at the end of march, china's foreign minister visited iran and signed a massive deal that involved spacing, investing around 330000000000 euros over the next 25 years. the focus will mainly be in the energy transport and telecommunication sectors. in return, iran will provide china with cheap oil, but some iranians are skeptical because we haven't been told the details of the deal. i don't think it will be good for the way everyone's talking about it. it sounds like the government has told us that the chinese that, and i go by the hotel going to, i hope that we, the people get something out of the deal. otherwise deals like this or, you know, used to us iranians, facing a number of challenges. unemployment and inflation arising, the currency is down. more and more people are falling into poverty. and the new flagship stores are filled with chinese products that are too expensive for many iranians. the benefits of chinese investment have been of little help to cyrus, resolved his company. but that may change, he also hopes european firms will return to iran was a lot of our top business leaders and engineers

at the end of march, china's foreign minister visited iran and signed a massive deal that involves beijing investing around 330000000000 euros over the next 25 years. the focus will mainly be in the energy transport and telecommunication sectors. in return, iran will provide china with cheap oil, but some iranians are skeptical because we haven't been told the details of the deal. i don't think it will be good for the way everyone's talking about it. it sounds like the government has told us that the chinese government budget code are going to i hope that we, the people get something out of the deal. otherwise deals like this are of no use to us. iranians are facing a number of challenges, unemployment and inflation. arising. the currency is down. more and more people are falling into poverty. and the new flagship stores are filled with chinese products that are too expensive for many iranians. the benefits of chinese investment have been of little help to cyrus resolve his company, but that may change. he also hopes european firms will return to iran with a lot of our top business leaders and engineers ha

important voices in washington the next couple years, particularly when crafting that tech policy around chinater: gopal, brad smith is kind of a familiar face in washington, isn't he? gopal: he is, and like you pointed out, it is [indiscernible] in tech world. they've been around a lot longer. and i think one of the things that brad smith has been speaking out on in the last few years, not just recently, is the idea that some of these advanced technologies, like facial recognition, should be more regulated by the government than it is now. so i think he's been outspoken about that. and in the context of the solar winds hack, brad smith has been calling for a federal data breach notification law, which we don't have at the moment. we have different states and 50 companies don't have to comply with a national law if they get hacked. he is calling for that kind of legislation, which i think to some extent, provides a bit of a cover for auto tech companies to tag behind them. he is seeing the wise leader here who has been around and kind of provides cover for the newcomers. peter: emily brought u

around china and india's disputed border in ladakh, the otherfood and the threat of avalanche offer antains, we see this, a breathtaking natural beauty. managing livestock is a way of life for the nomads in this border village. but the peace here is deceptive. just a few kilometres away, thousands of troops from india and china are facing each other with heavy weapons in the mountains. at 5000 metres above sea level, it is one of the world's highest battlefields. a local villager showed me where the soldiers clashed last year. translation: we spent months - on blacktop mountain and other areas helping the indian army carrying supplies including ammunition. during winter, people from here use to graze their livestock in the mountains on the other side. but over the years the chinese have gradually taken over our territory and the grazing areas have reduced. both india and china have overlapping border claims, and they fought a brief border conflict in 1962. for china, it's holdover eastern ladakh is key to defending tibet. the latest border tension started last year. the picturesque pa

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guest: the comments around china being ahead is china has been a most of the time.s gdp bounced back ahead of most of the world. china is leading the way in many areas. if you look at the ambitions china has come out with as far as greening the economy, they are very big targets. the u.s. and europe also have big ones. shifting the goalposts to 2030 has changed the game. we will see much more aggressive targets happening in a far shorter time period. you will see investments in the intense commodities translate. i think that is what the world is starting to think about, that we've got these very short time periods where enormous amounts need to be done, and that will be commodity intensive. you simply cannot adjust the supply fast enough for those goalposts to be brought forward by such a big degree. manus: we are moving into a new cycle. do you think that is reflected in the equity story, in the reals, in the balance, in those various protagonists in the copper market? i ask you that because we have touched on governance and dividends many times. i am trying to est

preferences for emerging markets because of all of the reasons with covid, inflation concerns around chinaeurope is became an -- is becoming more attractive, but that would be a difficult cyclical trade. we still think europe is very much under pressure from longtime growth prospects until they can get their fiscal policy really moving the same as the u.s., which doesn't seem likely. europe will continue to be the defaulter. overall, we still prefer the u.s. lisa: i want to wrap up dovetailing the conversation we had earlier this morning with andrew slimmon into this dialogue. a question of this 11% miss when it comes to wall street estimates for earnings so far in the s&p 500. you were getting a little bit more cautious on some of the long-term stocks. what do you say to people who say earnings have been blowing out of the water? does that make you reassess. ? why do you dismiss it? seema: there have been a continued upward move in earnings expectations. you have to be very careful at this point. this is active management at this point because the you need to start thinking about which se

tom: i just want to ask about broader economics, because some of the data around china's economy now suggests the recovery is starting to slow. there is a big focus on the consumer. you have your finger firmly on the pulse given the da maboud you are seeing right now across the business? >> china's gdp growth has been seen as strong. we see brands and business models keep evolving in china's consumer markets. local brands are rising and fast-moving consumer goods areas in recent years and local clothing brands have made big growth. the market is good overall. tom: i have seen reports as well, and you touched on this, expansion in europe. how aggressively will you be pursuing that plan in europe, the expansion you already started to lay the groundwork for? >> in fact, we have completed communication with many local partners in europe. i predict we will part bubbly -- we will probably see some jd logistics centers there within one year. it will probably be in operation by then. tom: we are in the middle of the big antitrust crackdown from regulators here in beijing, on the tech sector.

overseas, a developing story and concern around china and taiwan. beijing taking steps to increase its military pressure on taiwan. carrying out regular amphibious exercises and flying over the nations. those provocations ignored through the taiwan strait. there are growing concerns that china could carry out a calculated limited military engagement in the strait or take direct action towards one of the taiwan-controlled islands in the south china sea. through all of this chinese state media on monday slam a meeting last week between top u.s. and taiwanese diplomats based in france. it's a growing geopolitical concern to watch, maybe, the greatest geopolitical threat in the country and world right now. that was not enough, treasury secretary janet yellen doing a little damage control on her rate comments yesterday and a bit of a u-turn. yellen saying she's neither predicting or recommending a raise in fed rates this after suggesting earlier in the day they might need a raise to go up to keep the economy from overheating. the market, of course, listen

. >> reporter: but the renewed debate around china's top virus lab.telligence report found three workers at the lab were treated for covid-like symptoms at a hospital before the outbreak in wuhan. pressure is mounting on china to provide greater transparency and more access to data. the government accuses the u.s. of a smear campaign and political manipulation in trying to blame china. china wants other countries and labs to be looked at, including in the u.s. that's been the position from almost the outset. the only real change is the lab leak theory has made it into the mainstream. u.s. intelligence will have to lean on international partners, though scientists are quick to remind us that we may never know. >> thank you, janice. reporting from china for us. >>> i want to bring in a field epidemiologist. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. first and foremost, how common is it in instances like this, how important is it for research purposes and to make sure that there are not more pandemic outbreaks like we've seen over the last year? >> wel

tom: i want to ask you about broader economics because some of the data around china's economy now suggests recovery is starting to slow. there is a big focus on the consumer. you have your finger firmly on the pulse given all the data that use the. talk to me about the demand you are seeing right now across the business. >> china's gdp growth is strong. from our perspective, we see brands and business models that keep evolving in china's consumer market. there is local brands rising, fast-moving consumer goods areas in recent years. some local building brands have made big growth. the market is good overall. tom: i have seen reports as well, and you touched on this, about expansion in europe. how aggressively will you be pursuing that expansion that you have already started to lay the groundwork for? >> in fact, we have completed communication with many of our local partners in europe. i predict that we will probably see some jd logistics centers within one year and there will probably be an operation by then. tom: we are in the middle of a big antitrust crackdown from regulators in beijin

those countries that are coming because so many of them are in that sort of indo-pacific region around china. that's important for the united states, important for that narrative of the united states working with its allies, with democratic partners who support the global world order, the rules-based world order as it is today, respecting human rights, not engaging in intellectual property theft, all these allegations that are leveled at china. so this morning secretary blinken meeting with the japanese foreign minister, south korean foreign minister, brunei's foreign minister as well, before meeting with the british secretary of state for foreign affairs, dominic raab this afternoon. that meeting, again, china on the agenda, and dominic raab had words to say about that just this weekend. >> we want a constructive relationship with china, but on things whether it's intellectual property theft or standing up for human rights in hong kong and xinjiang. obviously we're going to be clear on our values and russia as well. i think we've seen obviously with the novichok attack and the imprisonment

foreigners designing a vice in mysterious lab in nefarious activity and cloak of secrecy around chinato say attack scientists is not only shooting the messenger but shooting the people conduit where the next could happen. look, accusations like conspiracy theories, words like disinformation and misinformation these aren't words that are meant to guide you as to how much trust you should place in the story. these are weapons used to destroy opposition and you already know that when it comes to debate, disagreement or even election outcomes we saw hawnd tore misinformation and totally obliterated off of tech platforms. easy to understand why that was con. it was done to protect the desired outcome of a presidential election. but here is the truth. the truth is, it is more probable that the coronavirus escaped from a chinese lab that was known to both be tinkering and souping up viruses and also had reports known of lax security that is more probable than someone in wuhan killing 3 million people by eating a bat. placing auto right beside sandy hook triewrtism. the left big tech they shu

the issue here, messaging around china as well, meant to coincide with that push.ned with israel, what dearborn represents as well, a city with one of the largest arab-americans in the country. we met with community leaders who were trying to get the message to the white house that they want to see the president take a much longer line with israel to do everything he can to try to get the violence to de-escalate in the region. as one person put it, there's nothing that being pro-palestinian makes you anti-anything. so that is the message we hoped for from the president, and expected to see a number of demonstrations here in the city throughout the day. but they asked for time, and the president were told by the white house they would not necessarily have that opportunity as the president here makes a quick trip. interestingly to note as well, congresswoman rashid tlaib, who is vocal among many democrats in congress calling for the administration to take a stronger line, she greeted the president on the tarmac when he landed in detroit earlier today. we have not got

lab in wuhan, china janice mackie frayer joins us from beijing there is information they have not been transparent about this outbreak. >> reporter: there are always questions swirling around the lab. it houses china's only top security facility that is studying some of the world's most dangerous pathogens and that includes that coronavirus. when this theory first came up years ago, most scientists said it was a natural virus, there was not a spillover from animal to human they don't know where and how. now president biden is urging the intelligence community to come up with something that might help explain covid's possible origins he's saying look at both avenues, that is natural and that there might have been a lab accident now what the evidence is is not yet clear. this is less about going and looking for the smoking gun, phillip. it's more of an issue around raising questions about china's transparency much of the international community believes that china has been lacking that necessary transparency in the global search for answers >> yeah, one would expect being thorough in investigations in an outbreak that shut down the world for so long. thank you. >>> the murde

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really learned that from the pandemic when the -- when the covid-19 virus hit starting in china and then spread around the world, we learned that china made most of the personal protective equipment in the world and thus we were competing with china and other parts of the world to get access to the personal protective equipment that our first responders and health care workers and others needed in order to be safe. that was one of the first signs that our supply chains may be vulnerable. but before any piece of technology becomes usable for its audience that includes parts and pieces and materials that literally come from around the world. this was the theory of globalization, go wherever this product can be produced the least expensively, but we didn't count on pandemics. we didn't count on natural disasters, we didn't count on the potential for military conflict to jeopardize the availability of these essential products. regardless of where a product is finally assembled and packaged, each of those individual pieces are key to protecting our supply chains of our most valuable assets. right now suppl

now let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. china has announced it will allow couples to have up to 3 children. move comes after a census found the population is aging rapidly. the communist party has enforced strict birth limits for for decades, but it's concerned now that the low birth rate will add to strains on its shrinking workforce and the economy. police and the jury se gunman have kidnapped around 200 children from a school in niger state. it's the latest and a series of such raids with 700 students, abducted and help her ransom since december. israel's far right part he liter natalie bennett, says he will. he is willing to join forces with the opposition to our prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that could pay the way for abroad alliance headed by the liberal former finance minister. yeah, you're lucky. it comes after a 4th consecutive election into a man hunt is under way. in southwestern france for a former soldier who opened fire on police responding to a domestic violence call man is hiding out in a wooded area of the dawn, the regio

mining stocks -- the mining sector in focus because of the headline i just brought you are around chinaitment to clamp down on speculation in commodity markets which is all weighing on prices. we will keep and what is happening there. this is the picture we have for european equity markets as we slowly open up for another trading week. the ftse 100 out of the gates up about zero .1%. u.s. futures pointing to the upside i about 0.3%. looking to see if we get any -- get these modest gains coming through on european markets as anticipated. the cac 40 up by about 0.8%. the ibex come up 0.3%. looking at the mining stocks to see if there is weakness. bhp and rio tinto opening to the downside. some of the reopening themes the likes of movie theaters, that seems to be playing well this morning. the mining sector playing on the back foot. not a surprise given what we heard from china over the weekend with regards to speculation in commodities markets. european equity markets are opening modestly to the upside. the dac is still yet to open. traders are weighing the volatile slump of cryptocurrenc

china nationally and globally could be massive. we can imagine xi jinping possibly being overthrown. people all aroundrom china and many other things and that's why the chinese government will really stop at nothing in ongoing effort to cover this up. maria: so why is joe biden protecting china's communist party, senator? senator: he's soft on china. he's soft on iran. he's soft on cuba and dictators. he's a weak president with no backbone. the communist china clearly covered this up. we don't know -- how it got created, whether it was intentional or unintentionally but clearly china has not been transparent. we have to understand that the government of china is a despicable government, over 501,000 americans have died because of their cover-up. we have to get to the origin of this and we have to find out what happened. we all of us can say, don't buy anything from communist china. stop helping the despicable government. maria: yeah, and you have to ask why, why this administration is why, why the congress won't make this a number 1 priority. all we hear the russia, russia, russia. senator, great to s

maria: i think increasingly big investors are looking for an alternative to questions around investing in china're going to hear from marco rubio coming up in this program. but india has done well. has that become an alternative for growth for multi-national companies when they're questioning whether or not they're going to see that growth in china? >> definitely. india's on track to get bigger and bigger, and if you look forward to the next ten years, there's a good chance that india will surpass china in terms of its economic development. don't forget taiwan, don't forget korea, don't forget vietnam. all these countries are doing quite well. and particularly in the technology area. you're going to see a lot of tremendous work being done. the problem, of course, with taiwan is the threat from china, and that's where i think we're going to be see a lot of problems going forward, particularly for u.s. policymakers. maria: yeah, it's a great point because china reiterates all the time that it wants to see the reunification of taiwan. we're watching that story closely. mark mobius, it's great to c

make sure that we are conducting relationships and trade and manufacturing with other countries around china. we need to start isolating china economically and that needs to be a whole of government approach and a whole of private industry approach. it needs to happen fast. now, on this i do think there is a lot of bipartisan agreement for instance. just this week in committee discussions we're talking about look, we're -- we get a lot of our rare earth minerals from china. this is terrible for our national defense. if you care about green energy and building solar panels and batteries you can't do it in the future if you rely only on china. we have resources here. we need to let ourselves actually get them. it's one of many examples. the energy and commerce committee we're also holding and conducting an investigation to look into why n.i.h. funding was going to the wuhan virology lab when it really shouldn't have been to conduct this research, gain of function research a lot of doctors say is unnecessary and dangerous. there are a lot of ways to hold china accountable. we need a paradigm sh

has in fact hardly protested against the moves of china in the west philippineea or the south china sea aroundfringing on maritime formations thalie within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines. we have a situation within the south china sea whereby a number of the countries here,ncludi the philippines and vinam, feel that they have been really disadvantaged by chin claiming that the whole south china sea or west philippine sea belongs to it alone. where is all of these five otr countries bord it. that is a basic injustice, let me put it that way. that really territorial grand iceman that is -- aggrandizement taking place. however, you need to look at it within this rod or regional context where china is surrounded by something in the order of 65 military bases coming down from japan, the south korea to guam to the philippines where they have bases over here. you ha to look at itn the context of the south china sea impact -- basically, theolice of the united states has deployed itself and considers that basically a free zone for its ships. what we are seeing is china's perspective, po

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. chinaas reacted angrily after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into whether the coronavirus first emerged as a leak from a chinese laboratory. beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. president biden says he's likely to release the report and its findings publicly. here's our china correspondent, john sudworth. for more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. the invisible enemy, the china virus... the theory�*s association with donald trump made it for manyjust one more piece of disinformation. but in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world's media are taking it seriously. well, i think it's very important because it will feed into... a welcome change for those long trying to argue that all possible origins need to be investigated. well, it matters because it has had a huge impact on everybody's lives around the world

if you look where the pandemic broke out if it broke up naturally would expect it to be around southern china where these bats hang out, bats that harbor the virus but no. it broke out 1500 kilometers away in wuhan where there are no bats. that is easy for the lab escape scenario to explain but the institute of virology is right there, we know the very kind of experiment would have produced this kind of virus. they were working in relatively unsafe safety conditions, very low level of safety that was not appropriate for this virus it is easy to explain. the national reference is much harder. you've got to get the pandemic growing somewhere outside wuhan and then without infecting any loan number of the family jumps on a trained wuhan. laura: it begs the question as to why china has not been forthcoming on this question. the who whitewashed it and said there is no evidence but we've never gotten unfettered access to the records or understanding of who patient 0 really was. is that correct? >> you have to be careful about interpreting the actions of governments. they cover up things as a reflex

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. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the world. china executes the u.s.aying politics with the covid-19 pandemic after president joe biden ordered an investigation into where the covid-19 virus originated. it follows renewed speculation in america that the virus leak from a laboratory in the chinese city of wuhan where it was first identified. the world health organization is preparing further studies into its origins having previously said it was highly improbable to have come from the lab. here is our chinese correspondent. correspondent: for more than one year the theory that the virus leak from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. mr. trump: t invisible enemy, the china virus. correspondent: the theories made it for many just one more piece of disinformation, but in the mouth of president biden, that feels different, and suddenly the world's media are taking it seriously. >> i think it is important because it will feed into -- correspondent: a welcome change for those all trying to argue all possible origins need to be inv

china and why we like it is the domestic growth. you have year on year gdp growth passing 2.3. most economies around the world are contracting. ina's way ahead of most of these other countries in terms of the covid-19 pandemic. they avoided a second wave. a lot of investors, despite the yuan at 6.3, despite fiscal tensions reemerging, a lot of this has been priced in for some time. everyone is focused on the domestic economy. manus: we've seen the equity market outperform, heavenly? -- haven't we? you have that in the equity story. we will come to that in a moment. the risk is this. the pboc doing too much, too aggressively, too quickly. is there a risk of to tighter grip and too much tightening in china? could that knock us off course? yogi: of course. china is up 3.6% year to date. the u.s. is up 11% year to date. it is lagging over the past two or three years. the government in china has been very focused on the anti-monopolistic policies. this is likely to impact the longer chinese growth story. i think you have to be careful. there's a lot of similarity with the u.s.. we are looking at the bond markets in china. fixed inc

we are watching minors at the aipac materials index cap a four-day drop on china's warning around commodity speculation. is the rally we have seen in metals and iron ore prices to a 2019 high. we have seen little change on the month. a little move in either direction by the most since 2019. but overnight we did see copper reclaim some ground on that softer dollar as well as moderating inflation anxiety. shery: let's discuss all to do with inflation. three top federal reserve push back against the spike. but a spy could become a lasting trend of the u.s. economy reopening. kathleen hays joins me here in the new york studio with more. who exactly spoke, and is just -- and is this part of the narrow live -- narrative that inflation is transitory? kathleen: we are seeing signs inflation is moving up faster and could stay up longer than economists and then federal reserve has said. let's start with the fed vice chair -- she's on the board of governors. some people think she could be fed chair. the board of governors is saying today that she does expect to see price pressures. they go along with

and especially china to the north of it's not quite and down it's quite hot and settled in beijing at 31 degrees the rain on tuesday leaves most of japan behind but it still hangs around in southern china is probably on its way back north again so humid occasionally wet day in hong kong for example and dramatic weather continues in india is certainly rain being strong enough nice tropical cyclone or if you like it's proper and i'm a very severe cyclonic storm it could be become extremely severe in the next few hours is expected to make landfall in good rat probably join the early hours of choose the maybe around the back door will start to affect that state well before that and of course this represents the rain but the other risks are the ways 9 me to being generous the moment and the storm surge that comes with a good drought is fairly low so flooding and wind damage both prospects. sports of qatar airways. a unique form of protest by a palestinian artist using a symbol of national identity to create postage and passport stamps. but as for some burglaries are not free during your life they are the people that come flying anywhere sending a message of resistance abou

the united states be really clear about our interest, whether it's around japan, whether it's around south china sea, and/or taiwan or elsewhere. i don't have an answer, that is i worry about one or the other. we watch diligently, daily all of these spaces where we think in time about china, we worry about china today and making sure we can signal correctly today. we worry about it five years down the road where there's shifts in capability and perhaps intent from chinese. we will watch that and we worry about on the ten-twenty-year trajectory where for example, their nuclear weapon capability and others grow, start to shift the landscape to different kinds of military approaches from the u.s. >> it's so weird listening to you talk about this, because i remember when i first started in 2014 chuck hagel, ash carter, and we took fairly regular trips to china, defense secretary trips. they were always filled with tension, but we went and there was more, far more engagement. and then we shifted to the trump administration and mattis never went. neither did esper. i've already forgotten the guy who i

kohls crew on wednesday for a deescalation from nations around the world china expressed its deep concern a digital parties to exercise restraint to avoid further casualties russia is calling on israel to stop all settlement activity in palestinian territories russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's president. spoke on wednesday demanded that israel be given quote a strong and to terror lesson for its treatment of palestinians the e.u. says the priority should be deescalation and the prevention of civilian deaths germany says that israel has a right to self-defense against rockets being fired out of gaza and the un security council is meeting for an emergency session on the escalation we're also hearing that the u.s. defense secretary has spoken to israeli counterparts and the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is asking for both sides to cease the violence let's go live to our white house correspondent kelly how could is in washington what more do we know of what they the secretary of state had to say. well the latest is actually coming from where here at the white house the

china. are there any risks? there have been headlines around the china tech crackdown.rom the solar power manufacturer in xinjiang that is refusing to take part in the labor program. what the government have something to say about that? are these risks turning investors off? guest: if you look at your traditional global investor located in new york or san francisco or london, typically that investor will have less than 5% of global portfolios sitting in chinese debt or equities. that is relatively modest compared to china's share of world gdp, which is 17%. what we take from a risk diversification point of view, you can buy exposure to china by being invested in apple, but to get direct exposure to china's economy, which is still growing faster than any other major developing economy, you need to be invested in china's domestic domestic stocks -- china's domestic stocks. they are underweight. from a risk perspective, i think they are too big. shery: jim, we have just heard from taiwan that the covid development is controllable and they are asking investors not to overre

kohls crew on wednesday for a deescalation from nations around the world china expressed deep concern and urged all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further casualties russia is calling on israel to stop all settlement activity in palestinian territories russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's president the one spoke on wednesday with the other one demanding that israel be given a strong and deterrent lesson for its treatment of palestinians the e.u. says that the priority should be deescalation and the prevention of civilian deaths germany says that israel has a right to self-defense against rockets being fired out of gaza and the u.n. security council has been meeting for an emergency session on the escalation let's go live now to the white house our white house correspondent kelly halkett is there for us. the u.s. secretary of state has spoken to his israeli counterpart with hearing. and the u.s. secretary of defense is spoken to his counterpart the secretary of state is part of asking for both sides to cease violence complete waters he said. yeah this coming down just

around the world to make a real dierence. there was nothing substantial in the communiquÉ about numbers, for instance, about extra funding. brent: we know china'screasing influence around the world, that was high on the agenda. what do we know, richard, is there a common g-7 approach and how to deal with china -- in how to deal with china? >> china is absolutely a huge issue. if you look in the communiquÉ, there is a lot about china in there and a lot ofords of concern about all sorts of issues, about human rights abuses in tibet, on assault on freedoms in hong kong, on issues of security in the south and east china sea. on trade and investment practices -- a hugely long list of things. these are all areas where there was enough common understanding to put all of that into the communiquÉ, but how deep the unity on china goes is not really yet a sure thing. if we take germany, for instance, angela merkel in the last 15 years in power has been a real pusher for engaging with china. just last week, her entire government held governmental consultations with the chinese government. this was reviving a practice that had gone back many years and been

countries make up 2 thirds the walls, making population including china, india, indonesia, the us, russia, and tacky. one in 3 tobacco smokers or around 341000000. are in china to africa. ne is the chief of programs and services for the national association of county and city health officials of space in washington d. c. these countries don't invest enough money to help reduce tobacco consumption . smoke in the traditional cigarette has kind of fallen out of favor, but we've seen the rise and other tobacco products that we estimate has really taken the turn with why folks have really been using more of these tobacco products in a and then alarm and fashion, whether they be electronic cigarettes, of course, isa gars, heated tobacco products. there's so many different aspects of folks know. go to right now for smoking, which unfortunately, we're seeing. unremarkable right. we really don't want to be going through that direction. we're still seeing a reduction in some cases, but an increase in the adolescent in the team population. but i think another instant point that it's very important to realize just in the us alone, 2019 found abou

over here at the wall because i want to show you about something really weird is happening around the south china sea it's this region right here now this entire region has as we've told you in the past and previous newscast has really been hotly really the chinese say this is their territory and to prove it they have now inhabited many of these islands many of them now have their citizens that they've put there they've also turned what are outcrops shoals reefs into islands by piling dirt sand and concrete on to them but neighboring countries like the philippines and vietnam and others are not happy about this because they want to claim the area for shipping lanes and for fishing so this is a constant conflict right you kind of know about that but now there's one particular area here in the spratly islands that is. well things have gotten really weird it's a place right there in the middle see that one little red. thing we put there for you that's called i so tiny i mean it's a reef right it's called whitson reef it's much closer actually as the crow flies to the philippines than it is to china

i mean, look, you've got a lot of negative stories around china. 't it? >> well, i think it's a fair question. but the bigger pivot for apple is going to be medical. tim cook made it clear, he wants apple to be remembered legacy wise for its medical contributions. they already control a huge portion of the medical information market with things like the apple watch that i'm wearing, things like the iphone, the ipad, these things are all linked to the apple ecosystem. i think the opportunity is far bigger than most investors realize or understand. maria: yeah. google too by the way. it's a very important investment story as well. ken, let's talk energy. crude futures hitting the highest level since mid-march, rising nearly 2%. the u.s. and european vaccination efforts offsetting demand losses in india which is a tough story. i know you're hot on the spider energy etf as a buy. what's going on? what's the story behind this move that has crude at 66 and change right now? >> yes, so definitely the supply and demand, i'll say a lot more demand coming out

you see with the vaccines now around the world china is trying to become a hero by trying to make vaccines available to folks who might be later in life to get the vaccines. so politics always instantly as well as signs trying to come to a proper balance in a world with 7 billion people, to mac dillion vaccines and you. were still at record pace are fr getting the pandemic behind his -- 2 billion -- i agree with tom. there can supply chain problems in america different places around the world. people said why don't we just have all of these, this, basically the protected devices store stored and on shelves and hospitals? as a doctorthey are not good fo. it's a matter of resource you put into keeping all of those supplies on tap immediately. there's a lot of lessons be we could spend the next hour on just the lessons we have learned from this and to get to the point we are now. i think it's remarkable we are where we are one year afterward in spite of absolutely the death and isolation, the suffering, the human toll that this has taken. there are told from the disease and the secondary toll