. made from minds. we can make china peaceful country you haven't said no to beijing yes for many times i'm telling you the facts why don't you listen politicians in taiwan have been out campaigning in presidential primaries ahead of next year's elections with the topic of relations with china very much on the agenda i guess this week outside the taipei. way who's been seeking the nomination of probating party the kuomintang as china pushes with increasing urgency for reunification and the taiwanese continue to reject it what on earth party to offer. welcome. thank you very much for inviting me. you said the only way to resolve the antagonism between china and to i one is to talk and to love. to know your lover china that is threatening taiwan both verbal and militarily and holding a sword over your head continually how do you love what world that's your impression actually if you talk to some chinese in mainland china as long as you don't support separation from china they will not treat you like that they are not attack you also then say the wrong thing another was to write writ

orangutan returns home monday w. don't come to tanks. china's legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life. the new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and might. hundreds of billions of euros are flowing into new infrastructure right away lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 different countries it's a project the likes of which the world has never seen. it's a powerful vision and for many an inspiring one for some it brings opportunity for others misery. the new silk road a testament to china's revived ambitions on the global stage. just 40 years ago this was a market town today shenzhen is a high tech metropolis with more than 25000000 residents china's silicon valley. the flittering 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 over land and sea from the chinese city of shenzhen to the german city of do sport. what lies behind china's grand ambit

survive the flooding has already claimed hundreds of lives plus. u.s. china relations are at their lowest point in years is this the cold war of the 21st century we look at the potential ripple effects across asia. and keep your promises or else china is drumming up excitement for its new social credit system authorities are tracking online purchases medical records and if you tell the truth . i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us millions of people across south asia have been hit by heavy monsoon rains this month lightning strikes and high water have killed hundreds floods have wiped out homes and crops the displaced are now grappling with a lack of food clean drinking water and medicine india has opened hundreds of relief camps but poor conditions make them an option of last resort for many here. as well reporting from the northwestern state of awesome. most days mom of the monitor uses his board to fish from nearby river. now he uses it to get home. when the floods came he and his family waited out the downpour in this small boat and. put them that is it

it's dr bill medina new soft wrote china's move on the west don't forget with all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's w dot com i'm called aspen they want to. play on. first day of school in the jungle. the 1st economy lesson in the doors grandma is arrives. joining a regular jane on her journey back to freedom to move in our interactive documentary mood during an orang utan returns home on t w don't come to tang's. china's legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life on the new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and might. hundreds of billions of euros are flowing into new infrastructure or our way lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 different countries it's a project the likes of which the world has never seen. it's a powerful vision and for many and inspiring one. for some it represents opportunity for others misery. china is reaching toward the west along the new silk road we retrenched to a piece roots traveling from china to germany

china could address its pollution problem by better and forcing existing laws and raising energy taxes is the o.e.c.d. and india could improve its infrastructure to promote the efficient use of energy and water resources. thomas because local senior economist at the o.e.c.d. is standing by for us coming back to the always india report about urgently needed reform in many colonies in the world we've heard about india and china again my question which other asian economies would you single out for urgent action. i'm happy to be here but v. the country i think that is worth with singling out is japan which faces an acute population aging problem and really changing challenge and to make the most out of it basics japan has to prepare for the future of work and make sure that all available talents are well integrated the job market this means this is basically addressing issues such as they were market segmentation of labor market dualism the production of fixed projects versus the rest of the labor market bring in females older workers making the conditions for them to participate in the l

t.w. . china's legendary silk road was one of the wonders of the ancient world now this trade route is being brought back to life of the new silk road is a vast undertaking and a demonstration of power and might. hundreds of billions of euros are flowing into new infrastructure radway lines harbors streets bridges and tunnels in 65 different countries it's a project the likes of which the welt has never seen. it's a powerful vision and for many an inspiring one. for some it represents opportunity for others misery. china is reaching toward the west along the new. krug we retraced 2 of these routes traveling from china to germany from the city of shenzhen to the city of 2 spoke. we traveled thousands of kilometers overland to central asia. and resale to thousands of kilometers across the oceans of southeast asia following the major overseas trade routes. we have traveled great distances but europe is still far away. and we retrace the route of the caravans heading west crossing remote passes in the t. on shan mountains. it's a journey into the past along the ancient silk road. a route t

now the focus one could interpret it as being more in sorrow one focusing on china's domestic stability what it uses its territories do you think in some way there is it signals a new determination for the chinese to take more concrete action when it comes to taiwan or is this more of a diversionary tactic to focus more on the entire know and domestic policies for quietly expanding influence overseas. i think certainly in the domestic aspects has become top of patients agenda. if you look at the 25th defense white paper taiwan tibet and john is not explicitly mention although it is implied. but in this case they have been incorporated into the tasks emissions of the chinese military so it's very clear that this has elevated importance for the chinese party state you know the thing is that there is at language with reference to maintaining political security maintaining social stability so very much code a language for maintaining the control of the party ok one of the other big messages from this was the fact that the u.s. is undermining global stability i'd like to examine th

program china lays out its top defense priorities beijing warns it won't rule out using its military against taiwan or to put down separatists what does this and other policy positions mean for countries in the region plus. gearing up for the games tokyo will kick off the 2020 summer olympics exactly one year from today to take a closer look at preparations at the city council cost. and they used to coach them now of a protect we'll see how locals on the indonesian island of bali have turned their peaches into a sea turtle sanctuary. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us china has released a new white paper on national defense its 1st in 4 years the document lays out the country's military preparedness and security strategy it turns out that one of beijing's top concerns is somewhat domestic officials worry about separatist movements in tibet and cian junk in the far west and the paper goes on to warn taiwan a de facto functionally independent separate country from declaring formal independence . china also singled out the united states japan and australia as

billions of dollars worth of additional european goods. the world is deep in debt to china we talked to an expert about what that means for global financial stability. and the costs to companies and economies of global warming report highlights the impact on human productivity. and it was all an extra business tariff frets of flying in all directions the u.s. had just managed to stitch together a truce with china now whopping the ante against the european union and olds disputes over aircraft subsidies the us releasing a new list of goods for tariffs worth $4000000000.00 it includes metals cheese cherries and whiskey distilled spirits council of the united states ones judy's would jeopardize american jobs and her consumers the world trade organization has found the 2 biggest plane makers boeing and airbus receive billions of dollars of powerful subsidies it's yet to make a ruling. let's get the perspective from our financial correspondent in frankfurt come at booz and conrad the u.s. subsidizes boeing the e.u. props up and boss who's right who's wrong. well my answer might surprise you

southern sections of china hong kong we've got this on channel flow feeling slightly very humid with a high of 33 the rain is further to the south in the west as you can see and really sending much for the south was through much of thailand and on into cambodia vietnam as well but 35 and one on saturday it should be a mostly dry day there but not such a good day in hong kong with a high of 32. victims . being his posture as an instrument of pinochet's brutal dictatorship a father tries to forget. but his son's quest for onsets reveals there are often 2 sides to even the dockers to stories witness the color of the comedian on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here this president. has died at the age of 92 he played a major role in the country's transition to democracy after a revolution in 2011 the ousting of longtime leader. ben ali. puerto rico's governor of your has announced his resignation not the days of mass protests he's been at the center of a text message scandal also led to 2 top officials resign. and north korea has conducted its 1st ballistic missile

mainland china. mrs lam said their behaviour was unacceptable. there are calls for iran to reverse its decision to breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, set under the 2015 nuclear deal. the us says it will continue its policy of exerting maximum pressure on tehran. and this video is trending on bbc.com... fifteen—year—old cori gauff has caused a major shock at wimbledon by beating former champion, venus williams. the american teenager beat her opponent in straight sets. congratulations to her. by buy from me. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. it's 60 years since beijing put down the tibetan revolt, killing tens of thousands of people. and that was also when the dalai lama began his long exile from his homeland. he is still the tibetan people's spiritual leader, but he relinquished political control eight years ago. his de facto president in exile, is my guest today, lobsang sangay, who says the situation is now critical and that tibet is a huge prison under china's unfettered rule. so what are the tibetan peopl

nail in the coffin. 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 yields pick up after the inflation data. ta

and that tibet is a huge prison under china's unfettered rule. so what are the tibetan people's ambitions now? and what is their strategy for achieving it from the increasingly assertive and authoritarian chinese leadership? theme music plays. lobsang sangay welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how do the tibetan people remember that revolt 60 years ago? thousands of tibetans from all over tibet gathered in lhasa, the capital city, to protect his holiness the dalai lama from the chinese army and then it resulted in a bloodshed. as per chinese military archive, 80,000 tibetans were killed between the month of march and september of 1959 and his holiness the dalai lama had to trek to india at midnight of march 17. so it has been 60 years of tragedy inside tibet, 60 years of exile, but at the same time 60 years of resilience and success because in exile we have set up a democratic system and, as per the vision of his holiness the dalai lama, we have parliamentary system, executive judiciary... how do you remember that anniversary though, amongst yourselves, in exile? it's a comm

trade, not just with china, but the spat between seoul and tokyo, all of this creating a delicious cocktail for us. david: we might get a further complication in the form of trade, which comes out of china, due out any time. and the inflation number out of the u.s., which further complicates things. yvonne: that's not looking too rosy, as well, 25 basis point cut. it may not be enough to sustain the record rally in the u.s. pretty mixed picture when it comes to equities. interesting, this inflation data that came out from the u.s. the biggest pickup we've seen in a year. you've seen not much reaction when it comes to stocks, but sovereign bond markets are starting to reprice, with yields heading higher. that gives pressure to equities, but we are seeing the csi 300 up 6/10 of 1%. the dollar has been mixed against asian fx. the korean won is losing strength. show you what's going on in the bond market, there is glaring red. it's what we saw in the 10-year yield, back above 2%, well back above that. franklin templeton, don't underestimate how high the yields can go. they are saying 3

20 percent since the crashes businesses are too naive when it comes to china that's the key message from a new study by economic think tank macarthur institute for china studies here in germany the institute has looked at beijing's made in china 25 strategy and says many countries and companies are all too willing partners and helping beijing become a world leader in the tech industry europe fails to protect its core interests we want to talk to one of the authors of that report in a moment but 1st here's more on that story if you want to journey deep into beijing's economic ambitions wild ways european style campus is a good place to start. the telecommunications giant is emblematic of the country's plan to become a global leader in a number of key industries. government's made in china 2025 strategy reflects a desire to move away from low cost manufacturing towards high tech as well as communications the chinese government is also investing heavily in transport energy and digitize ation traditionally it's gained a lot of its know how from abroad over the years the huge chinese mar

what we have seen a big problem with the rain here across parts of southern china leading to mudslides as well as landslides take a look the forecast map as we go towards thursday we do expect to see more rain across much of that area but it is going to be dry out here towards the east with food show seeing attempt a few of $36.00 degrees down towards hong kong it is going to be the middy that is the problem with a temperature of about $33.00 really not changing as we go towards friday as we go down here across much of southeastern asia we're going to see quite a bit of rain across much of malaysia over the next few days the philippines heavy rain few anywhere from luzon all the way down here across much of the south temp wise for manila about 31 degrees for you there but down across indonesia it is going to be fine and dry with a tempter jakarta about $32.00 degrees there very quickly i want to take you over here towards india the rain has been a big problem with a month's sunil's season kicking into full gear we're going to see very heavy rain across much of the northeast t

screen. maybe focusing on the positive news. next week they meet face-to-face. yvonne: china will bring in a new player in all of this. the finance minister, seen as a hardliner on trade. perhaps china is serious on what will come next. nonetheless, we see risk assets looking good. csi 300 still in a session high. the hang seng 236 points. perhaps from the ncr, protests going on today. we will talk about the west back call on rba in a bit. jakarta is coming online, up about .10%. let's look at currencies and commodities. sterling is very much in focus. the pound under some pressure after boris johnson was named the new u.k. prime minister. how much of it period will he have? can he deliver the brexit by october 31? we see the aussie dollar at 69.80. west back bringing forward the rba's next rate cut. they are citing a 0.5% target for the rba cash rate. we saw a move in bonds, yields are down two basis points. away from record lows. the kiwi continuing to see weakness today. we might need to go unconventional in policy tools. david: we were down as much as one for the 1%. -- much a

is an identity issue yes but the fear of being sent for trial in mainland china is real whether it is the youngsters or their families or other political dissidents who could be the target of this spill it's a concern of many people including the young and of course the young people who are also very very much put off by presidency chin paintings absolutely no respect for rule of law for human rights and look at the situation and seeing junk over a 1000000 people being locked up like that and also look at the human rights lawyer is the human rights defenders in china and there are many of them suffer a lot and so when the young people here young and old when they see the appalling situation in china of course they feel very very disturbed and they young people of course they don't want to be part of that country and they asked me because they they asked me to see that i can help especially those who hold the british national overseas passports of course these people are not that young but they asked me whether i can ask britain to help because they are british citizens lauren small le

. while much attention has been on countering china and russia in their traditional spheres of influence in europe and across the indo--pacific region this subcommittee has been particularly focused on how those nations are increasingly challenging u.s. national security interests not just within their own geographic boundaries but elsewhere around the world. last year the subcommittee held a hearing with leading experts to discuss china's expanding presence in africa and the implications for our interests and those of our partners. it was made clear during the hearing that china is undertaking a comprehensive and long-term approach to bolstering its global access and influence. oftentimes with a goal of undermining the united states of america. the situation in the western hemisphere is no different. admiral faller, you highlighted in testimony earlier this year that china has accelerated expansion of its belt and road initiative in the western hemisphere at a pace that may one day overshadow its expansion in southeast asia and africa. china's strategic engagement in the southcom region

most aquash c.e.o. of africa africa link joining us there from kagawa thank you very much china has become a major developer in africa over the past decade funding infrastructure projects like railways and ports mostly through loans and typically with few strings attached but beijing's lending has fallen recently while skepticism over the partnership has grown on both sides. kenya was one of the 1st african countries to get on board china's multi-billion dollar silk road project so far the country has profited from the investment a major infrastructure project built with chinese loans the new train line between the capital nairobi and the port city of mumbai this 1st part of an ambitious rail project alone has cost china nearly $4000000000.00 but the rate of chinese lending in africa is slowing 2016 it was a high point with china lending more than $30000000000.00 to africa in 2017 the figure fell to just over one 3rd of that. china did pledge for their loans to african countries last year but doubts are creeping in for china the fear is that its investments in africa will not pay of

european countries are all too willing helpers in china's strategy to dominate the global spec industry. and sanctions want sanctions as iran's currency exports are being hit the stock market in tehran is thriving. is the business as welcome but 1st will christine legarde become the next chief of the european central bank e.u. leaders in brussels are still tousling over who will get the top jobs in the union today is already marks the 3rd day of deliberations with so far little results and little unity over who should head the european commission or become its top diplomat but is there no a breakthrough over who could become the new president of the european central bank with a leg up the current head of the international monetary fund is being floated for the position now let's get the latest on this from our correspondent in frankfurt where the e.c.b. is based on a doozy what are you hearing there in frankfurt would she be a good choice. she would definitely had to have the right credentials gary hart with her background as a french finance minister who never gaited her count

%. demand from the u.s. more than made up for falling deliveries to china. fours for a decline of point 8% and only one of the 12 economists actually forecasting a rise. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. it appears that u.s. investors are taking a cautious approach. su keenan joins me with the latest. exacerbated by the fact that we are coming off of a holiday weekend. su: we have the second day of the s&p falling. waiting to hear from fed chair powell. let's take a look at the market snapshot. the dollar is slightly higher. financial, one of the areas where we saw financial selloff. it has a lot to do with rate cut story. look at futures, barely flat going into the tuesday session. we mentioned the big german chemical company. that affected the chemical company and it is in the bull's-eye of the u.s. trade conflict with china and the levees there. the fifth analyst has put a reading up. we have not seen that the 1990's. it is surprising. concern about the c

key to watch, coming back from the holiday and the dusting the gdp news from china. we're also watching the chinese benchmarks. the philippine peso, we are theng it is coming up, highest since done already 2018. the market entering a bull market yesterday. people say that earnings will be enough to continue the rally moving forward. and we are watching the commodities space. ron and steel the rallying. steel output in china hit a record high. close to 2% iron four in singapore. and we mentioned the bond story. we see yields taking the work -- we see this taking yields going lower once again, ahead of jay powell speaking in paris later today. the aussie 10-year yields move. point.six basis in the july meeting, they said rates ind adjust australia, but it looks like they could take a positive or now. yvonne: that is the move we are seeing across the bond markets. that the see what else we are tracking. -- some of your 10-year yields, the hong kong dollar is stronger for the first time in seven days of breaking the seven day winning streak. watch what hybrid does today, it has bee

on iran. wednesday's meeting of the international atomic energy agency saw the eu, russia, and china pushback at washington, saying the u.s. is saber rattling in the middle east. trump warned new sanctions against iran, claiming they had been enriching uranium for some time. the british ambassador to the u.s. has quit after leaked criticisms about the trump administration sparked fury in washington. boris johnson did not offer his support. kim said the white house was dysfunctional and in chaos, causing president trump to say he would not deal with him anymore. johnson declined to back him and would not commit to keeping him in his job. hong kong's leading broadcaster is under attack for allegedly pro-china bias in its coverage of the league -- the recent street protests. it is accused of favoring beijing, with people urging companies to pull commercials. afterst one has done so what it called a review of its advertising budget. the channel insists it is always neutral and objective. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists an

venezuela. he addressed a china and russia's influence in central america. this is over an hour. america. this is just over one hour. >> welcome, everybody. the subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from admiral craig fowler, commander of u.s. southern command or south come. our focus will be on the evolving security situation in this theater as well as south comes efforts to implement the national defense strategy. welcome to the admiral, thank you for being here. i appreciate it. today's hearing is a continuation of the subcommittee's efforts to over nationalght defense strategy if a meditation. this is an important component of our efforts to ensure our military is resourced equipped and postured to defend a nation against a growing array of threats. while much attention has been on countering china and russia in --ir traditional spears spheres of influence, the subcommittee has been focused on how those nations are increasingly challenging u.s. national security interests, not just within their own geographic boundaries but elsewhere around the world. last year, the subcommit

to catch up with the u.s. and china in artificial intelligence yeah. but i'm wary about the board not yet it's germany's minister for economic affairs is getting a free ride in san francisco peter out my is visiting zoogz startup that develops software for thomas driving a few clicks on the soup sap and moments later the minister is off for a test drive in one of the startups 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 this 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 stays positioned in the front of these developments minister of my is visiting soups and handful of other companies in the san francisco area with a cl

names reporting in japan and south korea. for china the spotlight is on a new tech board that will for -- that will see the first debut monday. a busy start of trading. paul: for more on the shanghai tech board and the rest of the first word news, let's get over to tom mackenzie. thank you. china's new nasdaq style tech for debuts later, a year after xi jinping discussed this. the so-called star board is the latest to attempt -- to bring in .ajor companies like alibaba 25 firms will begin trading monday. the board is testing a testing ground for regulators who have these rules on valuations in first a price limits. new data from the u.s. shows chinese investment has collapsed since president trump entered the white house. the rhodium group said the direct investment has followed from a peak of $46 billion in 2016 to $5.5 billion last year. ramped up regulations and a hardening attitude in washington helped reverse years of rising chinese spending in america. the british government wants the united nations to intervene in the tanker spat in the gulf and has threatened iran with what

wall street. >> china is charting a course to conquer the world. >> china is working to create a new world order. >> while the united states is consumed with political battles. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country, and that's what they're doing. >> china is building for the future. >> this is akin to like china having its sputnik moment, and like we're over here playing with like an old hot wheels set. >> ambitious plans to achieve economic dominance abroad and total surveillance at home. >> whoever wins the tech wars, especially in artificial intelligence and big data, in the next five years, is going to control the world in the future. >> i traveled all across china with amazing access to see how chinese technology is already leapfrogging the u.s. >> china has become a rival superpower to the united states. >> and maybe even spying on us in places you'd never expect. >> it creates a major vulnerability. i'll just leave it at that. >> i'm richard engel. this is "on assignment." >> there's an old chinese saying, that just as there's not enough room in the sky for t

of national economics and about the g20 summit and the future of u.s.-china trade. on hisstephen hawkins group's new report and the perception gap between partisans. as always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is monday, july 1. congress is away from capitol hill for the fourth of july break. we begin with vice president mike pence from over the weekend on the morality of border security. the vice president told a gathering of conservative activists there is "nothing compassionate about open borders." phone lines as usual. democrats, 202-748-8000, is the number. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. special line for border state residents. that number, 202-748-8003. you can catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. you can start calling in now as we show you the vice president saturday night speaking at the conservative faith and freedom coalition's annual dinner in washington, d.c. here is what he had to say

china's trade conflict with the united states rages on. in the past 3 decades the chinese economy has undergone an extraordinary transformation developing from an inward looking agrarian based society to a major industrial powerhouse growth has been rapid for years double digits were the norm now the pace of expansion is slowing down in the last quarter g.d.p. rose by 6.2 percent followed by many standards but for china the worst performance since the early 1990 s. the government's been keen to offer reassurance but doesn't deny there are problems from. america from one year and generally speaking economic performance in the 1st half of the year was within a reasonable range and has sustained momentum and overall stability. however we should also be aware that the economic conditions are still severe both at home and abroad global economic growth is slowing down the external instability and uncertainty are increasing the on balanced and in adequate development as home is still accused the economy is undergoing huge downward pressure. much of that downward pressure is a result of the c

different path when it comes to russia some are calling it the new thought also china calls out the u.k. regarding hong kong indeed old colonial habits die hard. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow and he is a professor of the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and the resurgence of russia and we're also joined by marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics 1st magazine our gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to markets in london an interesting phenomenon that's been going on now for a number of months or maybe since the election of donald trump but we have we just recently had blood and we are putin in italy meeting the pope in a tally and leaders of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe that i'm a big fan of the organization has finally given the russian delegation. voting rights back and other. elements that have to do with their membership germany is determined that the north stream too will be fi

authoritarian regime . china is purchasing natural resources around the world, and large parts of africa to asia. for certain commodities including energy technology china has become the price setter and exerts enormous influence. most strategically to integrate manufacturing interceptor such as solar panels for economic value before selling them to u.s. and other markets. that is why i support the appalachian storage hub. here at home, i just don't believe we should be granting the chinese government unfettered access to natural resources, when that access is not reciprocated. ensure willingness to manipulate u.s. energy resources to advance the long-term strategic positions. in a time when all countries need to focus on solutions for the use of natural gas. for gas emissions, gaining the global energy economy only benefits our adversaries. with that madam chairman, i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today. and having this important discussion. and to thank you senator. in our invitation, we will lead off the panel this morning with stephen lindbergh who is the assistant secretar

widodo of being too soft on china. yeah, i think most of the news about the chinese workers are considered as a hoax and it's proven to be a hoax. there were no chinese workers in indonesia? of course not every single one, but there are not as many as people on social media are trying to say. they talk about millions and millions, no... not millions, maybe thousands. even if there are thousands of chinese workers, what i understand because i follow infrastructure projects in quite detail, they only come for a certain period. so, for example, you build a power plant, and there is a critical period, let's say on the second or third year, in which you need to have more skilled workers in order to accelerate the completion. in that period, then they bring more skilled workers. unfortunately, sometimes we don't have enough skilled workers to cope with the acceleration, so they come only for the period. after that, they go home. you can see that during the operation it is already tackled by the indonesians. what can you do with your relationship with china? i said that was a factor in

of china's car industry chinese automotive group b. ai seen buys a 5 percent stake in germany's flagship comic taking the total chinese investment in the company to 15 percent. and show time in london as president prepares for a new prime minister likely to be boris johnson brags it is becoming more and more likely that as fresh figures indicate the u.k. might already have entered into recession. this is the deputy business as welcome for the chinese state owned motoring group of b a i see is buying a 5 percent stake in germany's dima the deal has been valued at 2 and a half 1000000000 euros it takes the total chinese ownership of donna to almost 15 percent with beijing back carmaker g.e. already holding a large stake i say dispenses long works with the i.c.'s part of its operations in china the german company's shares rose nearly one percent on early trading in frankfurt following the announcement. that's we're going right now observes the delaney is standing by in frankfurt at chelsea diamond have been working together on joint ventures in china for years what is the chinese c

than two hours. shawn donnan in washington on the apparent lack of progress on the u.s. china trade talks, and kevin cirilli into choice on what to expect in the second round of democratic debate. carl, the fed in just a couple of hours and we have one set of statements in may, another in june. in may it was about patience. in june it was about monitoring closely. what we hear this time? carl: more urgency to act. they highlighted elevated risks, especially external risks like glowing global growth, hard brexit, ongoing tensions in the trade war. i do not think those have been resolved or improved so i do not think they will suggest conditions are worsening, yet there remain at an elevated that 25ich will mean today will not be quite enough. one and done probably not the strategy. that being said, we will need more medication, but not a lot. i want to go -- guy: i want to get a shot -- david: i want to go to shawn donnan in washington. they get done early but it is not because they got the work done. shawn: the expectations were always low. this was the first meeting between the siz

thisd is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. america's top trade negotiators head to china, as hopes fade of a quick deal to resolve the trade war. and brazil's transgender influencers — changing the way brands talk about the daily struggles and joys of people who change their sex. and on the markets asian investors are cautious this monday ahead of the key week, as all eyes are on the us federal reserve in washington and the trade negiations in shanghai. the us china trade war is perhaps the darkest cloud hanging over the global economy. but today, top american officials are heading for shanghai, with talks set to resume between the world's two biggest economies. they're hoping to make progress on a trade war which has seen the us impose tariffs on $250 billion worth of goods that china sells it because of what president trump says are "unfair trade practices." china has retailiated with tariffs on $110 billion of goods the us sells. there's evidence this is starting to hurt america's economy. exports fell 5.2% in the three months tojune, and economic grow has slowed to