and today, to your previous point, would have been the 66th birthday of vincent cheng. enough about the contribution of asian-americans and unrepresented communities to this country. we want to make sure our kids are understanding a more complete picture of what asian-american history looks like. as kids grow up here, we don't learn enough about the china exclusion act, japanese interment camps, and in order to break down the walls of these biases and stereotypes, we want to make sure our children get a history of what america is made up of. >> stage 2, tom koch is probably knowing about that. this is pastor joey chen and he was talking about agent tao in the george floyd case. take a listen. >> what really broke my heart, when i tried to plea and be active, is when i saw the asian-american police officer stand by as george floyd was being killed. that broke my heart. i saw myself in that passivity, and i realized this is not the way of christ, this is not the way humanity ought to be, and i think we should begin to take action to advocate and walk alongside people who

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dean cheng is a senior analyst at the heritage foundation think tank focussing on china's space programme couple of hours ago and i wanted to get you back because rover has excessively landed which is great news for china's space programme-— great news for china's space programme. absolutely. if you are a chinese _ programme. absolutely. if you are a chinese scientist - programme. absolutely. if you are a chinese scientist you - are a chinese scientist you have every reason to be absolutely delighted and proud. the nation has now successfully landed a probe on mars. it is not quite deployed the rover yet, that will come in the next few hours or day also probably, but it is a huge achievement and it makes china only the second nation to successfully land on the red planet. find second nation to successfully land on the red planet. and the sace land on the red planet. and the space programme _ land on the red planet. and the space programme in _ land on the red planet. and the space programme in china, - land on the red planet. and the space programme in china, it. space programme in china,

cheng co double pipe vault in competition as she made her final preparations for the olympics in tokyo at the delays field and picks because a cove it if a time to work on the move. the hardest part is making sure i grabbed my legs in the correct spot, so they're not slipping from my hands. but we started working on it pretty seriously. after quarantine, i want to say because before quarantine, we worked on it a little bit and then everything got set down. we had the extra year. because if not, we would have never tried it. so give him the time to play around with it. then that's what we thought it would be kind of feasible. ah, this is al jazeera, these are your top stories. government offices are resuming working garza, the si, fi continues to hold. the un has called for a full adherence to the troops announced on friday. and also calling for immediate humanitarian aid to the palestinians. there is more attention at the most compound unoccupied east jerusalem israeli settlers of march through the area. well, several palestinians had been arrested for the bell. come each has more from

dean cheng is a senior analyst at the heritage foundation think tank focussing on china's space programmeificant this was for china. if you are chinese scientists, you have every reason to be absolutely delighted and proud. your nation has now successfully landed a probe on mars. hasn't quite deployed the rover yet — that will come in the next few hours or day or so probably — but it's a huge achievement and it makes china only the second nation to successfully land on the red planet. and the space programme in china, it's advanced pretty quickly, hasn't it, in recent years? what is china's goal in space? china's goal, broadly speaking, is to use space to improve all of the aspects of what they term comprehensive national power. from the chinese perspective, space benefit chinese diplomacy, chinese technology, it is a great advertisement — it reinforces the legitimacy of the chinese communist party to its own people. space always has military implications. and conversely, by going to mars, it demonstrates that china can contribute to what they term the global pool of human knowledge. chin

convener of the alliance for true democracy in hong kong, in joins us from camber via skype, joseph cheng festival. what do you make of this? what's your reaction to these sentences? well, the sundays are exceptionally harsh because prosecutions against ego assembly and organizations go with some re which were open and then and tiredly non balance say for 5 years ago would only attract sentences. all community service now is because in terms up to 18 months, in the eyes of the pro democracy movement, it's the court case as well as d as a whole similar series of prosecutions actually mean dad. above the majority of the problem, democracy activates the leaders and now being detained in prison and so on. and meaning that the chinese authorities do not intend to allow any room for the more basic systems for the movements activities. and there are deals within the movement that perhaps put them across the parties, so dispatch and become, and joe's. and there are strong views of the movement that activists are no longer take part in the future actions at various levels. so one joe or cell sense

but 3 d, v, be journalists and to activists were arrested in the city of cheng my earlier this month for entering thailand, illegally, they said they had to escape me and mar, fearing they might be killed. they're being held in jail, awaiting a trial that could lead to deportation. so with thailand, they have law played host to many displaced communities. and so we're really urging the time already to continue providing safety not to court, these journalists and activists, or anyone really from me and my who is coming for safety for ty, foreign ministry is said they are concerned about the case, but they are seeking a humanitarian solution for the group of 5, but it's a very delicate situation for the administration here. ty, prime minister pro 10 or a former general, who initially came to power through a coo, has a close relationship with me in mars. jones leader, gentlemen, on line for the journalists still in me, unmarked. they have a decision to make almost every day stay and continue to report. or if they have the means go into hiding or leave the country and continue to work in

dean cheng is a senior analyst at the heritage foundation think tank focusing on china's space programmeen a long—term plan of china or is it something it has been working on quite recently? china has been planning a variety of exploratory programmes for some time. the mars probe looks like it is bubbly about five years old, from conception to completion, but it ties into the long—term chinese effort that dates back several decades.— chinese effort that dates back several decades. how difficult is this mission _ several decades. how difficult is this mission going - several decades. how difficult is this mission going to - several decades. how difficult is this mission going to be - several decades. how difficult is this mission going to be for| is this mission going to be for the chinese, is a tricky one to do? �* , , ., ., ., the chinese, is a tricky one to do? �* , i. ., ., ., do? any time you are landing on another planet's _ do? any time you are landing on another planet's surface, - do? any time you are landing on another planet's surface, that i another planet's surface, that is q

it's an insult to our democracy, and that's your reality cheng. >> thank you very much for that. 26 republicanrs in the problem-solving caucus, curious to see if they all vote for it than signed on. >>> a district attorney said andrew brown jr.'s killing was justified. now his family wanted the gist it is department to get involved, those are words from a lawyer of a capital riots suspect. he's going to join us live. priceline works with top hotels, to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal... you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. evei'm really nervous.al. i don't know what i should wear. just wear something not too crazy, remember it's a business dinner not a costume party. on a spotty network this is what she heard... just wear something crazy, remember it's a costume party. a costume party!? yes! anybody want to split a turkey leg? we know how much you count on us... ...and that's why we're here 24/7... ...and on the road maintaining a fast and reliable network. we're always working to ensure the internet meets your needs... ...by making access easier for all.

history tv as it san francisco, to hear the story of chinese people in america from historian charlie cheng, who leads a group of college students through the chinese historical society of america and then on a tour of china town. that's thursday beginning at 8 pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. i.c.e. acting director, tie, johnson testifies on homeland security operational priorities for the agency thursday morning. the board house appropriations subcommittee. watch a live beginning at 10 pm eastern, online at c-span that org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. from the days of martha washington, americas first ladies have been public figures. next on the presidency, betty boyd caroli talks about how mrs. washington and her successors have defined their unique position. she makes an interesting observational that many presidents actually married up, perhaps explaining why so many of their well educated and socially connected wives embrace their duties with countenance. -- first ladies, the ever-changing rule from what the washington to millennia trump.

we want you 0 cheng and unfortunately the message back was that the confederates would consider the demand change as a form of punishment. >> thank you for that thoughtful answer. our next question is from dawn, professor reynolds hutch more civil war history is yet to be discovered? >> well, i'm a great believer in what herman melville said, he said all subjects are infinite and the more that we learn about a subject, the more infinite it becomes. i think that there's a lot more civil war history to be discovered. i think that book after book after book that reveals more and more dimensions, and let me just tell everyone that now more than ever there's a lot to be discovered. buy and many, many newspapers, pamphlets, books, speeches, that used to be very, very hard to get, you would have to travel -- i don't know where -- california or here, there and every -- they're online and you can word search them through databases like accessible archives, early english books and on and on and on. so, i think we could be at the dawn of a whole new era of civil war scholarship and just scholar sharp

. >> sonia cheng there speaking to bloomberg.ving a look at those stellar japanese trade numbers, in particular standing out, the exports number four japan, the biggest jump in 11 years they would we have seen the numbers -- 11 years. we have seen imports coming and higher than expected as well. core machine orders, capex spending, month on month, a gain with missing estimates. also a contraction but less so than initially feared. it is that trade number, export numbers, a jump of 38%, the biggest gain in 11 years and bigger than expected with imports as well, coming at a time where we are seeing sustained yen weakness on the back of the move in the dollar. come, the market outlook with medley global advisors out of korea. re.ptocurrencies and a who we have the market open in sydney, soul, and tokyo upon us. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> will come to "daybreak: asia." haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts. our top stories. asian stocks mixed. dipping after the april meeting, the possibility of scaling back asset purchases. bitcoin, while swin