many residents see the battle as a test of beijing's grip over hong kong. >> beijing must be watching the election closely. do you hear any reaction from them? >> china's leaders have been cautious not to publicly meddle but they've warned against anyone who challenges its sovereignty. >> translator: we will ensure that the principle of one country, two systems is steadfastly applied in hong kong without being bent or distorted. the notion of hong kong independence will lead nowhere. >> some delegates say beijing has made its preference clear. china's third-highest ranking official again said beijing holds the right to appoint the chief executive, suggesting it may reject a candidate it doesn't like. with the stakes so high, people are again taking to the streets. pro democracy activists burst in to carrie lam's campaign trail, calling her beijing's puppet. the backlash reflects main stream opinion since protest erupted three years ago. people in hong kong are now much more sensitive about beijing's intervention. >> translator: i might not be able to fend off the negative effect on my

” year and always going in the direction of beijing.cial independence, in fact we are facing the largest authoritarian regime or the largest authoritarian regime or the second largest economic power in the second largest economic power in the world. if you asked whether we would achieve the mocha see in the next two or three years, i would say it is hard for us to achieve immediately in the short—term, but that's why at the start of the interview i said it's a long—term battle —— democracy. some people said why is the young generation focused on self—determination, why don't you focus on one country, two systems. the fact is, one country, two systems, after the end of 50 yea rs two systems, after the end of 50 years unchanged policy, in 2047 i am 51 yea rs old years unchanged policy, in 2047 i am 51 years old and i hope that no matter what will be the sovereignty of hong kong at this point, we still ensure human rights, rule of law, judicial independence and we won't let hong kong exist as hong kong and not just exist let hong kong exis

beijing can clea n layers of long johns. beijing can clean the air when it wants to.ession of its rubber—stamp parliament. but it can't do it for a long because despite the push for a cleaner vehicles and cleaner heating, the chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. and in the i—party state there is little the public can do to force the politicians to deliver a fit to breathe. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. it's one of the most prestigious awards in the world of science. a prize of almost £1 million for cutting edge research aimed at understanding the brain. this year it has been won by three british neuroscientists further work on how the brain uses a system of chemical rewards to help us make choices. they have been speaking to fergus walsh. how do we motivate ourselves in life, whether it is the choices we make about the food we eat, cream ca ke we make about the food we eat, cream cake orfruit, we make about the food we eat, cream cake or fruit, to the friends we make? thanks, fergus. the pleasure ofa make? thanks, fergus. the pleasure of a hauge, or make? tha

want a beijing does not trade war with the u.s. as he wraps up the national people's congress in beijing. david: he says he is optimistic at times but acknowledges there are disagreements. cannot do anything about that. tom mackenzie joins us live from tiananmen square. what else has li been focusing on here? as you touched on there, the first question to from your -- premier li was on ties and trade. the relation about their difficult points, we expect to move forward. we expect the relationship to improve. but the phone call between the two presidents where trump said he would support the one china policy, that laid a foundation on which they could build it now. he was also asked on the trade side about a potential trade war. he made the point of saying, u.s. companies will be hardest hit if there is a trade war. we know policymakers have drawn up a list of retaliatory measures that they would take, should tariffs be imposed. he was also asked about financial risks. top of moved toward the the agenda during the national people's

npc inour of the i beijing.rising regional tensions, not least of which is north korea. at the embassys in beijing. what can we expect to hear today? as you say, he is starting his press conference now unlikely that tensions around north korea will be near the top of the agenda, particularly from international journalists. we have heard more from china on opposition toand south korea deploying of this missile defense shield with the backing of the u.s. , butve heard from china whatuch on officials, but we have heard from beijing is they are very angry about this in defense shield and say it has surveillance capabilities, meaning they can ease drop on military maneuvers in china and china's missile systems. south korea and the u.s. say this is aimed at protecting south korea from north korean missiles. we know the chinese are irritated by what pyongyang is doing. the spot light is shifting away from npc and focusing on these regional, geopolitical tensions. leverage overt of north korea, accounting for 70% of his

i asked our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonnell, whether mr tillerson's visit to beijing hadt the chinese government would probably agree at the moment that north korea is acting very badly. i mean, north korea is supposed to be some sort of an ally to china, and on the very morning that president xijingping is meeting with the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, inside the great hall of the people in beijing, north korea comes out and says we've just tested a new engine for missiles. that's obviously, from pyongyang, a bit of a slap in the face to beijing and relations are — do seem to be going a bit downhill of late between'ci'nifii and north korea. you know, donald trump has accused china of not doing enough with north korea. but this sort of behaviour from north korea, you would think, is indicating that it shows the limits of their influence there. as to whether these two have come to some sort of breakthrough deal, or anything like that, there's no indication of that publicly. you know, these meetings are kind of a show, really. however, on the sidelines, imagine the o

carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing.f science, a prize of almost one million, for cutting—edge research aimed at understanding the brain. this year it has been bon by three british based neuroscientists for their work on how the brain uses a system of chemical rewards to help us make choice, they have been speaking to fergus walsh. how do we motivate ourselves in life? whether it is the choices we make about the food we eat, cream cake, orfruit. to the friends we make. thanks fergus. the pleasure of a hug or the goals we set ourselves at work, to succeed or bya we set ourselves at work, to succeed or by a better car. what underpins our decision making is a chemical in the brain called dopamine which is released when there is a reward. this sense of reward which can sometimes be equated with happiness, pleasure, or simply a desire to do something has been crucial in human evolution. the three nero scientists who shared the prize given by a foundation in denmark have spent 30 yea rs foundation in denmark have spent 30 year

what do you think of beijing's intervention? >> i think beijing government should trust hong kong people. we are not against them. >> we can do something and let the people's voice be heard by the other people so that we can make a difference. >> reporter: lam has called on her opponents to set aside their differences. >> informing my governance team, my principle is to attract talents widely and on merits. >> reporter: but many remain skeptical. experts say lam needs public support to n negotiate with beijing. >> to stand up and protect hong kong. but a side note it's extremely difficult. it's extremely difficult for any chief executive to do that and for her it would be even more difficult because in one sense, we know that from the experience of the election. reporter:r: hong kongng r resis are growing wary about beijing's influence. theyey expect president xi jinpg to make his first official visit in july to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover from britain. lam will take office the same day. people are worried about fu

we look at rex tillerson in beijing next.pore this morning, 8:30 in the lion city. half an hour away from trading there. i was taken aback by that video there. hopefully that is a filter there. i am remy innocence you in new york. .elcome to "daybreak asia" let's get the first word news with paul allen. angela merkel and shinzo abe have called for a concerted effort to defend free trade. after angela merkel held inconclusive talks with president trump in washington, she and shinzo abe said global markets can be open and fair. they were speaking at the cebi technology show in hanover. president of uber had grown tired of the controversies his departure. jones joined uber from target less than a year ago. the company is facing a lawsuit from waymo for allegedly stealing secrets. a new report says u.k. lawmakers may have to pass 15 pieces of legislation before the country these the european union. the institute of government has been examining what it calls the huge burden brexit will keep on parliament and civil servants during

press, as well as indications in pro—beijing media.y very last—minute scandal are very unexpected upset, she is expected to be announced hong kong's next chief executive in about two hours. just tell us what public opinion is like when it comes to the selection, because there is a pro—democracy push their, isn't that? -- pro—democracy push their, isn't that? —— there, isn't there? berries. this is the first election since 2014. i'm not sure if you can make it up behind me but there are pro—democracy protests with their yellow u m brella pro—democracy protests with their yellow umbrella is and yellow signs. they are protesting against this process , they are protesting against this process, as well as mrs lam. she is perceived to be beijing's preferred candidate but she is not the people's choice, according to a series of polls as well as a mock election that ended last weekend. the people's choice is actuallyjohn tsang, the former financial secretary. he is far more popular. carrie lam has promised to heal divisions in society. it is q

hangzhou city is about 200 kilometers south of beijing. this is the city that the chinese government designated as the production center of anime and manga. the town was home to china's largest cosplay organization. the leader of that group launched a company. inside the office is a studio where make up artists and camera operators work. the company brings out the beauty of cosplayers and markets them in appealing products. all 15 of the cosplayers who belong to the group are well known within the industry. their images appear in advertisement te advertisement posters, magazines for games and various other media. publy k publications include each cosplayer as well as manga like books. they're like paper versions of cosplay performances. the company was launched two years ago with 30 people and now has 120 employees. zhang yu, the ceo, is well known among cosplayers in china. on this day, an event was held for fans of cosplayers belonging to the company. he's the most popular star with 6,500 fan club members. admission tickets are $105 each

can beijing do anything else? >> this is bad timing for beijing. the national people's congress going on right now, so the fact that these are shot the monday morning after the prime minister gets his big work report him a one of the highlights of the npc, will not go unnoticed in beijing. there is more beijing can do, but the concern is the same as always for china. do you allow north korea to collapse, potentially leading to a refugee crisis and a unified korea on your doorstep that is allied with the u.s.? happens from here really? you have the situation where the carrot and the stick to not work seemingly either. the international community react from here? >> that is a very good question. trump isresident certainly pondering that right now. military not many good options, and the sanctions depend on china. they hold the most economic leverage over north korea, so howdy get china to come to the table to apply more pressure on the north to potentially stop this missile program? a lot of smart people are wondering that very question and don't hav

carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing.udents at columbia university in new york made a video explaining what their names mean, and why they are important. their video, titled say my name, has gone viral, reaching over 250,000 views on facebook. they told the bbc more about it. whenever there is a chinese name on the door, it would be ripped off. i also go byjack by my friends. a lot of people adopt english names for the purpose of making it convenient forforeign for the purpose of making it convenient for foreign people, to pronounce their names. during chinese new year a group of students discovered that their name tags were missing so they went to their resident adviser and said, yo, whereas our nametag? they are put up by the resident adviser and he was super confused and said i did not ta ke super confused and said i did not take it down and that is when they realised they were targeted by some third party. i don't know what their intention is, but no matter what their intention is it is really hurtful and really distr

however, it's always tricky to read these initial pronouncements from beijing.mp has had harsh words for chinese economic practices in the past. while that has been toned down a little bit since he is coming to office, these words might be intended to assure the event states of no tension. if there was a trade war, the first to be hurt would be u.s. companies there. beijing may be trying to impress upon the u.s. hostile consequences of not participating. host: the scandal that push the president for power is only getting bigger. guest: prosecutors have begun investigating domestic conglomerates. both companies are suspected of improper dealings with former president part gun hey. the scandal roped in the country's biggest company. samsung's boss is facing trial for embezzlement and bribery -- charges both he and the company denied. time to get a check on the markets now. europe, investors are cautiously eyeing the outcome from the election over the netherlands. we are also expected federal reserve chair janet yellen to raise interest rates in the united states l

rex tillerson had to say about the role that beijing can and should play.ecretary tillerson: we look to china to fulfill its obligations and fully him at sanctions called for the yuan resolutions. four b u.n. resolutions -- for the u.n. resolutions. helpful to bring north korea around three different attitude about its future need for nuclear weapons. but there isbig role about -- is no specific role about what he would like to have aging play -- beijing play. yvonne: live from tokyo there. let's get to the first word news here with sophie kamaruddin. sophie? president trump's first budget faces little chance of being accepted. the proposal to cut funds for most federal departments to boost defense spending got a lukewarm reaction from republicans. editor john mccain saying it cannot be passed -- senator john mccain saying it cannot be passed. no republican president has ever .roposed such austerity and china says the mounting costs of short-term debt may rein in a ball or -- borrowing spree by short-term banks. the short-term commercial paper is now unsust

beijing fears they will come home to kill.nd so religion in xinjiang is under ever growing pressure. no young people in the mosque, no beards except the very old. propaganda slogans urging the public to thank their communist party leaders. ♪ some are grateful. tune that beijing likes. 's justin him xinjiang bieber. wereinder that uighurs once more famous for some than for -- song then for violence. he tells fans to seize every chance the government offers. the relation between uighurs and han chinese? he says he can't talk about it. and i can see why he is careful. people disappear. armed swat teams are everywhere. thisgn critics warn repression is a recruiter for terror. but china vows it will triumph, and until then, every uighur is suspect. carrie gracie, bbc news, xinjiang. jane: for more than 40 years, the kronos quartet has been entertaining audiences worldwide. now they are focusing their attention on the next generation of musicians. they have launched "50 for the future," which helps students and emerging professional

his deputy, carrie lam, is beijing's choice for the top job.ohn tsang, is the public‘s favourite. the final candidate is retired judge woo kwok—hing. we judge woo kwok—hing. have live pictures ahead of vote, we have live pictures ahead of that vote, the 1200 seat selection committee looks like they are getting ready to go in and take part in that vote. not sure entirely how long the process will last, but of course we will bring you the result as soon as we get it. we're expecting that in around four hours. these are live pictures from hong kong. you can see the sign for the chief executive election, that is before the 1200 seat election committee, mostly pro— beijing, will pick their candidate. there are three candidates to take over from the outgoing leader, his name is cy leung. his deputy, carrie lam, is beijing's choice for the top job and according to opinion polls, her main rival, the former finance chief, john sang, is the public favourite. the final candidate is retired judge woo kwok—hing. they are meeting and greeting at the moment a

secretary of state rex tillerson in beijing. he says it's time to get tough with north korea and he's looking for china's cooperation. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. it is 4:00 a.m. on the east coast, the u.s. president wrapping up a busy day. his unsubstantiated claim that he was wire tapped took center stage. u.s. justice department delivered a classified report to congress and two familiar with the report say that it does not back up the president's claim and still the president refused to drop the issue even standing next to the german chancellor angela merkel in a news conference talking about it. jeff zeleny explains to us. >> reporter: president trump did not back down from his explosive and unproven claims that president obama wiretapped him  at trump tower. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess by this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> reporter: meeting

it off on its last flight from kuala lumpur or to beijing. it was never seen again. a mystery disappearance like this could never happen again. so what has changed? foursome expert in straight, we are joined what has changed? foursome expert in straight, we arejoined by what has changed? foursome expert in straight, we are joined by geoffrey thomas. great to have you with us on the programme. —— for some expert insight. has the system improves? be an city of question is yes and no. first of all, the industry governing body has been working with all the member states and countries around the world, and has issued directives that by 2021, all aircraft will have tracking systems on board. the cockpit voice recorder, which is currently a two—hour tape, will become a 25 out kate. and the digital flight recorders must be recovered. —— 25 hour tape. so there have been a number of initiatives agreed to and that will be rolled out. at the same time, the industry itself does have the means to track aircraft right now, but not exactly to those standards. one of the ways for ins

jon sudworth, bbc news, beijing. you're watching newsday on the bbc.mal diplomacy? the indonesian president's video logs the visit of the saudi king. first the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds before the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. but everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm

jon sudworth, bbc news, beijing.back control of the city of palmyra from militants of so—called islamic state. is has twice held palmyra, which is famous for its ancient ruins, during the six year syrian conflict. during that time they've destroyed some of the city's greatest monuments. sarah corker reports. across the ancient sands of palmyra, syrian troops backed by russian jets enter the city's western districts. for weeks they've battled through the desert to reach the unesco world heritage site. this video released by the syrian government shows heavy shelling across an almost deserted city. is fighters have now fled. until the last of our territory is liberated from the hands of these foreign terrorist organisations which are wreaking havoc in our country. but the syrian opposition, in switzerland for peace talks, declined to congratulate president assad on retaking the city. translation: this is the second time that we have seen this handover and this is obviously being used for political reasons. if we want t

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live in beijing. to other news now. somalia's prime minister says 110 people have died from hunger in a single region in the past 48 hours. all those who died came from the south—western bay region. the country announced a drought—related national emergency on tuesday. un authorities say up to five million people are in need of aid. the us—led coalition against the islamic state group has sent reinforcements to the syrian town of manbij, where allied militia have clashed with turkish—backed rebels. manbij has become the focus of competing forces in northern syria. it was captured from is by us—led rebels last year. barack 0bama has issued a strong denial of allegations by president trump that the outgoing administration tapped phones at trump tower in new york during the election campaign. in a series of tweets, mr trump described the alleged surveillance as "terrible" and called his predecessor a "bad or sick guy," but he didn't offer any evidence to back up his claims. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, rep

beijing can clean the air when it wants to. right now, for the annual session of its rubberstamp parliament. but it can't do it for long, because despite the pressure for cleaner vehicles or heating, the chinese economy is still fueled by coal. and in a one-party state, there's little the public can do to force politicians here to deliver air fit to breathe. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. laura: trying to get rid of that smog in china. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, in clinton, arkansas, the support for donald trump goes deep. we will go south to hear what people want from the president. the united states and japan have requested an emergency meeting at the un security council to discuss the latest north korean ballistic missile launches. the missiles were launched from the country's border with china. it is estimated that traveled about 1000 kilometers, falling near japan. south korea said it was a serious provocation and a direct challenge to the world. meanwhile, the u.s. ha

carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing.ns. the operation on the sea turtle, which was kept at a conservation centre east of bangkok, is thought to have been the first of it's kind and could have saved her life. caroline davies reports. the next time you through a coin into waterfor luck, take a look at who you might be throwing it at. this turtle was found floating strangely in her pond. vets weren't sure what was wrong until they carried out a 3—d scan and found this — a pile of all the coins she had eaten, sitting in her stomach. it was so large, it wasn't only stopping herfrom swimming properly but had cause of the underside of her shell to crack. translation: this is a female turtle that weighs about 59 kilograms and the coins, all together, weigh 5 kilograms, which accounts for about 10% of her weight. the 25—year—old turtle and eaten a total of 915 coins, in several currencies. vets worked for seven hours to remove each one. throwing money onto turtles is thought to bring long life in thailand. the chief surgeon said

our top stories: we are lies in beijing. china's annual national people's congress gets underway in beijing, where the communist party leadership will announce its priorities for the coming year. barack obama rejects claims from president trump that he ordered the tapping of his phones during the us election campaign. the french presidential candidate, francois fillon, urges his supporters not to give in amid calls from some within his own party to stand down. north korea's ambassador to malaysia is expelled for criticising the investigation into the murder of the half—brother of north korea's leader. the californian school that reaped a fortune on a small tech investment. hello. the meeting is taking place in the great hall of the people and will last for 10 days. the congress is the body which debates and approves government policy. these are live pictures. high on the agenda is the state of the chinese economy, and concerns about economic growth. they are also expected to discuss ways to reform finances, the future of int

in his first interaction with beijing, he caved. weeks after his election trump speculated that he might upgrade relations with taiwan. in response, the president froze all contacts between beijing and washington on all issues demanding that trump reverse himself which is exactly what happened. the trump administration's vision for america disengagement from the world is a god send for china. look at trump's proposed budget that would cut spending, funding for international organizations by 28%. beijing by contrast has quadrupled the budget of its foreign ministry in the last decade. just telling some of beijing's key development in eight commitments. china's growing diplomatic strength matters. a nation ahead of government recently explained to me that at every regional conference washington sends a couple of diplomats where beijing sends dozens. the chinese are at every committee meeting and you are not, he said. he said beijing is increasingly setting the agenda. the trump administration wants to skimp on u.s. funding for the u.n

right now, i look at your relationship with beijing and it seems to me you have some major problems,ntly when the chinese impounded, for a short time, some of your military vehicles because they had been on exercise in taiwan. how worried are you about your relationship with the chinese. i would not say we have major problems but we have some issues and some incidents. i think the military vehicles were an incident which happened to both of us and we had to handle it. it suggested a lack of trust. well, it is a delicate matterfor both sides. and i think both sides handled it carefully and there has been a satisfactory outcome. to put it bluntly, the chinese are furious about some policy decisions you have made, not least your support to support the court of arbitration‘s backing of the philippines in a dispute in the south china sea. the chinese feel you are betraying a friendship. no, i think you misparaphrase me. because i did not strongly support the court's ruling. what i said was the court had made a strong statement and there's a difference. let's be clear, this is a respected

carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing.en nearly 1000 coins. the operation on the sea turtle, which was kept at a conservation centre east of bangkok, is thought to have been the first of it's kind and could have saved her life. caroline davies reports. the next time you through a coin into water for the next time you through a coin into waterfor luck, the next time you through a coin into water for luck, take a look at who you might be throwing it out. this turtle was found. they carried out a this turtle was found. they carried outa 3—d this turtle was found. they carried out a 3—d scan and found this, a pile of all the coins she had eaten, sitting in her stomach. it was so large, it was stopping her from swimming properly and cause of the underside of her shell to crack. translation: it weighs around 58th kilograms and appoint amount to 10% of her weight. the 25 year—old turtle and eaten a total of 900 coins. they worked for seven hours to re m ove coins. they worked for seven hours to remove each one. throwing money is

carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. stay with us on bbc news. bank, who swallowed nearly 1,000 coins and lived to tell the fishy tale. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is bbc world news. the latest headlin

tom mackenzie force there in beijing.l ahead, li keqiang china, and the chinese premier li keqiang makes his first trip to australia since taking office. what will be on top of the agenda? we will look at that later on in the show. rishaad: plus, iron ore prices exceeded expectations. we will discuss that and more, next. ♪ rishaad: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. kata tumbling in tokyo, leading automakers decide on its restructuring. involvedrers have been and investing billions of dollars. the company said it wants to avoid a bankruptcy that would disrupt the supply of parts. shares are down 50% in tokyo this year, currently down 9% come off session lows. toshiba offering stock and real estate as collateral as it seeks financial support. failing to pay back its debt appear low. it helps to ensure banks continue to provide financing, but it is the lenders rather than investors who will get their money back first. the retreat asn production problems tha

but hierarchy from beijing on down were supportive of reforms. gorbachev had to turn democracy into an economic strategy to push through. it wasn't only a political effort. >> will you comment on's question on soviet regionalism versus russia or chinese centralism. >> is easy to overlies chinese centralism. these provinces suggest that they're not, the second issue is that when we look at chinese economic policy over the past 30 years, the debate is between the regions and the center. one of the challenges is that china has is reducing its investment is hard to do, investments are largely made at the local level and local government officials to direct this in the center. right now there's a big back and forth push between local and central in china. it's been going on for a long time where china struggles to get local officials to follow. it's not substantially different from gorbachev, because it collapsed and government had no more tools to discipline local leaders or incentivize them to follow their instructions. china the government has alwa

carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing.al series, on the bbc news website. in france, leaders from the main centre—right party have backed francoise fillon as their candidate in next month's presidential election, despite his troubled campaign. mr fillon has been accused of misusing public funds, but this evening, his party colleagues unanimously renewed their support for his candidature following a discussion about the allegations, which have clouded the fillon campaign. lucy williamson joins me from paris. they've backed him despite all the troubles. what kind of impact will that have on the rest of this campaign? it possibly won't make things any easier for marine le pen. she might have hoped to inherit some of mr fillon‘s loyal supporters, if he were forced to stand down. the parties have a lot of work to do to draw back some of its more centrist voters who might have drifted towards macron. mr fillon is still under investigation and is still something of a gamble. the party tonight found itself somewhat hemmed in betwe

is he going to take a hard line on beijing?en called the hammer in the commissaries known to be a very tough negotiator. we are not expecting him to take a soft stance. , and the donald trump pick does share many views with donald trump, including the issue of where china stands in the renting of issues that the u.s. faces in terms of trade. he said if you look at our problems, china is right up there. he said china is going to -- they are going to change the paradigm on china. he has also said that they want to look at bilateral agreements more than these wide agreements that have been made in recent years. isn't set up to deal with china's industrial policy, and says he's also commented on the capacity of steel and aluminum and china, saying it was troubling. he's also asked about china as a currency minute later, which donald trump has said he would label china as a currency manipulator on his first day in office. >> in the past, it is my judgment that china was a substantial currency manipulator. i think we've lost a lot of

this looking at the closing ceremonies in beijing.se commodities being produced in asia and ofsumed in asia, at the end the day, the price determined in the west, how far and how long is that sustainable in your view? i think that when people are looking for deep liquidity pulls, liquidity wins. even though there will be scope for those to become more important in asian time zones, it will be a while before they prove to have the credibility and reliability that the overseas exchanges can provide. commodities are difficult. you have to have your deliver his right place, you have to .liminate some of the risk rishaad: up next, the white house is preempting immediately taxespresident trump's that have become available from 2005. that is ahead. ♪ ♪ trump made $150 million and paid $38 million in taxes in 2005. that is according to a statement released by the white house. ramy, tell us more about these numbers. msnbc wrote this story about 45 or 50 minutes ago, they got jumped on by the white house coming out ahead with these numbers. the

back to the point about the leadership gathering in beijing.ected to be a big political year, with that shaping markets in china. with the label of currency manipulator hanging over china, pimco depreciate 5% to 7% over the dollar. the central bank leader of taiwan says he does not affect it to reach taiwan. leading gains today at 30 spots. headed in the other direction, two-weekalling to a low, 1140. we have a lively day for the dollar yuan. one of the most vulnerable currencies given this risk policy trade from trump. take a look at the yen, trading at a two-week high. the dollar-yen has perhaps stalled once it hits when 15 on corporate loans in tokyo. -- it hits 115 with corporate lows in tokyo. in malaysia, the central bank out later this afternoon 3:00 p.m. local time. bloomberg economists are forecasting a hold. we had consumer prices rise the fastest in january in malaysia over one year. the central bank of southeast asia facing those price pressures, putting them on watch after years of policy easing. host: thanks for that. we have some

it's got under way in the last hour in the capital beijing.eeting is taking place in the great hall of the people and will last for ten days. the congress is the body which debates and approves government policy. high on the agenda is the state of the chinese economy and concerns about economic growth. they are also expected to discuss ways to reform finances, the future of international trade policies and how to tackle pollution. chinese premier, li keqiang, is delivering the country's economic report card to the npc. 0ur china editor, carrie gracie, is in beijing. earlier, she told me how the party had outlined its achievements so far and what challenges it was anticipating. in terms of the message, there is a lot about the attention to getting on top of smog, for example, and the zombie businesses, especially steel and coal. and those two issues relate, steel and coal and zombie steel and coal companies. because if you can get on top of steel and coal, you can improve every day of the year for the chinese public. notjust for congress. inter

jon sudworth, bbc news, beijing. best picture at the oscars, have been given bodyguards, after receiving death threats on social media. brian cullinan and martha ruiz are also being provided with additional home security. they have been told they will not be employed to do the oscars job again after they muddled up the envelopes naming the winners. a series of lost love letters detailing the relationship betweenjackie kennedy and a british aristocrat and senior diplomat are to be auctioned this month. the letters were written after the assassination of president kennedy but ended whenjackie kennedy married the greek tycoon aristotle onassis. our correspondent, david sillito, has been studying the letters. dear david. your last letter was such a cri de coeur of loneliness. i would do anything to take that anguish from you. it doesn't seem that we can ever help the people we would wish to help. david is the man here in the middle, david ormsby gore, britain's ambassador in washington. the person writing to him was the

heidi: do you think there are leaving currency alone when it comes to beijing?d compared to what president trump said during his campaign. u.s. will notthe use the current conditions to label china as a currency-manipulator. they will tighten the criteria so that china will from time to time be mentioned. sanction against in terms of subsidies. rishaad: the jets china has been producing have been what grassroots voters have been buying. if you do have sanctions or trade tariffs, those go up. it would make him deeply unpopular. your rights. the point is if the u.s. put a 45% tariff against the chinese products the u.s. consumers lose as much as the chinese producers. this is the u.s. moving back from the old clock and trying to pick specific products. try to hammer that and get a better deal across the board from china. rishaad: america does not produce those goods anymore because the wages are too low. tao: it depends on what times of products. if we about iphones, maybe. maybe that's. the u.s. could bring some of the jobs back. toys, twos, etc., there is no way

they are also in beijing from all over china.hnocrats, the innovators, film stars, sports stars, they all pile in here as well. it is a huge networking event for the great wood of china as well as for the politicians from all over china. it is harder to say who is watching it line by line because it does have a richer wool quality. a lot of it is the same year in, year out. i think if you actuallyjust climb on the subway here or you go toa climb on the subway here or you go to a local parks, whether they are really paying close attention to this well one or two will be but actually many people would be getting on with their lives. a lot of world leaders will be looking very closely, though. that's right. the growth rate is important for the world because of course china is one third of global growth now. it is the engine of the world economy, not just its own engine. that is 6.5% announced for the ambition for the economic growth for next year. it will be important to people around the world but it won't be any surprise because t

, at the beijing woman's conference. in my perspective, it's not incidental that she rediscovered herself in china is an american woman. china has this bizarre role of being a platform for american women. you mentioned aviators tell the story of anna mae wong, and some of the chinese american women who really changed chinatown and the image of american chinese. there was a significant group of american chinese that came to be educated and went back to china. their stories are fascinating because american women who were proselyting china wereingle american women but they were proselytizing the chinese to find a good christian chinese husband and marry him and settle down. you have a case where their charges basically said i'm not going to do what you tell me to do but i'll do what i want to do. when the first graduating class from the woman's class into beijing took a vowed not to marry in order to be like the single american women. that was a fascinating micro- culture in a way. on the other side, you had the chinese --

but in his actually first interaction with beijing, he caved. weeks after his election, trump speculated that he might upgrade relations with taiwan. in response, president xi, froze all contacts between beijing and washington on all issues, demanding that president trump reverse himself which is exactly what happened. the donald trump administration's vision for america's disengagement from the world is a god send from china. look at trump's proposed budget, which would cut spending on america's soft power, diplomacy and foreign aid and funding for global organizations by 28%. beijing bring contrast as quadrupled the budget of its foreign ministry just in the last decade. george washington university's david shambow estimates that's upward of $1.4 trillion. china's growing diplomatic strength matters, an asian head of government recently explained to me that at every regional conference, washington sends a couple of diplomats, whereas beijing sends dozens, the chinese are at every committee meeting and you are not, he said, and the result is th