which is encouraging —— china daily. the government. which is encouraging -- china daily.lients all over the world in many different areas, what is their sense of this story right now? last year there was a lot of concern and fear that geopolitics was up and centre, do people feel more positive now?l little bit, it is a wait and see, this is a good first step and thank goodness there's the olympics and there's a south korean president hu from the word goes said he would engage. i think everybody feels it's moving in the right direction but it is still a wait and see. we don't know what kim jong—un will say because he is quite the citrus and we don't know what donald trump will say. —— vociferous. more than anything it's about keeping the language down because language matters. actions follow language. let's talk about carillion, which i have talked about everyday, carillion held £29 million in its final days according to the ft. this is keith cochrane, interim ceo of carillion, lots of details came out ofa carillion, lots of details came out of a document that he had to pu

china daily leads with optimistic news for china's economy, as the countries gdp rose by 6.9% last yearreversing a downward trend for the first time since 2010. the guardian financial pages report the a380 super—jumbo has been thrown a lifeline by its biggest arline customer, emirates, who agreed to buy up to 36 more planes from airbus. and, finally, on front of the telegraph, uk foreign secretary borisjohnson has suggested to french president emanuel macron that a new bridge should be built between britain and france. he said it was "ridiculous" that two of the world's biggest economies were "linked by a single railway". mr macron reportedly replied "i agree. "let's do it. " to let stewart. —— let's do it. with me isjoel kibazo, who is a partner atjk associates and a former director of communications at africa development bank. thank you forjoining us once again. the shutdown, we do not know if it is going to happen. i was talking to a journalist from the wall street journal, he thought that it was going to happen, which rather ties in donald trump's message that yes, this is the real.

china daily leads with optimistic news for china's economy, as the countries gdp rose by 6.9% last yearhe first time since 2010. the guardian financial pages report the a380 super—jumbo has been thrown a lifeline by its biggest arline customer, emirates, who agreed to buy up to 36 more planes from airbus. and, finally, on front of the telegraph, uk foreign secretary borisjohnson has suggested to french president emanuel macron that a new bridge should be built between britain and france. he said it was "ridiculous" that two of the world's biggest economies were "linked by a single railway". mr macron reportedly replied "i agree.

the china daily reveals that china is to begin the process of selecting the next generation of astronautsntry's planned space station, which is due to become fully operational in four yea rs. and the south china morning post carries a cheery headline on its front page— the ‘corridor of pain‘. it shows a picture ofjust some of the 62,000 runners who took part in the hong kong marathonjust before daybreak yesterday. 32 of them, the paper reveals, ended up in hospital, where they were treated for the effects of pollution. now, a rather unusual comment by the pope has sparked some discussion online. yes — pope francis has been spending his final day in peru, telling nuns to avoid gossip. he was speaking to a gathering of nuns in lima, when he gave this bit of advice to them: a p pa re ntly apparently the pope was telling them that they shouldn't be gossiping and he said something about terrorism as well. now, the nuns were a receptive audience, but not everyone in peru was so impressed. pope francis also mentioned what he called ‘the terrorists of ayacucho' — who were involved in an uprising

we begin with the china daily, which reports that chinese president xi jinping spoke with american presidentis not attending the north korea crisis summit in vancouver today, but says its important the international community stays united. the financial times leads with carillion crisis, as does most of the uk papers this morning. they reveal that carillion was left with just £29 million when it collapsed this week. and the metro, its headline reads taking the piste, which is a dig at former carillion boss richard howson, who it says owns a six—bedroom ski chalet in the alps.

the china daily reveals that china is to begin the process of selecting the next generation of astronautstrain to work on the country's planned space station, which is due to become fully operational in four years. and the south china morning post carries a cheery headline on its front page — the "corridor of pain". it shows a picture ofjust some of the 62,000 runners who took part in the hong kong marathonjust before daybreak yesterday. 32 of them, the paper reveals, ended up in hospital, where they were treated for the effects of pollution. now, kasia, a rather unusual comment by the pope has sparked some discussion online. yes, pope francis has been spending his final day in peru telling nuns to avoid gossip. he was speaking to a gathering of nuns in lima when he gave this bit of advice to them. translation: you know what a nosy nun is? a terrorist, because gossip is like a bomb. one throws it, it causes destruction, and you walk away calmly. no terrorist nuns, no gossip. i know the best remedy against gossip is to bite your tongue. now, the nuns were a receptive audience, but not ever

let's ta ke let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. 0n the front page of the china dailyre in the east china sea. this picture shows a salvage ship still trying to put out the fire on board. 32 crew members were on board and still only one body has been recovered. and following up on yesterday's story in the straits times about a government panel to combat fake news. the 10 mps who will sit on that select committee have now been named. they will report on the causes and effects of the on line falsehoods, and look for solutions. and on the front page of the japan times, sony lets its robot pet off the leash. the tech giant re—lauched aibo in a bid to lead the race for state—of—the—art ai robotics. steven spielberg believes the trump administration is using the same tactics as president nixon to "try to silence the press." friday sees the release of his latest film, "the post," which tells the story of the leaking of confidential papers during the vietnam era. the veteran director spoke to our arts editor, will gompertz. this is a devastating security breach. before the wat

the china daily focuses on a new development for the belt and road initiative. ion dedicated to handing disputes that arise from the silk road project. the japan times features the volcano that erupted near a japenese ski resort in gunma prefecture on tuesday. the paper reports the news that a 49—year—old member of japan's self defence force died, and ii other people were injured after mount kusatsu—shirane erupted. and the philippines enquirer also discusses volcanic eruptions. it shows this remarkable photo of lava spewing out of mount mayon in the philippines, with the news that the danger zone surrounding it has been expanded. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. the baywatch actress pamela anderson has defended her comments about the alleged victims of the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. miss anderson previously said the women knew what they were getting into. now she's told the bbc women in general need to be more protective of themselves. it's awards season in hollywood and the nomi

the china daily reports on a phone call between donald trump and chinese president xijingping about north would like nations involved to keep up momentum to ease the tensions. trump reportedly said the united states values china's role in this matter in the korean peninsular. shifting our attention to the straits times and it headlines a deal between singapore and its neighbour across the border, malaysia, to build a rapid transit system link between the two countries. it says in seven years singaporeans and malaysians will be able to hop on and of train every eight minutes to get across the border. finally you have the international edition of the japan times and it reports on flu cases in the country. it says the health ministry expects the peak flu season to run until february this year. the ministry asks the public to wear masks or cover their mouth so as to not spread the flu through sneezing or coughing. those are the top stories from major publications around the world. meanwhile the ad controversy continues. well, rico, the mother of a five year old child model is caught up in a r

the china daily focuses on some strong economic data that shows growth beating forecasts to reach 6.9%since 2010 despite financial regulatory tightening and measures against pollution. and the straits times here in singapore reports that higher paid professionals and managers will be entitled to improved employment terms. it will mean that the executives will have rights to paid sick leave and compensation for wrongful dismissals under the proposed changes to the law. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? sharanjit, the newly engaged royal couple have caught people's attention online. and hundreds of people have greeted prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle at cardiff castle on theirfirst official visit to wales. the royal couple arrived to huge cheers and after meeting members of the public theyjoined a festival celebrating welsh culture inside the castle. the couple, who are due to marry in may, are on a tour of uk cities to introduce meghan to her new home. i think we will be seeing a lot more of them. so as we heard earlier this week north and south korea will mar

china daily is reporting on the visit of french president emmanuel macron‘s three day visit to china.o nations as paris emerges as a key chinese partner in europe following britain's decision to abandon the european union. on the guardian australia website, a story we've also been covering in the programme — gay marriage. the headline on the site reads "finally! gay couples' weddings officially mark dawning of marriage equality", as couples around the country officially start tying the knot, a month after gay marriage was legislated. and on the front page of the washington post, a picture of oprah winfrey next to donald trump. the story looks at the excitement and rumours that tv personality oprah could, orshould run in the next us presidential election, following her barnstorming speech at the golden globes on sunday. in trending, oprah's golden globes speech is sparking discussions online. what a speech. it has really got people talking about the possibility that oprah might stand for president. can you imagine? one of the biggest things trending across social media today is the gol

and the china daily reports president xi jinping wants a high tech upgrade to the countries militaryund the world. in trending, a sumo wrestler‘s troubles are sparking discussions online? indeed, they are. it's the news of a fine for former sumo grand champion, harumafuji, has been much discussed. it's not so much the amount, he's just been fined 500,000 yen, that's $4,400, he was found guilty of assault. the wrestlerfrom mongolia had apparently hit a junior colleague over the head during a night out injapan. it was a serious injury. the younger man had a fractured skull. but his weapon of choice was a karaoke machine remote control. now to a disturbing story from australia where three people are still in the hospital after snorting a powder they mistook for cocaine. nine young backpackers in total were rushed to hospital in perth after ingesting the mystery powder which arrived in the post addressed to someone else. they suffered seizures, paralysis and hallucinations. officials say the drug hyoscine was found in the powder —— powder. it's gaining notoriety as a date rape drug and w

and the china daily looks the country's people's liberation army beginning land, waterand airtrainingas called on the military to continue improving its combat—ready training so it will be able to win modern wars. that brings you up to date with some of the papers. now, what's caught your eye online, reged ? this story is trending right now. it's the german tennis star boris becker hitting back at what he describes as a racist tweet by a far—right mp. it comes afterjens maier of alternative for germany used a derogatory word to describe becker's son, noah. he has an african—american grandfather on his mother's side. the twitter post has since been deleted. more than 30 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship off the east coast of china. three women have accused the australian actor craig mclachlan of indecent assault during a tour of the musical, the rocky horror show. the 52—year—old, best known for his roles playing a heart—throb in the long—running tv soap operas neighbours and home and away, says the allegations are baseless and vicious. the wom

the china daily reports that xi jinping's new year's address to the nation has gone down very well.eaking of his plans for reform went viral in its first few hours on social media. it has already been viewed more than 11 million times on weibo. and the new york times has an offer which is probably out of the reach of most of us. $500 million for a home in los angeles is what one property developer is asking. it boasts 20 bedrooms, four swimming pools, and its own beauty salon. now, kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? mariko, a group of new zealanders and their creative way of getting around the law has caught people's attention online. they built an island out of sand, in coastal waters, so that they could have a drink on new year's eve. they did this because there is a ban on drinking alcohol in public in this part of the country. but they argued that their island was in international waters, and exempt from the official liquor ban. you can read more on that story at bbc.com/news. video games have been around for years. but, as their popularity has increased, so ha

the china daily, we want to focus on the picture of snowflake, an image of the eight—year—old with hisis month, attracting international attention to children living in rural poverty. the paper says that boy was invited to beijing to the top police academy and that a p pa re ntly top police academy and that apparently that is his dream, to become a police officer one—day. a grumpy cat is doing the rounds on line — the cat's permanent scowl has won more than $700,00 in a copyright lawsuit after its owners sued a us coffee company. the company had secured the rights to use the cat's image to sell its "grumppuccino" iced drink, but overstepped the mark by selling other grumpy products without permission. lawyers for the cat said "grumpy cat feels vindicated." grumpy at cute. —— at cute. —— but cute. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa says he's committed to free, fair and transparent elections in the country and that he will respect the will of the people. he was speaking at the world economic forum in davos, where he became the first zimbabwean leader to attend. and in his first tv i

and the china daily features snowflake boy on its front page.ear—old with his head covered in icicles went viral this month, attracting international attention to children living in rural poverty. the paper says the boy was invited to beijing for a tour of china's top police academy. his dream is to become a police officer one day. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa says he's committed to free, fair and transparent elections in the country and that he will respect the will of the people. he was speaking at the world economic forum in davos, where he became the first zimbabwean leader to attend. and in his first tv interview since his inauguration, mr mnangagwa told the bbc‘s mishal husain about his plans for early elections and the economy. let's talk about zimbabwe's relations with other countries. now, president trump is on his way to davos, i wonder what you thought when you heard about his reported comments about some african countries being s***holes?. yes, i have my foreign minister here, he informed me about that but he has also told

the china daily takes a look at the business of teaching the nation's tots. wealthy parents are happy to pay out to see their toddler reach the top of the class. that's got investors excited. but high prices and limited space mean many kids are missing out. the front page of the japan times features a new years resolution that might turn your blood cold. around 100 very brave swimmers took the plunge into freezing water. this traditional version of the ice bucket challenge is said to bring good health. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? what do you do when you get a craving for your favourite dish but you are hundreds of miles away from getting it? well, a british ex—pat curry addict who was missing his favourite spicy meal arranged for it to be delivered to france. pilot james emery organised the long—haul delivery with the owner of a curry restaurant in southsea, hampshire. a total of 89 meals, 70 side dishes, 75 portions of rice, 100 papadums, and ten servings of mango chutney were prepared and packed on to an aircraft for the one—off fligh

and the china daily is running a story about the significance of two books spotted on president xijinping's background during his new year speech, leading some to suggest that this reflects china's next ambition regarding ai. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has paid tribute in lithuania to a japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 jews from the holocaust. chiune sugihara defied tokyo to issue visas tojewish refugees, allowing them to escape to japan and elsewhere. janey mitchell has more. handshakes handsha kes and japanese handshakes and japanese flags, a surprisingly warm welcome, perhaps, for shinzo abe, so far from surprisingly warm welcome, perhaps, for shinzo abe, so farfrom home. but that the faction has deep roots dating back to the second world war. —— that affection. shinzo abe's visit was to a museum that once served as the japanese embassy in lithuania. a month before, chiune sugihara was appointed vice consul in1939, sugihara was appointed vice consul in 1939, german and allied soviet forces attacked neighbouring poland, prompting a flood of german refugees eastwards a cross prom

and the china daily looks the country's people's liberation army beginning land, waterand airtrainingproving its combat—ready training so it will be able to win modern wars. now what's caught your eye online, reged 7 it's the german tennis star boris becker hitting back at what he describes as a "racist" tweet by a far—right mp. it comes afterjens maier — of alternative for germany — used a derogatory word to describe becker's son, noah. he has an african—american grandfather on his mother's side. the twitter post has since been deleted. after months of escalating nuclear tension, senior officials from the two koreas are due to meet on tuesday for the first time in more than two years. they will discuss a proposal by kim jong—un to send a delegation to next month's winter olympics in south korea — so is everyone is holding their breath? and is this meeting really going to happen? joining me now from seoul is hyung eun—kim from our korean service. the first talks between the two that since 2015 so there is much anticipation. resume you believe the media there is all over it? that is co

french president emmanuel macron made the front page of the china daily, celebrating joint progress witheting and the upcoming military talks that have been agreed too. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's look at what is trending right now. first the lizards in florida — now alligators in north carolina are showing how they adapt to survive cold weather. at shallotte river swamp park they've been poking out their nostrils and breathing through holes in the ice. when the water is this cold, they enter a state of hibernation and doing this helps them to breathe. it is unsurprising that alligators have been around for so long. calls have been growing for the release of two reuters journalists in myanmar who are facing accusations of breaching the country's official secrets act. wa lone and jaw soe oo were detained on december 12th and are due to make their second appearance in court in yangon on wednesday. the two had worked on reuters coverage of the crisis in the western state of rakhine. an estimated 655,000 rohingya muslims have fled to neighbouring bangladesh.

and the china daily reports president xi jinping wants a high tech upgrade to the countries militaryries of key publications around the world. in trending, a sumo wrestler‘s troubles are sparking discussions online? indeed, they are. it's the news of a fine for former sumo grand champion, harumafuji, has been much discussed. it's not so much the amount, he's just been fined 500,000 yen, that's $4,400, he was found guilty of assault. the wrestlerfrom mongolia had apparently hit a junior colleague over the head during a night out injapan. it was a serious injury. the younger man had a fractured skull. but his weapons of choice was a karaoke machine remote control. the australian government says it will legalise exports of the drug cannabis for medicinal purposes. it would join canada and the netherlands in doing so, while uruguay and israel have announced similar plans. but australia says it wants to become the world's leading exporter of medicinal cannabis. joining me from melbourne to talk more on this is dr tony bartone, the vice president of the australian medical association. what

the china daily reports that xi jinping's new year's address to the nation has gone down very well. of his plans for reform went viral in its first few hours on social media. it's has already been viewed more than 11 million times on weibo. and the new york times has an offer which is probably out of the reach of most of us. $500 million for a home in los angeles is what one property developer is asking. it boasts 20 bedrooms, four swimming pools and its own beauty salon. now, kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? mariko, a group of new zealanders and their creative way of getting around the law has caught people's attention online. they built an island out of sand in costal waters, so that they could have a drink on new year's eve. they did this because there's a ban on drinking alcohol in public in this part of the country. but they argued that their island was in "international waters" and exempt from the official liquor ban. you can read more on that story at bbc.com/news. video games have been around for years — but as their popularity has increased, so has debat

they told china daily there is read -- prices incorporate productivity have improved.tral bank thanks higher interest rates will help squeeze asset bubbles and restraint that expansion. expect 25 basis point hike this year. has named opposition and 92-year-old as its candidate for prime minister in an election it must be held by august. malaysia's longest-serving premier had tried to topple the prime minister and his coalition. the opposition says if he wins he will remain prime minister until jailed de facto leader is able to take over. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am paul allen. this is bloomberg. david: we are looking at the asian benchmark looking over 180 . maybe at record highs but the earnings season -- when you look at profit estimates for all sectors across the region have been raised over the last three months, it speaks to this global synchronization. we are joined by our asia reporter out of singapore. a good morning to you. some good morning as we head into this new training we

manus: caroline, the front page of "the china daily" has a380 orders, a number influx. head of state goes through china, and every head of state wants to be able to hold up a piece of paper and go, i want business. so what is realistically deliverable for macron on this visit for airbus? caroline: every head of state also takes a big delegation of executives with him to china, this is putting emmanuel macron -- this is what emmanuel macron is doing. the has people from airbus, saffron, and bnp paribas, societe generale. the theory that everyone is expecting is the one with airbus. it seems like the final details are still being discussed. friday thatrted on china could order as many as 100 aircrafts, but the real game changer would be if airbus china, to sell a380's to these larger passenger jets, the that airbus has been having a lot of difficulty selling over the past couple years. according to "the financial times," it seems like there is a discussion where airbus could sell in industrial partnership to china. there's also an increase of productions. this is the deal

bbc is accused of breaking equality law after carrie gracie steps down as the corporations china editor. the daily says that britain is in the grip of a killerflu — the worst outbreak for 50 years. shall we start with the reshuffle? it's going to be tomorrow isn't it? and tuesday. we are told it will be reshuffled, it will be a huge surprise is not given the publicity in advance. the daily telegraph is saying made to appoint no deal minister, rather than secretary of state ? minister, rather than secretary of state? according to the telegraph that will be steve baker, a leading leave campaigner, his number two at the brexit department at the moment. eurosceptics believe the brexit department at the moment. eurosce ptics believe that the brexit department at the moment. eurosceptics believe that appointing ano eurosceptics believe that appointing a no deal minister will help britain when a better deal on brexit as it was show the eu mrs may is serious about walking away. i think she is serious about that already and not appointing a new minister won't affect what brussels will think about the exit

the china daily said alibaba's main rival, jd.com, will open more than 1000 fresh foods doors withinive years, after cutting the ribbon on its first store in beijing on thursday. --haad: sources saying it is a deal that could be worth $2.5 billion. we are told this mumbai listed company made a nonbinding offer through its american division. the owner moves to expand his overseas operations. sell ther agreement to higher based solaris. that was structure your security concerns. u.s.: gas prices in the running hot at a time of the winter freeze. we will be assessing when the rally is likely to cool. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we're back with "bloomberg markets." and rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: i'm haidi lun in sydney. natural gas has surged to 60 times the going rate as blizzard conditions stoke demand. the market mayhem is having a knock on effect even in regions far away from the stormy weather. let's get over to our energy reporter. it must be strange to be looking at these pictures of the blizzard. how long does this distortion last? what are the widespread impacts we a

if you just read china daily everyday or once a week you see china has thrown their arms open to thes canada or this weekend brazil, pakistan, you name it. their one belt one road initiative is going to dominate the next 30, 40 years of trade agreements if we don't start waking up and if donald trump doesn't stop looking backward and start looking forward. >> he keeps talking about america first, america first. when you have to say it, that's not the reality. but we'll see what happens. andrea mitchell, thank you very much for being on. we'll be watching at noon eastern on "andrea mitchell reports." george will and robert costa, thank you both as well. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," our next guest spent six months reporting a major profile on paul manafort. frankford joins with us his sweeping new piece. and as andrea mitchell mentioned earlier this block it's been exactly one year since thousands of americans descended on airports nationwide to protest president trump's executive order barring citizens of seven mostly muslim countries. here's part of how our "morning joe" team ta

and again, you look at china daily.y, all they're doing is it was great to meet the canadian p.m., we're opening two weeks -- they are looking outward. they are being aggressive, they are looking to 2050 and we have a president that's looking back to 1950. >> china is the most formidable economic force of our lifetime and it has disproven all the pessimists and is growing fast. it is expanding. the one belt one road is going to tie them together. with much of asia and europe. and increase their influence. and they, and we took the ball and we were like on the ten yard line and we walked off the playing field and said here, it's all yours. one other thing on trade while we're on it. trump is starting to put tariffs on products, he put tariffs on washing machines. he'll save some jobs perhaps. everyone is going to pay more for washing machines because of what he just did. >> and solar panels, this was the fastest growing job, which is solar panel installers, 20,000 to 20 25,000 americans are likely to not have jobs becaus

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it is very interesting, it does seem in this field that china certainly is already ahead. let's look at the dailyraph, this is a stark headline, isn't it? children who are already obese at 11 doomed to early death. children are facing a lifelong battle with ill health. what struck me about this is that i think the language used in this particular report does seem to be extremely ha rd—hitting. we're talking about the word doomed, they are saying that most children who are saying that most children who are obese at 11 are probably going to be obese for life and it is talking about taking perhaps 20 yea rs of healthy talking about taking perhaps 20 years of healthy life, nt news of your total lifespan. and of course, that seems to be, again, extremely worrying. in some reports, they have been quite good at tackling this issue at right now, this report is also saying that right now the outcome for children in scotland is particularly bad. again, looking at advertising foods to children, that could be creating obesity. stopping smoking in playgrounds and to me, thatis smoking in playgrounds and to me

india moves to counter china's growing influence that being hosted by prime minister narendra modi the day marks the adoption of the indian constitution in one nine hundred fifty daily sixty thousand security personnel would have floyd in new delhi for the parade the un says that at least thirty refugees and migrants drowned off the coast of the southern yemeni city aden it says that a boat heading to djibouti capsized when people smugglers on board reportedly opened fire the overcrowded vessel is carrying one hundred fifty two somalis and ethiopians who were fleeing the war in yemen and those are the headlines will have more news for you on al-jazeera of the inside story next. from afghanistan to south sudan to syria aid groups that were once almost

but a few of them kind of fell short somewhere in the translation news portal of china's state newspaper people's daily bay tree and slated the word to mean countries that suck taiwan central news agency switched it to mean countries where birds don't lay eggs they must that when they're in the japanese daily opted for word meaning countries that are dirty like toilets. new york daily news didn't even bother with words they thought and the moji it said it all and this is their cover for friday and we want to hear from you if you follow me on twitter you would have seen me asking you if you think al-jazeera should say trump's curse word on air most of you think we should not store here wrote in said when they go low we go high to quote millennia and michelle let us know what you think as always use the hash tag a jane is. thank you laos is just been a surreal day hasn't it my goodness contact details coming for you on screen now lots of you on the live stream at the moment and lots of comments coming in a quick sample windies says he does not represent the usa i live in simon says he's right but as pres

michael: with respect to china reevaluating its international holdings, if i were managing a $3.120-valued portfolio of international holdings, i would be reevaluating out on a dailyis. so the notion that china is reevaluating particularly with interest rate trends in the u.s., with the potential for further economic growth, and the potential for there to be additional trade and economic tensions, that's only natural. when we look at what is going on in foreign investment in china, its quite interesting. because there has been a lot of pushback. reported,nies have you have reported, others have reported that china is becoming more nationalistic. if you look at some of their 2025,tives, manufacturing internet plus, these are all in part designed to displace foreign companies. and the trend of foreign investment is slowing. however, there are also senior chinese leaders who understand that if china is going to go to the next level of its development, it has to find a way to work with foreign companies, foreign investors. and my company did an analysis late last year, and looking at the impact of u.s. companies on china's economy. and while last year the inflow of fo

conductor company in china. 1997 highs after hitting the daily limit of a 10% gain. >> thank you veryh. donald trump has responded to kim jong-un's latest threats, saying that the u.s. has a much bigger and more powerful nuclear button. manus: the protests in iran have intensified. talks have intensified about imposing sanctions against the islamic republic. >> officials raised rates for the third time last year. the market had to deal with this as a come into 2018. manus: there is all talk and there a few answers from the fomc. let's try to make sense of the politics and the markets. welcome, happy new year. here we go. it is one of janet yellen's final swan songs, in terms of information that we get from her. it is about why we have justified three rate hikes. the market wants reassurance. >> i think that is right. i think the real question for the markets is around inflation. the marketsround this year, the three focuses will be liquidity, inflation, and the macroeconomic earnings momentum. if we take the inflation outlook, the question is, how can they justify three rate hikes thi

he's on wall street force so we should we really be looking at the daily movements up and down of bitcoin or is this news out of china really market changing this time. danielle if i mean if you wanted to make some short term profits you could have already made it and god knows terry bunch of congo been left out there already but with con is exposed to many regulatory issues to wait for it to save life on a daily basis and i'm using the current base prices here now even if it is down now it's up for the week but it down for the month so looking at the chart doesn't really tell you anything about the reasons and just changing constantly maybe to put things in perspective for a little bit more and it took nearly seven years from that coin to reach this all run from one to twenty seventeen and remember the finite supply of bit corn and this should eventually incur it's a positive price cycle so maybe it is just not about returns for early investors then you know and if it's still early ok and looking elsewhere you can see electric car maker tesla's share price jumped five percent on monday after a rocky week what's up.

china's ambassador to the african union denounce reports in the french daily le monde. kuangwei lane said the allegation beijing spies on the board he was absurd according to the article technicians at the african union headquarters discovered that the content. on their computers had been regularly copy to servers in shanghai since twenty twelv. the soaring conference hall was built by the chinese in two thousand twelve as a symbol of the friendship between africa and china. but beijing may have had other intentions in mind. according to a reports by a french newspaper le monde chinese engineers purposely installed flawed security systems in the building. and use them to spy on the continental body for several years. generate two thousand seventnteen african union technicians noticed that confidential data was systematically being sends to mystery servers based in shanghai. and a few months later security experts allegedly found several microphones hidden inside the buildings offices and walls. china's ambassador to the african union denied t the findings. and slammed w

life's a daily struggle for an education, health care, the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie quits her dispute about equal pay — accusing the corporation of breaking the law. fears of an environmental disaster as a tanker continues to burn and leak oil into the east china sea. and a new meaning to the fa cup replay — with the first video assistant referee. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, the last of the fa cup third round ties between brighton and crystal palace and details of the fourth round draw. good evening. the prime minister has been carrying out a reshuffle of her cabinet with a few new faces but the big beasts mostly staying in post. the education secretary justine greening has quit after refusing to move to the department for work and pensions, a previousjunior minister in the department, esther mcvey, has stepped into the role instead. the immigration minister, brandon lewis, has been named as the new conservative party chairman while jeremy hunt continues as health secretary but has been given an expanded role including social care. our political edito

china is causing a backup of recycled material here at home. >> reporter: these recycled trucks ring in 650 tons of recycled material daily. bales and bales of the cleanest material in the world that is exported, most of it going to china for reprocessing. as of new year's day china has changed the regulation involving the cleanliness of the materials they import. >> china is no longer going to take these bales until we can get the impurities down to 1%. >> reporter: that leads -- leaves most of the recyclers unacceptable. they are not taking bales of paper and plastic because there's too much impurities. that's gonna go to southeast asia. there is only limited capacity in southeast asia, once that is gone, this will start piling up at other recyclers. >> cities around the globe, and the recycling companies that serve those cities are working very hard to find new homes for this material. >> reporter: the only alternatives are putting into landfills or incinerating it worldwide. that would quickly and substantially raise garbage and recycling fees at nationwide. the solution is in every individuals hands. wash out candleÃc

daily." she may be the picture of modern china, but this is minji's favorite restaurant, chun.na and shanghai in particular might be transforming fast, but this place stays resolutely the same. mrs. qu runs the place, serving classic, home-style shanghainese. there's no menu, no waiting list, and you only get a seat if she likes you. >> minji: oh, i ordered -- i ordered too much. sorry. >> anthony: no, that's fantastic. >> minji: i was trying to get all my favorite dishes. >> anthony: no, i'm very happy. we're joined by minji's friends, liu jing, an artist, and matthew lei, a restaurateur. this looks fantastic. how do you eat these? whole? >> minji: i eat them whole because i really like this. ooh. >> anthony: that works. mmm! >> minji: good, yeah. >> anthony: oh, they're good. >> minji: i think they cook it, you know, a few seconds. that's the secret. >> anthony: youbao xia are tiny little shrimp, deep fried first, and then quickly tossed in the wok with garlic, ginger, salt, and soy. what is classic shanghainese food? what's distinctive about it? well, this, for instance. it'

the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie has quit her role in a dispute about equal pay, accusing the corporation of breaking the law. life is a dailytruggle for education. and on newsnight, after a well—received speech at the golden globes, america is abuzz with talk that oprah will run for president in 2020. it will be an interesting election to see winfrey versus trump. could it happen? could she win? good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has been carrying out a reshuffle of her cabinet, with a few new faces, but the big beasts mostly staying in post. the education secretary justine greening has quit after refusing to move to the department for work and pensions. a previous junior minister in the department, esther mcvey, has stepped into the role instead. the immigration minister brandon lewis has been named as the new conservative party chairman, while jeremy hunt continues as health secretary but has been given an expanded role, including social care. our political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flashing images. are you confident of staying in government? two—and—a—half hours to say "i quit." the

the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie has quit her role in a dispute about equal pay, accusing the corporation of breaking the law. life is a dailypeech at the golden globes, america is abuzz with