let's go to barley now and speak with t w's asia pacific bureau chief, georg matters. i there d. org. this is a really significant anniversary of the bali bombings many people, locals and foreigners have been battling trauma for many years now to decades. how are people there feeling this week? i would say essentially you have 2 groups of people. you have of course, those people who are not just physically but also mentally scarred for life. and i've talked job to a one person who said she will attend, but she will and she has mixed feelings for it. because even though i sent a sense of smoke as sometimes triggers panic attack, so she isn't sure how are coming back to the very site where the bumping happened for a memorial ceremony will affect her. and then on the other hand, you have people feel it has quite a healing feature that it is good for them to confront themselves. and to also see that life goes on. and that is something that many australians are though the nation that has been hardest hit with 88, i casualties in this terrible bombing. many australians have

let's go to barley now and speak with d w's asia pacific bureau chief dig matters. either. yoga, this is a really significant anniversary of the bali bombings many people, locals and foreigners have been battling trauma for many years. now to decades a, how are people they're feeling this week? i would say essentially you have 2 groups of people. you have of course, those people who are not just physically, but also mentally scarred for life. and i've talked to her to a one person who said she will attend, but she will if she has mixed feelings for it, or because even though she sent a sense of smoke and sometimes triggers panic attack. so she isn't sure how are coming back to the very site where the bombing happened for a memorial ceremony will affect her. and then on the other hand, you have people feel it has quite a healing feature that it is good for them to confront themselves. and to also see that life goes on, and that is something that many australians are the nation that has been hardest hit with 88 a casualties in this terrible bombing. many australians h

equity markets in many parts of the asia-pacific are up north of 1%. u.s. futures are actually steady as we speak. in a lot of ways to the point earlier -- and flip the boys if we can. the focus on the weekend was more policy and stability. we have yet to see the details in terms of what beijing plans for the economy and what the economic team will look like in march. here's a cloak a look at the damage we are seeing across the equity markets. 15 five right now on the hang seng index. with these losses of about 4%, should be without 5% -- the within 5%, 6% of the trough of the global financial crisis. and session lows i would imagine, down about 45. yvonne: i'm reading the mliv blog, sofia horta e costa is writing about how markets are digesting this new political order. the one thing she is saying is basically there is just one man running the show now given what we have seen of his ego team personnel. she says throughout your equity valuation models, throw out fair value for the renminbi because at this point the market is trying to digest what xi jinping

that's t w's asia pacific bureau chief gail matters. now the british born actress angela lansbury has delight at the age of $96.00 lads . braves korea spanned 8 decades across film theater and television chia and the spotlight for her performances in broadway musicals. but she became a household name in the crime drama series. murder, she wrote. hollywood says good bye to acting legend. angela lansbury. she her mother, ang, siblings. settled in tinseltown shortly after fleeing german bombings on london during world war 2 lands bury the daughter belfast born actress morning mcgill quickly plays a career of her own i guess it's going to work on your tunes again. not she and academy award nominations as supportive actress for 2 of her 1st 3 felt gas light in 1945, the picture of dorian gray and 46. as she was nominated again in 1900. 62 for the mentoring and candidate ah, where she portrayed a deadly communist agent and a title characters mother lands. very soft success on broadway to winning tony awards 5 times on the great white way. but

t w's asia pacific. dairy chief scout matters, who is in barley, told us more about what happened on that day 20 years ago. i'm standing here. i'm in the middle of those 2 packed bars that you have just mentioned on leon street are very busy party, a district off the holiday island of bali. essentially what happened that night 20 years ago, is that a smaller device that made it by a suicide bomber, went off an irish pop right over here. and then that was followed by people running on to the streets. and then a huge device in a truck just outside the pre the nightclub, or would you say see right behind me of a catered, or a slot of land that is to day and bed bomb was so strong, it left a crater of one meter depth on the street, now we know that 202 people died in those attacks. what about the, the people who was responsible for carrying them out? well, there was the so called a term terrorist. her cell is jemila, mia and al qaeda affiliated group. that was basically hunter down over the past 20 years. there was a recent arrest. are affiliated to those body attacks only in 2020 the te

however, from hong kong she missed for asia pacific at and t bank. thank you. gee declared in 2014, the development of electric vehicles was the only way china could transform from what he called a big automobile country to an automobile power. less than a decade later, it's risen to the forefront of the electric car innovation. chinese companies are making high end models that rival tesla, as well as german automakers and china is expected to remain the leading country for electric vehicle sales for decades. or more electric vehicles will be sold in china this year than in the rest of the world combined. the country bought one out of every 2 electric vehicles sold in 2021. and up to $6000000.00 new electric vehicles would be registered in the country. this year we'll tesla had its best ever month in china in september selling more than 83000 cars. autonomy is by far the largest electric vehicle selling country norway, germany, the netherlands, and the united kingdom. all had high electric vehicle sales per 1000000 people last year from new york on j

it's not just the asia-pacific region anymore.urally, where there will be the greatest growth in consumption. these are the volumes that can be delivered to any part of the world, for this we also , uh, stimulate appropriate work within the framework. and import substitution for the production of the necessary equipment. e, for the production of slurry on natural gas on domestic technologies and such support measures have already been taken at the level of the government of the russian federation, so that's what concerns export orientation. flow diversification technique we have such plans ah-ah. and by the way, we will stimulate the production of e- tanker fleet for transportation, and the second direction is important. if we talk about the gas industry , this, of course, is the development of the domestic market. this is what the president also spoke about in his speech yesterday. this is the gasification of our country, we are planning to connect a single gas transmission system. e s eastern gas transportation system. and the c

friendly export countries are really shows a positive trend and needs to develop in the market of the asia-pacific including in china east united arab emirates iran and other countries an important event on this background. this, of course, is also the award of the exporter of the year. and its presentation will take place in the next few minutes, it must be said that this year the number of nominations has been increased for the first time such nominations as the best young exporter, entrepreneurs and many others will be discussed in more detail.

christie: on resilience, a couple asia-pacific markets are holding up well.l gateway markets like new york and london. because those are the safe haven markets at these markets are typically not back by income growth, they are backed by wealth. and where you have such markets, a lot of buyers in the market take very little loan or no loan. [indiscernible] an apartment sold in new york just this month, $50 million to an asian buyer -- $15 million to an asian buyer, all cash. on the lower end of the market, people are feeling the pinch because it is eating into their disposable income. and some of the resilience in the u.s. dollar, if you look at the hong kong market, even those prices are still correcting. but i think next year, when markets are fully reopened, [indiscernible] kathleen: what about the kinds of mortgages people are looking for? in hong kong, people have overweight mortgages and have been hit very hard. australia, same thing come a lot of overweight mortgages. is there going to be a trend now for people trying to get fixed rate mortgages? christ

emirates since europe stopped buying the products of russian metallurgists, deliveries to the asia-pacificave been significantly increased, as mikhail mishustin said in these conditions under the sanctions pressure requires a comprehensive economic policy that supports absolutely all areas that affect our export potential. this is, of course, strengthening domestic production and sphere it must be said that the reduction in trade with unfriendly countries, on the contrary, is offset by an increase in trade with friendly countries. so very good results. in this regard, they show industrial goods, help in finding and selling markets for trading partners in friendly countries, and introduce local business circles to the goods of russian companies, as far as non-commodity non-energy exports are concerned. in general, according to the results of eight months of this year, despite the decrease deliveries, its nominal value in monetary terms increased by 7%. this is compared to last year. it reached 100, and 25 billion dollars, expanding the geography of cooperation and changing it, mikhail gave

essentially meeting people in the asia-pacific region are opting for cheaper subscription options onetflix. tom: bloomberg's berlin-based aggi cantrill on the beat for netflix, let's get back to grace peters, head of investment strategy at j.p. morgan private bank. we are early days into earnings season, but some of the numbers have been strong, whether it is u.s. banks, netflix as well, how does that lead your view on earnings resilience as we face up to recessionary risks? grace: resilience has been the key word we think about the last couple weeks whether it is u.s. jobs or cpi, the underlying message is that the economy is more resilient than many expected. that's positive for short-term growth but has pushed up a terminal rate across markets, so as we enter earnings season we are at a point where the market feels very pessimistic around that 3600 is where we think recession is baked in. earning so far have proven to underscore that story of resilience and specifically around the consumer, when we think about luxury goods reporting, some of the consumer staples companies as well

until now, as europe has stopped buying the products of russian metallurgists, deliveries to the asia-pacifictries have been significantly increased, as mikhail mishustin said, in these conditions of sanctions pressure, it is required to carry out complex economic. which will support absolutely all areas that affect our export potential - this, of course, is the strengthening of domestic production and the services it must be said that the reduction of trade with unfriendly countries. on the contrary, they are compensated by the growth of trade with friendly countries. thus , industrial goods show very good results in this respect. in the search for markets for trade partners in friendly countries , we introduce local business circles to the goods of russian companies, as regards non-commodity non-energy exports. in general, according to the results of eight months of this year, despite the decrease in supplies, its nominal value in monetary in terms of increased by 7%. this is compared to last year. it has reached, and 25 billion dollars. expanding the geography of cooperation and changing i

and the asia pacific region element. teacher senior was actually a particular the u. s. government is also encouraging american companies to invest and for us firms to export argentinian energy, food, and lithium to the rest of the world. chinese interests are different. according to alejandro diaz, executive director of the us chamber of commerce in argentina. they must get them until you leave you. we see that very clearly would lithia as china has a comprehensive plan which doesn't differentiate between the government and private companies and doses in the us. it is different. we are, the american government is interested as long as it serve the interests of american industry. amador sanchez rico, the basset or to argentina, also differentiates between the giant potential customers and tina with it will show our love to offer right now and feed in the world. and european union's investment model is different from a chinese model fit as we're building what we want to create. and what we've done so far to create connections not dependency. you know, they've been then

and for more on this, we are now joined by the ws asia pacific bureau chief guild motus. he's on the story of for us again. what more do you know? yeah, gara, as you've pointed out, it happened in the north east of the country, and that is crucial because it's a rather remote part of thailand close to the allows of border. and that is why information is coming in very slowly. all of this happens in a couple of hours from now around $1230.00 local a time. that is when the 1st people, according to local media reported firecrackers, which then turned out to be shotgun and pistol shots of fired at people mainly at the the state care facility where some $25.00 children are according to reports have been killed as young as the age of 2, also a brakeman mother has been killed. but also we've learned now that about a 10 adults outside this day care facility, also including 2 children have been killed as well. and what more information do we have on who carried out this attack of the possible motive? while the gunman has been, according to reports, been identified as a 34 year old

the current difficult situation, and for gas, for example, russia is turning east - this is the asia-pacific region india pakistan and gas supplies. in these areas, they can reach 100 billion cubic meters, if we talk about the electric power gas pipeline, siberia one, which has already been built. we delivered 15 billion cubic meters of gas through it last year. by 2023, it is planned to be 22. by the seventh year, we will reach the planned level of 38 billion cubic meters of gas, an agreement was signed with the people's republic of china on the supply of 10 billion cubic meters of gas via a new route to the far east is now under discussion and, as was said yesterday, will begin in the next construction is already on the mongolian part. uh, the gas pipeline is the power of siberia 2 russia will concentrate on the development of the domestic market will be gasified. in particular, the krasnoyarsk territory, the irkutsk region buryatia, and other subjects of consumption growth. in these areas, it can amount to 10 to 20 billion cubic meters, alexander novak said another direction. it is the cn

we consider it important to interact with china with other states of the asia-pacific and hmm region, an impulse corresponding to the activities of the eurasian territory together to create conditions for increasing cargo traffic and reducing terms. modern infrastructure on our common continent is also necessary to create a large eurasian partnership. with this idea, russian president vladimirovich putin recently spoke about another area that is becoming especially relevant in modern conditions. this digital agenda. one of the indicators of its implementation within euroasia is the export of goods in the field of information and communication technologies. by the way, according to the results of last year, its volume of trade in such products increased by more than 30%. advanced solutions contribute to the dynamic development of all sectors of the economy, including helping to strengthen cooperation between countries, simplifying and speeding up all procedures. we are preparing for a full-format information system. union detailed yesterday. it's been discussed it's intended to provide

we are underway here around the asia-pacific, let's take a look at what's going on, what are you watchingbelle: traders are focused on what we are hearing from fed a -- fed officials like jim bullard. especially the chicago fed president and charles evans, who setting the case that we need to have rates and restrictive territory in order to bring inflation pressures under control. so we still do need to see further hikes ahead. that's weighing on the trading sentiment. we are half an hour into the session for the asx 200. you have japan futures coming online in singapore. you can see that contracts lighting here. 30 minutes just under from the open in tokyo, but still, of course, the bottom looking a little bit allusive, but that hasn't stopped the likes of nomura. change over to japan saying we could see the low points of asian equities over the coming few weeks. they are looking at -- if you look at this terminal chart, they are looking at the past 12 u.s. recessions, and also the past five chip cycles as their reasoning for that. they are basically saying that the risk/reward ratio is

like for instance in asia, in the asia pacific region, while they may have been able to increase theirbers, the average revenue per subscriber is lower which essentially means that people are worried about the squeeze on their income and potentially opting for cheaper options of the netflix package. dani: i'm going to give you a hard task. 30 seconds here. what are we expecting from tesla later. aggi: three crucial things from tesla are the demand, there's a concern over demand, there's a concern over deliveries, and also the other big question is whether or not musk is going to sell any more of his tesla stock going into the potential effort for him to buy this -- to buy twitter. that might close next week. manus: ok. aggi, certainly under pressure from its record high you did well. 30 seconds. rock and roll. dani, we'll head over to the bloomberg markets europe team. what a sun reis in london. dani: beautiful. manus: this is bloomberg. ♪ (anenough with the calorie counting, carb cutting, diet fatigue, and stress. just taking one golo release capsule with three balanced meals a day ha

still, they are growing, including the risks of destabilizing the entire asia-pacific region from open sources. it is known that in 2022 the united states allocated 290 million dollars to fight russian propaganda in the post-soviet space after the outbreak of the armed conflict in ukraine, this amount increased many times over, the fight itself is financing of those who disseminate false information with a russophobic character provokes interethnic hatred is being done. it is completely openly impudent and with impunity. well, in order for kondo propaganda to be better assimilated, the so-called sweet se technique is used. stanford university published a huge study on this subject, we studied in detail what kind of pretzel , according to stanford university, content that whitewashes the united states and denigrates russia principle synchronously, feeding their audiences with the agenda, the state department, a vivid example of a story about suvs, transferred by the embassy in the united states to tajikistan, but first the news appears in the eastern truth. and then others pick it up, w

we have an associate fellow in the asia-pacific program, from shanghai, the chief economist at hang sengank, and from london, a senior analyst at a global to elegy market system. good to have you with us. what is the thinking behind this decision? >> once you look at the historical perspective when these export controls have been used, dating back to the cold war. you have export controls targeted in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's aimed at stemming any advances the soviet union could make in the arms race that was underway. the geopolitical context has changed and the primary u.s. motivation comes with other positions taken in the last two to three years, recognition by administrations that we are in a technological race and a component of that is an arms race. developing his advanced computing capabilities of which semiconductors are enablers of these technologies. whoever is able to master this will have a technological edge over the competitor. in this case, the u.s. is thinking mainly of china. we see narratives that export controls are somewhat new, that is not new. if you look at th

materials supplies, close trade and economic cooperation with china with others, and states of the asia-pacificregion, we consider it important to give impetus to corresponding activities in the territory of the eurozone, together to create conditions for increasing freight traffic and reducing the delivery time of goods. the audience of the first channel this evening is waiting for a fantastic grandiose show, in which vocal numbers beyond the incomprehensible, emotions, manners, artists give their voices to virtual characters and the magic begins . not the jury, nor even the participants themselves, however, some of the secrets of reincarnation. nevertheless, we managed to reveal to our correspondent peter deryagin. he went behind the scenes of the virtual kitchen. each performance as a new incredible reality so different laws, when the plane turns into a vertical, the floor disappears every performance synthesis, live show and the most advanced virtual technologies have not yet been about such a high. ah, amazing levels, and technological graphics and in each new release the mystery of who is

coming up in the next hour, we hear from the asia-pacific head of markets. ahead to the start of trading in hong kong, shanghai and shenzhen. " ♪

exports are becoming a priority alexander hello, but this, of course, is also the countries of the asia-pacificirections in general since the west frankly ignores all the rules of foreign trade, the general global infrastructure of the trading network in the world is changing. prime minister. mikhail mishustin speaking at plenary session of the international export forum. he noted that in the context of sanctions , a comprehensive economic policy is required that will support all areas that affect our export potential. we are now actively building up the potential of the industry and some progress. in this direction, there is already something like this, for example, non-commodity exports have grown significantly. and against the backdrop of a reduction in trade, there are no friendly countries , trade with friendly countries for us is constantly growing and sales markets for trading partners in friendly countries, we introduce local business circles to the goods of russian companies, as regards non-soil, non-energy exports. in general, according to the results of eight months of this year, des

yes, russia is actively increasing supplies to the countries of the asia-pacific region does not.ty successful. there are no more rules, perhaps the main thesis describing the current state of the energy market, speaking at the economic forum in baku, the head of rosneft. igor sechin said the single energy market, in fact. has ceased to exist, and current trends have destroyed the basis of law and private property. causes of this artificially created energy crisis. not in the events in ukraine and not in the pandemic. the root of the problem is the colossal underinvestment in the industry since peak b 900 billion dollars a year investments in 2020 dropped to 300 billion. this is according to analysts. goldman sachs, led to the fact that the average life of proved world reserves was halved from 50 to 25 years. at the same time, oil and gas continue to be the main sources of energy in the world. they account for more than half of world demand. the decision of the european union to centralize purchases of fifteen percent of the gas consumed by europe and the attempt to push through t

friendly export countries really show positive dynamics and it is necessary to develop in the asia-pacific market regions, including china east united arab emirates iran and other countries an important event at this forum is, of course, the exporter of the year award. er, er, the presentation will take place in the next few minutes, i must say that this year the number of nominations has been increased for the first time such nominations as the best exporter of young entrepreneurs will appear, many others will tell you more about this. no, and also within the framework of the form , the brand will be restarted. made in russia, the privileges for those who participate in it will be expanded they will also help develop in the markets of friendly countries alexandra thank you maria slobodyanskaya told us about the first day of the forum made in russia. in the leningrad region, gas turbine units will be repaired, a new workshop will be opened on the basis of an aircraft repair plant. the enterprise has experience, and the main specialists who know and are able to service such equipment used t

the asia-pacific editor reports. >> ♪ >> bts our global pop superstars.ve contributed billions of dollars to their country's economy and do more than most to generate interest in south korean culture and have even gotten involved in issues outside the pop world. the biggest band has spoken at the united nations and met president biden at the wte house. in south korea, all able-bodied men have to undergo military service before the age of 30. they have to join up between 18 and 21 months. there has been a national debate about whether bts should be given an exemption because of the huge service they have already given to south korea. issue has even been discussed in thnational assembly. the band members have ended speculation about their futures. in a statement, they said they would servin the military out of respect for their country's needs. that means resisting north korea. among the glamour and glitter of the music business, it is to forget that soul is under constant threat from its belligerent neighbor to the north. for a few years, bts will say good

the risks destabilization is still growing, including the risks of destabilization of the entire asia-pacificion from open sources. it is known that in 2022 the united states allocated $ 290 million for the fight against russian propaganda in the post-soviet space after the outbreak of the armed conflict in ukraine, this amount has increased many times over, the fight itself consists in financing those who spread false information with a russophobic character and provoke interethnic hatred . it is completely openly impudent and with impunity. well, in order for kondo propaganda to be better assimilated, the so-called sweet sandwich technique is used, stanford university published a huge study on this subject. we studied in detail what kind of pretzel, according to stanford university, the content that whitewashes the united states and denigrates russia and is distributed by at least eight internet resources. and the work is not on the network principle synchronously, feeding its audience the agenda of the state department, a vivid example of a story about suvs transferred by the united states

current difficult situation, and in terms of gas, for example, russia is turning east - this is the asia-pacificegion india pakistan and gas supplies. in these areas, they can reach 100 billion cubic meters, if we talk about the electric power gas pipeline, siberia one, which has already been built. last year, 15 billion cubic meters of gas was supplied through it in 2023, it is planned to 22 by 2027. by the year we will reach the planned level of 38 billion cubic meters of gas, an agreement was signed with the people's republic of china on the supply of 10 billion cubic meters of gas via a new route to the far east is now under discussion and, as was said yesterday, construction will begin on the mongolian part in the near future. uh, the gas pipeline is the power of siberia 2 russia will concentrate on the development of the domestic market will be gasified. in particular, the krasnoyarsk territory, the irkutsk region buryatia, and other subjects of consumption growth. in these areas, it can amount to 10 to 20 billion cubic meters, said alexander novak one more direction. it is the cng that ne

russian-ukrainian war , we will talk about this and others with yuriy poita , head of the section of the asia-pacific region in the center of research on the army of conversion and disarmament, as well as the ukrainian association of china studies , mr. yuriy also has a relevant position. glory to ukraine yuriy, we welcome you on the air of the espresso tv channel. glory to the heroes. i welcome you to the ukrainian association of chinese studies. i am not related to it. unfortunately, it is right for us. yuriy, such a complex and topic please help us figure out what this friendship without borders means, which putin and sidney apparently agreed upon. in fact, everything can be viewed in different ways, so if we analyze the documents that were signed, for example, about a year ago between the russian federation and the people's republic of china, then of course we can see a significant deepening, firstly, a significant deepening of mutual trust between the leadership of these countries and, in general, between these countries, we see a deepening of relations in the strategic sphere regarding er, rega

much comp time and it could be pretty soon when we the us, my big gaged food elsewhere in the asia pacific. and we will be simply unable to support you and it sounds like when washington and brussels planned their ukraine adventure, the e. u was not anticipating a change of itinerary to include taiwan. here's the chief diplomat, the deep us china competition. that was not a surprise. but this collation of been shown in by one b, if they were not indigent, and they were treated by an individual trouble. what personality that bring it di when is trade the de bridge at the age of a a i wouldn't say a wall, but a lot of wall games. oh, being clay, they're individual travel of personality. there is triggering a war. who could? that'd be surely. he can't possibly referring to how speaker nancy pelosi is war, drums, bongo performance, anti pay over the summer. kitty german chancellor earl, i've shoals is also reportedly set to visit china next month. and he doesn't seem to keen on cutting ties with beijing like europe was goaded by washington into doing with moscow to the blocks, ongoing economic

when most of it's you might say strategic political of mil tree view is really of asia pacific. what does africa give them? yes, good question. i think come, it's a win win situation with tanner in africa. we're africa gift china is natural resources, for example, crude oil, mineral resources. and, and we're asked if i get from china is development. financing for heavy development is for structure, as i've mentioned earlier. and it's quite a positive win win, you know, relationship that has the on bay for the past 20 years. nothing. both families are quite content with what's happening. so family. but maybe there are a few kids along the line where the death distress and with mean bass, it becomes a little more challenging for so african can fish to do so. overall there's a win win situation between at the current time. if that's the case, then obviously an issue there was a moment where the former secretary of state john bolton under the trump administration, had talked or characterized chinese investment in africa was predatory. and i quote, he says, as trustees, strategic use

of the project, was the dream animation studio, which has already conquered the market of the asia-pacific, i think that the idea of ​​​​a very good far east, despite its small number. that's within the framework of the creative cluster there. it will look pretty interesting. guys are working coping with animation for the far east animation directions quite unique from us no one has done this. and it all started with a team of enthusiasts and it works to this day, most likely gained momentum, just because of the effect of novelty in the first place. and it was a situation from the category. no one believed that they would succeed, but it did. the fate of the region is determined by the circumstances of the cause in the khabarovsk territory more than 70 peat deposits with a reserve of more than 260 million tons, this stimulates the development of production high-quality agrochemicals and sorbents, environmentally friendly, efficient products in neighboring china, where many agricultural products are depleted by intensive exploitation. what was openly stated at the cpc congress was the deman

might be engaged fully elsewhere in asia pacific and we will be simply unable to support you. and as washington goes, so goes there allies. a poll now shows that 50 percent of those living in australia would be in favor of military action to defend taiwan. so while joe biden says he does not seek any confrontation or conflict with china, he simply wants competition. his actions tell us something very different and the. busy result of those actions going to have dire consequences for the world war is a very intense thing. thought that twitter have reportedly admitted to trying to empower different social movements around the world. that's made a long mask on going planned to purchase the company is donald court broke down the story for earlier in the studio with my colleague peter school. while the alarm musk pretty much walked to right through the front doors of twitters headquarters, a with a full sized porcelain sink in his hands. and he later posted the video on twitter with the caption entering twitter h q. let that sink in. so no doubt that was a publicity stunt to build

might be engaged fully elsewhere in asia pacific and we will be simply unable to support you. and as washington goes, so goes there allies. a poll now shows that 50 percent of those living in australia would be in favor of military action to defend taiwan. so while joe biden says he does not seek any confrontation or conflict with china, he simply wants competition. his actions tell us something very different and the result of those actions going to have dire consequences for the world war is a very intense thing to go further in depth on this. let's go live now to former us pentagon official, michael maloof. mike, it's great to have you on the program today. now, do you agree with biden's remarks that he doesn't speak conflict with china? i don't agree at all. in fact, the latest defense strategic pay for this recently come out lists. china is more dangerous than russia, and so that's, that's where they're beginning to put a lot of there. the u. s. just put in a lot of it's spending in and, and trying to concentrate more in the, in the pacific region. in fact, australia is w

might be engaged fully elsewhere in asia pacific and we will be simply unable to support you. and as washington goes, so goes there allies. a poll now shows that 50 percent of those living in australia would be in favor of military action to defend taiwan. so while joe biden says he does not seek any confrontation or conflict with china, he simply wants competition. his actions tell us something very different and the result of those actions going to have dire consequences for the world war is a very intense thing. latest defense, strategic pay for this recently come out lists. china is more dangerous than russia. well, the tech industry is choke point for the chinese for their future. and 5th, 6 generation development, for example, and they're pushing electronics very, very hard. that's a very significant development that puts the united states in the position then of trying to catch up. and then in the past, we've always been in the forefront. so that's why the united states regards china is the greatest threat. not just economic, but militarily, if the competing of, of tech

qualifying format was introduced which meant regional finals, north and south america, africa, asia—pacificn's world champion. the difference with me at the other girls, last year i had three years of experience, so i was up against girl to have been doing it for ten years, so for me winning it last year i didn't think it was possible because i didn't have as much time to train or prepare and i felt like it was kind of impossible. when i won it last year i was so surprised and happy. i had such a mixture of emotions. this year, i have four years now, a year extra, but it is still the same, i am a bit behind on the other girls training—wise. i am going stick to what i can do and, yeah, just try and find my own way and see how it goes this year. next year, the format of the event changes and grows again as 16 women will be able to compete at the world finals. that's double the number of women who have been able to qualify and compete in these world finals every year for the past decade. finally, water—skiing might not immediately spring to mind when you think about competitive sports, but a b

exports from russia do not stopped. stability of demand for saw materials pulp packaging in the asia-pacific region is confirmed, but fertilizer in latin america is now showing good sales dynamics for oil and fat products, which are in demand in the middle east, we continue to export grain to egypt to turkey and to the persian gulf region in africa to asian countries this year almost doubled the supply of meat to saudi arabia, as well as to the cis countries. in addition, mikhail mishustin spoke about about how this entire current situation has affected not the export of russian gas, oil or steel there, but how it has affected small and medium-sized businesses. in the current environment, of course, the hardest thing is a little, we are a medium-sized business revenue. such companies are small and financial resources are limited, but at the same time, many of them have important advantages. they operate in global markets thanks to strong personal bonds of trust, if you like, that have developed between partners in different countries interested together . overcome difficulties. and here on t

we have a suki chef street, an associate fellow in the asia pacific program of chatham house, from shanghai, dan wang, a chief economist at hang sang bank china and from london yang, one a senior analyst at counterpoint. that is a global technology market research firm. good to have you with us. so the suki, if i could start, would you, what's the, the thinking behind this decision by the u. s. in terms of putting the pressure on china. i think one should look at the historical perspective where the, the export controls have been used by the u. s. essentially dating back to the boardwalk. right. so you have export controls, mainly targeted of the former soviet union in the 1950s, sixties and seventies, which are mainly and stemming in the advances that the soviet union could make in the andreas numbers under way to really for obviously the geopolitical context has changed or in this era, and the primary us motive ish and you know, last friday the decision comfortable comes on top of many, many other this is she's taking the last 2 to 3 recognition by success. read the fish that we are now,

a 400% growth in asia pacific.400 properties to 2,000 all by 2025. yes. how can you be sure that the demand is going to be there? we're talking two, three years away. i think that's a good question. i think there's going to be a significant amount of opportunities, not only for new hotels, but also for conversions. if you look to asia, our growth targets are very aggressive, but actually depend on two things. in one side, we have today around a0 hotels in china. but actually we have done withjinjiang, that is the number two global operator of hotels, we have done a joint venture with them. they sell today, we have an mfa agreement with them, and we have signed, just in the last two years, 150 hotels of radisson brands. so i think our capacity to grow in china as international brand, i mean, we have been able to grow from 25 nearly to 200. i think there is potential to go way above 500—600 in the coming years. federico, just briefly, you mentioned china. china, beijing still has this zero—case mentality and it's, yo