i am john dawson. thanks, john.be taking a closer look at the bjp's landslide victory in india. we will look at the challenges ahead as norendra modi prepares to take power. ♪ >> let's do a quick check on the markets around play -- around the asia pacific. the nikkei 225 looks like this. the index is modestly lower. if you're looking at a live view of the imperial palace. have machine orders from japan. impressing to the upside. the asx 200 on a sunny day is trading lower, 7/10 of 1%. ospi looks like this. we are seeing the index generally lower. the declines continue with a -- 1%f one percent drop drop it we are 50 minutes way from the start of trade in singapore. heavy thunderstorms this morning in the lion city. it looks cloudy. futures indicate a pretty much flat open for the singapore futures. let's take a closer look at the bjp's landslide victory in india. let's go live to singapore where the senior research fellow at the institute of southeast asian -- south asian studies is there. first off, i want to get y

i am john dawson. >> thanks, john.flix of china, include some of the most popular shows online, but last month, the regulator ordered after your shows taken down, including the -- ordered four shows taken down, including the hugely popular "big bang theory," and you have been speaking with the ceo. doing ite regulators to sohu, and that is my little heory," and i am a fan. they wanted four shows streamed from the united states taken down, including that one. the founder of so who sohu said it was not related to vulgar or that the broadcaster, cctv, wanted to hijack it and play it themselves because it is so popular and garnering pretty high advertising revenues. it is among the highest rated programs in china. this case is seen as a litmus test of how regulators will be exploiting streaming business in china. this is part to of my interview. >> spending much more time on many of them, they do not turn on tv. >> do you think that many of the regulations that control movie rights and the censorship issues, they are going

that's today's global outlook and i'm john dawson.t of china, 48.1, the take on manufacturing. , talking about the difference in the convergence with the official numbers. >> economy is suffering from relatively weak momentum. it is suffering the problem of excess capacity. >> reflected when we see these factory gate prices as well. >> it has been below zero for a long time. >> substantially below as well. why does that not translate into more practice in the economy? that is also why the new leaders , it is less from the investment. >> this is from the eight-month low that we had at -2.3%. >> it is mostly because of the basic facts. they wentld argue from bad to worse. >> month over month rate is probably still negative. this deflationary pressure is still there. it's going to be there for quite some time i'll china transforms itself. about the beijing authority going to start pumping more liquidity in the system, injecting capital as well but they are already doing that, aren't they? theolving the problem with same approach as befor

i am john dawson. we are "on the move." growing anger.efy the military as kiev approves the coup. opening up a new front. china relaxes the rules. the nba. reports of yao ming looking at the l.a. clippers. bangkok.0 a.m. in leaders are set to name an interim prime minister. crull rising tensions in the streets? that is a big question. things were a bit tense. understand it was a weekend of protests and bangkok. samear yet whether the number of protesters are out in the streets. as tomato that 2000 people were a the monument area met by heavy presence. -- it was estimated that 2000 people were in the monument area met by a heavy presence. we know there was no loss of life. they are wary about thailand especially after the commander the democratic institution in the country and fors the junta extra leeway new rules that are favorable to the military. today, we have many developments. the royal command and he is likely to name the whichm prime minister needs the approval of the monarchy. today he is also expected to receive the endorsement b

. >> john dawson, burger dive, three weeks on main street. >> reporter: what did the missouri star quilt company do for you? >> they provided the building that we lease from them and financed us to get the business started and running. >> reporter: and with lines out the door, the demand for burgers, fries and shakes in hamilton is there. >> people are coming in making milk shakes. >> yeah, we sold over 500 milk shakes in our first week. >> reporter: a remarkable change for the sleepy town of hamilton where the chamber of commerce just started up again after years of inactivity and their local mail truck can no longer manage the package pickup at missouri star unless they make several trips a day cramming packages into the small truck on each visit. >> reporter: is there a ripple effect from the success of the missouri star quilt company? >> one of them is i can think of this year's bank's christmas party, typically we travel out of town and held that at the restaurant. this year because of the retreat center, they have a large banquet area. we're able to feedback into the community. >>

. >> john dawson, j.'s burger dive three weeks on main street. >> would it have been possible for you to open this restaurant without the missouri star quilt company? >> no. >> what did they do for you? >> they provided a building that we lease from them. and finances to get the business started and running >> and with lines out the door, the demand for burgers, fries and shakes in hamilton is clearly there. it is crazy. it's 34 degrees out there and people are coming and making milkshakes. >> yeah. we sold over 500 milkshakes in our first week. >> a remarkable change for the sleepy town of hamilton where the chamber of commerce just started up again after years of inactivity. and their local mail truck can no longer manage the package pickup at missouri star. unless they make several trips a day. cramming packages into the small truck on each visit. is there a ripple effect from the success of the missouri star book company? >> one instance i can think of is this year the bank's christmas party. typically

. >> i'm john dawson. we are "on the move." wins royalcoup approval, but protests grow.er. it's only battling microsoft again as china relaxes the rules. success. taste of the chocolate billionaire claiming victory in ukraine. arethai military leaders set to name an interim leader today to

i am john dawson. we are "on the move." a threat to peace. cautious on thailand.from corporate japan. shares rebounding reassuring comments from malaysia airlines. tensions in the disputed waters and south sea. chinese vessel sank a vietnamese fishing boat. quite a surprise. >> there have been tensions. we all know that. and oil rig. as we all know, violent protests across vietnam. what we had over the past half an hour, hour and a half or rather, the chinese rig. nautical miles7 off the oil rig. a chinese vessel rammed into a fishing boat carrying 10 people. it immediately sunk. 10 people were rescued. reportsrms the earlier from a vietnamese newspaper. let me read part of it. early this morning a bit is me was -- vietnamese ship first encircled by 40 chinese and subsequently round. we got confirmation from vietnam by the for ministry put out a statement. begun find it on their website. the spokesperson said it sank and it was rammed by a chinese boat. it took place at four clock p.m. yesterday. the's what we have for moment. not a lot of details but all we need.

. >> john dawson, thank you so much, from hong kong.ince 1906 radio has filled the airwaves with news, traffic, talk, and music. the industry is facing its toughest challenge, competing with the digital and streaming options. even with all of the options, radio has continued to be the cockroach of media. radio has survived everything, from a track to itunes. so far, an onslaught of streaming music startups. the industry says 92% of americans tune in at least once a week, unchanged since 1970. >> we are the breakfast club, good morning! >> clear channel owns 835 stations in the u.s., and his edge comes from knowing the audience. dumb you think we are so that we would pay hundreds of millions a dollar per year for program radio stations versus playing music if that worked? why pay an announcer $10 million per year? because it's worth it. >> do you ever look at yourself naked in the mirror? >> nationally recognized personalities are not the only radio plan. the admin is doubling down on award shows and parties. jockeysow hear the disc as a

john dawson has covered the crisis from the start and joins me now.turn to market in april very successfully. they sold at 3.575%. i was the lowest bond yield ever recorded for a 10 year for portugal. worth ofon euros bonds. that was the key catalyst for doing this. without seeking a precautionary credit line. in 2011, this began. $108 billion. it was a rescue bailout from the eu and imf, the troika. it was due to end may 17. billion bailout. in spain in january after the $100 billion bailout, and now portugal. e says thechaeubl confidence of financial markets has returned. portugal has returned to financing itself in an impressive manner. here is the portuguese prime minister. >> we have financial reserves for one year, which can isolate us from any external fluctuation. we have the investors' trust, and our debt interest rates are at an historical low. we have external surplus, something which did not happen in decades, and we will continue with the budget rigor, because that is the will of the government and its supporting parliamentary majority. c