not only ali baba but the world bank touted these villages, being the company that belongs to ali baba. >> host: like ebay. >> guest: yeah. it has allowed in many cases industry to go into the countryside, jobs working much closer to where they grew up in these villages. costs are lower from regulatory issues, they can be ignored. what was interesting, where i spent some time, on the one hand is providing jobs in rural china for migrant workers, the return of these sweatshop practices in the late 90s and early 2000s disappear, or in those cases go away at the global sweatshop, anti-sweatshop, started to disappear. we see that reappear where workers are not paid according to the law and according to what is in these villages. it is a next picture. >> host: i'm not sure about this but by all the interests in what is going on in hong kong recently, the young labor activists, and some of the other things. these question, how do these recent changes in the hong kong relationship with the prc have on this myth of chinese capitalism? >> guest: an interesting point to make, to seep into china.

ali baba founder jack ma law has made his 1st public appearance since oct china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen in publicly since he criticized chinese regulators soaking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported the business been met with 100 rural teachers by a video meeting on wednesday. internees police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the unrest has been sparked by mounting anger over the country's economic crisis worsened by the pandemic police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects at security forces. turning to germany where the government has extended the current coronavirus lockdown the mid feb although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders hope new restrictions can stem the spread of more transmissible coronavirus berry instead of emerged in other countries the government is imposing new rules that include the wearing of higher grade masks and more people working from home. just as infection numbers was starting to decline i

time now for a look at some of the other business stories making the news chinese state media say ali baba group founder jack ma has made his 1st appearance in public since october saying he held a video conference with $100.00 rural teachers china speculation had been growing that the billionaire businessman had fallen out of favor with china's communist authorities china's commerce ministry says foreign direct investment expanded 6.2 percent last year despite the pandemic it says it reached a record high of nearly $155000000000.00 service sector accounted for more than 3 quarters of that dutch and british investment group sharply shares netflix have climbed sharply on news it has topped $200000000.00 subscribers the world's largest streaming t.v. service added more than $8000000.00 new users last quarter despite a price hike it says it will no longer needs to borrow billions to finance t.v. and movement productions the beggar friend says to have thousands you could jobs and at least 170000000000 euros in assets have left the u.k. for friends and brags that london is still allowed to oper

liz: there was concern or word that ali baba stock can be hit because hourly pay has been hit by theinistration as an organization and a division of ali baba that should not be invested in, there is question about ten sent which is the videogame and entertainment outfit but they have some major businesses and operations and my question right now, there is nine days left of this administration, post nine days how will the biden administration be handling china and will he go directly for the stocks and hit them below the equity belt so to speak or if you could go inside his administration mind before it even starts, does he have a different tack? >> it's unclear what tack he will take and my guess i don't know if this to be certain but the probability is that he will first work with our friends and allies in the region to find out what they are doing with china and to see if we can make common cause with them and second i do think he is in a box and some of the actions of trump administration has taken vis-À-vis china, biden has taken tough positions on china verbally but obviously he

jack has a reappearing act powering up ali baba in today's pop stock the e-commerce climbing higher afterhe billionaire founder's first public appearance since the month of last october, today's video conference with a group of teachers pretty much calm shaken investors who have not seen or heard from us since october when he gave a word of speech about china's government regulators who then promptly later derailed his newest company and group, ali baba moving higher calming investors about 6%. record sports betting numbers in pennsylvania during the month of december pumping of gaming the barstool app partner gaining a new bull and credit suisse as morgan stanley hiked his price target on shares, moving higher by 5.5% but not to be outdone morgan out legalization of sports betting and 12 more states this year alone. draftkings is up three and half percent. peloton finding muscle in the boulder tug-of-war over the stock and the exercise equipment maker rebounding after dropping 5% and it scratch back about 3.9% the plunge was fueled by morgan stanley but oppenheimer spinning its way into

. >>> the "wall street journal" says jack ma, the billionaire co-founder of the chinese company ali baba his first appearance in months. he appeared speaking to teachers in rural china during a philanthropic event. he did not mention his almost three-month disappearance from public view. ma was last seen in public in october when he criticized chinese regulators at a financial forum in shanghai. >>> and "politico" reports arnold schwarzenegger posted a video of himself receiving the coronavirus vaccine. the former california governor was inoculated yesterday at a drive-through vaccine site in the parking lot at dodger stadium in los angeles. schwarzenegger's spokesman said the actor booked an appointment for the shot after officials announced that people over 65 could begin receiving vaccines. arnold schwarzenegger is 73, and he used a line from his "terminator" movies to encourage people to get vaccinated. >> all right. i just got my vaccine, and i would recommend it to anyone and everyone. come with me if you want to live. >> schwarzenegger tweeted that he had never been happier to wai

so you look at some other stories making headlines around the world today ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since oct china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation he was missing chinese state media reported the businessman met with 100 rural teachers via video meeting on wednesday. rescuers in eastern china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine authorities stablish contact with 12 and who have been stuck underground since an explosion damaged the entrance to the mine 10 days ago but fears for their survival are growing in tunisia police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the under arrest has been sparked by mounting anger over the country's economic crisis worsened by the pandemic and police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects at security forces. well to italy where prime minister just up a contract has survived a crucial vote of confidence allowing him to stay in

a bit worried about this kind of thing when someone so famous to such a big global company like ali baba can can get can just disappear like this it just shows to me. politics always beats out financial in china even if there is a good sound financial economic reason for this you can be sure that it's something to do the communist party asserting control so i think that stuff's the key factor here and as you know this year is going to be the 100th anniversary of the communist party so there's a real sense that in china everyone is getting things lined up getting all the ducks lined up so it's going to be a big year celebrating the communist party and it's very possible that. well it's very interesting because silicon valley is big when it comes to investing in china and china chinese tech so one really wonders what's going through their minds in terms of processing this and to what extent it's going to impact how they invest in china so i guess to sort of step back a bit how this is really weird is it it's definitely very weird but we've. seen this kind of thing before we had a case a co

and ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported that the business of businessmen met with 100 rural teachers via video meeting on wednesday. but we head to the black sea now into a sprawling seaside palace complex with its own app a theater a teahouse and a hello pad who wouldn't want to own it while russian president vladimir putin is denying that he already owns such a property kremlin critic alexina bali has released a 2 hour video of the complex he says the president partly finance with taxpayer money. they calling it's the new best i in the 2 hour video only explains how his anticorruption foundation had been able to film the property from above for the 1st time using a drug he says is nothing like it anywhere in the country. without exaggeration it is the most secretive unguarded facility in russia it isn't a country house or a residence it's an entire city or other kingdom it

ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported that the businessman met with 100 rural teachers via video meeting on wednesday. here in germany the government has extended the country's current coronavirus lock down to mid february although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders hope further restrictions can slow the spread of more transmissible coronavirus variants that of a march and other countries new rules will also come into effect including the wearing of higher quality masks and more people working from home. just as infection numbers were starting to decline in germany there in strains of covert 19 believed to be more contagious could undo all the hard work they've been isolated cases of some strains and all thora t's want to get on top of the threat. in the sense of those arguments that the scientists tell us that it's not yet dominant. there's s

be a bit worried about this kind of thing when someone so famous such a big global company like ali baba can can get can just disappear like this it just shows to me. politics always beats out financial in china even if there's a good sound financial economic reason for this you can be sure that it's something to do the communist party asserting control so i think that's that's the key factor here and as you know this year is going to be the 100th anniversary of the communist party so there's a real sense that in china everyone is getting things lined up getting all the ducks lined up so it's going to be a big year celebrating the communist party and it's very possible that. well it's very interesting because silicon valley is big when it comes to investing in china and china chinese tech so one really wonders what's going through their minds in terms of processing this and to what extent it's going to impact how they invest in china so i guess to sort of step back a bit how this is really weird is it it's definitely very weird but we see. this kind of thing before we had a case a couple

businessman jack ma has made his 1st public appearance in 3 months the founder of e-commerce giant ali baba hadn't been seen in public since he made a speech critical of china's financial system the country's regulator then opened investigations into his company's. let's take you back to washington d.c. and the lincoln memorial to see the fireworks display taking place at the final inauguration was that that's the senate and. it. it's time for the perfect johnny. winter sponsored point qatar airways i once again welcome to another look at the international forecasters say some very heavy snowfall disrupted snow recently into northern parts of japan still a few snow flurries as we go through the next day or so but temperatures on the rise and we are going to find some dry weather grassy coming in at least for a time thursday doesn't look too bad 11 celsius there for take a there will be sent out of right maybe through the yellow sea across the korean peninsula some snow well the northern flank of it and that pilots way through to that western side of japan as we go on into friday but the win

ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticised chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported the businessman met with 100 rural teachers via a video meeting on wednesday. rescuers in eastern china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine authorities have established contact with 12 of the men who have been stuck underground since an explosion damaged the entrance to the mine 10 days ago but fears for their survival are growing and in tunisia police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the unrest has been sparked by mounting anger over the country's economic crisis worse than by the pandemic police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects at security forces. here in germany the government has extended the current coronavirus lock down to mid february although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders

again clifford you spent several years as a correspondent in china you followed the rise of jack and ali baba. what are you hearing from your contacts about where might be i mean he's so famous he can't just disappear. well this is i think the words too big to fail keep coming to mind when you when you hear this story it just shows that no one can take on the communist party as openly as he has done i think the writing was on the wall from october 24th when he said that the regulatory system in china wasn't working. but a week later this $37000000000.00 i.p.o. was counseled which is going to be the biggest ever and it shows that the congress party has the power to control people like jack ma as to where he is that's the big that's the big the big mystery he could be an administrative detention i doubt it somehow i think because he is as you say a very big figure but it's a reminder that this is all about xi jinping the government is all about domestic consumption they don't really care about his international reputation as much as his domestic reputation and he's a hugely popular figure at th

there and also most importantly the reasons for such a ban so obviously this will affect tens and ali baba 2 of the most valuable public in this to chinese companies for the combined market cap of over $1.00 trillion dollars so when shares are held by american mutual funds hedge funds pension funds who have for us pocketed handsomely on china's growth. before we go i have. 30 seconds left there's a lot of talk about invoking the 25th amendment to remove president trump in his final 2 weeks we've heard democratic leader chuck schumer and nancy pelosi talk about this the house speaker that is nancy pelosi does that cause turmoil within the markets or is it just too close to the end of the presidency to afford to matter. we're considering yesterday caused any turmoil to remark and i don't think this will either nor do i really think that it's going to happen there's only 2 weeks left i think this was more of a political message to try to stand back and for the protesters to stand back thing that would affect the market now is if this turned into something so huge that we have to declare some

. >> they have taken large sums of money from entities including ali baba which is a well-known chineset it really formed as a business and served as a platform to transfer information and services and goods between each other. when they are taking money, donations and the clinton foundation is doing that, they are de facto taking donations from a politically connected entity and china that reaches to the highest level of the chinese government. >> acknowledged the nation that said it came with no political agenda. >> we see that a crossed the political system so we know china uses these business ties because beijing uses all points of contact with the united states to undermine us. >> that mix between politics and business also brings us back to senator dianne feinstein. >> back in 1995, when the fundraising scandal was taking place involving china there were actually reports that our intelligence committee had got notice that china was taking a greater interest in capitol hill. on that list was senator dianne feinstein of california and it was noted that her husband was eager to be do

be a bit worried about this kind of thing when someone so famous such a big global company like ali baba can can get can just disappear like this it just shows to me. politics always beats out financial in china even if there's a good sound financial economic reason for this you can be sure that it's something to do the communist party asserting control so i think that's that's the key factor here and as you know this year is going to be the 100th anniversary of the communist party so there's a real sense that in china everyone is getting things lined up getting all the ducks lined up so it's going to be a big year celebrating the communist party and it's very possible that. well it's very interesting because silicon valley is big when it comes to investing in china and china chinese tech so one really wonders what's going through their minds in terms of processing this and to what extent it's going to impact how they invest in china so i guess to sort of step back a bit how this is really weird is it it's stephanie very weird but we see. this kind of thing before we had the case a coupl

ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he had publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported that the businessman met with $100.00 world teachers via a video meeting on wednesday and in tunisia police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the unrest has been sparked by mounting anger of the country's economic crisis which has been worsened by the pen demick police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects at security forces here in germany the government has extended the current coronavirus lock down to mid february although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders hope that further restrictions can slow the spread of more transmissible coronavirus variants that have emerged in other countries new rules will also come into effect including the wearing of higher quality masks and more people working from home. just as infection

ali baba getting brought back down to reality, on jack's reappearance after a three month absent fromealization that regulatory problems read the chinese government are still facing the online retailer in the sibling company and group are still hovering over this company that is hitting shares at 2%. okay, two sectors, meal kit and grocery delivery are seeing a huge boom that is not news during the covid-19 pandemic, research shows the two remain hot with consumers the industry is expected to keep delivering for investors a across the country to the tune of $19.9 billion by 2027. that's enough money towards the jolly green giant, blue apron and hellofresh, you look at the stocks over the past 52 weeks blue apron jump 40 and one half% hellofresh up 213%. there is a rival coming up, hungry root one of the key players in the market since launching in 2015 planting itself is a company that has custom grocery with meal planning been mccain is the founder and ceo hungry root, great to have you here your services attracting a high-end group looking at your twitter followers they include ever

an ali baba note commonly known as china's version of amazon, has been caught marketing its version of cloud services to detect faces of other ethnic minorities. these cases and any others reflected disturbing and growing pattern from china. they also raise a lot of concern about the security of the united states. if china is willing to use its business connections and other leverage to shut down its memorial services, who knows what would happen if we allow chinese equipment to be incorporated into her communication networks so whatever our policy difference is on other matters at the fcc over the past four years, on this issue, we have reached a consensus. we've acted decisively, and in a bipartisan way to address the threats of our communication positions itself e company, it has significant ties to the chinese government, mainly the communist party and china's military. moreover, the national intelligence law requires companies subject to its jurisdiction to comply with request to the chinese intelligence services and these also by law cannot be disclosed to any third party includi

ali baba commonly known as china's version of amazon was called marketing the ability of the cloud services to detect the faces of leaders and other ethnic minorities . these cases and many others reflected disturbing and growing patterns of behavior by china . they also raise concern about the security of the united states . china's willing to use its business connections and other leverage shut down online memorial services, who knows what would happen if we allowed chinese companies to be incorporated into argumentation networks. so what ever our policy differences on other matters at the fcc over the past four years, on this issue we have reached a consensus. we acted decisively in a bipartisan way to address threats to our communication centers . take for example the issue of supply chain integrity. for years us government officials and national security experts have expressed concern about the security threats posed by certain or any equipment providers. in backdoors networks and routers, switches and other network access to inject viruses and other malware steel americans private dat

sense he may have overreached himself that he basically when with the group a unit of his company ali baba tried. go public he criticized the regulators the public listing ways we're seeing the result of a power play between the congress party led by xi jinping who's the strong man in charge of china and jack ma who's the country's richest mom and basically it looks like the communist party holds the upper hand at the moment he's not the 1st entrepreneur to go missing in china either is it dangerous country to be an entrepreneur it's a risky country to be very successful are certainly you know told poppy syndrome takes on a new meaning in china because basically the country is run by the communist party which is allowed a certain amount of capitalism to hold sway but but it's very much keeps control of the situation so in recent years we have seen a number of senior entrepreneurs who fall in fall of the system we saw with them which acma himself or he was forced to announce that he was a member of the communist party just just around the time of his retirement to show that he was still ver

treasury will be excluding ali baba from the list of chinese companies considered for a u.s.week and that hurt alibaba's share about 5% of reaction to that and this is in conjunction in november with blacklist on chinese firms that work with the chinese military but according to the blog the markets are reacting and ali baba has been excluded from the ban. stuart: that is straight up when the news released that ten cents and alibaba excluded from the chinese band. consent is up for an half%. >>> super bowl commercials, most ads watched on tv but only a few companies want to buy them paid we tell you why coming up. out of washington dc renewing calls for statehood for dc after the capitol hill riots. she claims it's a matter of security. sean duffy here on that. first, more than one lane people are joining the movement to recall california governor newsom. could we see a republican replace him? are california guy steve hilton weizen next. ♪ ♪ pay off my student loan debt. they were able to give me a personal loan so i could pay off all of my credit cards. i got my mortgage thr

ali baba of 5%, et cetera et cetera.ns us, welcome to the program, a special day, inauguration day, how are you doing? >> good morning brother, a lot going on in the country but this is the very best of america. the president gave his words we have an historic moment today the transition of power has happened and were always bigger than one human being and were seeing that today. kamala harris, the vice president elect soon to be vice president in less than 40 minutes, under 50 minutes, i am sorry just now took the stage and this is a powerful moment in the first woman to have his office soon to be the first black woman to also have this moment. it's a beautiful moment, politics aside shows you where america is today. stuart: one thing that truly bothers me about president trump and his legacy, i think he is going to have to live without riot and his response to that riot in his role in the riot and i think you will have to live without forever and i think it'll be a weapon in which the left and the democrats used to bea

president trump in his last few days have been ratcheting up against counter ali baba because will thatrade tensions ease so we have more opening up once again and what does that mean for the stockmarkets and u.s. businesses that are trying to make scales over in china? stuart: hong kong authorities have crackdown on pro-democracy people arresting 50 of them today and that's a genuine wine crackdown and hong kong as a free society is gone. we would have devoted a lot more time to that because i believe that is a profound move and a huge problem for joe biden but with all the other news from georgia and the markets and this rally in progress we spent more time doing that then we did on hong kong but we will be covering that and that's a promise. cliff jenkins at the rally. griff, i think the president has arrived, hasn't he? >> that's right, stuart hughes arrived and they just started playing the song gloria. it's a song we heard at rally after rally and in fact will stand out of the way and let will give you a shot of the stage. we've seen all the members of the trauma family arrive her