lynn lin filed this report. >> reporter: there is debt, deflation and demographic.here was downward price pressure persisting and on the consumer price front, worsening. it is down 10% year on year below the expectations and the biggest fall since 2009. the food component, particularly pork, a quarter of the cpi picture, is the main drag here. the folks at goldman sachs and hsbc saying the gains are base effects with the lunar new year in february whereas the holiday was in january last year which pushed up consumption then. when you look at core inflation, which strips out food and fuel prices, it was the weakest rise since 2023. producer prices saw marginal improvement, but a fall down 2.5% on year. the 16th straight fall in a row. in the last trading day before the holiday, the mainland equity is up for the fourth straight session after the shake up at the top of the s.e.c. commission. the new chief earned himself the nickname broker butcher because of the hard line approach to the regulation. some analysts say it is a good thing as policies will stamp out those

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. >> also at the singapore air show, lynn lin talked to the manager of ba systems for the demand of theroup's products in asia. >> it is an interesting area and our unique vision of the company is across land, air, sea and space and cyber. not many have that full portfolio of defense and security. we see that demand across the region. it is on the maritime to protect the naval. in other areas, it is more on the land borders, for example, india. it is across space and cyber which is important. we recently had the regulations approved for the acquisition of aerospace and space missions for bae system was here in singapore last week singigning agreementsr an exciting project. >>> brazilian air space company signed a contract with singapore air airlines scoot with the top executives announcing plans for the potential partnerships in china. the embraer ceo says he sees great opportunities in asia. >> as much as we he grow our fleet, some of of the aircraft will grow automatically. we want to grow economically. we need to overall to help us increase our revenues into the next year. >> you sai