this is "asia edge."tay with us. ♪ >> let's have a look at the latest developments in thailand where riot police met little opposition dismantling antigovernment protests in bangkok. -- the protestht leader suthep says his campaign will go on. he tells supporters they still controlled the government house and called on the prime minister to resign. this time of year is peak tourist season in thailand. christmas, the lunar new year sparking things holiday interest abroad. thailand's long-running political unrest has seen tourism numbers collapse. >> a month on, this is how the so-called shut down bangkok protest to oust prime minister yingluck shinawatra is looking. aimed at blocking the february 2 elections, protesters are still effectively shutting down parts of the thai capital. ongoing protests which started at the kindness of last year and political uncertainty are sharply affecting the tourism industry. that makes up about 10% of thailand's gdp. it is the high season in bangkok but visitors fell 5% i

asia.'also focus in on what are the implications of fed policy right now when it comes to the way you advise your clients? something that is very relevant. our corporate client base especially as saying, when do they have to start fixing term funding? they have been rolling their funding needs on very low rate structure in the short term. do they suddenly have to say, i need to lock in term funding? it is predominantly geared towards the u.s. a lot of regional rates are very closely aligned to the u.s. rates. a lot of corporate's in the through u.s. dollars or proxy u.s. dollars. it is going to be important how they position their funding over the next two or three years. how they may be focus on near-term funding. they need to get the sort of five-year 10 year funding over the next month in place. it is hugely important. >> looking at what has been going on in the u.s. bond market , looking at 10 year yields, up 2.8% right now, what does that price and? are you surprised it is that low at t

the overall asia-pacific. it.en we started the markets off of morning for hong kong, it is actually a pretty positive day. the highest gains so far this month. what has happened is the hang seng is coming online. it is off 0.4%. these two markets are eagerly awaiting the data for the previous month which is expected to not rise as much as the previous month and that is something traders are factoring in. it will not be piecemeal when ever you look at the chinese data, you have to look at the entire tape street to see the gist of where the economy is going specifically as it pertains to the economic figures. this what the snapshot is looking at. one of these bright spots. it is set -- up a tad in the session. rba with thead the minutes from february. we will get more information from our colleague in a moment. big pieces in on the of information. bhp, and with 31% increase in earnings before the first half. that is dragging the entire category up 1.2% in the session. miners getting be lifted because of bhp. if you

markets trading in the asia-pacific.f the day's highs, tenths of 1% higher. the nikkei to 25, out of the gate strong, up more than 1%. kos be though, it is fractionally lower, but pretty much flat at 1921. is feeling the brunt of the qe tape or in more than most. its currency is at the weakest this year, while the stock market is seeing huge withdrawals. john joins me now with the details. >> good morning. last year, the yen was the weakest currency. wonhe fourth quarter, the was one of the strongest. local funds in the stock market billion int $2.3 stocks so far this year. that withdrawal is the equivalent of india, taiwan, and taiwan -- thailand. forcan see the concern south korea, not really on the radar, but it certainly is now. that is one area. then you have the currency weakening 2.3% so far this year. oftia bank, who has been one the most accurate forecasters, see it weakening even further. clearly, with that of course, all of that quantitive easing tapering, the figures on jobs weres the atlantic disappointing.

"asia edge" is next.ng me as we recap the top stories of the day so far, including a look at australia's largest rail freight operator. ♪ >> this is "asia edge." it is the middle of the asian trading day. that is a live image of hong kong's pictorial harbor. -- victoria harbour. a look at our top story this hour, hong kong leading gains across the asia-pacific. shanghai has gone higher on the year. japan ending the year with a disappointment. however, you have that slowdown in thailand, not quite as bad as had been thought. >> i am angie lau, also coming up this hour, the political tug of on in thailand. hurting vitaly is holiday trade. we have a special report on bangkok tourism. china's bank lending last month rose to levels not seen since 2010. a shift in emphasis or a new year glitch? we will ask our correspondent. largest rail freight operator is out with results. ceo, all thathe and more in this monday edition of "asia edge." keeping an eckert eye on the markets today. we are seeing gains across the

for the mining stocks across the asia-pacific, driving the rally.surprise that the best performer on the asx 200 and one isthe best on the asia index bhp billiton. if we take a look more broadly, it has been those resources that have been seeing momentum. >> we will see if there is any reaction. there is no change. >> i talked to you a little bit about where we are because this is not new. aboutnchmark indexes up 9/10 of one percent. this has -- in focus has been the automakers. it is cold in tokyo. the country seeing some of the worst snow in 45 years. that has impacted production to it is at some of japan's top automaker's. they had to shut down some of the facilities because of supply chain issues, because of this snow. that said, toyota, honda, suzuki all seeing gains. what wem that, this is have been watching in japan. high as 11%.as according to the nikkei newspaper they are going to mass produce nano chips that are going to go into cars this year, so that could help their top line. the company was raised to outperform, this stock seeing some

asia's emerging markets, like indonesia. ovations, including a larger new innovations, including a larger screen. it will be released at the mobile congress. sunday, as was mentioned, samsung unveiled two new watches. that is just one of the many new ways that samsung and their competitors are looking to connect with consumers. it sent shares higher by .5%. that is your global outlook. nicole walsh is the head of property. it.ities out of what do you make of it? >> the trend is that the price increase will be slower than last year. and it means up that price will grow slower this year. >> they cannot continue the rates they have been. these curves going out? is it a factor of supply and demand? construction and it was down. growtheeing the accelerated. sales,% existing home that is not sustainable, is it? are we in bubble territory? and tier two, definitely not. at occupancy. it is high, compared to tier three. they need more. >> what about affordability? >> it might look weak in the numbers. if you look at what people are m

the first is that most of asia is now out of the woods.f you look at the last indonesian current account numbers or india's current account numbers, the kind of imbalance that existed last year is now behind us. what we need to look for is u.s. growth. we need that. if we catch that tailwind, i think we will have moved forward and perhaps the impact of kiwi is not going to be as -- of of qe is not going to be as pronounced as it was last year. >> what about the headwinds facing these economies in this part of the world? where are we in the economic cycle? what is the inflation picture looking like as well? the figures have been turning slightly higher. >> yes, i think that when you look at the economies -- we had three years of very strong the mystic demand--- domestic demand-led growth. we are now in a state of unwinding and that means they are going through a transition seey phase where we still slower growth. this morning, indonesia has cut its growth forecast. we are going to see that in terms of growth. domestic demand will slow. we w

it is spread across asia.esside is that this you a sense of how decided -- excited we are about the future. >> time to check some of these other stories. they are getting into instant messaging. they are buying privately held buybacks which has 300 million users. it aims to compete for this. maker agreesme with the results and japan. net income beat expectations last quarter by 60%. this put the plans on track. in november, they said they were looking at acquisitions outside gaming. the disappointment with net income forecast to meet estimates by 10% this quarter. this is caused by higher taxes. it also fights the weaker yen. this is japan's second-biggest soft drink maker. those are some of the stories we're following this morning. next, they want to open more hotels. it could take years to find the locations. >> welcome back. the peninsula hotel probably is not coming to a city near you. just nine properties behind the peninsula will not just answer in the new market. >> we try to focus to try to create this

critical access to critical growth markets in asia and southeast asia. symbioticord relationship. symbiotic relationships of course tends to provide or deliver somebody who is a dominant for something you didn't quite expect. a new agenda at peugeot seems to be the way forward. managed toey have sell new cars. they have caught the zeitgeist moment of what is wanted in the market with the 308. there you go. that is a car to watch for. >> thank you very much, manus on the car industry. up later this morning, don't miss the interview with the ceo of peugeot,. he joins bloomberg for his first interview of the day. story.ick up on this pau, let's talk about the car industry. >> we are interested. representative of what is going on in europe. with car manufacturers high exposure to the eurozone as a whole as opposed to other car manufacturers which have more of a global footprint, are almost a counter in the mind. they are very much -- >> so interested in but not investing? >> not investing. i am excited to see investors benefiting from what is a technical reb

making it asia's best performer.it comes to chinese exchange traded funds, check out this one. tracking 400 small and medium-sized -- medium-sized enterprises in china. it has been a good run or the nasdaq which rose to multiyear highs. up some 50%. more on theot sector. is joining us. live from sydney, john davies. the etfs industry has been around for 20 years. what is the expansion rate like and where is it expected to go? >> thanks for having me here. the etf market started 20 years ago with the launch of the state street s&p 500. we now see some 5000 etf's listed globally. it tookinteresting is years to be invested in these products and it took less than three years for the second trillion dollars to be invested. around andave been if you look at any number of broker research papers looking at the outlook for 2014 they're still optimistic for double-digit growth going forward. year.has been a choppy etf's have seen a bit of a selloff including emerging markets. where do you think this appetite for including etf

microsoft date etc could be the largest of its kind in all of asia. it will be twice as big as a data center google says it plans to build in time on the ds that it will also serve as a facility to provide a backup service brigade and flowing in from these and other parts of the world. a delegation from microsoft has reportedly already visited korea to the kim possible fines. with this obama's port city of poutine the rising as a strong candidate. microsoft is believed to have chosen korea for its data center that holds us live in the tins and the pier manpower is less prone to natural disasters and past cheap electricity. he and i didn't use. and an indication that k housing market may be on the track to recovery housing transactions boomed last month the ministry of land infrastructure and transport said that the number of transactions came to around fifty eight thousand in january a one hundred seventeen percent increase from the previous month. by region the number of housing transactions in the seoul metropolitan area. sort the most by more than

i am markets across asia pacific a debate on sparking concerns and more turmoil could weaken the global economy. japanese and south koreans are at odds over what to call the sea between their countries now but maybe that is causing ripples in the united states and members of the opposition party in thailand are challenging sunday's general election arguing it violated the constitution. investors have sent markets across asia on a downward slide in the tokyo stock exchange racked up the worst loss since the benchmark nikkei average posted its biggest one day loss of more than seven months. it tumbled four point one eight percent in at fourteen thousand and eight its lowest close in almost four months. investors pulled their money out of riskier assets such as stocks after disappointing us manufacturing data and fears investors went after safer assets such as the japanese currency. this country and her local equities especially export related issues in growth sensitive shares the nikkei climbed fifty six percent last year the best performer among major economies in the world. since then.

now i do want to talk about what's going on here in eastern asia. high pressure is dominating much of japan and korea. not going to stay that way, though. what we're seeing right now is a new low starting to develop there in eastern china. this could bring some snowfall around the yangtze river basin. yet again, like we're talking about this time last year is this is going to be one of those southern coast lows, and it could bring a wide swath of wintry precipitation up and down the pacific coastline, and including tokyo by friday. into saturday. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. >> welcome back to the newsroom. here are the headlines for you this hour. the evacuation of civilians from the ceiling city ofhoms resumes after a one-day suspension link to it deadlocked at the peace talks in geneva. no word on the fate of hundreds of toys and men detained for questioning. amnesty international slams the violence in central african republic, calling it ethnic cleansing. the french defense minister

an analyst says this could affect the regional balance of power in east asia. we spoke to expert yasuhiro mats da of the university of tokyo. he points out for china the effort to improve ties for taiwan is significant. it happens at a time when relations between the country and neighboring nations are strained. >> china has very bad relations with japan now and also has very unstable relations with southeast asian countries. i think that having better unstable relations with china, china can enjoy much better international environment. in my view, president man joe in taiwan oons has still two years and some months term, but his approval rating is very low, about 10% or so. so if he wants to establish his own historical legacy, the only prominent legacy should be the historical reconciliation with the mainland china. basically united states, japan and other nations are welcoming these talks. they're also carefully watching what kind of development will appear through this series of dialogues. for example, in u.s. views, china is now economically and militarily

trading prepares to get underway under the asia-pacific this week. first out of the gate, we are seeing a modest advance in shares today. we will have full coverage from finance ministers to ministers there. around $.85.ding let's check in and see how that is trading. the top 50 is indexing around 82, 83. whatpan and korea, this is we have. a strong finish for friday. japanese stocks are capping the biggest weekly gain. we may be able to cap some modest gains. keep watching began. of course, a weakening yen is positive for those manufacturers . the key story as we begin this monday in the age of austerity is over. global growth is the new target. wants aralian treasurer concrete outcome from the weekends g 20 talks and the delegates delivered. let's go live to sydney. let's talk about this meeting. will this be considered an overwhelming success? >> good morning. he is certainly playing that up for the domestic audience here. by many measures this was a successful g 20 summit. i will give you one example of a concrete outcome. global standard for tex

status in asia?he president, president obama is scheduled to go visit a few asian countries in april. >> absolutely. in a very strong position in asia. one of the reasons for that is that most of the countries in the region, apart from china, want to see a similar start of status call, similar sort of structure in asian politics. but the regime has -- the administration has lost a bit in the last few months. sense that it's distracted. secretary of sta s secretary kerry is focused on the mideast. so there's a sense in asia that the obama administration has really slightly lost its momentum, has gotten a bit distracted. that's why secretary kerry is there this week. that's why he's trying to show that he's still very much focused on asia. >> how much of the president's visit will be to try to offer a counter balance or be a counterweight to china's growing influence in the region? >> well, the broader thrust of the policy in the region at the moment, is to try to show that it's not going to disappear,

it is also showing across most of asia.ego has gained enormous growth torecent years, building become the second-largest toy maker in the world. is probably the most popular toy in the world. more than 550 billion people have been produced since the first. largest toysecond company. only mattel is larger. lego is still owned by the family. the word is a contraction of a word that means play well in danish. after carving wooden planes and buses for children, christians and bought the first plastic molding machine in denmark and began making multicolored ricks to snap together. the design was a success. and he lego brick made after made-- any lego brick after 1958 will still work today. after suffering a major loss in 1998 and teetering dangerously close to bankruptcy, the company bounced back, in part by appealing to girls and adult fans of lego. lego profit grew faster between 2007 and 2011. by 2019 there will actually be more lego people than real people on earth. i know you have a box of these at home. that is pretty incr

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senior officials from the asia pacific economic cooperation on the scene in the eastern chinese city named for him to john province and the pain that is shaping the future for the asia pacific partnership. during the two days of being born senior officials from the twenty one member economies will promote pragmatic cooperation in advancing regional economic integration and innovative developments economic reform and grunts. lol sorry focus on spec think comprehensive conductivity and infrastructure development china is the twenty fourteen hosts member and plans to hold more than a hundred apec meetings and related events over the course of. the well the asia pacific economic cooperation or a pick is the premier forum for facilitating economic growth cooperation trade and investments in the asia pacific region and twenty four he mocks the twenty fifth anniversary of its establishment is now the highest ranking the most influential regional economic cooperation mechanism in the region. and as we mentioned china is hosting the key they pick placing the cia is the second time the forums

and asia which will in effect going on. on the sovereignty of japan. all the way back into south china sea and into a world of south china sea. i still receive the things around to all the chinese need be including the disputed delhi or stand up for guidance. so when you use situation where a weakness for the state and stationed in japan and china are finding themselves facing each other. i'm finding it less and less willing to compromise it is not a great place. woe to the one hundred that's how worried are you i shouldn't focus and not the subject is right to his nose at the shoe sizes and meets me in the polls and its mission to diplomats. she ended up in china relations both of these sites you can go through to dispute the two disputes that document does not become indicted as a dispute doesn't wanna talk that i know about and that's a problem in itself can because these are still in shock as identity as the tunes on his government is saying that was a jolly st aquinas and poland. if you don't eat out pumpkins there is no issue but there isn't a re

lou: this sounds good but is there a strategy behind that if it to asia? ended in the region what is the point of this tebet aside from the politics? attorney to asia. >> expert and a sense especially after a decade of blood and sweat and money spent in iraq and afghanistan. theoretically the private is absolutely right. obama is a smart man like his former secretary of state elliott clinton out we first heard about the pivot. [laughter] she did identify that as a key mission of u.s. foreign policy. he picked up the theme that unfortunately the economic and political guides seem to be against him because the first trip, it could have then the people suggest it was because the first trip was aborted by the shutdown. he had to cancel the trip. lou: with the tea 302 asia the most powerful country geopolitically is tied dash on dash tied up. why not go to china? >> you have to shore up the alliances who by the way are not getting along with one %-to pay an is just under enormous pressure from the chinese who don't like the fact there regrading japanese history

or in asia. just the last day of december, they finished up by buying eight breweries in china. .hat is another area i am looking at what the chief executive said in his statement today. the focus is on improving the russian business but also doing what they can to increase their asian business given the fact that that is an area with so much growth potential. much indeed,very david tweed joining us from berlin. carlsberg's ceo is joining us later on "the pulse" here on bloomberg television. what else is on our radar screen? the fed has approved new standards for foreign banks. it requires lenders with at least $50 billion in assets of u.s. capitol. american hustle is nominated for 10 i cut of the awards. film's rose talks to the director. >> it was amazing. >> i love him. it was based on a real midwestern character. there were agents in the wild. it was all true. that chemistry tammy was electric. >> make sure you check it out. you can see it in full tonight on bloomberg tv at 10:00 p.m. u.k. ti

lou: this sounds good but is there a stregyehind that if it to asia?ed in the region what is the point of this tebet aside from the politics? attorney to asia. >> expert and a sense especially after a decade of blood and swt and money spent in iraq and afghanistan. theoretically the private is absolutely right. obama is a smart man like his former secretary of state elliott clinton out we first heard about the pivot. [laughter] she did identifyhat as a key mission of u.s. foreign policy. he picked up the theme that unfortunately the economic and political guides seem to be against him because the first trip, it could have then the people suggest it wawas because the first trip was aborted by thehutdown. he had to cancel the trip. lou: with the tea 302 asia the most powerful country geopolitically is tied dh on dash tied up. why not go to china? >> you have to shore up the alliances who by the way are not getting along with one %-toay an is just under enormous pressure from the chinese who don't like the fact there regrading japaneseistory to make the i

asia is another case. the united states is the least distrusted actor in the region and so many argue it is the linchpin for stability. again there are different views if it is the source of stability or instability for the region that at the moment even for democracy's cannot really trust one another. if there were to remove all of our bases the first thing japan wants to do is a self-defense force but don't kid ourselves for them to become a normal nation began how would that make the tidies or the koreans feel? also with some southeast asia and countries like be a nod, indonesia where they have concerns about china's rise in the maritime editions. so having the of the military there can put a lid on potentially escalating targets spiraling out of control. >> host: how the servicemen are based overseas? >> i have to check the facts right now because it is always changing. >> host: and best of it? >>. >> guest: do not'' the idea of more familiar with asia there is about 50,000 in japan which is the double

the world cup and the asia cup, which starts soon.he images going around the world last year were disturbing. buses, riots. it put the country's chances of hosting the tournaments at risk. >> the violence has died down. >> we feel excited about seeing bangladesh play, we are here to encourage the country to show pride. >> at the height of political violents, several countries considered pulling out of bangladesh. today it seems a distant memory. despite the climate of calm, organizers say they are taking security seriously. >> this is a former captain of the bangladesh team. he works for the asian cricket counsel for att. the organizers of the asia cup. >> there was an issue that the agency were thinking, that political issues were not stable. a lot of people were thinking that the tournament can go somewhere else. bangladesh managed the tournament. they can organise it. it's going smoothly so far. >> cricket is the unifying force. when the national team plays it gives bangladesh's something to get behind. staging the asian cup means

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geez think that's a reality for east asia. one day. well i think if you look in any region of the world has benefited enormously from open traded to the stage. and this has been the model of export led growth of starter but japan korea taiwan china vietnam and others. but the national system is changing you can no longer rely on the united states and are to be the ultimate consumer of all those goods this is one reason why countries such as china are trying to shift to more domestic demand. and while he is teamwork read within the region. and this also presents opportunities because the countries of ozzie and for example are now at higher income levels you're creating middle classes that create additional opportunities show icy treat is not only breaking in of itself. it is also a method by which countries can use the international system to push their own internal reforms. heidi is a territorial disputes in east asia have affected business in the region. the thieves i added to the degree of worry and i see that one of the things that

asia. as they are developing pipeline rupture, they're also building stronger political relations with these countries. through the shanghai cooperation, all sorts of security ties. in contrast cc many southeast asian countries right now under quite a bit of stress. despite the fact china has called this his diamond decade with this relation to his southeast asia says his priority now is moving away as we look forward for the next 10 years of the china leadership, moving away from the emphasis on u.s.-china relations. number one priority of this region and promoting positive relations. what they've done is try to develop a pretty bifurcated policy, which is to move ahead on the economic front and take quite a tough line. we see all these challenges emerging with vietnam and the philippines and the south china sea, not to mention the east china sea with japan and taiwan as well. so i think it is a very interesting set of political, economic and security dynamics emerging that are quite chall

have you had a situation where parents ask for their children to be killed three thousand asia. not of with parents not with my immediate circle but i want to remind you again that i am a doctor and as doctors we can be confronted with the situations that are highly different. it isn't because we find ourselves in a situation similar to the experience of someone emotionally close to us. it's not because we find ourselves in this kind of situation that we take initiative but we take this initiative because we want to fix the overall situation exists that's what is most important but why and why i'm so pissed to find out your personal opinion on experience is because this is a very personal law it's a very emotional law it's a law that for many crosses ethics or morals so i don't know if you have any children but if you had any children i mean would you allow them to decide on matters of life or death i can answer your in any case see that if god forbid i had a child it would end up in this type of situation and i want to point out that by this type of situation i mean a child a t

wall industry rebounded yesterday given a boost to stocks in asia.an closing about 11% higher. chinese markets remain closed for the lunar new year holiday. hong kong benchmark hang seng index finished lower following choppy trading. in europe european trading, we are seeing pretty mixed stock. the ftse 100 over in london, a little higher. 0.3%. not much movement, though. among the catalysts here, data showing output in the eurozone in the economy there, expanded at fastest pace since june 2011. a quick check here on u.s. equity futures early this morning. set to open just slightly lower. a rebound in yesterday's trading. today's big test for the markets is going to come from a jobs report. the january adp employment report.

the old tricks up to me to trip you know to many o alln the east asia. in november december of two thousand that in dili including countries like you mention japan and south korea and china. and what were some of the meal and most important missions then maybe you know vice president you don't know why then have in mind when he parked on the trip was that because of the u malacca with the cooperation of the year defense identification zone by china for its because of the rising tension deal between china and japan over delhi. either it's orleans because of the potential instability in north korea which is for all of the above i think this is partly in all of the above and i think is partly an attempt to put an american official in asia given the fact that obama was unable to come early for now in him. it was p was planned before the era defense of information is the thing came about. and that made it it grew in importance because of that. there's a load of those of those are the problem of reading too much into this of the american vice presidents get se

and sort of marshall aspects and the factories in europe, japanese casually thought, southeast asia is right for plucking, and if -- the western powers will not quibble because it is a big mistake and that is the total embargo. and freezing of japanese assets. >> to add to that, didn't they also see operation as an opportunity to attack southeast asia and the united states because they fought with the russians out of the way europe -- >> the hardest course to military strategist and general staff raised the idea, that was not the mainstream because they were not thinking in terms of july 1941 at all. they were more concerned about power struggles at home, the eccentric foreign minister, he was saying shore of the gesture in germany, allied germany, and attack the soviet union quickly so that we can claim to have participated in their war and take some soviet positions, and the army traditionally seen the soviet union posted. partly because of the experience that we nationalize it, the positions that especially wanted him to leave the cabinet >> and the axis power is an old one. and tru

asia pacific is the biggest growing area. you have airliners, manufacturers, because they are focused on the region that is likely to be the biggest market in the world in the next 20 years. the star of the show is the airbus a 350 over my shoulder. it's under going flight testing and will compete with boeing's 787 dream liner. both have high tech knollingy, made with compostive materials, making them lighter. they fly further with less fuel. so many aircarriers, major expenditure, if not the largest, it fuel. they are looking at these aircrafts to allow them to reduce costs as we go into the next decade which will be focused on asia pacific, there's announcement on sales, but the market is the focus, and how much it will expand. >> don't forget to head online for the leadest breaking news, aljazeera.com, video on demand, live blocks and free aj campaign. >> congress takes action to avoid a controversy. >> how much is too much for your boss to know about your private medical information. >> don't look for a doctor, what about

even if they predominately traveled to asia increasinincreasin gly travel to asia and increasingly traveled to china but we still remain better off when we do that. rather than fighting the chinese to essentially take our place. those are the three i would exercise. >> hello my name is andre ray and my question is china has gained so much popularity in their growth and the rise of power over the past couple of years so my question is what are they doing differently than what the u.s. is doing or is it just a case in point that they are doing what we have done and are doing and we just want to see if they are going to do it better and what strategies they are going to implement to ensure it's better than what the u.s. has done? >> i don't know in my travels if i went to anywhere that thought they were more pots -- popular than the united states. >> we might disagree with the premise of your question. if her hats we have been doing this research around 2006, maybe 2007 i think you might get an on target but i think increasingly there has been not only in terms of china's resource quest kind o

of the air in the telcos and the inmates australia's toughest on the side and seek is mainly from asia and the middle east has seen and the country code name for increasing international criticism and condemnation increased on wednesday when that report reveals that the government has infested made the identities of almost ten thousand people who are currently seeking asylum the event was as reported by the guardian straight down on its website it said the immigration department accidentally published a file containing the names nationalities could sit back and other identifiable information of nadi and fed and or assign mckay's its immigration detention that's wack the department stated that the fire has been renewed and an investigation is underway. the reformation fun as well yet sassy australian immigration detention camp and popping them in one of saddam's he was killed and at least seventy seven when mj and the finance and yet this week australian prime is that any out there has been taking a hard line against asylum seekers trying to beat australia by critics the country doesn't

most of parts of northeastern asia is a dommenation of this high pressure. much of china, clearer skies over there towards korea. the sea of japan coastline could see some sea effect snow but really stunning weather to be had. that's going to be changing later on this week, though. we have this stationary boundary towards the south. right now bringing some light showers across parts of taiwan over towards the southern japanese islands. that's going to continue to linger and develop going through the next several days. parts of the yangtze river basin can see 5 to 10 centimeters of snow accumulation out of this and then as it continues to develop, likely is going to track off towards the east, one of the southern coast lows just like we saw last week, and could bring some wintry precipitation all along the pacific coastline and even including the tokyo by saturday. meanwhile, at least for your wednesday highs, it is staying chilly out here. tie pay with a high of 12, manila at 29, seoul at 5. lows, this is what it's going to feel like during the overnight hou

in all sales rose more than 5% in the asia pacific region where mcdonalds opened the first restaurant in vo restaurant vietnam and the ceo says he's investing in asia. >> whether that's ma loasia, so co korea, we're investing for long term. >> we have more on mcdonald's strategy in china and why getting it right there is so important. >> reporter: hamburgers on ice is on the menu in china to help the fast food giant beep up the business. >> it's growing so fast. 1.3 billion people might eat and love mcdonalds. >> reporter: back home, mcdonalds is struggling as more health conscious americans shun fast food, yet to many chinese like edward, mcdonalds means more than just burgers. >> it's kind of learning from western people, just technology, not just the economy, but life. so i think mcdonalds is kind of good for chinese people, including for me. >> reporter: that status served mcdonalds well. the u.s. company has nearly 1900 restaurants here, the fastest growing market, yet some believe mcdonalds is leaving food on the table. it's chief rival kfc has localized the menu and supply chai

south east asia. above for full tilt us just minutes after she come up. the economist about the work. he and his consummate cross for all costs when it gets even fights and simple like couple png steamed cake the catskill mountains all but one else in the sky. all military stint at the time they had expected. sometimes indicates the instant case it's a bit helps. inside was soft. he could get the kids kinds of problems. one is nine months. instructions then based on peace be still yet to be one of the time the standard check that out sections of it prompted by the tour costs of the time. a plausible and activated phone she's modeling. last night the win. watch it. southeast region. still needs a lot more improvement of infrastructure. we'll continue to do our best thinking before you techniques. my health the company has fifteen overs as the final weeks of supply the country's aging population puts a brake on the economy grow. my mom yelled at training. she saw was a kid. a strong month for the concert. i want. so purple. bangkok. i knew the us naval inte

in oil rich regions but in the in the east asia you see a new assess them of alliances. growing which is clearly designed to contain china therein lies the greatest source of danger as i said before because vietnam philippines korea they all have independent interests but dominant interest of the japanese militarists clique that's running the government right now in opposition to japanese sentiment that represents the new danger i think for the disruption of the existing global order david how do you weigh in on that because if the nine hundred fourteen scenario has validity today it is playing out in the pacific right now i mean to what degree is do you think the united states could be pulled into a conflict in the region because it has so many treaty obligations for so many countries right now and china itself is the expressing its interests of not being contained and i'm not saying it's being aggressive it just it why should it be contained again if we go back to our treaty obligations you know to what degree is the united states opening itself up to danger. well i th

. >> the sell-off intensifies european markets following asia lower. the nikkei off 4% pb back at its lowest level since october. >>> ubs shares outperformed, springing back to profits in the fourth quarter thanks to a larger tax benefits warned from current to market turmoil. >> the volatility out there is quite huge, a lot of unresolved matters. you see what's going on in the last few days or in emerging markets and overall. i just think that making prediction about stabilization of this environment is quite hard. >>> the latest -- to stop from refining weakness. the firm upping the amount of cash it's putting aside, as well, to deal with the gulf of mexico spill. >>> and toyota shares fall lower in japan despite the carmaker raising its forecast. the firm now expects a record profit this year. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> warm wake to today's program. we kick off with where we are an hour into trade in european equities. 8 to 1 decliners currently outpacing advancers on the

adam: just in asia what you guys are talkkng about, 330 hotels by 2016. 96,000 rooms in asia. any concern, we got china flashed pmi today, it was below 50 so a bit of a contraction. any concern that asia might have a slow down that would hit your plans? >> asia is obviously a big part of the world. individual markets in asia perform veey differently. thailand has been very strong in 13. with the political turmoil thailand is not doing great. bangkok is soft market. indonesia is strong. india is complicated place. china which your question referred to specifically, we see continued growth of new units. so we're adding about a hotel every two weeks in china. we've seen the, trading conditions improve modestly. the government pulled back on its spending last couple years. the comparisons get a little bit easier. i thhnk in the long term, china will continue to be hugely important arket for us and growing market of industry. adam: should we expect in the first quarter that the government is not shut down, held you back inhappen going q4 we might see you go that much further ahead

do you think that's a reality for east asia one day? >> well, i think if you look at any region of the world that has benefited enormously from open trade, it's been east asia. i mean this has been the model of export-led growth. it started with japan, korea, taiwan, china, vietnam, and others. but the international system is changing. you can no longer rely on the united states or europe to be the ultimate consumer of all those goods. this is one reason why countries such as china are trying to shift to more domestic demand. and while you'll see more trade within the region, and this also presents opportunities, because the countries of asean, for example, are now at higher income levels, you're creating middle classes that create additional opportunities. so, i see trade as not only a good thing in and of itself, but it's also a method by which countries can use the international system to push their own internal reforms. >> how do you think territorial disputes in east asia have affected business in the region? >> well, i think they'

as a neighbor and the link between europe and asia. we belive a barrier to prevent all this and it's to do this the oic supporting this. who needs to do just what post them with sixteen was to remove the dates from between his actual age i'd be outsourced to get the mayonnaise is enriching in the region from the afghan side. the chart every simply extreme ease in front of the game from illegal migration and arms smuggling and so on. and this is why it is very important to be the organisation's support in our struggle for me but the head with a spoon to scoop it the spurs up and do something in the central asian states with this gorgeous advances in understanding and interpreting the company is no reason security community the joyful quite different opinions as to joke that the geopolitical quarters of your agency to read. such as the opinions of young students at everytime he sees us all be going to order water resources use its strategic energy facilities construction. another nice the local police wish to think the best posts and tur

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