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morning, asia. hello, world was a monday. glad you could join us for another exciting edition of asia business report. i i'm rico hizon. we start off in taiwan where president tsai ing—wen has won another term. with a re—election under her belt, she will now need to turn her laser focused towards the island's high—tech manufacturing industries. competition is growing in that arena as part of beijing's own push, known as made in china 2025. taiwan has also gained from the us china trade walk as customers move some factories for microchips and other high—end technology. earlier, we spoke with william pat sack and he says taipei needs to get cracking to keep its economic momentum. on the one hand, you can argue that she has a new mandate. a relatively strong mandate, to reform the economy, to pivot away from china. she won more than 8 million votes which is arguably the biggest landside taiwan has a scene. she has a very strong mandate at this time

to pivot away. and you can argue in this second term she will now have the confidence to do this. easier said than done. taiwan has had a pretty good outcome from the trade well. we are seeing some multinational companies pivot in taiwan's direction. you look at a company like taiwan's semiconductor. they have record revenues in the fourth quarter which is something you wouldn't expect in the kind of trade war. and this could be the beginning of a wider separation in terms of high—end technology. beginning of a wider separation in terms of high-end technology. the thing for taiwan is it really has two choices. one is to basically compete with china or to move upward. so of course the option is moving upmarket and they need to focus on telling the world how taiwan stands in the world and that is pivoting to new markets. biotech, high—end manufacturing, ai,

robotics. i think taiwan has a natural resources, the talent and the wherewithal to do it. it really requires political focus and the wherewithal to do it. it really requires politicalfocus and now that the president doesn't have to run for re—election. .. that the president doesn't have to run for re-election. .. these factions that —— factors that you mentioned, plus low employment, higher wages, could basically lead taiwan to gain even further in terms of its economic maintenance —— momentum which is now in 14th —— consecutive quarters. the element thatis consecutive quarters. the element that is the question was up taiwan is entering 2020 on good footing but the question is the us—china trade war. “ the question is the us—china trade war. -- i don't believe for a moment this is over and i think president trump will be poking china more and more. that puts taiwan in a weird place for top —— in a place. more. that puts taiwan in a weird place for top -- in a place. this was a yearfor place for top -- in a place. this was a year for policy makers in the beijing because of china's economy grew by its slowest pace in nearly two decades and the fallout for its trade war with the us has made

managing the slowdown more difficult. a recent report from the economist intelligence unit is a 2020 will be better for the mainland economy. its global chief economist said it relieves trade tensions between —— he believes the trade tensions are calling. will there was a big slowed in china's economy. —— slowdown. it went from 6.9 to 6.1%. the growth will slow more in 2020 but only a small amount. only 0.2 percentage points lower down. those are decade lows. are we likely to see more fiscal and monetary support from the chinese government to at least push it up above 6%? from the chinese government to at least push it up above 696? they would like to. china's economy is still growing at an unsustainable pace. the sustainable row —— rate of growth is still lower. once they hit that 2020 targets they have for

their doubling of 2010's gdp, i think they will probably in the next five year plan, be willing to take the breaks of the economy somewhat. the big challenges with inflation so high because of pork prices, they don't have as much room —— room for stimulus as they once did. a big day for boeing. as the big boss has his first day on the job. previous cheek -- chief first day on the job. previous cheek —— chief executive dennis muilenburg was ousted after his handling of the 737 max crisis. the grounding of 371 aircraft has already cost to play make up more than 9 billion us dollars and the longer it takes to get them in the sky, the more it will cost to compensate carriers. dave calhoun has a lot on his plate while keeping shareholders happy. boeing share price has fallen since the grounding in march. as you can see on the stock price screen.

however, he will also need to spend cash as he tries to restore trust with regulators and the flying public. over to australian and german group siemens who says it is devoted to a coalmining project and has come under fire from activists following recent wildfires in the country. siemens was awarded a contract country. siemens was awarded a co ntra ct to country. siemens was awarded a contract to provide signalling technology for a railway line connecting the outback to the australian seaboard. in india, massive changes are taking place in the telecommunications market. in a 3—way battle for the population of1 billion, it is the customers who are 110w billion, it is the customers who are now slapped with higher prices. monica miller explains. india is well‘s second largest telecom market and has some of the cheapest mobile plans on the planet. 1 gigabyte costs 26 cents, that is compared to $12 and the united states, $16 in south korea and $75 in zimbabwe. but

two of the market leaders, vodafone and et al. are facing a mountain of debt. —— airtel. allah during 2013 and 2017, they had to pay a lot. they haven't actually made a sufficient return of investment on those large investments. these companies also owe the government a whopping $13 billion in licensing fees and taxes. the indian head of vodafone says this situation is crucial and they may have to shut down if the indian government doesn't help. these two companies are struggling due to one disruptor... jio, backed by asia's which is manned, it offered a free voice calls and supercheap data. they could afford

to offer those services for free for six months and for incumbents, it was just six months and for incumbents, it wasjust in six months and for incumbents, it was just in ponds six months and for incumbents, it wasjust in ponds —— impossible to compete with free. this is a critical time in the sector as the rest of the world moves to this generation of mobile networks was up china's huawei is the well‘s leader in 5g and it is blocked from doing business in the united states so it is counting on its investments in india. but... indian telecom companies lack infrastructure. in oui’ companies lack infrastructure. in our view, the infrastructure is critical to provide these services. looking at the current state of the telecom industry, it may be a long time... before india comes calling for 5g. monica miller on india's telecom medications industry. the earnings season medications industry. the earnings season begins this week. let us see what is on the business calendar. india reports consumer price inflation and soaring food prices

have been putting that higher, possibly above 6%. the highest in five years. jpmorgan kicking off hurling —— quarterly earnings on us banks on tuesday. and mid week, deciding on the long—awaited phase i trader at arrangement between the united states and china. —— trade arrangement. and on thursday, us retail sales will be released. earlier, i spoke about when it comes to the trade deal, the devil will be in the details for investors. the key to look for in wednesday's deal is going to be implementation and enforcement. those are going to be the key issues as china has a long history of reneging on their previous promises. that is going to really be the one to watch. as well, we're going to be looking at the implications for the technology sector. we have this ongoing back occasion between the us and china and whether the reforms china will promise, whether they will be enough to potentially mediate some of that

the us is still moving ahead with blacklisting chinese companies —— bifurcation. china as well our increasing self—reliance. bifurcation. china as well our increasing self-reliance. let us have a quick look now at market action in the asia—pacific and how they are faring at this hour. the nike two to five up half a percent. —— nikkay. waiting for that all—time trade deal between the us and china to be signed in washington. japan is closed due to a public holiday. thank you so much for investing your time with us. i i'm rico hizon thank you forjoining us. this is bbc news the top stories this hour. there's been another day of protests in iran over the authorities‘ delay in accepting

responsibility for the shooting down of a passenger plane. thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes in the philippines, after a volcano spews out a massive cloud of ash near manila. britain's ambassador to iran was summoned by the country's foreign ministry on sunday, accused of attending an illegal anti—government demonstration. hundreds of people gathered outside the british embassy in tehran, chanting "death to the uk" and burning the union flag. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. chanting. outside the british embassy in tehran today, an angry demonstration. men burning flags, crying, "death to the uk". an organised protest by hardline militia linked to iran's revolutionary guard, all calling for britain's ambassador

to be expelled from the country. rob macaire was detained by police yesterday for what iran's foreign ministry described as inappropriate behaviour at an illegal gathering of anti—government protesters. the ambassador, seen here next to the former foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, was held for three hours until his identity was confirmed and he was released. the foreign office said the ambassador had been paying his respects at a vigil for those who'd died when the ukrainian airliner shot down by an iranian forces. amid growing, angry demonstrations in tehran at the government's handling of the crisis. mr macaire was nonetheless summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself. he told them his detention was unjustified and a violation of international law. in a tweet, he said...

tensions have been high from the assassination of a top uranian official. iran retaliated against us bases with iraq and the ukrainian airliner was tragically shot down. but for a moment today, those tensions were calmed as world leaders gathered in oman to mourn the death of the country's leader at relations with iran remain unchanged and unresolved. today, president rouhani met qatar, said that deescalation was the only solution to perhaps not for the region but is well on the streets of tehran. now on bbc news, sport today.

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: super sergio! manchester city striker aguero hits a record—breaking hat—trick, as his side demolish aston villa. back on top, juventus lead the way in serie a, with cristiano ronaldo on the scoresheet in their win at roma. and serbian delight. novak djokovic helps them to victory over spain, in the first ever atp cup final. we start with football, and manchester city are back up to second in the english premier league table, after thrashing aston villa on sunday. sergio aguero scored a hat—trick as the reigning champions won 6—1 at villa park. john murray reports. the champions inflicted aston villa's heaviest defeat since they returned to the