emerge on the horizon as though they are born anew every morning. a lizard searches for warmth. the daily throngs of chinese tourists are about to arrive. there are camels here too an echo of the ancient trade route. they greet the crowd with pa

china china is a very interesting case right we have a growth in china slowing of forecasts from the around 6 percent in 200-100-2020 not the same as the double digit that we were used to in the previous decade but china cannot afford not to care about the environment they said we have evidence of from various sources and it is about $1000000.00 deaths per year premature deaths because of air pollution we have evidence of economic costs of pollution in china so china needs to get its act together about pollution and things are going on it's part of a bigger problem so it's not just more ambitious environmental policy it's also law enforcement it's linked to the rule of law in china which is another growing for growth priority on in our report and also the fact that the level playing field in competition the fact that you know older inefficient performing and less environmentally friendly firms would need to enter the market whether enjoy support that keeps them on the market so it's a bigger problem that needs to be addressed with a complex set of policies and these are the policies

china is too big for people to ignore. they will always side with china, not tibet. yes, some countries do. we have seen even in europe, right, 28 members of the european union is divided. you have 16 plus one. 16 european countries, plus one is china. italy has joined the group. it is 17 plus one. whenever there is a resolution passed on human rights in china in the human rights council, most of the 16 members of europe will not vote... you are just restating what i said. what can you do about it? we know that china is obviously a permanent member of the un security council. in the last 65 years at the united nations, we have seen 460 or more resolutions passed to do with the israeli—palestinian conflict. 0n tibetjust one because, of course, china vetoes. they are very powerful. what can you do? appeal to all the democratic countries. say, you say you are committed for human rights, you say you support of nonviolence, then you should support tibet issues. these moral principles that you claim should be implemented and should be shown, demonstrated... you are sayin

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so call the china we call the mainland ok we are taiwan our mainland we together is a china is a one china war if you think the threats from china is so serious as one why do you european people all the people around the world are all the members up in the e.u. and try to work with china try to have dialogue with china try to solve problems it's true that you know that as well as i do it's a human rights record is their work and its trade and we can do that too apart from trade what exactly it is democratic time i was having common these days with one party communist china you have free elections yes you will change your party in power they don't you have independent courts they know you have a free press they don't you can speak out against abuses of power and they can't what on earth have you got in common with mainland china and. i think we should emphasize differences. go there work with them be their friends be their brothers and change that instead of being their enemies go there walk with them you can change them like what do you were doing with them now we're going to do a co

/china trade talks. hays,g us now is kathleen our global economics and policy editor out of new york, and air china correspondent and coanchor, tom mackenzie in beijing. to the according sources, we hear lighthizer is headed to shanghai for head to head trade talks. what can we expect this time around? tom: they have been having phone calls, at least 2 sets of phone calls that have led up to the meeting we are expecting. face-to-face meeting in shanghai between monday and wednesday. from the u.s. side, it will be led by robert lighthizer. as you mentioned on the chinese side, the commerce minister, something of a hardliner when it comes to trade talks. we are not expecting any major breakthroughs. that has been an agreement from the u.s. side. at least they are having face-to-face meetings. we have had this positive mood from both sides, picking up over the last week and over the weekend, when you have the chinese starting to have conversations with their state owned enterprises and companies about poten

it's going to be like a little china town it just definitely is china. ya ya grew up in quite dark after studying in karachi he returned home for him the arrival of the china. spells an opportunity is it is it a clue that the state of the morning but that is what it speaks definitely you're walking in a new quad to your morning toward our future and there's a future god you're part of it. definitely on there you know following a member of this. this optimistic outlook can't be taken for granted in guatemala but for other people here peace and prosperity seem but a dream they fear they've been forgotten and will keep falling further behind. and they feel deep resentment of those who are proclaiming the arrival of a new golden future. in the world live but the chinese only care about their own interests they want to make a lot of money here they don't care about what happens to the poor to us maybe one day i know why yeah money arsenical good. they're taking everything. road our doesn't belong to us anymore they've taken the ocean from us the land there's

the theory that a strong country must seek hedging really will never apply to china no matter how china is developed in the future we will not threaten anyone neither will we seek fears of influence nobu emotional there are still big gaps between china's defense expenditure and its demands of maintaining the national sovereignty security and interests complementing its obligations as a major power and maintain the progress of its own defense level we will continue to keep a proper and stable growth of expenditure. well the island of taiwan is self rules but china sees it as part of its own territory the u.s. has angered beijing by approving sales of weapons to the island this month sales worth more than 2000000000 dollars well china says it wants a lie the island to splits from the mainland will not leave much money we are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and efforts however we have to be very clear that seeking taiwan independence will meet a dead end if anyone dares to separate taiwan from china the chinese army will certainly fight re

and china is going to improve. not anytime soon i think you have 2 very assertive nationalistic leaders even if president trump leaves in 2020 used to have a lot of democrats who are have a very dim view of china and of course in the case of president xi he may be able to stay on for many many years further we know his his policies are not likely to change anytime soon. and then one thing i'm also wondering then is if the policies aren't going to change what is the impact going to be on asia i think in asia difficult a lot of countries in a very difficult position china wants them to choose between the united states and china and so you see them call the middle i think roderigo to terror today in the philippines is a great example this is a country that has a military a defense treaty with the united states a close military relationship in the past most recently we see mr president to terra taste saying the chinese can come in and fish in their exclusive economic zone basically giving up saying i'm afraid of war wi

china's choice in dollar belt and road initiative is moving full steam ahead in both china and its partners are benefiting it's only been a few years since the modern day silk road project was announced and already trading investments are up with some looking to get even deeper into the game alex may have joins us from toronto with more alex let's start with china where hearing remote areas of the country are experiencing a boom as part of the b r i what can you tell us. what china's northwest province of gansu is reporting that belton road project is just it's booming there a day that's a given their economy a major boost when you say remote and try to the province of 26000000 people have easily someplace else that's a lot but it truly is remote it's closer up to the moment goalie and border but here let's take a look at this map this will give you a better idea of this whole built in road idea and what it looks like so in this situation belt and road means belt it means roads and actually roads means shipping routes the project currently spends over 71 countries and there are in 3 contine

your within china so. there is obviously some hypocrisy there but it also goes back to the way you frame the language because when we talk about what happened in france we talk about the rioters when we talk about hong kong there are protesters but obviously the 2nd they broke in and the storm parliament. the protester what about the flag thing that's what i don't get ok i mean they it is universally internationally recognized as a one country there's we have these 2 systems one country is this a call to return to colonial rule well i guess that made it more inappropriate for the british to respond because by hosting the british colonial flag obviously that's a challenge to the return of britain's colonial possession and returning it back to china so for the british for he didn't have democracy they were a colony no ok i think. let me go back to markets here i mean this is what you know i find will during here i mean they there are these protesters some of them very violent are are calling for a modicum of

to meet china partway. instead it is one-sided, china needs to move, china needs to toorm, and an unwillingness recognize that the trump administration's protectionist measures, punishment of allies and security partners is not creating much of an appetite for countries to work with the u.s. or support the u.s. in the approach it is taking towards china, so u.s. political candidates in the u.s. more generally may find themselves increasingly isolated on the question of its approach to china. shery: what is the risk of multilateral organizations being paralyzed as it is blocking nominees to the wto panel? how does this increase risks as you are seeing different bilateral tensions on trade? >> it is a huge risk and we cannot underestimate the critical importance of organizations like the wto and dispute settlement that can-isms to uphold the economic order we have benefited from for the last 70 years. it requires countries to abide by those rules and participate by those rules. we need countries around the wo

new approach now by china the government in china is boosting its specially artificial intelligence what exactly are they doing and could that be a model for european companies it could be a model in some ways they there's a lot of state support that's one thing that is more problematic in europe than previously and a lot of it is used for security which may not be an ideal model for many european governments as well but at the same time there's a sort of a flexibility and there's an energy about the innovation sector in china and the way the tracks venture capital and the way money is invested that is definitely something that we could probably learn here in europe there are also challenges though that china is facing. i would rather well there's we've seen the the trade war is probably the chief form some of its national champions in terms of technological advance like qual way are under a lot of pressure and are from the us there's a lot of pressure on intellectual property and about where china is getting its ideas from i think china likes to absorb ideas that there is copying going

versus china, i say, look, i'm not here to bash china. i'm not here to even ask you to make a choice. i'm here to talk about what's important to you and what's important to us and i think i know where you come from where you honor and respect democracy, rule of law, human rights and sovereignty. i look at those four representative variables and i look at the competition that you might to do business with. these other external state actors and i know where we stand. we're not the perfect people, but we work really hard at being good in this country, particularly in our military. we make mistakes, but they're usually mistakes of, you know, honest mistakes. i know where i stand on those four variables and where the competition stands on those four variable. when you buy into a product, are you prepared to buy in what might come with what kind of rule of law, what kind of respect for human rights? i don't see currently an indication that people are buying into that in a way that's corrupting them or causing them to stray from their commitment

and china in artificial intelligence yeah. but i'm wary about reporting yes it's germany's minister for economic affairs is getting a free ride in san francisco peter out my is visiting zeus start up that develop software for thomas driving a few clicks on the soup step and moments later the minister is off for a test drive in one of the start up self driving prototypes but for now he's taken the backseat to employees keep a watchful eye safety 1st of course just 20 short minutes later my hour reemergence and is impressed. that was the 1st time in my life that i was driving fully autonomous li through a city but it was really impressive what technology is capable of artificial intelligence and modern sensor technology which a lot of was actually researched and developed in germany i firmly believe that this technology will make tremendous progress in the near future and that's why it is important that germany states positioned in the front of these developments minister of my is visiting soups and handful of other companies in

and china' and's, china has the biggest economy in the world. this divorce is going to get ugly compared to the divorce with the u.s. and the soviet union. there was no trade between the u.s. and the soviet union. rishaad: is that why these -- we saw in the beginning of may that chinagotiations between and the u.s. fell off. cryptocurrencies rallied and have rallied ever since. that is why you are here, we are here to talk about blockchain as well. >> gold went up 10% and down again. currency, you have to have no goods or services pricing. the price of bitcoin has fallen by how much? 30%. it is not a means of payment. not even the blockchain continents take it. with a visa system, you can do 25,000 transactions per second. billions of people are doing digital money. it is been low and paypal in the united states. they had nothing to do with blockchain or trade talks. this is the future of digital money. it is a failure. nobody is using it for any transactions. for atrading one coin nother coin. this is pumping and dumping, from running. it is a

to say china is a problem. look, this is going to be a major focus of the 2020 campaign, regardless of who the democratic nominee is. if it is biden, that represents a big target for trump politically. this is one of trump's core sort of issues that he ran on, that he's trying to deliver on. it's important for the economy. and if he has joe biden up there saying china is, well, they're not really a competitor, maybe they are, maybe they aren't, it's a big opportunity. maria: michelle obama was talking with gayle king about the 2020 election and why she and president obama haven't gotten behind anybody, i think the obama's will get behind kamala harris. that's my bet. >> i don't know if they're going to jump in the primary. it's interesting. what they're not doing, they're not defending joe biden and that speaks volumes. they don't have to endorse him but they could defend him. maria: on the deutsche bank story, your reaction? deutsche bank keeps getting weaker, getting out of global equities entirely, stock is

china's efforts to back -- china's strategic engagement in the south, region, bolsters china at the expense of regional stability. china's efforts to back oppressive governments and to such as the maduro regime and to , pump loans into local economies at unpayable interest rates reveal china's interest in spreading influence and consolidating power. as a result, latin america has become a fixture for chinese ambitions. utilizing economic coercion to grow support for chinese follett policy objectives [indiscernible] and the exclusion of the u.s. and canada from regional discourse. trade and economic ties between the united states and latin america are changing with china surpassing the united states as the main destination for exports from several latin american countries. china is also deepening military and technological ties in the region. for example, we have seen space related cooperation in brazil, venezuela and argentina. china has increased arms sales in a manner that violations -- that violates u.s. and e.u. restrictions and hinders our , ability to integrate with our strategic part

meanwhile china is also suffering. its economy has also been slowing over the same period, with growth falling to 6.2%, the slowest in almost 30 years. and the global economy is also being hit — the international monetary fund has again cut its forecast for world growth to 3.2% for this year. chiyo robertson now reports on the negotiations ahead. donald trump has raised the stakes, as his trade and finance chiefs robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin prepare for talks with chinese cou nterpa rts prepare for talks with chinese counterparts on tuesday. it will be the first proper meeting since donald trump reached a truce with chinese president xijinping donald trump reached a truce with chinese president xi jinping at the 620 chinese president xi jinping at the g20 meeting injune, injapan. 0nly one month before that, negotiations had collapsed in acrimony. but donald trump is flexing his muscles again. on friday, he fired a twitter threat at china's developing nation status at the world trade 0rganisation. he is unhapp

china trade war. one, what do you deem as the chances of a deal and two, what compromises must the two sides make for there to be a deal? jin: i think the chinese didn't talk about the trade war dispute. now since i'm in the international institution, i'm no longer the part of the chinese government, i look at this development. think, with- i also both eyes, you can see after the meeting between president xi and president trump, both sides need to sit down to talk, because only by working out the differences, try to understand each other better, and try to look at the issues from the perspective of the other side, probably it could be better for them to understand about the real issues, where you should believe,e, and people at least, there are a lot of chinese believe, cooperation and coordination would bring the situation to both countries. so i remain optimistic. i know there will be differences between two countries. historical,fferent social background. but over the last four decades, i will say

paul: china's gdp not the only big number out today. china numbers, monthly activity indicators, they are going to show how much of the second round, $200 billion round on tariffs on chinese goods is affecting. i made a list to show you what is going on. financial production, expected to rebound. retail sales, consumer may be studying that. fallingyour data going, to a percent in june but not as much. fixed asset investment, seeing study at 5%. people are saying all the stimulus the chinese government did, is it going to help these numbers? in the trade deficit later out today, it is a -- is it going to weaken? we have australia, unemployment, central banks, the bank of korea and bank indonesia, expected to rate -- meet and hold rates steady. eight fed speakers this week including jay powell, retail sales, industrial production of all things. governor kuroda is going to be speaking on a panel on central bank independence at columbia university on friday along with eric. we have a busy week all over the world. i will take it from here. g

-china trade war. is ag said that, august particularly seasonably week month for currencies against the greenback. how about other asset bubbles? building inroblems the system due to these ultralow rates? eugenia: not necessarily. that are some economies would be more aggressive in terms of their cutting. these are also the countries that have been very aggressive in their tightening in 2018. the countries that would be less eager would be korea, even though the domestic demand is faltering, considering the employment conditions are sluggish. would not be expecting them to go all out. the bond market in korea has priced in a continued slowdown. the long dated bonds in korea to fall further, having the curve been inverted. how much of -- have asian markets been trading on the hope that we could see a breakthrough in the u.s.-china trade talks? eugenia: i would say the markets pricing in a contracted negotiation. u.s. representatives are on their way to shanghai this week. bigon't expect a breakthrough.

. >> one china bull says it could be a good time to buy china. >> dow jumping more than 115 points nasdaq and tech up 1%. we've seen this story before the s&p 500 keeping its head above the highs and preparing to launch is the next leg of the rally all about the fed? >> i think it has been all about the fed. tariffs were maybe 20% of the story. i think for me it's about the fed. the fed is in the back pocket of the market the tariff story can only get better from here yes it's about the fed higher markets from here going forward. >> why can the tariff story only get better from here >> we factored in the negativity on the tariff headlines. we've already seen those at worst, right or you don't agree. i do >> tell you what i think you're right in terms of headlines, mark. it's digested months and months and years of headlines what we don't have is ceos and the real impact. when you throw the trade war into a war, leading indicators have been moving lower in the last 18 months you can make an argument this trade war has done things to ceos and businesses and earnings that we still haven't se

hong kong is unique for china. shanghai cannot replace hong kong as a financial centre, at least not in the near future. in order to serve this very unique status, it requires freedom of information, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement, and of course, most importantly, we need the rule of law. if china is not prepared to lose hong kong and make it any other ordinary city of china, then these essential elements have to be protected and preserved. i believe it will not serve the interests of beijing losing hong kong, and especially losing this very, very unique status. alvin yeung, leader of the civic party, member of the legislative council of hong kong, thank you very much for being with us on hardtalk. thank you. hi there. the heatwave of last week seems like a distant memory now, but i just want to draw your attention to that provisional 38.7 degrees celsius that was recorded at cambridge university botanic gardens. the met office actually confirmed this temperature on monday as being genuine, so this now st

china. they do not want to lose extradition system where they can be picked up and drag to china, not to mention the 85,000 americans in hong kong. trademe problem with the talks is been the chinese refusal to sign the enforcement mechanism. they say we will abide by the intellectual property rules. please do not have an enforcement mechanism. you see this as a connection between the two. it is a matter of trust. can the chinese government be relied on. it looks like 500,000 to one million people in hong kong are saying no. david: there were a lot of promises made in 1997 when hong kong reverted back to china. at the same time, the situation has changed. hong kong was much larger compared to china that it is today. china has grown a lot. michael: there's a triangle going on. the british got the promise, than the chinese government itself had to take various measures to implement the agreement, which they are generally done, which not completely. finally, there is the american side, where our

david: let's turn to china. we hear statement out of the white house saying we talked about a lot of things in shanghai and they would get together in early september. my question is how badly does president trump want to deal with china or is it a good issue for him come 2020? marc: we want to get the right deal. that is what is most important. we think for decades china has been cheating on some of the trade deals they have had. they continue to steal intellectual property. they continue to force the transfer of ownership. they continue to provide subsidies in markets competing with american companies. it is important for estimate sure whatever trade deal is has the enforcement mechanism to hold china accountable. there is a lot of people that believe if we begin trading with china, it will lead to other freedoms within their country. so far we have not seen this. they continue to abuse human rights and become a greater and greater national security threat. it is more important for us, not looking at what is m

things have been shifting out of china. this might just be the last heave that actually pushes things out there. yvonne: we'll have more from that interview, the collaboration with our bloomberg news team. let's teak a look at the market check quick. equities are a bit up here this morning although volumes are quite low. we're waiting for the fed and jay powell's testimony here. we'll wait and see. we are drifting slightly higher. dollar seems to be a little bit stronger on the back of asia fx. continuing to price larger when it comes to sovereign yield. >> you look at the two, the five, the 10 and the 30 and where they have gone. it suggests that markets have been pairing back what many people have said a little bit more extreme expectations of the fed. are they going to cut 50 basis points and will it make sense? this is where we are on the two and the 10 and sterling is under pressure. yvonne: two-year low under the pound here after weak data when comes to retail sales and boris johnson on the no-deal brexit. we saw yiel

to china. the company says some of the trade concerns, as well as brexit uncertainty has caused them to see their 2019 operating profit at the low end of analyst expectations. that is the biggest intraday decline since 17. gam to the upside. a net loss,they saw au them declining hurt revenue but shares tumbled yesterday on a negative or art. somests at bloomberg said market expectations are that the worst is over for gam. doing thentex group, reverse. rallying on speculation that there was buying of the diaper maker but ontex group saying it hasn't received any offers so we are now seeing shares decline by about cents. -- 4%. anna: breaking news across the bloomberg. we had been reporting abu dhabi fund was said to be buying 30% of cbcs domestic in general. a u.k. appliance warranty provider. it seems the deal has been confirmed. confirmation across the bloomberg. 30% of capitals domestic and general. have voted in favor of a plane into preventing the next prime minister from forcing through a

to look at how china is still trying to intimidate muslim minorities who fled the country. and attack of fear racking spider fighting is a filipino pastime popular on the gambling circuit but some fans are worried their supply of brawlers could die out. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with a bloody 12 hours in afghanistan more than a 50 people have been killed from late wednesday into thursday across 3 provinces a roadside bomb in the eastern province of nagar a taliban attack in northern takar on a security facility and in the capital of kabul 3 bombings of which one the taliban claimed responsibility they said it was their suicide bomber who blew up a bus carrying government workers so does the violence impact ongoing peace talks we asked journalist. based in kabul you have to remember you. no a peace negotiation chicks will sides so get told one has never actually said themselves that he would stop the fighting while the peace negotiations are going on this is something that they've asserted ever since 2013 when their office and we

china's defense ministry has announced its key priorities in a white paper it's accusing the u.s. of undermining global stability by trying to sell to taiwan. now it's really denmark the netherlands and france are backing britain's proposal for a european led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz that's where iran seized a u.k. flagged oil tanker on friday but iran's deputy foreign minister says it will secure the strays and not allow any disturbance to shipping dosage of ari has more from the iranian capital. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif for is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart boris johnson becoming u.k.'s prime minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran we've heard from the 1st vice presid

and china is bearing the brunt of the effect. we don't need china. china need us. meanwhile our economy is strong, record low unemployment, wages are rising. we are hitting on all cylinders while their stumbling. we don't need a deal with chieba. there is a report out that china is trying to interfere in our elects. they started with the tariffs on farmers, putting advertising inserts into "the des moines register." they are doing everything they can to influence the outcome of next year's election because they know people like sleepy joe biden has been bought and paid for by the chinese would probably roll over, remove the tariffs and go back to business before. >> do you have any proof of that? you said bought and paid for. that's a big statement without any proof. >> hunter biden went over to china with his father when he was the vice president on air force two, magic all when he returns he gets a billion and a half dollars from the bank of china to invest in a hedge fund when hunter biden had no experience in investments. and the technology is being used in chi

china has multiple expert credit -- export credit agencies in a 2017 china's two official credit agencies provided one third of the world's medium and long-term export credit. chinese export credit agency activities are key to their plans for chinese infrastructure throughout asia, africa and roade under their belt and initiative. senators or anyone else who travels in any of those continents see the chinese presence. chinese provided more than $500 billion in insurance to build -- belt and road projects just in the last five or six years. china is far from alone, the term weaponization is used to describe what european nations are doing to make their export credit agencies more aggressive, more flexible and more proactive. if congress is serious about assuring american businesses and competitiveness, we must have a robust export credit agency. we all know what happened in congress in 2015 during the last debate on reauthorizing the bank. a small group of components by far right special interest tried to kill the bank altogether and when that didn't work -- i think his work ono on this, w

china trade talks. the boj expected to downgrade some projections as well as lower inflation forecasts. pmi datapanese flash and earning seasons taking off in earnest with names reporting in south korea. of updates from aussie companies. 64.4.lia's flash pmi, >> think you very much. let's check in the first word news. on the first word news. >> the u.s. justice department looking at whether companies are harming competition. they will express -- address concerns people have expressed about social media and online retailers. it is the latest sign of official scrutiny by washington. facebook and google parent alphabet fell. warningbusiness is incoming prime minister boris johnson he must avoid leaving the european union without a deal. he will enter 10 downing street reiterating his pledge to leave by the end of october,, whether october, whether or not a deal is in place. >> today at this pivotable in our history, we have to reconcile two sets of instincts. between the desire for friendship and free trad

but, we're told, china now believes it can determine their in advance. —— but, we're told, china now believes it can determine their guilt in advance. it's a policy of treating people as pre—criminals. backed up in gruesome detail by an exhibition that we're taken to. it's designed to prove that china is responding rationally to years of sporadic separatist violence. we are also taken to the id kah mosque in the city of kashgar, one of xinjiang's holiest sites. faith is alive and well, we are told, with a government approved imam insisting that there is no ban on long beards. once again, the satellite pictures tell a different story. right across the region, mosques are being destroyed. over the past two years, in cities, towns and villages, dozens of religious sites once clearly visible on the satellite images have been turned into patches of bare earth. i asked if we can get to the mosque and he says the road is closed. we think it's onlyjust been closed moments before our arrival. we've seen a number of other people on motorbikes, scooters, some cars as well, stopping and asking

tone from the previous talks china is now confident and ready for a longer fight on the surface china will keep sending good wills to break the deadlock of the trade talks but deep in there my understand that china must rely on its almost a demand potential including vast countryside to manage the new risks and new challenges now if you say turning a crisis into opportunity how is beijing hoping to achieve that. interestingly minutes after the meeting of the politburo was published took it to twitter he said that china was supposed to start buying our agricultural products now knows they're doing so it's clear that farm products especially soybean is donald trump's weak point so even though the chinese media said china has bought 2000000 tonnes of soybean from the us but actually in fact those were all purchases and the number is far less so china can use it as a very a card that they have because it's a big problem for if you cannot have the american farmer support to win the 2020 and to buy or not to buy that. ok but of course at the same time this conflict is also weighing on chine

us there here showing too much of the china you know he's very very overly friendly. i would say our posture toward china it's not me you love filipinos hun thank you very much gentlemen for a very interesting discussion it was very good to talk to you about the situation in the philippines as president. continues his role there and a delivered his 4th a state of the nation address richard a diary in congress condé graham on web thank you very much for being on inside story and thank you as well for watching you can always watch his program again any time by visiting our website at al-jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page at facebook dot com for sash a.j. inside so he can of course also join the conversation on twitter handle is that a.j. in sight so easy for me for me back to boeing the whole team thank you for watching i thank. you. for 23 years mohsin has collected objects he finds along the coast. enough to fill his museum enough to break a guinness world record. with a story for every object he's become an environmental activist an inspi

china and u.s. managed to avoid an escalation of their multibillion dollar tariff war over the weekend the 2 world powers brokered a temporary cease fire promise to hold office got to slap a new 25 percent tariff on $300000000000.00 in chinese imports and to list some restrictions on fall way and china agreed to buy american food and agricultural products while there has been no major breakthroughs and resolving the fundamental points of conflict this truce gets negotiators another chance to forge a more permanent accord markets in both china and the u.s. are rallying on the news but chinese official media outlets have sought to tone down expectations as a promise was met with silence from china there's still a lot of distrust by both sides and china warns that the u.s. has a track record of flipping and flopping an election campaign tricks are just a few factors that could alter the u.s. stance. for more with this and what came out of this meeting r.t. correspondent sara lunde has a oka joins us to