emily: aaron levin, our bloomberg news reporter. thank you for joining us.t for this edition of bloomberg west. be sure to tune in next week. we will be live in san francisco with a great lineup. including the leader of facebook messenger. ♪ quick it's noon here in hong kong. south korea says the north conducted a nuclear test this morning. the president strongly condemned what you calls jong a pause provocation, warning it would ultimately lead to self-destruction of that nation. china is putting the worst of its factory gate behind it after prices decreased last year. polling .8% in august. consumer prices rose 1.3%, the most in almost the year.