the winter olympics take place a lot is at stake honest mosler is a professor from the school of east asian studies at berlin's free university very good day thank you for spending time with us as with everything of course timing is key what's behind the surprise announcement first of all it's not a surprise at all that korea comes to north korea comes out at this point in time because also the foreign policy of north korea needs a direct contact a direct dialogue with its outer world in order to implement to realize goals now interesting if you if you look from the north korean perspective their approach seems to be two pronged on the one hand they're dialing up tensions with the u.s. and there seems to be a slight warming up of relations between john yang and seoul. what's the tactic behind that are they trying to drive a wedge between those two allies. here is the board understand that it was always it has always been the strategy of north korea to have this wedge between the u.s. and south korea because there are conflicting interests here so that's nothing new but it's of course a very

tonight i'm joined here at the big table by on his most there he is with the graduate school of east asian studies at the university here in berlin and kirsten phenomena joins us. from washington gentlemen to both of you it's good to have you on the show let me start with you these talks of course the first one. in two years but we're talking about the olympics we're not talking about the nuclear weapons program so do they really do these talks mean anything oh yes i would say that's really a breakthrough i mean in particular measured against what has been happening during the last nine years during the rightist conservative administration in south korea before liberal president was elected last year so they were pushing for a confrontation with north korea that resulted in actually worsening relations of the two koreas they didn't talk anything and there was already a looming military conflict now they they set down face to face they talked about basic but important things and they agreed to to improve relations in the future in a positive and constructive way and this was north korea's i

again -- if you have a system like that, you have more south asians and east asians. is that wrong? is there anything wrong with them? >> i can agree. i can hear april saying that is wrong. these are white nations. this is a discriminatory approach. it's casting out people who made homes here and did well here because they happen to be brown. it's happening. face what he is dealing with today. two days ago, he made the mistake of saying he wanted to craft a bill of love on immigration and sign anything they brought to him. he's been getting hammered the last two days. they are going after him. this is him turning around. he's got the megaphone now and shouting to his base, these are s-house, hole countries, i hear you. >> we are going to take a pause here. i want to make a point to your point. the president knew full well when he said in the room, this was going to get out. he knew that. it's not like he didn't think this was going to leak out. s next, reaction from the president from capitol hill. plus, more breaking news. another bombshell, claiming in an interview he has a good r

military and cultural parade which you're watching live now attended by leaders from ten south east asian nations being hosted by a minister narendra modi and present ram nath coven the day marks the adoption of the indian constitution one nine hundred fifty early sixty thousand security personnel a day being deployed in new delhi for the event rebel architecture is happening. as witchcraft is sorcery killing spreads across papa new guinea when used exposes shocking human rights abuses. of the specific mission stark stark when used at this time on al-jazeera. architecture has own ways defined the human world . from the simplest struck chances to the greatest monuments. rebellion is under way. led by a new breed of architects that puts people on the floor i don't. architects using the tools of their trade to lease structure their surroundings. and to redefine their profession. to. you had me a good feeling well paul would do if you would do for. i had a stone for you are shrugged the mutal old jamie you. know for doing this yeah it is the one thing you'll be cooler pneumonias ruined all po

east asian studies. he talks with us about the history of u.s.-korea relations, and the current political situation on the korean peninsula and between the u.s. and north korea. this was recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting and washington, d.c. it is about 15 minutes. historianields is a who specializes in a timely field, u.s.-korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone watching the news right now and worrying about the state of things should know about korea and u.s./korea relations? >> i think the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this division was never supposed to be permanent. the hope was korea would eventually result in a unified state. that did not happen. the division became permanent. there is no doubt whose idea it was originally. the reason this matters is the koreans see themselves as one people, one nation and one race. and would like to be reunified, especially the elder generation of koreans who still have family in the north,

more on this i am joined now in the studio by hottest moser he is a professor from the school of east asian studies at berlin's from free university rather because of much for joining us. what do you think is behind this surprise announcement that the line of communication is back open well first of all it's very important that north korea reacted at all and quite right off to the positive response from south korea to the proposal from the north. and of course it's symbolically very important to reconnect this land line that is the only one has been had been the only connection between the two countries until it was caught on the right as conservative governments of south korea but what is mostly important here is that it was not surprising at all that north korea came forward at this point of time because even the foreign policy of north korea needs to direct. the direct dialogue and the dark connection it's for for their strategy to be implemented it's like fire that only burns with oxygen so is it fair to say that that is a diplomatic breakthrough a potential deescalation or is it just a

to invite leaders from all ten southeast asian nations that make up the ass end group is being seen as a bold move to try to isolate china as part of its act east strategy new delhi is hoping to strengthen political and economic ties with southeast asian nations currently india trails behind china in trade with c.n.n. in the last two years china's trade with southeast asia was more than six times that of india india has just signed a maritime agreement with c.n.n. they sions that's in response to recent moves by china beijing has been given giving economic aid for infrastructure development under its one belt one road initiative that aims to create a giant economic zone connecting asia and europe let's go to view now from sky who's the director of the society for policy studies he's a retired commodore with the indian navy and joins us now live via skype from new delhi good to have you with us prime minister modi has been implementing this act east asia policy which involves reaching out to southeast asian states i mean is he actively trying to counter china's influence in southeast asia and if so why. when paul encounter adrian i would say tha

responsible for policy towards japan and korea, the deputy assistant secretary in the bureau of east asian asian affairs,st and when the synonymy struck in 2011, he was serving as the deputy chief and u.s. embassy tokyo. he has a 36 year foreign service career and it is our great pleasure to have him here today. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. thankingto start by you for coming today and grading the snow and cold. it shows how important i think we all feel it is to talk about relations.korea by, too, wanted to thank linda such a, because i know conference isn't easy to put on. it requires a lot of effort. i wanted to thank you for all the work you have done in assembling a group of students who can talk together. , we are also a nonprofit and washington, d.c., and our efforts are to strengthen u.s. relations through programs such as this one. we are delighted to be one of the cohost with the international student conferences. the third time we are supporting -- supporting this initiative to bring together american university student leaders. abouty i wanted to talk bilateral relation

celebrating its sixty ninth republic day with a major military parade attended by leaders from ten south-east asian nations will be hosted by prime minister in the random order and present ram enough cover and the day marks the adoption of the indian constitution in one nine hundred fifty nearly sixty thousand security personnel have been deployed in new delhi while snipers and aircraft guns have been positioned along the eight kilometer parade route in australia celebrations have begun to mark the anniversary of british settlement back in seventeen eighty eight millions are expected to attend australia day ceremonies and parties but others are boycotting the festivities because of the association with colonialism and thomas is at one of the alternative rallies organized in sydney. there is certainly momentum behind the change with a campaign i've been covering australia day events for a few years now and every year the protests grow the marches and alternative events like this one but people aboriginal i'm not an original who don't like australia day being on the twenty sixth of january i want to

military and cultural parade which you're watching live now attended by leaders from ten south east asian nations being hosted by a minister narendra modi and present ram nath coven the day marks the adoption of the indian constitution one nine hundred fifty early sixty thousand security personnel to being deployed in new delhi for the event rebel architecture is happening. as witchcraft is sorcery killing spreads across papa new guinea when used exposes shocking human rights abuses. of the specific mission stark stark when used at this time on al-jazeera. architecture has own ways defined the human world. from the simplest strong chance to the greatest monument. rebellion is under way. led by a new breed of architects that puts people before i can. architects using the tools of that trade to restructure their surroundings. and to redefine their profession.

for east asian studies within job hopkins. i am an alum of the 63rd japan american student conference back in 2011. it continuedays, to motivate me to study in japan and put me on the path that i am and career i am today because of that experience. particularly given it was right after the march 11 two but disaster, when japan was not open to many students, to be able to go in there and have a person-to-person exchange and it changed my life. before we get started, we will have a couple of introductory remarks. i would like to introduce linda butcher, the executive director of isc. director ofs the media relations and public affairs at the korean economic institute of america, and a legislative researcher for the congressional session at the sse of republic of south korea in dc.ington she has spoken on topics related to technology, security, gender, and the environment. we look forward to having her. [applause] thank you for the very kind introduction. thank you all for joining us on this very cold morning. you being here is a

for today's event and i currently work as the research and program coordinator at the center for east asian studies within johns hopkins sais. perhaps more important for today's event i am an alum of the 63rd japan-american student conference back in 2011. i think in a lot of ways it was bad experience that really continued to motivate me to study japan put you on the path that i am in the creek of that experience. particularly given that it was right after the march 11 triple disaster, an opportunity when japan was not open to many students to be able to go in and have person-to-person exchange with something that i would say it may sound corny but i changed my life. and so before we get started today will have a couple introductory marks so i would first like to introduce ms. linda butcher, secular director of isc. prior to this role she served as a director of media relations and public affairs at the current economic institute of america and legislative researcher for the congressional section at the embassy of the republic of korea in washington, d.c. she has written and spoken on topi

a free trade deal with east asian nations. >> reporter: the presidents move toward protectionism drawing accusations of a trade war from china. >> it is the united states unilateral methods that are an unprecedented challenge. >> reporter: the white house of the president is doing what he said he would do. putting the american economy first that has resulted in market access for market, financial services and biotech exports in china. >> we support the resolution that is in the interest of american workers and the american consumer. we are going to benefit our consumers and we will create a lot of jobs. >> reporter: the president ordered an investigation into the impact of steel imports on national security but there is no word on when the findings will be made public. >>> coming up we will speak with the local lawmaker about legalization aimed at reducing car break-ins.>>> the student opens fire at high school in kentucky. details coming up.>>> like the new $1 stacker. the dollar gets you more at taco bell. are all these layers of beef and cheese reserved for a secret society? or just a

it will move the stream of immigration to south and east asians.nd you look at immigration from sub sahara africa, there are groups doing very well. nigerians, 60% are college graduates, 60% or over 50% are in managerial positions. the median household headed by an indian immigrant is -- and we are in a position where we can be choosey. so let's choose people who can instantly join the middle class in this country. >> rich, do you have any example of any shit hole country that the president referred to that is predominantly caucasian. >> we don't know what countries he specifically talked about. >> i'm not sure he called every single country in africa an s house or s hole. >> do you think the countries pointed out are pre dominantly of color -- >> anderson, the context of the discussion is about the visa lottery. and durbin and graham say they are going to move to to under privileged -- hold on. can i finish? which means third world countries which aren't doing very well. again, i don't think he should speak that way about those countries. but you

terrorists disguised as immigrants and east asians eating our lunch, and then you added america's 45thdent may be first to go down to embrace fear itself. how does this undermine america's global standing? >> there's something called -- you hear it debated in shows like this, american exceptionalism. the idea is -- people debate what it means. america isn't like other places. maybe it's because we came from other places, and we could sort of create our own narrative. but we've always sort of entertained it. and been animated by it. and projected, as i say, these values. and we've gone from america -- american exceptionalism being whatever this sort of extra quality, or secret sauce is, to everybody accept america. we're the only country that's no longer involved in the paris accords. nick h -- nicaragua joined and syria has joined. no other place that needs a united front -- and you know, then there are all these trade pacs, and the others the u.n. -- trump's signature campaign issue is migration, illegal immigration. right? why would you pull out of the u.n. migration pact, which is s

sixty ninth republic day with a military parade attended by leaders from ten south east and south east asian nations it's the first time this many foreign leaders have attended the event are being hosted by the prime minister narendra modi today marks the adoption of the indian constitution in one nine hundred fifty nearly sixty thousand security personnel were deployed in new delhi for that grade. but his decision to invite leaders some ten southeast nations that make up the as young group is being seen as a bold move to try and isolate china as part of its act east strategy new delhi is hoping to strengthen political and economic ties with southeast asian nations and is trade without the honest horse by that with china in the past two years china's business was southeast asia was more than six times that of india and he has also moved to counter china's influence in the region by signing a maritime agreement with nations blocks been alarmed by chinese china's building of artificial islands on disputed territory in the south china sea kundera pythia go to is a nonresident fellow in asia mid

it will move the stream of immigration more to south and east asians. 1999 look at the immigration fromahara and africa. there are immigrant groups doing well. nigerians, about 60% of them are college graduates inspect about 60% are in management positions when they work here. that's fantastic. let's do more of that. look at indian immigrants. the median income of a household headed by an indian immigrant is 10 $5,000. that's amazing. that's the american dream at work. we're in a position where you can be choosey. let's choose people who can almost instantly join the middle class in this country. >> rich, do you have an example of any shit hole country that the president referred to that is predominantly cacaucasian? >> we don't know what countries were talked about? >> i think elle s salvador, hai- >> i'm not sure he called every african country that. >> the countries you're pointing out are predominantly people of color. >> but the proposal, again, the context of the discussion is about the visa lottery. >> but the words he used are countries he cited. >> durbin and graham weren't say

but that's east asian studies in different books from the stalin pack which is european studies. and once again compartmentalization power, anyway so he's at war. against the very substantial army, the japanese army. in the border land of mongolia -- there's japanese have concurred, and created a puppet statement, and -- in the earlier part of the 30 so that's happening. and now -- he's negotiating with hitler so he's -- read ares up. they have a translation of them internally produced for the regime. stalin has an aid take care of us delivers the trancelation so he's got that, and he's underlining with those colored pencil he's underlining for example it say, once i mention subhumans, he underlines that. it says -- [inaudible conversations] right drive to the east. underlines that. so you start to get the impression that you know he got something out of that. and he kind of -- he gets the point. what that book is about -- and then you sew that he read other things a biography of hitler like conrad in russian translation main argument of which is hitler never keeps any of his agr

other east asian central banks might be following suit and at we have limited tolerance for currencyppreciation. mike: if you are a country competing with china for xports, you might be concerned this could start more depreciation, potentially a bad thing for your country. scarlet: mike mcdonough and george lei, thank you. up, how the health insurance startups expansion in new markets is paying off, even as the environment has changed quite a bit. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: what'd you miss? ask your health is expected to roll a quarter of a million under the 2018 affordable care act, despite the repeal of the individual mandate last month. will go to the jpmorgan health care conference in san francisco for more. eric: i am here with mario schlosser, the ceo of oscar health. i don't think enough people understand what your company is, what it does, and how it is different from other insurers. mario: we thought our elf care care -- health care, we want to engage members. we want to engage the customer before health care history happens, which makes it much easier to get health care.

for today's event and i currently work as the research and program coordinator at the center for east asian studies within johns hopkins. the preps perhaps more portly r today's event i am a lump of the 63rd japan america student conference back in 2011. i think in a lot of ways it was that experience i really continued to motivate me to study japan at the got a path that it am in the career today because of that experience. particularly given that it was right after the march 11 triple disaster him an opportunity when japan was not open to many students to be able to go in and have person-to-person exchange was something that it may sound corny but it changed my life. so before we get sore today we will have a couple of introductory marks funds first like to introduce miss linda butcher, executive director of isc. prior to this role she served as director of media relations and public affairs at the korea economic institute of america and a legislative researcher for the congressional session at the embassy of the republic of korea in washington, d.c. she is written and spoken topics of te

and so those of you understanding that there is the east asian cultures are con fukushim -- and here in the west we are taught to flatten management structure. everybody is the same. i'm ted and you're bob and you're the ceo and i'm the temp. and so you have the two orientation here. and what happens in an intersection when two cars meet like this. you get a t-bone crash. and that is exactly what happened to me when i walked into hyundai at this boisterous american going to show you how to do the p.r. the global style and got my butt handed to me pretty quickly. and made a lot of mistakes. chief among them was not really understanding how the roles of gender played out differently in different culture. and i found out -- now it is -- there is no one who works harder in the world than a working mother anywhere. am i right? but in the korean culture, the family who have means will send their kids to free schools during the day time, but by then they spend money for the after school academy, the hogwartz and they go until 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 at night. and when i was there, the government

to invite leaders from all ten southeast asian nations that make up the ass and group is being seen as a bold move to try to isolate china as part of its act east strategy is hoping to strengthen political and economic ties with southeast asian nations currently india trails behind china in trade with. in the last two years china's trade with southeast asia was more than six times that of india india has just signed a maritime agreement with nations that's in response to recent moves. by china beijing has been giving economic aid for infrastructure development under its one belt one road initiative that aims to create a giant economic zone connecting asia and europe. is the director of the national maritime foundation and says that india doesn't need to directly compete with china

treasury's currents report and the pressure that puts on east asian countries, a strong currency couldrt-led growth in east asia, but given that demand is strong and you now have exports concentrated in korea and taiwan without a lot of competition, a strong currency want have the same negative impact that it had in the past. haidi: what could derail the good news story? with thise began global synchronize growth story. is a trade tensions between washington and beijing, the sense of chaos when it comes to the political agenda in the u.s. , north korea and south korea? what are you watching is potentially the biggest issue this year? >> the sense of chaos has not done much to derail positive economic momentum. i think inflation will be key in developed markets and in the u.s. you see oil prices continue to improve -- if you see oil prices pickup or see wage pressures pickup in the u.s. and put pressure on the fed and you see pressure on central banks elsewhere, that could serve to dampen the positive momentum so far. at this year,ng how will u.s.-china relations play out? of protection

brutal zone of ungrateful allies, terrorists disguised as immigrants and east asians eating our lunchd year in office, trump is still not one to shy from confrontation. with the federal government back open for business, he steered like saint george towards the dragon's cave to switzerland and the annual gathering of the world economic forum. >> what damage remains after four years and what is just going to be owned by donald trump during his terms. >> it's hard to say, but it's really hard to overstate this phenomena we've seen over the last year of u.s. withdraw. doesn't feel like a strategic response. no logic behind it. it's an emotional response to down sides of globalism. displacement of jobs and movement of capital overseas and workers being at the mercies of these sort of title global tides, but, it is a world that the u.s. made. it's a multilateral world. it's. >> right. >> start with its obviously the rhetoric, but where we fact out comparison largely voluntary. what are some concrete institutions that we have left behind or caused damage. >> well, look at the he united nati

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to invite leaders from all ten southeast asian nations that make up the ass and group is being seen as a bold move to try to isolate china as part of its act east strategy is hoping to strengthen political and economic ties with southeast asian nations currently india trails behind china in trade with. in the last two years china's trade with southeast asia was more than six times that of india india has just signed a maritime agreement with nations that's in response to recent moves. by china beijing has been giving economic aid for infrastructure development under its one belt one road initiative that aims to create a giant economic zone connecting asia and europe. is the director of the national maritime foundation and says that india doesn't need to directly compete with china to get the attention of asean leaders china has an dependency amongst them then our countries which is very very significant some of these countries are indebted to china but what india can do is perhaps to bring a certain amount of compliment daddy and off on an r. done it option to these countries and that i think has been the primary focus all right mr monti china

who say see asian of southeast asian nations on the twenty fifth anniversary of india joining the a c. and regional group the indian government is promoting its act east policy aimed at strengthening economic and political ties with its neighbors as china continues to will huge influence today we have china's flow rate in the end out asian region which traditionally used to be india. as it well india is back yet and i think india is conscious but at the same time the contradictory got it listed is that china is india's largest trading partner. and the parade highlighted the diverse skills of one billion three hundred million indians. to celebrate the achievements of around seventeen percent of the world's population sixty nine years since for me their public from colonial britain had a hawkster al-jazeera. now it's been described as a bubble about to burst my way of laundering money and also the future of finance of the world economic forum's i know meeting in switzerland this week the spotlight fell on digital currencies like but coins and the technology which they are built on a house has more from davos. there was something different about the davo

leaders new association of southeast asian nations on the twenty fifth anniversary of india joining the a c. and regional group the indian government is promoting its act east policy aimed at strengthening economic and political ties with its neighbors as china continues to will huge influence today we have china's flow rate in the end our south asian region which traditionally used to be india. as it well india has backyard and i think india is conscious but at the same time the contradictory got it listed is that china is india's largest trading partner. and the parade highlighted the diverse skills is one thing and three hundred million indians kind of folks is there. that was champions are supposed to be doing something they do very well partying for a stroll a day but a growing number of them are refusing to celebrate a day marking the anniversary of british colonise ation back in seven hundred eighty eight that's because for indigenous australia. this was the beginning of masochists oppression and marginalize ation which has left a legacy of severe disadvantage many instead regard a steady day as invasion day and while the national celebration moved t

leaders new association of southeast asian nations on the twenty fifth anniversary of india joining the a c. and regional group the indian government is promoting its act east policy aimed at strengthening economic and political ties with its neighbors as china continues to will huge influence today we have china's flow rate in the south asian region which traditionally used to be india the way as it well india has backyard and i think india is conscious but at the same time the contradictory characteristic is that china is india's largest trading partner. and the parade highlighted the diverse skills of one day in three hundred million indians. to celebrate the achievement of around seventeen percent of the world's population sixty nine years since gaining independence from colonial britain kind of huckster is there and from india we had ses to australia where everyone is supposed to be doing something they do very well being. for australia day but a growing number of australians are refusing to celebrate the anniversary of what was actually british colonise ation back in seventeen eighty eight that is because for indigenous australians this was the beginn

know, i was raised in a neighborhood where there was jews and africans and there was asians and there was hispanics and east indians. and that's my audience. so i share my personal experience with everybody concerned. you know, united with he stand. we're one place, one country. >> yeah. >> that is a good gift, laughter. >> thank you. >> congratulations on a good career. saturday and sunday. ticket information is on ktvu.com. look for it in the web links section under mornings on 2 and you can find it on the ktvu mobile app. thank you. we'll be right back after the break. >> pick up the hammer. >> let's see you dance. trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. >> former giants relief pitcher brian wilson has thrown his fans a little bit of a curve ball. he has left baseball to start auto racing. appearing on a british show for amazon prime video called the grandeur. in one episode he competes against a cricket player. his need for s

right.ll we have been joined by abraham denmark, asian program director alsoe wilson center, former deputy secretary of defense for east asia. he is breaking down the flurry of relations between the u.s. and north korea, especially in advance of next month's olympics in south korea. democrats can call (202) 748-8000.republicans (202) 748-8001. and independents (202) 748-8002. you mentioned these talks that are going to be happening between north korea and south korea. " has more on times that, saying south korea responded to an overture from the north and propose holding high-level talks between the countries on their border next week. north korea's leader, kim jong-un, as suggested on monday that the country's open dialogue on easing military tensions and the possibility of the north participating in the winter olympics in the south, even as he noted that he now has a nuclear button on his desk. how unusual -- have we seen these type of opportunities between the north and south before? guest: these talks have actually happened historically fairly regularly. the last was in 2015 after a series of incidents along the dm

visitors and africa and the middle east combined came in at one hundred thirty million visitors europe and africa had the highest growth rates of eight percent followed by asian pacific. with a six percent growth this is the highest annual growth rate in seven years the agency said this was mostly due to global economic upswing in that it expects growth to continue twenty eighteen or more sustainable pace of around four percent tourism is one of the world's leading export sectors so the growth is welcome news it could lead to more job creation in trouble and hospitality investor nation countries. turkish airlines has reclaimed to the top spot over competitors and emirates because it carried more passengers in twenty seventeen that's according to newly released numbers sixty nine million passengers flew turkish last year that's a bump of nine percent from the of the for loop tons of fareed sixty six million while emirates counted fifty nine million it's an impressive rebound for turkish of the fia's competition from low cost airlines and a tense political situation in turkey have hurt the carrier in recent years. and twenty eighteen looks promising for yet ano

bold move to try to isolate china as part of its act east strategy new delhi is hoping to strengthen political and economic ties with southeast asian nations india's trade with r.c.n. is dwarfed by that with china in the past two years china's business with southeast asia was more than six times that of india india's also moved to counter china's influence in the region by signing a maritime agreement with nations blocks but alarmed by china's building of artificial islands on disputed territory in the south china sea. is the director of the national maritime foundation he says that india doesn't need to directly compete with china to get the attention of asio and leaders china. amongst that then our countries which is very very significant some of these countries are indebted to china but what india can do is perhaps to bring a certain amount of compliment daddy and off on an are done it option to these countries and that i think has been the primary focus all right mr modi china is making inroads into south asia in a very visible manner but it could only as far as the about it time domain is concerned and as part of the bed or in

east asia. that is right. if you look at india over the last of the five years, they have been trying to maintain a close relationship with asianown there for the summit last year. the reason why they have assembled together today is for india's republic a function which will take based on the 26th of january. on this day india has a huge parade in new delhi and all of these leaders will be chief guest at this function. later today, the prime minister will be holding a summit in which all if asian leaders will be participating and discussing maritime security. a lot of asian countries want india to play an active role, given what is happening on the south china sea where china's dominance in this region, a lot feeling that india could up their game and that could help maintain peace. whether they will sign any concrete deals or any kind of statement is unknown but they will be discussing that during the summit. thank you for that update. thank you so much for investing your time. sport today is coming up next. the top stories this hour: america's disgraced olympic gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar has been jailed for 175 yea

east." i am yousef gamal el-din in dubai. u.s. markets close for mlk day. the asianession off to a strong start. the global map gives us the pulse. gains in the hang seng, up .6%. asx 200 up as well, .3%. on the foreign-exchange side, a move in the mexican peso off the back of positive whispers around ,he future outlook for nafta the yen rising to a high against the dollar. some of it on governor kuroda's comments, but also short covering from traders. interesting moves in commodities. the weaker dollar feeding into these trades. 1.2%, leading the complex higher, even after china data missed expectations. let's cross the board and let me show you other key asset classes. brent crude, a lot of commentary , still new highest close in three years. more opec members calling for cuts to be kept through the end of the year. story.gain weaker dollar -dollar is one spot where it is not feeding through. the gains friday. as we come back from the holiday, the earnings season kicking into higher gear. let's get you a preview of what will be coming up. we will speak live to an e

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leaders new association of southeast asian nations on the twenty fifth anniversary of india joining the a c. and regional group the indian government is promoting its act east policy aimed at strengthening economic and political ties with its neighbors as china continues to will huge influence today we have china's float in the end dark south asian region which traditionally used to be india. as it was india's backyard and i think india is conscious but at the same time the contradictory got it listed is that china is india's largest trading partner. and the parade highlighted the diverse skills of than one billion three hundred million indians kind of hoax there . are millions of australians have turned out to celebrate the country's national day january twenty sixth marks the day two hundred thirty years ago and british navy ship sailed into what is now a but indigenous australians and others a morning what they say was the colonial invasion of their lands many refer to it as invasion day and there are calls for the day to be changed after thomas was at an alternative australia day rally in sydney. there is certainly momentum behind the change but i am ki

leaders miss ac asian of southeast asian nations on the twenty fifth anniversary of india joining the a c. and regional group the indian government is promoting its act east policy aimed at strengthening economic and political ties with its neighbors as china continues to will huge influence today we have china's flow rate in the. region which traditionally used to be india. as it well india has backyard and i think india is conscious but at the same time contradictory characteristic is that china is india's largest trading partner. and the parade highlighted the diverse skills of the one billion three hundred million indians. the celebrate the achievement of around seventeen percent of the world's population sixty nine years since gaining independence from colonial britain. is there. more than a year after the demolition of senatorial jungle camp as. in a sudden rise in the number of young asylum seekers arriving in the french quarter of cali the closest point on the european mainland to the k. it follows the leaders of france and britain signing a treaty last week aimed at streamlining the process of dealing with arrivals a sonicare go reports from call

east." germany's central bank this week revealed it would include the chinese yuan in its currency reserves. made by acement was board member at the asianum in hong kong. he spoke to bloomberg during our show on monday. >> the middle of last year, we made the decision in the bank to include the umb. i cannot talk about the amount we can be investing and i cannot talk to you about the technicalities how we will be investing, but we have been in touch with our colleagues from the bundesbank of china may be half a year ago about this. we had the ecb go first. it is the right way to do it. other central banks sometimes before the ecb. that is also fine. now, we thought this would be part of the german currency reserves. it is not a major amount i'm a amount, but it is something we decided on and wanted to be part of. the fact that the currency is currently included in the market, the basket, and the fact that european central bank has --ided you probably have similar concerns that the currency is not a free-floating currency. it has restrictions. there are also strict capital controls in china. do you share these concerns? >> yes, we do. we

passive investing isn't a major force in east asia but that hasn't stopped vanguard from exploiting opportunities there. aboutuards chair spoke the company's asianguard's chair spoke about the company's asian plans. -- how things get interpreted and so forth, and we are staying very close to that. i think being here is very important. there is a lot going on in this space. >> do you see the likes of alibaba or tencent as competitors to the vanguard model? >> they could be potentially but they could be potential opportunities force as well. we have paid a lot of attention to the alibaba phenomenon and what they have been able to do. it is kind of a playing field for the team right now. they're up there talking to everybody. >> asia as a reason, they are liking when it comes to passive fund investing. is that a challenge for vanguard 's growth for the region argue focus more in the active funds? william: i'm not sure yet but i think what it means to us is, there is a lot of opportunity for what i would call low-cost investing. there is still a lot of very high cost product in the asian market. but whether it is low-cost or passive, i think you can

leaders new association of southeast asian nations on the twenty fifth anniversary of india joining the a c. and regional group the indian government is promoting its act east policy aimed at strengthening economic and political ties with its neighbors as china continues to will huge influence today we have china's flow rate in the end. which traditionally used to be india. as it was india's back yard and i think india is conscious but at the same time contradictory character stick is that china is india's largest trading partner. and the parade highlighted the diverse skills of the one they me and three hundred million indians. to celebrate the achievement of around seventeen percent of the world's population sixty nine years since gaining independence from colonial britain. is there. millions of australians have turned out to celebrate the country's national day january twenty sixth. the birth of the country day two hundred thirty years ago when british navy ship sailed into what's now possibly bay but indigenous australians and all those i'm naming what they say is the colonial invasion of their lands many refer to it as invasion day and there are calls