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ban on imports made by workers from china's xinjiang province.in northwest china is home to muslim minority uyghurs, who have been the victims of well-documented human rights violations. john yang has more. john: if you buy frozen seafood at the grocery store, or order fish at a chain restaurant, chances are pretty good that it was caught by a chinese fishing vessel, or processed in a chinese plant. china runs what may be the largest maritime operation ever known. an investigation by the not-for-profit journalism organization called the outlaw ocean project has documented human rights, labor, and environmental concerns related to the chinese fleet, as outlaw ocean founder ian urbina tells us in this excerpt from the group's reporting. chinese fishing ships rely on forced labor. >> foreign journalists are generally forbidden from reporting in xinjiang. so, the team of investigators had to rely on a range of publicly available materials, including company newsletters, local news reports, trade data, satellite imagery and social media. but the real
ban on imports made by workers from china's xinjiang province.in northwest china is home to muslim minority uyghurs, who have been the victims of well-documented human rights violations. john yang has more. john: if you buy frozen seafood at the grocery store, or order fish at a chain restaurant, chances are pretty good that it was caught by a chinese fishing vessel, or processed in a chinese plant. china runs what may be the largest maritime operation ever known. an investigation by the...
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a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. damage from that 5.5—magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he's ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country's poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing—wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel's war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in "any civilian way" after the war. in a press conference monday, the defense secretary reiterated us support, calling it unwavering. protecti
a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. damage from that 5.5—magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he's ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country's poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing—wen has expressed condolences to china on the gansu earthquake. the islands presidential office added that taiwan is willing to provide assistance to china. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease...
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. >> reporter: there is concern cotton made from china's xinjiang region made with forced labor gettingpply chain. it's now banned for import to the u.s. >> these terrible conditions in a lot of the factories and there is more focused now going where the supply chain. >> reporter: so this low tech industry has found a high tech solution. here in california, the cotton is now sprayed with a fine mist. it's almost like a bar code on cotton. >> exactly. >> reporter: it can trace tiny strands of cotton from the field to the finished product. some are tested at this lab in new york. >> the dna technology is there to help keep the products honest. products made in america should be american when they leave the u.s. and should be american when they come back into the u.s. >> i certainly think it's a game changer. i don't think you can say the word "sustainability" and mean it unless you have traceability because it can get to the source of where the products coming from. >> reporter: it helps consumers know what they are buying and where it was made. and for derek azevado, dna has helped clean
. >> reporter: there is concern cotton made from china's xinjiang region made with forced labor gettingpply chain. it's now banned for import to the u.s. >> these terrible conditions in a lot of the factories and there is more focused now going where the supply chain. >> reporter: so this low tech industry has found a high tech solution. here in california, the cotton is now sprayed with a fine mist. it's almost like a bar code on cotton. >> exactly. >> reporter:...
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xinjiang is trying to strengthen its partnership with president putin to weaken the united states globally what is happening between xi jinping and putin is similar to what is happening in the united states congress with the republicans. precisely because biden wants this support for ukraine. extreme republicans. oppose, so does xi jinping, who would welcome an end to the war, wants to undermine the leadership of the united states and biden's leadership in the world, so he is going to stay with putin. having said that, i believe that sinjinpin, like erdogan here in turkey, would like the war to end, but for now he is very happy to work with putin rather than push him to negotiate. instead , he is ready to push ukraine into... negotiations so that it gives up its sovereign territory, while weakening the united states, unfortunately, it is. anthony blinken talks about unwavering determination, president biden talks about unwavering determination. but who will pay the required amount of money into our budget? yes, we understand that it is not only about the support of our army, and in general
xinjiang is trying to strengthen its partnership with president putin to weaken the united states globally what is happening between xi jinping and putin is similar to what is happening in the united states congress with the republicans. precisely because biden wants this support for ukraine. extreme republicans. oppose, so does xi jinping, who would welcome an end to the war, wants to undermine the leadership of the united states and biden's leadership in the world, so he is going to stay with...
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its big geopolitical role in the region, well, they are all playing there, let's remember beijing and xinjianghe same way , the iranian-saudi contradictions are played on this very topic and an attempt , if not to reconcile them, at least to bring them closer together, yes, that is, in this case completely... that this the topic was also discussed, i assume that i also discussed it, well, since it was already stated there, that the ukrainian war was also discussed, and it is quite possible that here in the future we will hear initiatives from saudi arabia, the same united emirates, that is, about the release of some part of ukrainian children, that is, it is also possible, because the arabs never play one goal, they will try to save. face in any weather and keep a certain distance, despite the fact that yes, in the given in the case of this situational rapprochement of these russia and arab countries, well, obviously, ugh, we continue to talk about what is happening now in israel and in the gas sector, in particular the third phase of the tzagal ground operation , what to expect from it and ho
its big geopolitical role in the region, well, they are all playing there, let's remember beijing and xinjianghe same way , the iranian-saudi contradictions are played on this very topic and an attempt , if not to reconcile them, at least to bring them closer together, yes, that is, in this case completely... that this the topic was also discussed, i assume that i also discussed it, well, since it was already stated there, that the ukrainian war was also discussed, and it is quite possible that...
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let's remember beijing and xinjiang, which is also playing on this very topic, and the iranian-saudind an attempt to, if not reconcile, at least bring them together, yes, so in this case it is quite possible that this topic was also discussed, i suppose that also discussed, well, since it was already stated there that the ukrainian war was also discussed, and it is quite possible that here in the future we will hear... initiatives from of saudi arabia, the same united emirates, that is, about the release of some part of ukrainian children there, that is , it is also possible, because the arabs never play one goal, they will try to save face in any weather and keep a certain distance, despite to the fact that yes, in this case, this situational rapprochement between russia and the arab countries, well... ugh, let's continue to talk about what is happening now in israel and in the gas sector, in particular, the third phase of the tzagal ground operation, what about it wait and how the course of hostilities is developing in general , mr. igor, well, what can we expect from it, the conti
let's remember beijing and xinjiang, which is also playing on this very topic, and the iranian-saudind an attempt to, if not reconcile, at least bring them together, yes, so in this case it is quite possible that this topic was also discussed, i suppose that also discussed, well, since it was already stated there that the ukrainian war was also discussed, and it is quite possible that here in the future we will hear... initiatives from of saudi arabia, the same united emirates, that is, about...
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a second magnitude 5.5 quake hit neighbouring xinjiang hours later.rts more difficult. chinese state media have shown rescue teams carefully picking through the rubble of collapsed buildings. thousands of homes in remote villages have crumbled into rubble and more than 700 are reported injured. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said he's seeking up to 500.000 more soldiers, as he rejected suggestions that ukraine could be starting to lose the war against russia. in an end—of—year news conference, he told the crowd that he's confident that the us �*won't betray�* ukraine, after republicans in congress blocked a 60 billion dollar military aid package. regarding financial aid, we are working hard on that. i am confident that the united states of america will not betray us and what we agreed upon will be fully implemented. mr zelensky�*s assertion comes after a ukrainian general warned that troops may have to be scaled back due to a drop—off inforeign aid. ourjessica parker has more. president zelensky is looking at whether to mobilize half a million
a second magnitude 5.5 quake hit neighbouring xinjiang hours later.rts more difficult. chinese state media have shown rescue teams carefully picking through the rubble of collapsed buildings. thousands of homes in remote villages have crumbled into rubble and more than 700 are reported injured. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said he's seeking up to 500.000 more soldiers, as he rejected suggestions that ukraine could be starting to lose the war against russia. in an end—of—year news...
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a second magnitude 5.2 quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday.eople have been injured. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below minus 13 celsius — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. we spoke earlier with our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in beijing and had this to say on the condition rescue workers are operating in. very tough conditions. freezing, and as you can possibly see behind me, the night is closing in so it will be even worse. imagine it is —17, —18, plus the wind—chill factor up there on the tibetan plateau. so the so—called golden period to rescue people which is thought to be about 72 hours when an earthquake hits, is much shorter in such conditions. they are up against the clock now to try and find anyone else because, imagine even if you are alive under the rubble, you might freeze to death. these houses, if you travel around the area, you will know the houses are built from bricks and mud and wood and have collapsed q
a second magnitude 5.2 quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday.eople have been injured. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below minus 13 celsius — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. we spoke earlier with our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in beijing and had this to say on the condition rescue workers are operating in. very tough conditions. freezing, and as...
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there�*s been major travel disruption in the northerly provinces such as xinjiang and inner mongolia. an accident on the subway which left more than a hundred passengers with broken orfractured bones. time for a look at the weather. here�*s sarah keith—lucas. not quite so cold, i hope? that's riaht, not quite so cold, i hope? that's right. some _ not quite so cold, i hope? that's right, some really _ not quite so cold, i hope? that's right, some really extreme - not quite so cold, i hope? that's i right, some really extreme weather in china but they have had a year of extreme weather. a record—breaking yearin extreme weather. a record—breaking year in china, starting off with the lowest temperature ever recorded by, -53 lowest temperature ever recorded by, —53 degrees, fast forward tojuly and we broke the records again in china, plus 52 celsius, the highest temperature ever recorded. swings of over 100 celsius to the cause of the year that we end on a really cold note, —a7 has been recorded. 11 centimetres of snow in beijing and the cold weather gripping the north
there�*s been major travel disruption in the northerly provinces such as xinjiang and inner mongolia. an accident on the subway which left more than a hundred passengers with broken orfractured bones. time for a look at the weather. here�*s sarah keith—lucas. not quite so cold, i hope? that's riaht, not quite so cold, i hope? that's right. some _ not quite so cold, i hope? that's right, some really _ not quite so cold, i hope? that's right, some really extreme - not quite so cold, i hope?...
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chinese property stocks listed in hong kong on the green on the back of megacities such as shanghai xinjiang. -- shanghai. we have gone through the decisions in the terms of the be -- and the terms of the boj. that's look at the cross asset pictures. the expectations are for next week from the bank of japan. the mixed live meeting will be in april, we will get a sense of how they are feeding into inflation. there are corners of the market expecting a move to be imminent. the jpy is hovering at the 142 level against the greenback. we see japanese equities recovering ground. not the negative impact, despite the strength in the yen. that looks to be a limited impact for today. lizzy: all eyes on the boj next week. avril hong in singapore. i want to stay with asia. we do have new data out of china. industrial production beating expectations, but retail sales fall short. it puts pressure on beijing to boost growth. we have had the pboc offer a record cash injection via its lending facility as it kept interest rates unchanged. we have rebecca choong wilkins in hong kong. you are bloomberg's asia g
chinese property stocks listed in hong kong on the green on the back of megacities such as shanghai xinjiang. -- shanghai. we have gone through the decisions in the terms of the be -- and the terms of the boj. that's look at the cross asset pictures. the expectations are for next week from the bank of japan. the mixed live meeting will be in april, we will get a sense of how they are feeding into inflation. there are corners of the market expecting a move to be imminent. the jpy is hovering at...
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a second magnitude 5.2 quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday.than 250 people have been injured. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below minus 13 celsius — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. we spoke earlier to matthew blackett, associate professor of natural hazards of coventry university on why this shallow earthquake had such an impact on this remote region. it was a 6.2 magnitude, which, in the whole scheme of things, isn't particularly large, but it was ten kilometres in depth and that means that there isn't much space between where the fracture happens in the ground and where the energy hits the surface. so, that... the energy directly from that fracture makes its way to the surface and causes really intense shaking. and that's, i guess, going to be one of the main concerns here, one of the reasons for so much damage that we're seeing. this area, this part of china is very, very used to earthquakes. going back sort of 1a or so years in sichu
a second magnitude 5.2 quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday.than 250 people have been injured. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below minus 13 celsius — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. we spoke earlier to matthew blackett, associate professor of natural hazards of coventry university on why this shallow earthquake had such an impact on this remote region. it was a...
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going to states where we jus legal, alcohol sales has performed -- this is how they're -- could be xinjiangies are endless. and among young -- while the alcohol category retention is awful meanwhile, two thirds of peopl who smoke weed told them tha they also cut back on drinking that is the reality. three or four years the appl companies adopted this criminalization strategy raising prices, raising prices raising prices for highe liquors. but these really have been under pressure lately. they raise prices too much consumers are not trading down across of the. finally, let's not forget abou these new gop dash one weigh loss drugs that reduce arrivin for snacks they also seem to produc arriving for booze all they have not any proof fo that and -- the companies. at this, point we don't have definitive proof that thes trucks can do that but as more more people take them, we will find out we do know this, alcohol i pure sugar and it's sure for a way to put on way so even without passive liquor it - why at the calories been can drink something that's far - that sort of got fewer calories? what ar
going to states where we jus legal, alcohol sales has performed -- this is how they're -- could be xinjiangies are endless. and among young -- while the alcohol category retention is awful meanwhile, two thirds of peopl who smoke weed told them tha they also cut back on drinking that is the reality. three or four years the appl companies adopted this criminalization strategy raising prices, raising prices raising prices for highe liquors. but these really have been under pressure lately. they...
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it >> traditional resist xinjiang?ndividual rights and liberty of people. >> whose rights, nikki haley? which people? what tradition? the tradition of slavery? that is the republican party's moderate primary candidate. joining me now, jaime harrison, chair of the democratic national committee. chairman harrison, thank you for being here this evening. like nikki haley, you are from south carolina. were you surprised by your former governors framing of the civil war? >> not surprised at all, jonathan. any black person in south carolina always knew this is who nikki haley is. she has told us who she is time and time again. when she tried to justify celebrating confederate history month by -- black history month in south carolina. she made the same whitewashing comments in the civil war in the past. again, as you said, arguing that it was tradition versus change. so, i'm glad that the rest of the country had taken the rose colored lenses off as it relates to nikki haley. but there is nothing that has moderate about her. it
it >> traditional resist xinjiang?ndividual rights and liberty of people. >> whose rights, nikki haley? which people? what tradition? the tradition of slavery? that is the republican party's moderate primary candidate. joining me now, jaime harrison, chair of the democratic national committee. chairman harrison, thank you for being here this evening. like nikki haley, you are from south carolina. were you surprised by your former governors framing of the civil war? >> not...
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okay for huge desert areas, you've got xinjiang , you've got gansu , xinjiang, you've got gansu, you'venner mongolia , you've got inner mongolia, you've got inner mongolia, you've got inner mongolia, you've got jinsha there, there they are putting their it's not speculative what's going on there. and you see the spin off. the spin off is insofar as they can get the energy which is generated there to the urban centres, you are seeing clean air in peking. i mean , i air in peking. i mean, i shouldn't say peking, i'm must say beijing . i've been going to say beijing. i've been going to beijing since 1975. in the old days you couldn't breathe in beijing now and you barely know. you can barely dare cross the road because you might be knocked over by a soundless electric vehicle. no more. no more cars down. there you go . more cars down. there you go. >> got have eyes in >> you've got to have eyes in the your you have. the back of your head. you have. what britain's global what about britain's global emissions carbon? around emissions of carbon? around 1. we've carbon down over we've got our
okay for huge desert areas, you've got xinjiang , you've got gansu , xinjiang, you've got gansu, you'venner mongolia , you've got inner mongolia, you've got inner mongolia, you've got inner mongolia, you've got jinsha there, there they are putting their it's not speculative what's going on there. and you see the spin off. the spin off is insofar as they can get the energy which is generated there to the urban centres, you are seeing clean air in peking. i mean , i air in peking. i mean, i...
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. >> reporter: there's also concerns about cotton from china's xinjiang region made with forced laboru.s. >> there's terrible conditions in a lot of the factories. i think there's a lot more focus now on identifying what's going on in your supply chain. >> reporter: so this low-tech industry has found a high-tech solution. here in california, the cotton is now sprayed with a fine mist. >> it's almost like a barcode on cotton. >> exactly. >> reporter: it can trace tiny strands of cotton from the field to the finished product. some are tested at this lab in new york. >> the dna technology is there to help keep the products honest. products made in america should be american when they leave the u.s., and they should be american when they come back into the u.s. >> i certainly think it is a game-changer. i don't think you can really say the word "sustainability" and mean it unless you have traceability because it can get to the source of where the product's coming from. >> reporter: it helps consumers know what they're buying and where it was made. and for derek acevedo, dna has helped cl
. >> reporter: there's also concerns about cotton from china's xinjiang region made with forced laboru.s. >> there's terrible conditions in a lot of the factories. i think there's a lot more focus now on identifying what's going on in your supply chain. >> reporter: so this low-tech industry has found a high-tech solution. here in california, the cotton is now sprayed with a fine mist. >> it's almost like a barcode on cotton. >> exactly. >> reporter: it can...
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for instance, against the uighurs with the uighur genocide in xinjiang, activity using a tech know surveillanceal intelligence to repress these people. the subject of our tenth hearing tonight. >> we look forward to hearing more about that hearing coming up. i thank you both for joining us this morning. if we don't see you before the holidays, happy holidays. thank you. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. >>> when we return, we've got the countdown to inflation data. plus, a wide-ranging interview with invemed chairman and associate co-founder ken langone who will join us right after this break. >>> later, virginia governor glenn youngkin, to him and quk x"ilbeig bk. >>> good morning. it is fed day. investors and economists ready and waiting for central banks' latest decisions and rates. what's at stake for the economy. meantime, haeds ahead of that, in 30 minutes from now. tesla updates nearly every car its ever sold in the u.s. after problems with the company the autopilot system. we'll bring you details straight ahead as the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning, everybo
for instance, against the uighurs with the uighur genocide in xinjiang, activity using a tech know surveillanceal intelligence to repress these people. the subject of our tenth hearing tonight. >> we look forward to hearing more about that hearing coming up. i thank you both for joining us this morning. if we don't see you before the holidays, happy holidays. thank you. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. >>> when we return, we've got the countdown to inflation data....