and if you would rather escape the world let me take you to the globe's biggest book fair and frank rich. welcome to do business asia want to get jones of berlin good to have you with us she away has posted an increase in sales despite u.s. sanctions targeting its smartphone and 5 g. businesses that were up around 24 percent during the 1st 9 months of $29000.00 compared to a year ago the white house added the chinese company to a trade blacklist in may however shipments of its smartphones have risen by more than a quarter this year norway has been developing its own software and hardware to reduce its reliance on the u.s. . your way is a leader in 5 g. technology and 5 g. is going to revolutionize business while at least that's the sales pitch some european governments and business lobbies have been using but it's also tailor made for states of aliens. this camera is one of more than $1009.00 the streets of the

serbian capital belgrade the 5 g. software which connects them is able to identify and track individuals local authorities argue the system created by chinese telecommunications giant huawei helps reduce crime in the city of 2000000 but critics say the system is not well suited to that task. monitoring the entire population and to every single point in time. when it comes to conduct this perfect crime and. i think it would be absurd releasing general. statistics and the studies show. again these crimes critics say this violence can be used to trial political opponents making them vulnerable to retribution serbia's police are accused of leaking footage of protests to pro-government tabloid media to identify and intimidate demonstrators. we've had very bad experiences with the treatment of the

citizens data by the state bodies and primarily security structures even sensitive data such as health and welfare or party or union affiliation this data has been brutally abused on several occasions and used against the regime critics or opponents although that's a criminal act and punishable by law. although beijing has been forging closer ties with belgrade including joint police patrols way denies accusations of chinese spying and says the technology is simply to make cities safer. for more i'm joined by clifford conan who joins me in the studio and andrea hanging is a stunning buy for us in singapore hello andria i'll be getting to you in just a moment i would like to start with clifford because she'll why by 5 g. . and of course controversy that's some seems to be going hand in hand nevertheless

germany has just signaled that it is open to cooperate with you a way even though the e.u. cautions against it how come well this is an interesting one the e.u. commission issued a report this week in which it warned about this it didn't mention while we've been named by name nor did i mention china but it seems to be that germany wants to push ahead with this i think a lot of it seems to be down to the price but there's also considerations that germany is trying to keep its trading relationship with china smooth because it relies on china for exports so there's a lot of factors at stake when it comes to germany and 5 g. ok because they're all alternatives in europe germany could go for alternatives no that's right i mean there's a lot of issues here i mean. ericsson and nokia the 2 to the big european providers have really come on it's often said that the 5 g.'s services provided by by while way are the best and in some ways they are but because it's the security risks

people are wondering if they balance out and there's a lot of considerations about whether looking at a trade war issues that we're talking about the moment to a level playing fields while way has gotten to where it is by getting hundreds of billions of billions of dollars in subsidies from the chinese government which obviously people like ericsson and others happen to have so maybe there's a consideration to sort of help the european companies that germany could be looking more favorably out there are lies all right well that that sort of used to certainly be the way to go about things under a as you were listening for many here in in europe and germany germany's move to sort of say oh we'd be ok to cooperate with you away came as something as a surprise how did it go down where you. well the thing is most of the southeast asian nations have already embraced huawei as their 5 g. network provider and those who aren't in bed with while we are u.s. allies notably the japan and south korea now. but i think this deal as as

he said earlier that the report doesn't single out china nor while we and it doesn't it doesn't really bother while we in the least because it's it's got its revenues for the 3rd quarter up by 24.4 percent so it's if anything this has this whole episode with the bends from the us restrictions from australia new zealand even they have shown resilience while we is not giving up and in all fairness it seems you know revenue growth has slowed by 13 percent 13 to 14 percent amid the restrictions but it has not stopped them at all right here in asia it's not going to go anywhere and in quote we still has a pretty strong hole in this side of the at this side of the world all right and dragging in singapore thank you so much and clifford coonan thank you for your time as well. well south korea central bank has cut its policy rate to a record low to counter the flagging economy and

a downbeat growth forecast bank of korea governor jew you all said economic growth would slow by more than expected because of global trade disputes and worsening geopolitical risks central bank lowered its key interest rate with for that using on the horizon or more. the british pound has continued his volatility amid the ups and downs of last minute breaks of negotiations ahead of a crucial e.u. summit on thursday that the ongoing uncertainty is also leaving its mark on the british economy latest data trickling out of the u.k. shows the number of people in work full and the auto industry expects big job cuts . these rolls of fabric will soon be covering the seats of luxury motor cars and buses the uni royal global factory in northern england is only the 1st stop in a long journey for the materials which leads through countries like romania and the czech republic for processing followed by shipment to car plants in italy spain and

the u.k. for assembly the e.u. single market means goods can travel tariffs on paper work free throughout europe delivered like clockwork just in time breaks it threatens that and has led to uncertainty and slowing investment throughout british industry. just as i could have is now the next 45 years and when they haven't all the facts for example i don't know where we're going to be without brakes if we don't know whether the u.k. is still a safe bet that. place at that level of basis that few scientists we are still. reading. yet despite the risk to business and their jobs workers here mostly one phrase it done. yeah did for me but i didn't for a good deal about the office a little. british government quite possibly the worst was over ruled by were party bosses that. put only a few days to go before the u.k.

is due to depart the e.u. business owners are still hoping for a deal that will at least keep them within the single market without their future could be very bleak. time for some s.k. percent book sales in germany out around $10000000000.00 euros a year and there is one trend that's generating even more rigorous personalized novels. you hear biden hillary often comes here to order books this time she's looking for a 50th birthday present for a friend. maybe a golf themed mystery novel called death by 7 iron would be the thing. margaret was just going to ask you know you can personalize this one just like the other books you bought you can put your own title here and if it's a special birthday it's cool to put a photograph on the cover. as a in this case the hero of his 769 times you can see that here quite nicely the

it was fun to get the feedback from my friend i gave him the book on friday and by men day he'd already read it not just him but his wife as well it's something really special. since 2003 personal novel based in munich offers customers the chance to appear in any of 150 novels by specially commissioned authors the books can be chosen online or in the store there are different categories like crime romance golf and football books the company will personalize the hero and up to 30 minor characters the price of literary famous between $27.40 euros depending on the cover design trophy said was difficult at 1st because no one knew what it was about it was hard to explain to people what a personalized novels is what options are available and it started slowly and from a small base since then the whole topic of personalization has come to the fore and there are all kinds of personalized products you can look at the company now offers

books in english too and other languages may follow many of the customers are so taken by the idea that they come back for more as if that is do we get the teenage daughter who wants a present for her mom. i am the grandma who wants one for her grandchild it can be a declaration of love even or maybe a man is looking for a christmas present for someone our customers are from all walks of life. now other start ups from germany and abroad are offering personalized books here in germany europe's biggest book market these new companies don't see themselves as competition for traditional book stores more as a supplementary service. at personal novel 5 full time staff and a few freelancers live from personalizing novels and 44 books for children and young adults. yeah i mean a month. and she when you're on the cover and your name is on the cover and the little boy the main character in the book has the same hair color and i kind of raise you it's fascinating also for us and. it's

a boy loved it and we had to read the book over and over. personalization now even lets you put your dog in the book the story is then told from the point of view of the canine character. of north korean state media has reported the opening up a new rail route to what john young hopes will become a major tourist hot spot unverified footage shows workers and officials celebrating a trial run on the line which runs to the foot of a sacred mountain kim jong un's family traces its roots back to pick to the north korean government is building a large tourist center there as part of a push to make the country more self-reliant. that's a business update here and you don't be a thanks for watching. we

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