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beijing _ being said where you are? as you can expeet. beijing has — being said where you are?ijing has reacted _ being said where you are? as you can expect, beijing has reacted angrily i expect, beijing has reacted angrily to the allegations and said china has always dealt with honour in its business dealings. china described mi6 business dealings. china described m16 as recruiting two people that they said were trying to spy on china. the point is that surveillance is something both countries deal in. it is striking a balance between security and business interests. there was a hope in china that after keir starmer met xijinping, there would be a reset, they would be able to co—operate on places where they have shared interests. but the problem now is that there will be furrowed brows in beijing, because they will see these allegations as britain saying that china is simply a threat. in the last hour, the foreign secretary has said a uk delegation has been sent to damascus to meet members of the group now controlling syria. it comes as it appears that bashar al—assad, who wa

the move is seen as beijing's latest response to escalating u.s. tech curbs. dhabi has been called the capital of private capital. we are live on the ground to discuss the emirates' allure for global firms. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ it's our son, he is always up in our business. it's the verizon 5g home internet i got us. oh... he used to be a competitive gamer but with the higher lag, he can't keep up with his squad. so now we're his “squad”. what are kevin's plans for the fall? he's going to college. out of state, yeah. -yeah in the fall. change of plans, i've decided to stay local. oh excellent! oh that's great! why would i ever leave this? -aw! we will do anything to get him gaming again. you and kevin need to fix this internet situation. heard my name! i swear to god, kevin! -we told you to wait in the car. everyone in my old squad has xfinity. less lag, better gaming! i'm gonna need to charge you for three people. tom: good morning, this is "bloomberg daybreak europe," i'm tom mackenzie in london. chinese stocks rally, leading gains in asia afte

i think tank and beijing close to the chinese government the us. he's more and more interference investments unusual. how kind of things that i think make it's shawn or both of them are due for the u. s. has no official position on who should control what in the sea, but it says it cares about freedom of navigation. here. the us us deployed ships and aircraft in the region in response to china's island build up. and both countries sometimes come dangerously close to each other so their rivalry is growing here. and that has consequences for the main us ally in the region. the philippines, the, this is the moment the chinese coast guard member went at the crew of a filipino naval vessel. with an axe. this sailor says he lost his i'm in the incident. he was headed to a filipino outpost and this bradley islands to this old navy ship, which might be the world's most unique military assignment. the sierra madre the philippines ran into ground at 2nd time a sho. in 1999 to crime control of the week the yes they did that on purpose and yes since then the s

beijing is desperate to boost spending by chinese consumers as tougher trading conditions — not leastme now is rory green — chief china economist at ts lombard. rory, finally a little bit of relief for that beleaguered property sector but retail sales data and the consumer lagging. we are seeing kind of mixed signals from the chinese economy, can you break down that data for us, how are you squaring the two?— that data for us, how are you squaring the two? yes, there is elements that _ squaring the two? yes, there is elements that are _ squaring the two? yes, there is elements that are encouraging. a few green shoots, less bad data in property and very strong consumer purchases of vehicles but more broadly it is still showing a weak chinese economy with anaemic domestic demand both from the consumer and businesses. so elements that are responding to a little bit of basic stimulus but a lot more for policymakers to do next year. as you say, when we take into accounts the tariff headwinds which are looming as well. ., , ., ., well. rory, what do policymakers - well. rory, what do policy

more over it states, beijing carbon had erroneous lee altered data. there was a high probability that the documents were forged. the company asked german authorities to investigate the flemish fed us and game change of enough time. does it as estimates the unvil funded entities steve children it minutes in the home with us about it? yes, the guns do i have to share in vice from ish, best of us company chief thought. so it took this tip off from china to the german authorities to launch a full scale investigation. they referred the case to the prosecution. who as of now, is only looking into the german side, not the chinese company behind the whole scheme. chinese company records helped us investigate beach in carbon. it was founded in 2011 by a former official in the energy sector. together with her son and several others, they set up an opaque network of companies and some companies we find references to beijing carbon their employees or addresses and the documents of is 28 projects. our colleague tried to visit the company in beijing hall, called th

first, the philippines to beijing, to the international court of arbitration. and one i still clearly remember the 12th of july in 2016. practically, everybody in the country was a, you know, celebrating because we, we realized that international law is actually behind us. that's when an international tribunal ruled that there was no legal basis for china of historical claims in the south china sea. china rejected that ruling for the 2nd reason for the philippines. confidence is their big ally, the us, their former colonial power. after independence, the 2 countries signed a mutual defense treaties. if the philippines was attacked, the u. s. should help defend them. given the growing tensions with china, the philippines is turning more strongly to the us. the country has given the us access to 9 military bases on its soil. they are part of the so called 1st island chain, a line of american military bases that the u. s. is using to project power close to china. one country being cautious about how close that gets to the us is vietnam. these are the outposts viet

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our colleagues tried to visit the company in beijing hall. the woman, 2 different phones, the coffin that goes with, i don't want any hall foreman said, the wooden shrew, the manager she was told, was unavailable. then they hung up as we tried to find out more about the aging carbon, the companies seem to get nervous information we obtained suggest the company aspects, chinese business partners not to talk to the perhaps anti china media are using shady methods to smear all chinese projects. was allegedly citing these conversations, take project e q b t, another one of phasing carbons projects according to the documents. the site was inspected by 2 audit and companies altogether. 7 times. in their reports, the companies confirmed that the installation consisted of 6 big storage tanks. for liquefied gas through 12 generators, the satellite images and photos they obtained only ever show 4 tanks and 4 generators. how could the auditors possibly missed that? charges has their own boss. i think that's, i believe i follow a lot of either either ton

and beijing on this closely contested front of high technology, especially in the ai space.att: in terms of the fallout to china, it seems to me this is a company in nvidia that is under a lot of regulatory stress not to sell its product to the chinese. i imagine the chinese want nvidia's most valuable chips. aren't they worried they will curtail the flow of that technology into their industry? michael: that's a great question because it really is a two-edged sword. beijing really does need access to those advanced chips that nvidia's capable producing and produces for the rest of the world. the biden administration about a year or two ago restricted the flow of nvidia's most advanced chips to china. they are no longer able to sell there. nvidia does derive 15% of its sales from the chinese market. it does have a presence there, and it is an important area of growth. china is the world's largest consumer of semiconductors. we have heard with the politburo meeting in beijing and abuses plan to counter u.s. -- an ambitious plan to counter u.s. moves to escalate on the trade fr

it is a bit more muted affair in beijing, fairto is a bit more muted affair in beijing, fair to say, pictures there are in taipei and are still going there and in hong kong. goodness me, that is quite a celebration! aside from watching the fireworks, there's people in taiwan might have been watching the new year message from the chinese president president lee —— —— president president lee —— —— president xi. in his end of year message, the chinese president xi xinping said no one can stop china's "reunification" with taiwan, laying down a clear warning to the pro—independence forces in taiwan. russia's president vladimir putin marking 25 years in power hailed the �*proud' achievements of his country — warning that russia "would only move forward" in 2025. here's the celebrations in sydney. always a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. and not very far away... this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tower. it did sound lively, i can assure you. we'll bring you plenty more of those celebrations in the h

reports beijing increase the nuclear warhead arsenal by 20% and a year.oing very, very fast that this and as we know this is not for deterrence, this is for version. they intend to engage in acts of aggression but beforehand right everyone within nuclear weapons if they don't do with the chinese want. again it's very clear what happened the chinese made the threat especially since 2021. in 2013 they made the most omnibus threat against the u.s. to target 13 american cities and feels like a bully in the neighborhood that's for sure. great to get your incentives. gordon chang, and amazon warehouse workers on an warehouse strike this morning less than a week before christmas. all the details and the impact next, you're watching "mornings with maria" live on "mornings withyou s do maria". as energy demand continues to rise, we're harnessing breakthrough innovations to increase production in the u.s. gulf of mexico. our latest deepwater development, anchor, produces previously inaccessible oil and natural gas, allowing us to deliver the energy we all need toda

washington established diplomatic ties with communist beijing.or a president who got a deal done between egypt and israel and struck a nuclear accord with the soviet union, carter believed ending hostility with beijing was among his greatest achievements. >> what are you most proud of? >> i helped promote peace between other countries that were potentially at war. i reached out to long term adversaries like china. >> his decision came at a cost. the u.s. no longer officially recognizes taiwan. u.s. troops pulled out. the island democracy of 24 million people, now facing the growing threat of a possible chinese attack. >> from taiwan's perspective, that meant that it officially became an unrecognized state. and that really is what put taiwan in this very compromised position internationally. >> the u.s. maintains unofficial ties with taiwan, regularly selling weapons to its military. china, experiencing huge economic growth due in large part to its relationship with the u.s. now, china is the world's second largest economy, but prosperity did not

what would be the pushback in washington and beijing to both?we need that dedicated experts with what you might call a more skeptical audience and that includes sitting policymakers in both countries. and then slowly try to incorporate those individuals, if not those intervals then alisa bring those arguments to the table when we are discussing concrete areas of potential collaboration. >> thank you. thank you so much wonderful see you again. that's a a very important quen you asked at this phase in our project. as we wrap up real excellent conversations earlier this year forward to what will be doing in the future. the what that we do is building on what lily said, bringing in the skeptics. well, i think it is two sides. bring in those very open policymakers are opened collaboration and informed them about potential risks of this. it's bring in the skeptics that are afraid of any form of collaboration and talking about the potential benefits. it's bringing them in having an open conversation. with each other and also with experts. and how do we

washington established diplomatic ties with communist beijing. for a president who got a deal done between egypt and israel and struck a nuclear accord with the soviet union, carter believed ending hostility with beijing was among his greatest achievements. >> what are you most proud of? >> i helped promote peace between other countries that were potentially at war. i reached out to long term adversaries like china. >> his decision came at a cost. the u.s. no longer officially recognizes taiwan. u.s. troops pulled out. the island democracy of 24 million people, now facing the growing threat of a possible chinese attack. >> from taiwan's perspective, that meant that it officially became a unrecognized state. and that really is what put taiwan in this very compromised position internationally. >> the u.s. maintains unofficial ties with taiwan, regularly selling weapons to its military. china. experiencing huge economic growth due in large part to its relationship with the u.s. now, china is the world's second largest economy, but prosperity did not

you were observing also from taiwan and i mean a bad bulk visiting among g, meeting him in beijing. and what do you make of the difference in how the united states has now tackling this very sony issue of confronting china and the way in germany is seen and, and actually acted that the o. well, actually there is not much discussion here in taiwan because um, in terms of cost re relations between china and taiwan, we all know that the key clear is china and the us. so um, sally speaking here in taiwan, people don't fix that one visit from the german. foreign minister would change anything, right? but we do see some extra interest in discussions in china and which is like you can find that want a statement after um their box visit is not very harsh actually because we know like bare box you took a pretty tough stance on china. but then um, uh, football experts have talked to they think that china has been taking this very put medic attitude towards a bare box. not because um that they trying to change their a wall wheel will have an attitude, but they recognize that you know, like the

you certainly get the impression that bad but wouldn't be missed here in beijing. but the issues that she's been complaining about are still right the festering for whoever comes next. here what to do with that with the bab book and clearly this time the chinese would not having it to be called out. so nope, it's stage. yeah, that's right. i mean, it, i mean, some even remarks upon the point that i mean about going to so late and come as farm ernest was even bothering to go and think, you know, he was receiving or, and, you know, the germans was saying, well, you know, they received us mm hm. we talked for 3 and half hours. they gave us a delicious lunch. i can tell you, like they were clearly, they were oppressed, but i will. okay. say that there's the impressed by the lunch. and you know, there was some chatter in the drum and delegation, and i think that was a little bit of maybe navel gazing, thinking like guys we have to offer a guest by the laptop a lot. yeah. precision. maybe the lunch getting when you come to visit belin is not quite so great as you get in

our colleagues tried to visit the company in beijing hall called the woman 2 names and phone ser, coughing the goals with either one of the hall, foaming should the, the intro, the manager she was told was unavailable. then they hung up as we tried to find out more about basing carbon, the companies seem to get nervous information we obtained suggest the company asked it's chinese business partners not to talk to the press. anti china and media are using shady methods to smear all chinese projects. was allegedly citing these conversations take project e q b t, another one of phasing carbons projects according to the documents. the site was inspected by 2 auditing companies, all together, 7 times. in their reports, the companies confirmed that the installation consisted of 6 big storage tanks for liquefied gas to 12 generators. the satellite images and photos we obtained only ever show 4 tanks and 4 generators. how could the auditors possibly missed that? besides who's the own by scientists, i believe i follow tomorrow by the time to come and see if i've seen the safety cause, i mean, drop

does not have a treaty with beijing.mas report highlights ballistic missiles positioned that could be used to attack should war break out. pentagon says china has 60's0 nuclear warheads and will have a thousand by 2030. half are in missile silos in central china. chinese navy has 370 warships and u.s. 296. u.s. spends on -- and roger wicker wants to raise that to 5% to counter china's threats in middle east and russia. report states prc seek to amas power to achieve what xi jinping reference to as great rejuvenation of the chinese nation by 2049. "wall street journal" says u.s. is considering a ban because the china company is linked to cyber attacks. pentagon china report documents high profile firing, 15 generals including those associated with rocket force included in special section on corruption, todd. >> todd: certainly curious. bring in florida congressman cory mills, i can't say i'm surprised by it is report. what is your reaction how expect trump administration to respond next month. >> i know president trump an

there were series of meetings in beijing and washington. and i think it's fair to say that for those of us who are not experts in this but watching what's going on, the press statements talking about the american and chinese side, something changed and there was significant progress. now there is still deep skepticism of chinese that is pervasive in our political system and our foreign policy circles. but this was a bit of a standout, right? it was difficult to achieve, a whole lot of cooperation in health-related fields. but in this area, we saw major gains. tell us as you are in conversations with skeptics on this, what do you point to as the concrete steps that the chinese have taken that do attest to the fact that things have changed and improved? >> the meeting in woodside last november was an important one and allowed the two leaders to agree to cooperate on some measures and this was an important measure, perhaps the meese important measure. what has happened since is an understanding of what we need to get that first of all, the uni

how do you see beijing choosing to navigate that in the next year? to perceived hostilities from the united states. i think china also understands the power of deal—making and the power of deal—making and the power of deal—making and the power of leverage. so you will see more tit—for—tat actions. but i think president—elect trump sent the right signal in inviting the presidency to his inauguration. by allaccounts, inauguration. by all accounts, it's inauguration. by allaccounts, it's not like ugly lea that he will come. but nonetheless, i think both sides show a renewed willingness for dialogue, and i think that's important in navigating the stormy waters ahead. , ., ., ahead. great to get your insights- _ ahead. great to get your insights. penn _ ahead. great to get your insights. penn state - ahead. great to get your insights. penn state law| insights. penn state law academic daryl lim. before we 90, academic daryl lim. before we go, the asx 200 up about 0.25% — australia's index. japan's nikkei down about 0.2% after this news of a potential merge

this month of china is top leadership signal to bold economic support and the coming year. beijing is reading itself for a fight. when donald trump returns to office. google holds on we will consolidate and strengthen them. i meant to move from economic recovery and work to achieve steady and long term economic development. already, it seems a new trade war has begun. earlier this month, the china launched an investigation into chip making video on suspicion is violated and monopoly laws is a we call it the bite in administration, and that's a new sanctions on a chip. exports to china. i turn sick to trade will instigate to then initiate advice from head of end is the president provided many continued, many of his measures of his breed as a china couldn't draw on support from other countries. in october, russia hosted the 1st the summit of the newly expanded bricks group of emerging economies. as inside the moons of what the trump administration could mean for the rest of the world, it's a club, it's binding close to together, and backing beijing to help protect its members, interests

beijing looking for ways to stimulate the economy.his made more important with trump returning to the white house. >>> president biden has launched an investigation into chinese chips entering a probe against beijing's trade practices. >>> the french prime minister, the new one named his cabinet picking eric lombard as his finance minister. >>> thank you for joining me. it makes wrapping the presents easier. shares on track for the best day in more than 16 years after the japanese automaker announced $1.1 trillion buyback program and begun merger talks with nissan. is it a takeover or merger? what do you think? i suppose we have to call it merger. anyway, the two companies together would create the world's third largest carmaker by sales with honda saying it creates synergy and economies of scale. i think one of the most fascinating people i've spoken to this century is the former nissan/renault ceo carlos ghosn. he was speaking to me from beirut after he escaped in the most dramatic fashion from japan. the japanese, of course, want t

that we might come up with among the experts, what would be the pushback in washington and beijing toboth? so i think we need to have dedicated experts what you might call a more skeptical audience, and that includes sitting policymakers in both countries. and then -- and then slowly try to incorporate, you know, those individuals if not those individuals then at least bring those arguments to the table when we're discussing concrete areas of potential collaboration and climate agriculture. okay. >> thank you great answer lily and thank you so much on wonderful to see you again that's a very important question that you asked at this phase in -- in our project. as we have wrap up really excellent conversations earlier this year and look forward to what we'll be doing in the future wing the what that we do is building on what lily said it is bringing in those skeptics -- well, i think it is two sides it is bringing those who are very open policymakers very open to collaboration and informing them about -- about the potential risks of this. and it is bringing in this scept ticks afraid o

beijing denying that, last year chinese spy balloon flew across the entire u.s. admitting that the balloon did come from china and it did in fact was used to spy on americans, this coming is biden administration officials denied the report that drones are flying over new york and new jersey in a pose a threat, they're not giving any answers on the origins of these drones, george b hudson institute senior fellow alice organization founder and author of the decisive decade jonathan dt ward, welcome back, i know you have no idea what the drugs are. we have no idea either. were not getting any information from the pentagon. how likely this is the kind of work that you would expect from copy to china? >> the drones given the lack of any real information i've not purveyed anything that explains what they are or origins, at this point senator sent letters to the fbi and ffa in dhs and everybody seems to be looking for answers from a township level into a national level i guess we'll find out about that, what's important here is to realize a late security threat from the

the chinese leader laid down a very clear warning to beijing regarding as pro-independence forces withinside of the island in the past year. china has stepped up its military pressure near taiwan, sending warships and planes almost daily into those disputed waters and airspace. well, it is hard to believe it's been five years now to the day from the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the chinese city of wuhan. many questions still remain tonight. the world health organization is now renewing its calls for beijing to share data on the ohrins of covid-19. our senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has this story many still accusing beijing of stonewalling and withholding critical information about the origins of the virus. the world health organization saying to share data and access to we so we can stand the origins of covid-19. this is a moral and sign terrific china fired back. >> how about on the issue of tracing the source of the virus. china has shared the most data and research results and and made the greatest contributions to research. >> the first cluster of cases of

ties to taiwan in a vain hope beijing would weaken ties with moscow. after the soviet union invaded afghanistan in december 1979, the last year of his presidency, he toughened his soviet stance, backed the afghan mujahideen in a war against the red army. the same year, 1979 islamic revolution in neighboring iran dealt carter a double domestic blow, spiked oil prices and led to a humiliating failed raid. operation eagle claw. in april 1980 to rescue americans captured by the theocratic revolutionaries in tehran. >> i can't stand here tonight and say it doesn't hurt. >> events overseas contributed to his 1980 election loss. >> the people of the united states have made their choice. and of course, i accept that decision. >> but out of office and the limelight, his global peacemaking grew. in 1994, he was the first former u.s. president to visit north korea, met kim il sung, the grandfather of today's leader kim jong un, at a time of u.s. north korean tensions, won concessions on north korea's nuclear program, dialing back tensions for a decade. but 1994 w

i think very much from beijing right now on, all of this.is death came very early in the morning here in china. it was just after 5:00 that we learned of jimmy carter's passing. it's interesting because it has become a trending topic on social media here in china. let me share with you just a few remarks that we saw on weibo, which is one of the top social media platforms. among the responses to his death. one person saying, good old carter, a u.s. president who truly deserves the nobel peace prize. another person saying among all the living former u.s. presidents, he is relatively friendly to china. someone else saying this is the last foreigner to appear in history textbooks. as we heard in that previous story. um, the relationship with taiwan is one that became precarious and strained for the united states and china. we've not heard any response from taiwan, at least officially just yet, upon jimmy carter's passing. uh, max, i should also tell you that we are hearing from the japanese prime minister. uh, he made some remarks talking about

but it vanished all this way from colorado, people to beijing in march, 2014 because it has about 25 years and it sits or to the china chinese presidency thing to pop in the advisory celebrations, the praise, the samuel told them as territory as a success story of beijing, one country to systems policy, but the local leaders to look beyond the kindly, industry, full feature economic growth. the former portuguese colony has retained its own laws covered see, and border controls. and you follow the stories. of course, on our website at al jazeera dot com is updated throughout the day. and in fact, the moonies adjusted to half the time. but next on i'll just say right, it's one day while these from the teen day and it's on you sent to ends at home. thanks for your time at your company. the jubilation among the serial guys po, right, knew it wasn't even day like in germany before they took to the streets, waiving the distinctive green and black flag of the opposition they gathered on the streets of the car is joy of that faces. clear to see has been the use of president assets full sprea

this law was passed that is forcing tiktok to shed its beijing parent company or be banned nationwidedance says tiktok is not for sale, so the law is set to take effect january 19. ali: we are now in this protracted legal battle. get us up to speed on how that has been playing out and how this got to the supreme court so relatively quickly. bobby: soon after the law was signed by president biden in april, tiktok appealed. they made a first amendment case, saying the americans who use the app will have their free speech suppressed if this app is put out of business. the appeals court said the national security case against tiktok is really compelling, we are also worried about china, this law is valid. so tiktok appealed to the supreme court, and the supreme court looked at the appeals court decision and said this needs review. the supreme court sent an emergency hearing on a lightning fast deadline. so in a matter of weeks, the department of justice and lawyers for tiktok will be meeting in the supreme court to decide the fate of this app. ali: president-elect trump is getting involve

on board, malaysia airlines flight mh370 disappeared in march 2014 on its way from kuala lumpur to beijingars, leaving the families of those lost without closure. it has been established that the plane crashed in the indian ocean, with debris found on east african shores. 0ur correspondent jonathan head has more. the plane, carrying 239 passengers and crew, left kuala lumpur 41 minutes past midnight on 8 march en route to beijing. about an hour into the flight, one of the plane's vital communication systems, known as acars, sent what would be its last message. 12 minutes later, someone believed to be the co—pilot told air traffic control, "goodnight, malaysian 370." it wasn't long before the plane's transponder, which communicates with ground radar, stopped. the plane did not check in with vietnamese air traffic control. it was then detected by malaysian military radar flying west, before heading out over the indian ocean. that was the last time flight 370 was seen. despite disappearing from radar, the plane continued to ping its location to a satellite every hour for seven hours after the

that's the language that the thugs in beijing and moscow understand but they're going to test.to set conditions that are not favorable in the next few months. maria: sure. understood. good to talk with you. thanks so much. >> thanks, have a good morning. maria: and to you. quick break and then kamala harris vying for donations long after the election loss despite a $20 million gap in campaign spending. that means she's in debt for more than 20 mill i don't know w and -- 20 million and she's asking donors to pony up. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪ maria: this week on "mornings with maria," tomorrow, israel's cabinet approved a cease fire with hezbollah, general jack keane joins me on the global impact. wednesday, citizen he's financial group ceo bruce van song on the future of regional banks under the trump administration. thursday, united refining company's john catsimatidis on trump's plans to boost energy and oil production in america. and friday, the november unemployment rate revealed here, live with top minds in business. that's all right her

malaysia airlines flight mh370 disappeared in march 2014 while on its way to beijing, china, from kualathe plane have faltered over the years. the loved ones of those on board have no closure and are haunted by the tragedy. uwe do know that the aircraft came down in the indian ocean: parts of it have washed up on the shores of east africa, and there's been some detective work around data transmissions. 0ur correspondentjonathan head explains more. the plane, carrying 239 passengers and crew, left kuala lumpur 41 minutes past midnight on march the 8th en route to beijing. about an hour into the flight, one of the plane's vital communication systems, known as acars, sent what would be its last message. 12 minutes later, someone believed to be the co—pilot told air traffic control, "good night, malaysian 370." it wasn't long before the plane's transponder, which communicates with ground radar, stopped. the plane did not check in with vietnamese air traffic control. it was then detected by malaysian military radar flying west before heading out over the indian ocean. that was the last time

this month of china is top leadership signal to bold economic support and the coming year. beijing is reading itself for a fight when donald trump returns to office google, hudson. we will consolidate in strength and the meant to move from economic recovery and work to achieve steady and long term economic development. already it seems a new trade war has begun. earlier this month, the china launched an investigation into chip making video on suspicion is violated and monopoly laws to a we call it the binding administration, and that's a new sanctions on a chip. exports to china. i turn sick to trade will instigate to then initiate advice from head of end is the president provided many continued, many of his measures of his breed assess a china couldn't draw on support from other countries. in october, russia hosted the 1st to some of the newly expanded bricks group of emerging economies. as inside the looms of what the trump administration could mean for the rest of the world, it's a club, it's binding close to together and backing beijing to help protect its members, interests, punc

now the move comes as beijing begins, a new round of military trails. the area titans case called says 7 chinese ships of being coming out what it's called gray zone harassment since early on monday. and as long as your readiness exercises in response, beijing cause how to rhodes will games around tie one, the sheer the philippine site as well as the agency has raised a lot levels to the 3rd highest people living in mount calon volcano i've been advised to movies and be prepared for evacuations. it's happening in a central provence. the philippines is in the pacific. during the fall i will what kind of activity and it's quite common. now gone is governing policy candidate conceded defeat since not today's presidential elections just hours after the vote counting began, the opposition policy wasn't convincing me. and as i been addressed reports now from the capital across after 10 snyder participation in governor the vice president and governing n p. p. candidate model due by with me, i can only defeat inside today's presentation for the people of gun i

we are live in beijing this hour as china rings in the new year. world. but some of those celebrations cancelled here in the uk, with yellow storm warnings in place in large parts of the country. you are a ukraine says it has fired are a a missile from a sea drone to take down a russian helicopter. officers say the attack is the first of its kind. hello i'm christian fraser. new year celebrations in the large parts of the pacific. lets head straight to beijing where the clock has just struck midnight. cheering and applause

get your gift card instantly at wt.com jacqui: the pentagon's annual military power report says beijingits nuclear warhead stockpile by the end of the dad. jennifer griffin takes a look for us. >> reporter: china now has over 600 operational nuclear weapons, an increase of 100 warheads in the past year, and is projected to exceed 1,000 by 2030. according to this year's china military power report. >> the expansion of china's nuclear program raises the question of what are all these nuclear weapons for? they haven't answered that question. >> reporter: the report describes beijing's increasing belligerence toward taiwan including naval exercises like this simulated blockade of the taiwan strait the last week involving 90 vessels. quote, throughout 2023 beijing continued to erode longstanding norms in and around taiwan by with employing a range of pressure tactics against taiwan. part of president xi's directive to his military to be ready to take taiwan by force by 2027. china strengthened its relationship with russia and expanded its drone enterprise. >> the indo-pacific region is most

luxury stocks dip from the china consumer with retail sales missing expectations putting pressure on beijingo boost domestic demand. >>> and shares make the london debut after the spinoff of vivendi. the ceo tells cnbc what motivated the de-merger. >> when you look at the value of vivendi, it was less than 10 million euro. the sum of the parts was lower. to unlock the assets enhances greatly. >>> very good morning, everyone. we start the show looking at the latest pmi in the eurozone. let's see what they are telling us at the moment. we have the composite flash pmi coming in at 49.5. that is actually above what economists had priced in, but indeed, it is still below the 50 threshold. all in all, the overall business activity still in contraction territory for the eurozone. if we break it down into manufacturing and services, this is what we got. manufacturing flash pmi came in at 45.2. that is just marginally, marginally lower compared to what economists priced in. in terms of services pmi, the flash figure comes in at 51.4. that's actually slightly higher from what analysts were expecting.

quote: throughout 2023, beijing continued to erode longstanding norms in and around taiwan by employingactics against taiwan. part of president xi's directive to his military to be ready to take taiwan by force by 2027. china strengthened its relationship with russia and expanded its drone enterprise. >> indo-pacific region is the most stressing theater for the quantity and quality of munitions because the prc is the most capable, potential adversary in the world. >> in 2023, the pla experienced a new wave of corruption-related investigations of senior leaders, including the chinese defense minister which may have disrupted progress towards stated 2027 modernization goals. >> 15 senior pla officials already rounded up is just the tip of the iceberg. >> report does not mention the recent chinese hacking campaign salt typhoon. one of the largest intelligence compromises in u.s. history. chinese hackers breechesd u.s. telecom and internet service providers, accessing the cell phones of top u.s. officials and private citizens. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank

jeremy, how are you looking at this report that perhaps beijing will weaken the currency in 2025?> when that report initially broke, we saw it move up quickly and it looked as though it is heading to 730. we see a retreat now from the highs of the course of yesterday. i think we have seen the chinese press also pushing back against the notion. i think there are question marks as to whether this report really has a great deal of veracity. the highlight of the inauguration invite, maybe there is an opportunity there for a slight softening of the pressure points and that might alleviate the pressure on the currency as well. >> what are you pricing in going into next year in the currency space thinking about china and thinking about the u.s. and indeed the threat of tariffs still on the table? >> indeed. the threat of tariffs is inevitably going to remain on the table. we are very much behold en o the headline risk between now and the 20th of january because it is easy for the trump regime to talk tough on tariffs. beyond inauguration, we need to look at the actions, not the words. th

well, the main thing that very, i've just ended his to day work for a peer in beijing, china, and he just wrapped up a press conference that went over the takeaways also from that to day visit. and specifically, while from his meeting with the chairman of the chinese communist party seizing paying one of the questions, i was able to ask him was about syria. that topic was discussed with during his discussion with the chinese chairman of the communist party. and he said, indeed it was, the syrian situation was discussed. he said that, uh, you know, rush, i gave a lot of suppose to the assad government and that was the right thing to do. it really contributed to a lot of good things that happened in syria during the time of the struggle with terrorism. but of course, the collapse of the government and the sod leading, leading to russia was something that was out of the control of russia that happened to do with internal government problems that russia itself obviously could not solve in that situation. this something that to me to make that upset about syria and that essentially was ou