in some asian refugees, ugandan asian refugees and southeast asian refugees were at the center of major changes in the 1970's and profoundly changed the u.s. and its approach to refugees in the decades to come. if any of you like literature it you will know that we have been talking about asian refugees. in fact, the history of vietnamese refugees have received a lot of attention in the past couple of years because of this book, "the sympathizer." it won the pulitzer prize in 2016. you are reading an excerpt from this novel this weekend we will discuss it next week. he was a refugee. he is reflected a lot about what it means to be a refugee and a writer, and to tell his story. in an essay he published in the new york times he observed the following. many people have characterized my novel as an immigrant story. and me as an immigrant. no. my novel is a war story. and i am not an immigrant. i am a refugee who, like many others, had never seen being a refugee in some corners of my mind. he continues, immigrants are more reassuring than refugees because there is an endpoint to their story.

robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm your host, robert handa, for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we start with a look back and a look ahead for the historic hakone gardens in saratoga. it wrapped up its centennial celebration. what's in store for the oldest japanese estate retreat and gardens in the western hemisphere? a big celebration is coming up. then we visit chopsticks alley, a program to unite and empower vietnamese and filipino americans in community leadership and cultural understanding. we'll have information on some big bay area community events before wrapping up our show with a traditional artistic cultural performance from marimo kai, a south bay koto performing group. the sounds of this japanese musical instrument playing classical and modern music is something special. all of that on our show today. as a child, and now as a parent, my families have been going to the hakone gardens since we first discovered its unique charm and beauty. i was proud to be a part of its multi-year centennial c

asians were also the only group still tracked by race in the asian pacific triangle. addedcarran walter act certain changes in terms of preferences, we will talk about that more today. the mccarran walker act introduced preference for people who have special skills in employment. these are becoming identified as priorities and alternative ways to think of people apart from race and national origin. this system goes into operation, it is immediately subject to protest. the mccarran walter act was vetoed by president truman. there was a big hurdle in terms of american foreign relations. all presidents, truman, eisenhower, kennedy, and then lbj, all wanted immigration reform. here we have a report issued by the truman administration, whom we shall welcome. here we have a publication by john f. kennedy, titled a nation of immigrants. many people believe it was ghost authored by oscar hamlin, pressing for the idea of the united states as a country that can welcome and include and integrate a multitude of immigrant populations. really pressing for immigration reform. howeve

when you look at the lack of asian—american and asian—led stories and actors, it really highlights that heard and understood and valued. # i feel glorious...# that movement is seeing hollywood deciding to make more ethnic minority movies. why? the sad fact is that the studios rely on the statistics, and the statistics for this film in particular are blowing everybody out of the water. she has been begging me to come visit her, you know. the universe has spoken. the smart, sleek rom—com, set firmly in the modern social media age, is a box office sensation in the us, mostly down to its relatable storyline. and that's important. its message for the film industry wouldn't be spreading so quickly and powerfully if audiences weren't first enjoying it simply as a movie. and box office failure could have so disappointed its cast, which includes british star gemma chan. you feel that, you know, if the film hadn't worked or people didn't come to see it, you know, "gosh, what if it means for the next 25 years, they are not going to allow a film to be made with asian leads? " that is... that's what

when you look at the lack of asian—american and asian—led stories and actors, it really highlights thatt, you know, people feel represented and heard, and understood and valued. # i feel glorious...# that movement is seeing hollywood deciding to make more ethnic—minority movies. why? the sad fact is that the studios rely on the statistics, and the statistics for this film in particular are blowing everybody out of the water. she has been begging me to come visit her, you know. the universe has spoken. the smart, sleek rom—com, set firmly in the modern social media age, is a box office sensation in the us, mostly down to its relatable storyline. and that is important. its message for the film industry wouldn't be spreading so quickly and powerfully if audiences weren't first enjoying it simply as a movie. and box office failure could have so disappointed its cast, which includes british star gemma chan. you feel that, you know, if the film hadn't worked, or if people don't come to see it, you know, "gosh, what if it means for the next 25 years, they're not going to allow a film to be mad

are asian-american. more and more, there are more international asian students. this has been true since the early 20th entry. of international students work and graduate programs. also significant numbers from the western have us here -- hemisphere. i do not know if i have actually shown you this for, but international education programs starting from the earliest 20th is one of the structures the u.s. government starts pursuing an -- systematically to curb influence overseas. if you are educating people you can project will become influential persons in their home countries, it makes sense to educate them in the united states. so there is a contradiction between having discriminatory immigration laws, when it comes to students, students will come, be influenced, and leave. they are not immigrants. there is a big payoff, it is a relatively cheap way to have influence overseas. and this has been a growing set of programs, growing numbers of international students coming to the united states. what this gr

and from the not crazy and not rich asians, iam rico and from the not crazy and not rich asians, i amwe'll see why china has come under fire for pledging billions in investments. stay with us for the headlines. see you soon. hello again. if you are heading outside over the next few hours in england and wales, chances are it will be pretty cloudy and that cloud will be pretty cloudy and that cloud will be pretty cloudy and that cloud will be thick enough for some cloud, rein in this weather front we have across the far east. weatherwise, a few showers into western scotland from time to time over the next few hours, that rain is mostly focused was the eastern coast of norfolk and suffolk. that is where it will be the heaviest. or cloud for inland and wales but it is keeping temperatures up. early rises, 22 bridges will not see to top —— to cold started a. for northern ireland, chilly air but not as cold as it was last night. nevertheless, of course start. should see some early morning sunshine for scotland and northern ireland for the cloud to consult and we were start of the outbreak o

asian latinos are a diverse population and we know from polling that asian americans in general at about 70% support affirmative act. however when we break it down into individual category, chinese americans are slightly less in favor. something closer to 40%. so interesting to see that there is a discrepancy. >> andblatbl baits where they want to stop of a firm 2difference action. >> in california, the percentage of asian americans admitted went down. there is a lot of false and misleading information out there. when you say affirmative action hasn't worked, it actually has worked. it has increased the number of women in colleges and companies. and when you look at socioeconomics and just going by that, that is actually shown not to work. and if you were to admit on a system that simply went by socioeconomics, actually the main beneficiary of that would be white students. >> and one of the numbers that we brought up here was the current student body makeup broken down by ethnic back groun, groun ground, and 50% of az man americans attend community college. two very different ideas here

the question is i think there is truth to that asian democratization. it has a bad name because of barack but it was usually successful in the 80s and 90s. we had leverage first ever these countries. we had leverage over security and south korea and taiwan and the philippines needed us as agree with that? >> absolutely. it is big contrast. today the chinese have more leverage than we do with burma. they can stand and provide a buffer. you can see it on the ground. build low leverage first.>> i think we will not help us. it is important but making it number one i think is counterproductive.>> we are saying that in the reemergence and it matters immensely that these countries are mature, robust, democratic states. we are seeing that going forward . the united states as always been going in a more comfortable way and i think we are familiar with that. >> in the back, sir. >> the united states claims to abide by the law of the seas even though we have not ratified it. one of the positive things that came out of the ruling in the dispute was they were clearl

i am not a young asian girl. spoiler alert, i know.hings we deal with today in society. do you think the movie did justice to the book. >> i think. so i hope. so i feel like the book is all about that kind of warmth and being cozy at home and being with friends and family and first love and i think the movie does capture that. >> right. >> you chose to be a part of the story and thats with one of the conditions and included in that is you said you wanted laura jeern's character to be played by an asian girl because that is who was in the book. why was that so important to you? >> you know, that is why it took so long to get madement because people didn't understand why that was important. and for me t was like that was what her spirit was. she was asian american and it it didn't have anything to do with the plot which is why people were confusedment because they were like well, you know, as long as the actor can, you foe, get the spirit across, then you don't care about age or race. and i was like but her spirit is asian. so it is impo

when you look at the lack of asian—american and asian—led stories and actors, it really highlights thatnted and heard and understood and valued. # ifeel glorious...#. that movement is seeing hollywood deciding to make more ethnic minority movies. why? the sad fact is that the studios rely on the statistics and the statistics for this film in particular are blowing everybody out of the water. she has been begging me to come visit her, you know. the universe has spoken. the smart, sleek romcom, set firmly in the modern social media age, is a box office sensation in the us, mostly down to its relatable storyline. and that's important.

you know last time we'll be talking asian games isn't it it isn't ceremonies all done it is thank you very much the asian games is the second largest multi-sport event in the wild as this year's games ended its closing ceremony in chicago on sunday hyacinth in asia has already turned his attention to launching a bid for the olympics in twenty thirty to go hard to report. with the ceremony described as a tribute to the athletes the two thousand eight hundred asian games drew to a close after sixteen days of more than forty competitions as expected team china takes home the most gold at one hundred and thirty two and most overall medals a two hundred eighty nine japan won the last gold of the games in the mixed triathlon and came in second in gold and overall medals south korea came in third post team indonesia came in a surprising fourth hoping for sixteen gold medals the final tally was almost double that at thirty one but the pride here also coming from how the games were organized and presented. and i feel like we are now very trusted by the outside world we have been very successfu

could be for rich asians, it is still pretty rich asians.e still seeing great numbers when it comes to crazy rich asians, the movie. maybe fiction is currently nicer than fact when it comes to the market selloff in asia. let's go to singapore, where all of the crazy rich asians are. the logan institutes women's leaders summit is underway. trade tensions no doubt the key area of discussion. with the the summit host himself. i am with the man of the outcome of milton institute chairman michael milken. it will actually be preparing for asia's future. let's get straight to it. how your closing credits, do you prepare for asia's future amidst all this uncertainty and escalating trade tensions? michael: i have repaired my whole life. i'm trying to understand the major trends. not necessarily the day today movements. my very first speech on wall street 50 years ago was the best investors social science understanding this issue. in asia, the rise of the middle class is one of the most important things occurring in the world. more than half the peopl

robert handa: hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. some artistic and cultural movements in the community takes center stage on our program today. we start with barkada worldwide, a new music label based in san francisco representing emerging filipino music. then we put a spotlight on one of barkada's artists, rhxanderse music scene here and worldwide. and after our commy performance from the vishwa shanthi dance academy to show a south indian classical dance. well, when you want to measure progress by people of color in the world of arts and entertainment, you can't just go by the performers you see, but also the ones who help run trkada worldwide, and iske talso the music curator of theel upcoming undscvrd sf event in san francisco october 20, a chance to celebrate the city's new cultural district, soma pilipinas. welcome to the show. mark herlihy: thank you so much. robert: give me a quick--your background in terms of how you started, how you were able to sta

and asian is the lowest in the history of our country. and i say with respect to the native americans, that i don't read back to where i was two years ago when i was campaigning, what do you have to lose? what do you have to lose? you put kevin cramer into that position, and you are going to see things happen that you will never see with heidi, you are just never going to see it with

and that is important. which includes british star gemma chan. with asian leads?s about time someone stood up to aunt eleanor. but you, not me. oh, god! this film has made history. of awards shows, whatever. the statement has been made. what about us taking an adventure east? like queens? and that audiences want and deserve far better ethnic representation. lizo mzimba, bbc news. in the wizard of oz have been recovered. recovered. pairs worn by the star in the 1939 film. film. they are more than just a pair of shoes, the slippers. of shoes, the slippers. enduring symbol of the power of belief. belief. most treasured piece of the nation's film history. thank you for watching. hello again. front that we've got sat across the far east. towards the eastern coast of norfolk and suffolk. that's where it's going to be at its heaviest. the temperatures up. so, for the early rises, double—figure temperatures. it's not going to be too cold a start to the day. as it was last night. nevertheless, a cool start. turning wet for northern ireland. coming through every now and the

still ahead here on the news are the golden goal of the asian games that mean south korea's football team will avoid military service but is held in school. for thousands of years families in shepherds lived off this land. but such a traditional way of life is on the increase in fact. al-jazeera wound travels to the jordan valley where illegal settlements are expanding and the israeli military cordons off more of the land. what will become of the palestinian families and does the palestinian authority have any power to help shepherds of the jordan valley on al jazeera one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging there but in the particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. now the united

game type sports here's andy thank you very much will asian games hosts indonesia have announced they're in sentients a bid for the twenty thirty two olympics i.o.c. president thomas back is in jakarta ahead of the closing ceremony and says the success of these games will provide the country with a strong foundation to answer the process indonesia there is on the move. do you see the enthusiasm of the people you see the volunteers delivering there with the organizing committee a very good organization and it's a very young country and this of course makes it also very interesting for the i.o.c. or the formal selection procedure for twenty thirty series yet to begin with germany and india also expressing an interest all cross from scott hydrazine indonesia as its current hosting responsibilities come to an end. obviously a lot is riding on this for indonesia now we've spoken with some observers of the olympics some journalist to cover these multi-sport events all over the world they say that yes internees a has really done a great job with the asian games but they believe because of infra

in future thoughts that's led to a wave of consolidation in asian shipyards if you go by there's less to build things so they're lowering their prices so the prices for new ships and of course they pass those price pressures on to suppliers so obviously we're feeling that here as well unit with. another problem is that asian companies are catching up and want to make more high tech products themselves. they're now making inroads into markets which are once the exclusive domain of german manufacturers like the high tech cruise ship market. we're going to be happy having a big yard stick built big ships effect to nowadays they've noticed that eighty to ninety percent of the ship's value comes from the suppliers and now they're trying to develop their own industry and use industry to intriguing. digital products of the way suppliers like s.k.f. marine intend to stay ahead of the competition even if they do still want to keep turning out time on a product like the seals. now let's bring in linda hong in singapore linda we heard that in the report that worldwide ship orders i decline in wh

by the way, it's not just asian-americans. i love the expression "over-performed."tocracy, a capitalist economy, free enterprise, we should be celebrating, quote/unquote, "overperformance" in every fashion. it makes it sounds redundant or superfluous. i don't know how anyone could get to the level that it's overperformance. >> we can't have people out of their place. >> lou: you want overperformers. >> yeah. >> lou: and to deny them, denies the country. >> absolutely. >> lou: and to your point, you know, when you -- i don't know that everyone has thought this through to its logical extension. it is saying that we are going to put race before merit. we are going to put race before talent. and that there is some sort of magical potion that only elite universities know the formula that somehow should be superseding merit, talent and demonstrated intellect and the great potential future for themselves and the country. >> yeah. >> lou: it denies us. >> bad news. i mean, it's un-american. it's like a brave new world. it's telling that they have to know their place and sta

ok, how it has been impacting the asian supplies of our.y choppy for asian bonds going forward. it is a very promising start as you would imagine because especially out of china, last year was a bumpy year. you saw china increase its bond issue by 80% compared to the year before. it starts off with a lot of optimism. starty off to a strong with the chinese dollar bond issue is almost twice that. soon after, the market is very much technical driven. you can see concerns coming in from geopolitical front. markets andging alongside that coming you see the rates responding to a sentiment standpoint, creeping up very quickly from january to february. the u.s. treasury 10 year is going from 2.4 edging towards the all-important 3% mark. having said that, you can see the market react in a very nervous front. closer to home in asia, what is really affecting the market here is news of, increasing news of china trying to go on deleveraging exercise. ensuing course, credit concerns with potential credit defaults spreading across china. that really spoo

thank you very much the asian games is the second largest multi-sport event in the wild as this year's games and the closing ceremony into katar on sunday how distant a nation has already turned its attention to launching a bid for the olympics in twenty thirty two to report. with a ceremony described as a tribute to the athletes the two thousand eight hundred asian games drew to a close after sixteen days of more than forty competitions as expected team china takes home the most gold at one hundred and thirty two and most overall medals a two hundred eighty nine japan won the last gold of the games in the mixed triathlon and came in second in gold and overall medals south korea came in third post team indonesia came in a surprising fourth hoping for sixteen gold medals the final tally was almost double that at thirty one but the pride here also coming from how the games were organized and presented. and i feel like we are now very trusted by the outside world we have been very successful we are ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the reco

when you look at the lack of asian—american and asian—led stories and actors, it really highlights thatrealise that we do want to create a movement so that, you know, people feel represented and heard and understood and valued. # ifeel glorious...#. that movement is seeing hollywood deciding to make more ethnic minority movies. why? the sad fact is that the studios rely on the statistics and the statistics for this film in particular are blowing everybody out of the water. she has been begging me to come visit her, you know. the universe has spoken. the smart, sleek romcom, set firmly in the modern social media age, is a box office sensation in the us, mostly down to its relatable storyline. and that's important. its message for the film industry wouldn't be spreading so quickly and powerfully if audiences weren't first enjoying it simply as a movie. box office failure could have so disappointed its cast, which includes british star gemma chan. you feel that, you know, if the film hadn't worked or people don't come to see it, you know, gosh, what if it means for the next 25 years, they

thank you very much the asian games is the second largest multi-sport event in the wild games and with its closing ceremony into katar on sunday host indonesia has already turned its attention to launching a bid for the olympics in twenty thirty. with a ceremony described as a tribute to the athletes the two thousand eight hundred asian games drew to a close after sixteen days of more than forty competitions as expected team china takes home the most gold at one hundred and thirty two and most overall medals a two hundred eighty nine japan won the last gold of the games in the mixed triathlon and came in second in gold and overall medals south korea came in third post team indonesia came in a surprising fourth hoping for sixteen gold medals the final tally was almost double that at thirty one but the pride here also coming from how the games were organized and presented. and. i feel like we are now very trusted by downside worlds we have been very successful ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the record breaking performance of team indone

thank you very much the asian games is the second largest multi-sport event in the wild as if the games and with its closing ceremony into katar on sunday host indonesia has already turned its attention to launching a bid for the olympics in twenty thirty two. with the ceremony described as a tribute to the athletes the two thousand eight hundred asian games drew to a close after sixteen days of more than forty competitions as expected team china takes home the most gold at one hundred and thirty two and most overall medals a two hundred eighty nine japan won the last gold of the games in the mixed triathlon and came in second in gold and overall medals south korea came in third. team indonesia came in a surprising fourth hoping for sixteen gold medals the final tally was almost double that at thirty one but the pride here also coming from how the games were organized and presented. and i feel like we are now very trusted by the outside world we have been very successful we are ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the record breaking perform

thanks so much davey it will asian games host indonesia have announced their intention to bid for the twenty thirty two olympics i see president thomas back is in jakarta ahead of sunday's closing ceremony and says the success of these games will provide the country with a strong foundations and so the process indonesia there is on the move. do you see the enthusiasm of the people you see the volunteers delivering there with the organizing committee is a very good organisation and it's a very young country. and this of course makes it all too very interesting for the i.o.c. or the formal selection procedure for twenty thirty series yet to begin with germany and india also expressing an interest all across from scott hyder is in indonesia as its current hosting responsibilities come to an end. obviously a lot is riding on this for indonesia now we've spoken with some observers of the olympics some journalist to cover these multi-sport events all over the world they say that yes internees a has really done a great job with the asian games but they believe because of infrastructure issue

i became the first asian-american vice president of the fire commission. a member of the san francisco fire commission as a president, i am, the first asian-american. i can get it down and bring it down categorically and say japanese-american. i can talk about other commissioners who came in under frank jordan. what i'm saying in terms of the consent agreement, it wasn't that long ago. in terms of that, i understand the principles of what we all fought for and what we want to see, but i think mentioning here as well is the agree of that presence. so to me, in terms of the question of what was -- it was in terms of that h2, h3 lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, cheap officers. i, for one at this stage of our existence, in terms of the spirit of diversity would like to know what those numbers look like. what kind of african-american men, women, how many asian-american? how many latinos? how many folks do we have within the officer his ranks can -- that can reflect a self in this administration in terms of the future? these are the kinds of things that

day for: a pretty good asian markets.e seeing this rally continue, being led a lot by what you are seeing in japan. the nikkei up by 1.2%. topix at a three-month high, seeing its best four-day gain since 2016. we have heard from the chinese premier, really talking about the traits that which investors have put to the back today, and he was essentially saying they will not devalue the yuan to boost exports. he has seen a big through in the aussie dollar, up by about .4%. we had a fight the cap coming through in the yuan and watching this movie very closely in commodities markets as well. have a look at a pop on the copper futures, up by 2.6%, so a very broad session coming through in terms of asian equity markets, but if we have a look again at this response from china to the u.s. tariffs, you can find this chart in the dtd library. we are hearing that from monday, we will see about 75% of all american exports to china around $110 billion. that line showing you how much of an impact that has had on these exports we have se

time to see how the asian markets are shaping up so far. asian stocks are mostly lower.lier with activity, a three-day decline. we are seeing a huge decline in japan. we have the dollar holding steady, while treasuries are catching a slight bed. the asx 200 is set for a fourth day of losses. 72, andie is back below the korean won, resuming losses that downward division in the second quarter. the decline is being led by cosco among steel stocks. laggards,k at some soroka bank in tokyo falling as much as 3.3%, amid news reports it lent about ¥50 billion to 20 companies related to the founding families. the stock is set for a fourth day of decline. value commerce is jumping to the highest level on record. this company offers internet marketing solutions. the stock was rated to outperform. another is climbing after second-quarter earnings beat estimates. another drugstore operator is rising as much as 6.7%. the stock was upgraded to buy at jeffrey. an oem player for sound and keypad devices, a 36% gain for stocks. ramy: let's head to the commodities space. brent crude rose t

thumb, has you said come up basically if you look at the asian-dollar index, asian currencies as a wholeit has fallen 5% this year, where as em currencies are down more than 10% on a benchmark jesus, so -- benchmark basis, so there is a divergence between asia and em. if you compare the asian metrics, crisis, the the buffers, are much better, better fx reserves overall, better depth of distribution, so on and so forth, so the key takeaway is next year is how much this conflict between u.s. and china will dent growth in china and asia. this point, we are having close conversations with all our clients and manufacturing supply chain, and what we understand is so far at this stage there is toll limited negative impact supply chain. most manufacturers are not happy about this. they will take on the first round of tariffs on the production costs, and at this stage it is still manageable. well, having a look at this other chart, showing the problem the central bank has in jakarta currently. they have raised rates. this is the repo rate going to 5.5%. it has done nothing to stop the slide in th

whether itto see affects can find stability even in the asian indices.tegist joining us. you can follow more on this story and the day's trading on the markets live blog. you can get a market run down, commentary, analysis, expert editors, so you can find out more. let's see what is happening in the markets continuing. kong, thankn hong you so much. you share the optimism that mark had with em? reporter: thank you for having me. i would say i am turning my attention back away from trade tariffs for now. what i am looking at is the em currencies selloff because i see a different trend emerging. investors are attacking the currency that belongs to markets with high account deficit, so looking at the turkish lira, the argentinian paso -- peso, and what this means for the indonesian rupiah, the indian rupee, and i think the ongoing trade tensions, that could weigh on the em markets. kathleen: you are not seeing heard mentality that gets halted -- herd mentality? you think it is about fundamentals, or is there a certain country to look for for cues? jameel: i

asian stocks slide after president trump issues fresh terror threats to china. china.ff threats to goldman sachs warns india's stock value may be coming to an end. preparing for the worst. deals preparing for a no brexit has chosen the location for its new eu have. yes, we have an existing operation in frankfurt. location whereti frankfurt is going to be the base. good morning, everyone, and welcome to daybreak europe. if you're just waking up, let's get you up on the markets. after two days of gains we are seeing asian stocks excluding japan opening lower. japanese markets are closed. a lot of asia and terms of the equity market is being hit as concerns around trade tension are resurfacing. if you look at the london metal exchange, the industrial metals declining. most by more than 1%. nickel leading. copper down by 1.5%. treasuries not trading right now, with japan's markets closed. you can look at the futures of you want to see where the action is. that 10 year yield to showing 3%, but friday a close below that -- it closed below that. this is the fifth time

industrialized countries of asia the gap between rich and poor is vast and growing according to the asian development bank the income of highly skilled and educated workers has been rising while the mass of the low skilled has been declining. in indonesia wealth inequality is particularly extreme class and education are key factors but also gender a study by oxfam found that women's wages across asia are between seventy and ninety percent of men. u.w.s. about where the cast is that the asean summit currently underway in vietnam she caught up with former indonesian fight as minister. i asked him about rising inequality and how to tackle the problem. well as a former finance minister of course the obvious instrument for this would be difficult policy. increasing the tax ratio in order to make sure the debt spending and social assistance you know could be made because we have to have enough money for that but the second one is also to improve. the sign and thought of the thing about the social spending. let me give an example on the issue like. pension yeah we need to do the human. being to

practice is widespread in neighboring burma, and itit threatens the lasast healthy popopulations of asian elephants that reside there. baby elephants are particularly sought after. >> it's very attractivive to totourists or thaiai people, so evererybody wants baby elelepha, and they are wororth a lot of money. you don'n't need any documents, no microchip, so it's super e easy. you go into t the jungle, you catchch an elephant, you trtrain them, , and a mononh later you can get like 600,000 baht, and if you can imagine how much money t this is in n thaild and d how easy it is to dodo... >> teams of hunters surround herds of elephants, killing the parents and other adults who try to defend their young. investigations have revealed that as many as 5 adults may be slain for r every calflf captur. the defenseless calves are then smuggled across the border. these e rarely seen images s shw elephants being forced to endure a cruel spirit-breaking ritual known as the fashong. these activities take place in remote camps on the e burmese boborderr fromom the publilic eye. >> in thailand, they use s

set to breach the 15,000 level, not seen since the asian financial crisis.ore on the currency slide, let's bring in our economy reporter. could this be a sign of a new crisis for indonesia? whether the central bank produced the word crisis, i am sure they would be cautious to do that. they have added it is not a crisis. the central bank is constantly talking about the fundamentals, and really they have been on the front of trying to defend, but as we are saying, it is getting closer to that 15,000 level. it has already touched although that has not been seen in 20 years, not since the asian financial crisis. there is more were to be done here, that is for sure. earlier, were speaking and it was pointed out that when you look at foreign reserves as a percentage of short-term debt, no problem there. as it percentage of total debt is when it becomes a worry. it does not invoke confidence in the currency. is this actually going to work or will it be the same thing that they did raising rates? will it work? timesave raise rates four already, and analysts expect a

it is very prevalent, especially in urban asian cities.ot see far very well but it can be corrected... just like myself, professor, i cannot see far, so can it can be corrected wearing glasses? yes, yes. ok but is it connected to video gaming? myopia is connected to near world and near world is any visual activity at close, which includes reading and writing and may include computer games and video games as well. especially now when kids play their video games, it is really up close to the monitor and now they are notjust rectangular, small shaped monitors, they are huge and wide. yes, it is true. and basically, professor, when do the symptoms, especiually for kids, start to show? myopia occurs at a very early age, especially in urban asian cities. in singapore the average age of onset of myopia is eight and a half year. sojust like china, should it be banned? china is a special situation where the rates of myopia have increased dramatically in the past 10—15 years. whereas in other places urban asian countries they have been high for the

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asian stocks had their worst week since march. august payroll data is likely to see a bounceback after the collapse of toys "r" us produced a week july. will u.s. employers start to pay attention to this escalating trade war? alibaba.r jack ma is laying a future away from the tech giant he helped found. matt: our way from the start of trading. look at european futures. we are seeing gains on futures today. we see asian stocks still falling. china has turned around and picked up. obviously the granddaddy of all economic figures that the u.s.. trading could be volatile today. take a look at the 10 year yield. i have my typical three-day chart. what is amazing to me is how little movement you actually see in this yield. the last two days we were hovering around 2.9%. now we are at 2.87%. not only does it look like investors are not really flooding into the safe haven asset the 10 year treasury is typically seen as. you just do not see any movement at all. it will be interesting to see how traders react this afternoon. asked toys "r"

china trade war dominates the agenda as leaders of southeast asian countries meet in vietnam. the u.n. secretary general is warning of a full scale military offensive in syria's province which could unleash a humanitarian disaster of a scale not previously seen during the war and. says that it could become a bloodbath the united nations security council has been meeting to discuss the issue meanwhile in geneva the u.n. special envoy to syria staffan de mistura has been holding talks with representatives from turkey russia and iran diplomatic out of the james bays reports now from u.n. headquarters in new york these were the strongest comments yet by the secretary general on the situation in he warned that if there was an all out assault it would be the worst thing to happen in the syrian war which is already lost it more than seventy years. is the last so-called the escalation. it must not be transformed in to a bloodbath. would an all out offensive on place which has such a large civilian population in your view amount to a war crime and i think what is important at the prese

the plaintiff is an asian american rock musician whose band consists of other asian-american rock musicians. when simon and his bandmates chose that name, they hardly were seeking to disparage asian-americans. contrary, they had exactly the opposite aim. they wanted to diffuse the term's discriminatory withcations and infuse it their pride in their ethnic irritant. wasthem, that name choice their declaration of dignity, equality, and empowerment. when the supreme court unanimously struck down a federal statute that denied them trademark protection for their chosen name, the court in one fell swoop further both liberty and equality. eloquent has been an evangelist for both free-speech only through not his music but also through his public speaking. givenother things he has several terrific ted talks to highly recommend. oneuld like to cite especially relevant example of my own personal experience with the issue by issue approach that i described earlier as followed. recommend this to all students. the same person is sometimes an ally and sometimes an adversary. the official i'm going to cite

forum in the ass in the region to date ten countries that are part of the association of southeast asian nations a currently meeting in the capital hung noir to discuss economic challenges inequality and to digitalisation. the cleric's reports. business has been down here for years but there's little digitalisation apparent in hundred days old town. just a few kilometers away however visions of the future are being discussed this huge congress center is in the modern business district of the vietnamese capital and it's here that the asean world economic forum is meeting never have so many southeast asian leaders attended the yearly event. vietnam's prime minister is promoting the region he says asean is already home to the world's largest economy digitalisation would drive growth further. we've been the world's factory until now that creates growth but now we'll see faster growth through innovative ideas it's in. the move. but the downsides of a technological revolution are also being openly discussed in hanoi millions of jobs could be at risk and inequality could rise especially for wom