it's about billions. it's about our work. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but if there's a sharp morning well for accept some money from the new superpower will become the engine to finish up the state. the chinese state has

a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world the for. china's game lead to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. major chinese tech companies are spared from an american investor blocked list we ask what's behind the move and what it could mean for joe biden's pledge to go talks on china. also coming up after more than a decade of continuous growth germany post its biggest economic decline since the financial crisis. pushed into poverty millions of people in brazil are struggling to make ends meet as they can drop some of their jobs. this is the

business i've heard from thanks for joining me the u.s. treasury has decided not to chinese tech giants 10 percent and by due to an investor blacklist it goes against the advice of the department of defense which alleges the companies have named to the chinese military 9 other chinese companies including phone makers however it's since been added to the block list prompting questions about what the criteria for inclusion are obliged as american investors to get rid of their stock within one year. time to bring in our financial correspondent squatter in new york hello yes what's behind this decision by the treasury. ok that clearly has been a surprise a pleasant surprise if you are u.s. investor in those companies and if you look at the stocks of 10 sendoff by the end of the babar there clearly outperformed the market here on thursday at the stock

market to right behind me a well i mean obviously the positive effects for u.s. investors so that there is still be able to trade those companies outweighed the national security concerns and obviously stephen could convince the u.s. president donald trump to not bend those 3 companies so he did defeat the china hawks and as i said so quite a surprise on that front and let's look ahead joe biden has promised to be tough on china do you think this represents only a temporary reprieve then for the likes of alibaba on 10 cent. well i mean if it comes to probably even delisting some chinese companies we really have to wait and see we don't really know what joe biden is going to do at that beehive what we do know is that he in general is a supporter of multinational agreement still trying to form a coalition with western democracies maybe also with some asian nations like japan

for example to build a front against them china the question is if that's a bit too late in the game just a couple of days ago we heard that china has signed an agreement with the european union so it really we have to wait and see what's going to happen and as i mentioned if it might be too late in the game when it comes to the terrorists joe biden did in that he's not going to change anything at this point and then we also have to wait and see how high china is on the priority list of 4 upcoming president joe biden i mean we have the virus of pretty much out of control here in the united states and every 5th person tested for example in the l a region has been tested positive recently and then we also have all the economic damage so we have to wait and see how high on the agenda the china trade tensions are for the upcoming administration. friend wanting to thank you very much.

time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news general electric has accused the siemens energy subsidiary of using stolen trade secrets to rake bids for lucrative contract to supply gas turbines to public utilities she alleges an employee of the utility sent confidential business information to siemens. delta airlines lost 12000000000 dollars last year as a pun demick restrictions the travel industry while the u.s. carrier is hoping bookings will pick up a vaccine it's continue lucrative international business travel is likely to recover more slowly and less profitable domestic trips. u.s. authorities have often to recall 158000 model s. and model x. vehicles over safety concerns regulators say they've discovered a problem with the car's display screens which could pose a risk by causing backup cameras. to malfunction could face legal action if it

refuses to recall the cars. samsung has unveiled its laces lineup of smart phones the 3 galaxy s $21.00 models feature bigger screens better cameras longer lasting batteries than last year's models the pandemic weighed heavily on demand for phones flagship handsets the current crop supports ultra fast 5 g. mobile networks. germany has posted its biggest economic contraction since the financial crisis more than a decade ago last year g.d.p. declined by 5 per cent a figure economy minister peter cold dramatic but not as bad as had been expected. many businesses remain closed as the lockdown across germany continues. the pandemic has dragged the country's economy into one of its deepest post-war recession. little 1st witchcraft is the minutes the german economy contracted 5

percent last year that's a dramatically high number but it was one percent less than we feared during the early phase of the pandemic which is some consolation on the me it's hard to host. the recession could have been much worse but the economy has been resilient and the government has pumped billions of euros of aid into it and this year the outlook for europe's largest economy isn't so bad the government expects a rebound but it won't be quite as strong as previously hoped. earlier we asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt khan who is known for his take on the state of the german economy 5 percent contraction of the german economy what do you turn after a decade of continuous economic growth all of the sectors of the cost of the were hit hard by the pandemic only one sector managed to increase and that's the building industries mortgages are easy to get to find and also the german housing

market needs more supply that's what kept keeps the building sector robbing now in this situation of course hope by the government is needed but businesses report that a particular one program announced by the government in autumn has made many obstacles payments were delayed nobody knows really why. there were disagreements between the e.u. commission and the german government which resulted in the government to draw parts of its original promises. to britain's leading supermarket group say urgent intervention is needed to prevent disruption to northern ireland's food supply some shops are ready facing shortages of fresh produce since britain left the european union northern ireland which is part of the u.k. but shares a large border with the e.u. has occupied a unique status when it comes to trade. these lorries normally return from mainland

britain parked with food. but since briggs it was finalized 2 weeks ago many of them come home with nothing. i've never same disruption. on the scale i talk a lot i'm reporting 40 percent. that's just something. that's been felt in supermarkets to i was in tesco out there is not so bad you see also that it was mostly the frozen food as well i was looking for like fish and stuff and i was one there might have is no food despite promises of frictionless trade many products from england scotland and wales now require extra paperwork to cross the irish sea. when working with supermarkets in order to ensure that northern consumers can have an uninterrupted supply of the products that they used to enjoy he said that it would be some initial disruption were only winning it

out but the situation will get worse before it gets better german freights are deeply schenker how suspended shipments to the u.k. after just 10 percent of consignment had the correct paperwork morning sir and in the netherlands british drivers had their sandwiches confiscated on arrival at the border yeah ok can i take the anything to break no everything will be. rocketed wrecked a thorough search. hard to stomach but as many in britain are finding out there is no such thing as a free lunch. with more than a 1000000 covert 1000 infections recorded priscilla's one of the countries that has been hardest hit by the pandemic as the health care system cons under increasing strain economic hardship is the coming ever more widespread to. michelle the olivia still has some supplies but they won't last long she's extremely worried she had

been getting around a 100 euros a month in government assistance and now that's being cut off the family of 8 has lived off donations in kind since the new year almost everyone here has lost their job because of the pandemic. and i thought of going to sell to killian beer at this party last night and then my mother said are you crazy you can't go there's a disease out there. so i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. millions of impoverished brazilians are on state support but the country is facing an economic crisis and the government no longer wants to pay out for social security which is a big line item in the budget. giving it say g.d.p. grew 2 percent great but nobody g.d.p. if you like a slice of g.d.p. for breakfast in 2021 will have people who meet all the definitions of poverty will

be at the risk of the disease of hunger i'm not talking about dignity i'm talking about mere survival here. on the economic crisis is spreading earlier this week for employees demonstrated in front of their factories the u.s. automaker wants to close 3 of its brazilian plants citing a lack of demand during the pandemic. we're all outraged all the workers are outraged their parents and if this decision is not reversed it will have a very big impact on the back 5000 jobs are on the chopping block at ford brazil which means even more people could soon need state support. and finally a painting that was supposed to feature on the cover of a 936 tintin comic book has fetched a record 3200000 euros on a paris auction the artist as a painted it for a comic book titled the balloon no shows it depicts tintin on his loyal dog snowy

inside a porcelain vase facing a red dragon the publisher of the 4 color reproduction to be too expensive if they know how valuable the image one day become. and not so for me thank you so much for acting i like. the conflict so to survive. is to presume you are just as true to germany is going to criticize. the look proceeded to show you a fist in the 2 in the photo call of the why the big gap between you rhetoric about the right solution is moot in parts of the new clues. as to.

how can a country's economy grow harmony its people. when there are do look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many challenges. as people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india to. god. yes there's a reason you can have it all students just one song so that when you bring you i'm going to call as you've never before a surprise to so with what is supposed to is matter. really what moves them all summed up who talks to people who follow her along the way admirers and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shaping her if you join those chemicals law stops. in the art of climbing trees.

for. what's in store. for the future in the. car for 2 major cities to go to insight. into. this news africa on the program today uganda decides uganda to have voted on a heavy security and an internet blackout it's a tense election longtime days a year where most if anyone's to extend his role his main challenger bobby wine say's it's time to ring the the dictator. and into the central african republic rebels have mounted big close this attack on the capital. they were repelled by security forces and one peacekeeper was killed in the violence.

hello i'm christine one boy it's good to have your company ugandans have been voting in the presidential election that's been dubbed a contest between the country's young people and the old guard there were long queues at some polling stations some photos reportedly plated albums 17000000 people registered to take part in this election most of them are young 1st time voters the main opposition candidate bobby wine and his wife were surrounded by a cheer. in crowd when they voted in kampala and the incumbent president receiving voted at his country home a long time the that is speaking as. up to 55 in power. and

d.-w. correspondent julius mugabe is on the line via phone income pala hi julius uganda's young people will decide this election what is at stake for them the 2nd issue among many young uganda is amiable employment that applies maybe a major factor into the selection the youth want a job out of every 5 or to 3 of the no major 4 here that's all important to you thank you selection all continents have been appealing 'd to them many 1st time voters are on the scene the president was 70 as the leader of this country should be a fuss over trinity to endorse his presidency overindulge change we're going to promise to secure their future while his main charge and that will be why. it's to believe other young people too in uganda the time is now on the choices they have to make. junius we're talking via phone because the government shutdown the incentives has

that affected the voting process indeed because affected their voting process they intended to shut down for a skim of the surprises being the starting to very minute people will get a companion like they streamed on the range in age which has recruited many ugandans onto relying on being 10 inches the main source of information for shutting it down without even noticing the 2nd disruption biliteral versus itself are somewhat different sequences and jim on the village commission this morning was quick to decry a good move reportedly saying that it does show that election process vestavia to going to drink anything by your matrix systems in many important questions delaying for working for more than 3 hours now covered the shutdown being touted compromises to a science because it looks out what you go groups like the media and the general public from does the need to be information which can be arranged to be a form of practices in the shadow of the internet cuts yes and in the run up to 2

to the mix and leave the opposition's warning regain changing than supporters to be vigilant when crossing their ballots have begun any reports off of the regular season in combat or for example when you are. yes there have been some reports of irregularities because i will say that the main poaching you've done your bridges. some of them such as that tweet saying that the delay in voting with the strategic move to be nice some people reach us to vote because of either because the time we have voting the couple is to end every work that there's a chance for an extension was made and this is the 1st time delay the been reported in 2016 some point fishes were reported the most open to voting to be optimal from both of them both reported you reach the voting on location i spoke to a voter 'd who told me that if they can if you for more than 2 hours and 40 man was

looking to resist but despite having calls on the to be i told him given he's voting for the should by the electoral commission i witnessed this morning with him on the horse tuesday in the queue also on the phone the timing was not very good she had confirmation that my son just at the company's big elsewhere on the but apart from that i need to know about other ridgeline this time in 27 we have been reports of by the coffee but i can hardly see any yes but the disclaimer remains deferral the information to send me good so it daily reflects perhaps you meet wasn't it hard about the 2 days there was a lot of violence in the campaign soldiers have been deployed across the country president was 70 warned people not to break the mold very quickly julius could still be moved by human connections of emerged from oppression in kampala where you report from other parts of the country so i guess the women are more tests but please allow me to put a disclaimer that the dam may need if they could be instigators hopping but because

of the shutdown the brain thinks it might be knowledge reported there is a police and military deployment kids in kampala here but as we head into the voting the vote counting if an area of tension the police is under the instruction to send people home most of working from word spread of. or a virus but your pollution are only deployed to read what's really want people to go all in the interest of public health but probably why they are forced to stay and monitor what's going to require an area of confrontation and if it happens it through the night slide into violence that's tedious macumba t.w. correspondent reporting in kampala thank you julius and stay safe now you heard our correspondent tell us that many virtues particularly young people want more economic opportunities we'll be talking more about that after this ugandans because . we have it easy our economy is strong.

the army is strong and experienced the physician. on one wheel well who knows. the dump of metal. or not but about everything there. are it's a full context on the economic situation in uganda i'm joined by correspondent joy be in russia joining is from uganda and reports on east africa upon a 6 and economy welcome to the program joy we just heard 2 very different positions on the situation in uganda many young voters particularly say that there are no jobs no opportunities but president you are 70 says the economy is is strong. well it's strong can be described in a different context here because if we're going to look at what's been happening the past couple of months. you know the pandemic interrupting economies across the

continent actually cannot say that the economy is strong not in uganda not in the african continent but looking at uganda in particular uganda has the youngest population by a median age on the african continent and that could explain the high unemployment rates and also if they are employed it's the quality of work that they're doing that could be questionable because up until today i don't think uganda has in minimum wage for its citizens and that in itself is an economic question that needs answers or that has needed answers for the last 3 days and if we're going to also look at the growth as. if he was $21000.00 you're going to see konami growth was about 6.3 percent and that drops to about 3.4 percent the following year and so that explains just how much the economy is in a dire state joy tell us about the economic potential at bet that you've got to has

and why is that not being fully realized. well you get his economic potential. if i'm to read it it probably is one of the highest across the east africa region after kenya. and if you're going to look at why exactly it's not realizing its potential there's so many reasons one of them being what is even being experienced during the elections the authoritarian hand of the government in uganda that can decide as and when they're going to shut down the internet that itself interrupts the economy and then also deems. possibilities are trapped in foreign direct investment and foreign investors do not look at uganda as a viable investment destination just because of the 3 tarion resolution that the government has taken but then again it has great potential every culture has very

great potential for joy i have one more quick question for you this elections come down to 2 candidates which of them is offering the best plan to improve the lives of you get it's very quickly the income and who is president you're 70 is talking about securing your gand is economic future but he has been in power for 13 over 30 years now in fact this is the 34th year and ugandans are still waiting for this economic future that he has been securing for so many decades. bodyline or about juggling who is now the strongest opposition candidate is talking about you know reinventing the wheel and capitalizing on uganda's young population just stimulate economic growth he says he wants to do this by also changing the education as him to in the long stimulate it's employment possibility join in

and reporting for us they narrowly thank you joy. it's of a central african republic now where rebels have mounted a close this attack yeah it's to the capital bangui leaving a one day u.n. peacekeeping dead before being pushed back now this latest attack comes after rebels launched an offensive vowing to march on the capital after last month's contested presidential election while the government has called this an attempted coup and the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist strongly condemned the attack calling on all parties to stop the violence and engage in meaningful dialogue. among these northern outskirts where the attack took place. the u.n. peacekeepers have reinforced their positions in the central african republic scuttled just taking what they can carry people are fleeing the area terrified of more violence. the innocence of the ones dying now the

government and the leaders of the armed groups need to sit around a table and focus to discuss the future of the country you can't keep a country together through war. rebels encouraged by former president. protesting the really action on december 27th of president ford. and have threatened to take the capital. good morning that's just currently the situation remains calm the initiative of the armed groups that have infiltrated bondy has been thwarted and currently the troops on the ground control the situation that's just. the government says it has arrested several rebels and killed dozens but the head of the international crisis group is concerned the violence will spiral out of control i've given the current violence it seems unlikely that the government will enter into talks with rebel leaders in the coming days. all the more so because

rebel leaders are confident that they can see it from the territory in recent weeks they've taken several towns now controlling 2 thirds of the country and they seem determined to continue their march on. that's it for today's program see you next time about a. young woman immigrants. to the police will stop that. isn't the solution to their flight could be fatal but going back is not an option. i'm on and the teeth are stuck in the spanish border area there they're waiting for a chance that will probably never come shattered dreams starts january 18th on

t.w. the us and it's as if they don't need to keep. the books over for over a mention on the 4th and for the most recently that letter that was the bottom of the belly the last dragons in this world has been called our 3 years. on. greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture with historic elections in uganda as the backdrop will look at bobby wine the charismatic musician taking on the country's longtime president also in the pipeline. kenyan off their evolving war explores the east africa pre-colonial past and globalization present in her latest novel. he's a reggae star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired

the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their say in a historic election that saw him face off against president. who's been in power for 35 years started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. donny also found his body wine to spread good vibes with his music the singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20 years. his lyrics are political bobby wine tells it like it is giving a voice to the oppressed in his country. many people are good and i really want to use everybody into bore highlight their plight

because they are not as lucky as i've been but he realized singing wasn't enough to affect real change so 3 years ago bobby wine got into politics to try to change uganda from the ground up now he's running for president trying to topple ury most 71 has been in power for almost 35 years. said the knee is a different generation he's a representative of. a representative of the future ready. the 38 year old musician is popular with the younger generation which makes up the majority of the country almost 80 percent of uganda's population is under 30 bobby wine wants them to fight for their own political freedom. comes to those who fight not to those who cry because the more you cry is the more your people continue to buy so rise and defend.

the winds political message packaged in a 4 minute pop song has been on heavy rotation in uganda for 3 years now the song against fear against corruption against oppression by the state that i have already won when. we can the people of your band and. people. to go out and vote. with over 80 percent because i've been in every part of uganda and it's creates evident that the people of uganda. for change. but president will say vinnie is fighting back government forces have been breaking up campaign rallies prof and beating up protestors or opposition candidates. bottom line has been arrested tortured and charged with high treason. it was.

i did not get in the struggle to. name then number of times i've been a risk i mean the struggle to anybody to ground and before that is accomplished i don't care how many times on my wrist it had us beaten gustafer but sprayed. i'm keeping my eyes on the prize. for now bobby wine same unpopularity for his protection. a charismatic bobby wind there challenging the 70 in today's election in uganda and scott roxboro who's joining me to talk about this tradition of politics through music in africa scott there was a lot of focus in that report on bobby one the politician tell us a little bit more about him as a musician and how he expresses politics that way yeah i mean bobby was a fascinating figure i mean as an artist because there's really no gap between his pop and his his his politics i mean he expresses his policies directly through

music often writing songs that are direct political messages i mean last year late early last year when the penned them i think on a virus pandemic hit like any politician bobby wine gave a sort of public safety message. but he did a different way he actually wrote a song about the safety surrounding the coronavirus and put everything to music ok let's see if we can just have a listen to that one on the coronavirus. your boss or shot. down over. the wire very. yes i mean this is this is health health messages you can dance to i would be great if every politician did that i mean let's see an america like rap out her health messages. that would go into what an intelligent way to get

a very sensible message across that probably one isn't the 1st african musician to actually turn to politics to tell us about a few of the other examples i mean there is a real long tradition across africa really of political activism through music and a number of very popular musicians have done bobby one thing and tried to run for office i mean in tanzania you have professor j. he's one of the. biggest hip hop stars and he's always sort of rapped against to the corruption against injustice and 2015 you decided to run for parliament and he won he's now a sitting member of the. indian parliament and you have a say across across africa i mean instead of using door you probably know one of the most famous singers in africa and definitely is in senegal i'm also a strong political activist he was sort of blocked from be able to run for

president himself but he supported the opposition and when the opposition candid was elected president he was made a minister who's made the minister of culture and tourism for something also you see that across africa you have these musicians using the power of their music and their and their fame to get across the real plus message can take a direct stake in incredible and you know just quickly it's very dangerous obviously for them to be taking a stance like this in so many of these countries the winds really had. trouble with a lot of arrests arrests and beatings and of course it could get even more serious and we saw what happened in ethiopia just just last year the musician who did d.c. who was who was murdered who was who was killed and his his his killing really sparked an uprising against the authoritarian government in ethiopia so you can see these musicians they're not just expressing their political opinion they're taking real personal rest in trying to get their message across but to great effect and we're crossing our fingers obviously for bobby why now that he can affect change

there thanks very much scott. well staying in africa kenyan writer yvonne war is one of her country's most eloquent voices her 2014 novel dust was highly acclaimed and her most recent book the dragon-fly see is both a coming of age story and a lyrical reflection on cultural diffusion and in it she probes the historic links between africa and asia to counter those typical western perspectives of africa's way forward. nairobi. it's home to yvonne idea. of world renowned intellectual voice of her country kenya is on the move let's strong support from china which is financing bridges railroads and ports here as part of the new silk road a controversial project for sun. i understand that certain people are extremely worried more worried than we are about china's return to the african continent and

i think they like to see that the sky is about to fall of africa. that's really i think. represents a new opportunity for the african continent. to kind of defy and what it is and where it is they want to be in the world and with who. they are there is on the way to part of an island off kenya's coast 500 kilometers from nairobi. party is the fixed point from which the narrative thread of her novel develops although the world globalization does not appear once in it $600.00 pages it is what the story is about the dragon-fly see the title of the novel is the author's name for this body of water the europeans called it the indian ocean one of many western imposed ideas the author breaks with. a lot of the west thought we were so they had their mind their fantasy about africa was about our poverty our lack. and they're

also obsessed with our diseases and their greatest vision for us was maybe musky to the next china comes in and says. the vision they have. with us is about roads and bridges and ports. i think it was about the scale of vision and quite frankly you know we will go for the attractive or we'll go for the attractive offer. into the heart as part of along the way we encounter the shango archaeological site where remnants were found of a mosque that some believe was built during mohammed's lifetime. 'd ruins from the 15th century are better preserved there from a time when a lively exchange with china is said to have existed. but even in kenya these ruins 1st excavated by british archaeologists are largely unknown.

this is a treasure this is not just a kenyan treasure it's a world treasure it's an african treasure this site it means that others come into spaces like this and the right to their histories on top of it and then we've got a generation growing up thinking that they have no groups no roots in all the history you have people confused thinking that their history only begins when the europeans arrived for example. and that's tragic that's part of the tragedy of africa and the tragedy of the state this column dates from the 15th century. first indicators that you have entered an unusual site is this. a probably a tombstone there would have being ceramics from china embedded here this is a 600 year old. character ayana novel sets out

from parted to china unwittingly retracing the. past taken by her ancestors. this is the fabric sportswear i know would be hiding you know the opening chapter of the book. novel is also a chronicle of self empowerment written in an incandescent li poetic language. under the dark published in crowds. on the mangrove southwest coast. i don't much like conspired with the shimmering to charge the island. profits traders. to close the sad news that fish on the left behind me of the magic magician and roy has died of cancer at age 81 his partner roy horn died last spring from

complications with covered 19 and will leave you with some impressions from their better days and with that all the best from us troops. to head.

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a punk but when you feel them altogether there realize it's called just another way of living a are you ready to meet the devon i'm going to be right just do it. hundreds often use in my contacts. where i come from roggio remains an important soft transmitting and for mission and when i was young my country was drawing. the war prominent people. people would cause them. to see. it was my job to 2 in one. just say so as not everyone in that column. listen to those updates. nothing has been printed my unknown codea enjoin not more of the. us i was it's one of. my choices is caught because

given their way toward transmitted to trolls. when it isn't a question how much and i will. do you top. this is g.w. news and these are our top stories so counting has begun in uganda offer an election hissing one of africa's longest serving latest against a young challenger president yoweri museveni is seeking a 6th term in office author ruling for nearly 4 decades his main rival from a pop star bobby winehouse.