from break up with us now from johannesburg in south africa is irwin paul and he heads the chinese association in watching province mr pond thank you for being with us on the program i understand you and your family have been subjected to racism because of coronavirus can you tell us about. yes and thank you very much for having me so yes even before the covert 19 the coronavirus actually even. was shores yes abacha and the 1st case was diagnosed we already experienced this because it happened in china and you know i'm born in south africa been you know all my life and it was shocking during that time when we walked around we experience to go looking around in a mall me with my family and 3 kids and these gentleman and soon as they saw us just because of the color of us skin they covered a mouse and they walked on the side and tried to avoid us just because of the way we looked at school my children also face some of the things. daughter came back one day and said that she was being teased at school because she it was a it was a chinese virus going around and it's because the chinese people ea

the chinese association of automobile manufacturers has warned car sales could fall by up to 25% this year depending on the pandemic daimler, mercedes down 2%. bmw a strong rival in the market this morning germany is looking for a way to help lufthansa without taking a stake in the company the carrier is negotiating a 9 billion euro rescue package but the german government is split over whether to take a more active role in the airline quick look at the stock over the year you can see it's down 53%. among those stocks out there, that's been hard hit by the impact of coronavirus. let's take a look at this one. it was trying to reconstruct the business as it had plans to sell various arms over the last couple of years. you can see the stock price has been down 55%. it's reportedly said the german conglomerate need edz to speed up restructuring after the virus. mertz warned the steel maker is in, quote, a serious situation as the virus has caused the company to lose cash they may close in the summer looking to further funding. >>> to volkswagen, the stock is up by 0.50%. they saw sales p

limited, safe options in november state-wide and i want to recognize san francisco rising and the chinese association of justice and just cause, asian law caucus and acl ultimatufor ongoing advocacy. madam clerk, a role call. >> item 27 -- (role call). >> i didn't hear with the rumbling. >> item number 27. (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. so this resolution is adopted unanimously. so madam clerk, item number 28. item 28 is the resolution to recognise and celebrate may as asian pacific american heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and honor the countless contributions of the asian pacific american community. >> thank you, madam clerk and thank you colleagues for your patience in the last few items. i want to thank you for all of you, for your cosponsorship of this item to celebrate the asian pacific american heritage month. as you all know, traditions and policies to hold special accommodations for asian pacific american heritage month on the first tuesday of may. because due to the shelter-in-place orders, that was suspended. i hope we can do that again, but for now,

chinese companies listed on the u.s. financial markets with the goal of protecting american investors. investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing chinese companies that don't play by the same rules. americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. several of the most significant actions we are taking pertain to deeply troubling situations in hong kong. this week china imposed control over hong kong security. this was a plain violation of beijing's treaty obligations with the united kingdom in the declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of hong kong's basic law. it has 27 years to go. the chinese government's move against hong kong is the latest in a series of measures diminishing the city's long-standing and proud status. this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong, the people of china and indeed the people of the world. china claims it is protecting national security but the truth is that hong kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. beijing's decision extends the reach of china's security apparatus into what was a bastion of liberty. china's incursion along with recent developments that degra

limited, safe options in november state-wide and i want to recognize san francisco rising and the chinese association of justice and just cause, asian law caucus and acl ultimatufor ongoing advocacy. madam clerk, a role call. >> item 27 -- (role call). >> i didn't hear with the rumbling. >> item number 27. (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. so this resolution is adopted unanimously. so madam clerk, item number 28. item 28 is the resolution to recognise and celebrate may as asian pacific american heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and honor the countless contributions of the asian pacific american community. >> thank you, madam clerk and thank you colleagues for your patience in the last few items. i want to thank you for all of you, for your cosponsorship of this item to celebrate the asian pacific american heritage month. as you all know, traditions and policies to hold special accommodations for asian pacific american heritage month on the first tuesday of may. because due to the shelter-in-place orders, that was suspended. i hope we can do that again, but for now,

limited, safe options in november state-wide and i want to recognize san francisco rising and the chinese association of justice and just cause, asian law caucus and acl ultimatufor ongoing advocacy. madam clerk, a role call. >> item 27 -- (role call). >> i didn't hear with the rumbling. >> item number 27. (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. so this resolution is adopted unanimously. so madam clerk, item number 28. item 28 is the resolution to recognise and celebrate may as asian pacific american heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and honor the countless contributions of the asian pacific american community. >> thank you, madam clerk and thank you colleagues for your patience in the last few items. i want to thank you for all of you, for your cosponsorship of this item to celebrate the asian pacific american heritage month. as you all know, traditions and policies to hold special accommodations for asian pacific american heritage month on the first tuesday of may. because due to the shelter-in-place orders, that was suspended. i hope we can do that again, but for now,

chinese communists party. the question is how does the competition play out and what is associated with this, china acted in an egregious manner, they ward about this and in recent days arresting, who advocate for chinese people having a say in governing in hong kong, what you are seeing is they are racing to put in place this orwellian state. across china's population, it is going to happen in the backdrop, china not being able to look good on promises made on a program of national recrimination. as the economy contracts, to double down on practices that exacerbate the weakness and vulnerabilities, doubling down on prizes and so forth. the united states and free and open societies do everything we can to protect ourselves against efforts of the chinese communist party to vote for free-market economic systems and the democratic form of governance, to strike at the global economy that is not directly connected in the chinese communist party. the essence of supply chain vulnerabilities continues certainly and you will see this decoupling out of china because the chinese government is not a trusted partner, not a

we couldn't have done this without the input and expertise, including chinese progressive association and just cause and aclu and asian american's advancing justice through the asian caucus and i'm grateful for their guidance and on behalf of supervisor ronen, thank you to the cosponsors and we hope you'll support thi in this and e it forward. >> thank you so much. >> there would be other costs to implement the public health protections and disability access and we did not have that at the time of the ordinance. we do recommend this committee requests the director of elections to submit any additional cost information to the may 19th, board of supervisor's meeting. we also further recommend the board of supervisors consider amending the ordinance to have more information on costs included in the report backed by the department as specified by this ordinance. otherwise, we consider approval of the proposed ordinance to be a policy matter for the board. and i'm available for any questions may have. >> great. thank you so much, mrs. campbell. and i just want to mention or i understand th

limited, safe options in november state-wide and i want to recognize san francisco rising and the chinese association of justice and just cause, asian law caucus and acl ultimatufor ongoing advocacy. madam clerk, a role call. >> item 27 -- (role call). >> i didn't hear with the rumbling. >> item number 27. (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. so this resolution is adopted unanimously. so madam clerk, item number 28. item 28 is the resolution to recognise and celebrate may as asian pacific american heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and honor the countless contributions of the asian pacific american community. >> thank you, madam clerk and thank you colleagues for your patience in the last few items. i want to thank you for all of you, for your cosponsorship of this item to celebrate the asian pacific american heritage month. as you all know, traditions and policies to hold special accommodations for asian pacific american heritage month on the first tuesday of may. because due to the shelter-in-place orders, that was suspended. i hope we can do that again, but for now,

limited, safe options in november state-wide and i want to recognize san francisco rising and the chinese association of justice and just cause, asian law caucus and acl ultimatufor ongoing advocacy. madam clerk, a role call. >> item 27 -- (role call). >> i didn't hear with the rumbling. >> item number 27. (role call). >> there are 11 ayes. >> thank you. so this resolution is adopted unanimously. so madam clerk, item number 28. item 28 is the resolution to recognise and celebrate may as asian pacific american heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and honor the countless contributions of the asian pacific american community. >> thank you, madam clerk and thank you colleagues for your patience in the last few items. i want to thank you for all of you, for your cosponsorship of this item to celebrate the asian pacific american heritage month. as you all know, traditions and policies to hold special accommodations for asian pacific american heritage month on the first tuesday of may. because due to the shelter-in-place orders, that was suspended. i hope we can do that again, but for now,

administration, reportedly planning to cancel visas from thousands of chinese graduate students have ties to universities associatedto "new york times" beijing proving measures that under mini hong kong freedoms western i deals, form state department creates sean what is u.s. going to do we know power grab that china is making right now, not just in hong kong but, also, in india south china sea list goes on what should be the proper response from the united states? >> well the proper response should be something pretty tough that punishes ideally chinese communist party that governs china not so much people hong kong itself, we should be on their side i think we are on their side. at the end of the day, what this is is china once again breaking an international agreement, 1984 joint declaration with britain agreed to guarantee high degree of autonomy at least 50 years broken that pledge just as almost every international agreement i think best thing to do frankly to junk the phase one trade agreement, between the u.s. and china, china is already violating it crying poor saying oh we can't buy agricultural things we

senate has decided that it may have an association with the chinese government therefore that makes it illegal i think there could be a lot of legal questions more tensions to come i'm sure after that especially after the restrictions on a co-host of boom bust and investigative journalist ben swan thank you for your time. india is one of the most advanced developing countries it's the world's fastest growing large economy yet it has one of the worst public health systems and it's highlighted that by the pandemic well despite the 266 $1000000000.00 stimulus package the equivalent of 10 percent of india's g.d.p. economists argue it's simply not enough to address the devastation the country now faces in a nation of $1300000000.00 people goldman sachs now predicts india faces a 45 percent decline in its g.d.p. for the 2nd quarter for more we're joined by economics professor richard wolfe and author of the book understanding socialism professor good to see you thanks for coming on again my pleasure thank you all let's start with goldman sachs projecting this 45 percent right will there also

chinese companies listed on the u.s. financial markets with the goal of protecting american investors. investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and understood risks associatedh financing chinese companies that do not play by the aim rules. americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. several of the most significant actions we're taking pertain to deeply troubling situations unfolding in hong kong this week, china unilaterally imposed control over hong kong security this was a plain violation of beijing's treaty obligations with the yupted kingdom in the declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of hong kong's basic law, it has 27 years to go the chinese government's move against hong kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city's long standing and very proud status this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong, the people of china and indeed, the people of the world. china claps it is protecting national security but the truth is that hong kong was secure and prosperous as a free society beijing's decision reverses all of that. it extends the reach of china's invasive state security apparatus into what was formally a ba

we welcome a chinese authority, george magnus, an associate at the china center at oxford university. thanks for being with us. you up all of this over the years. is it more of the same or is there something deeper going on with the way china and the united states are talking to one another? orge: it is pretty deep and pretty dark. temperature of china u.s. relations as been getting -- i do not say a deep-freeze or boiling hot. either way. things have been getting progressively worse. you cast your mind back. it was not that long ago in january when president trump and president xi jinping agreed to a truce in the trade war. longmay not have lasted under the best of circumstances, but at that point we were still in a frosty environment, but one in which business was still possible and getting done. ever since then, it has been downhill. electionpresidential coming up at the end of this sided.t is not one side as bad on the chinese as the u.s. side. i think both sides are basically playing a tough game at the moment. david: what is the situation from president xi's point of view. we sa

chinese companies listed on the u.s. financial markets with the goal of protecting american investors. investment firms should not be subjecting clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing chinese companies that do not play by the same rules. americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. several of the most significant actions we're taking pertain to deeply troubling situations unfolding in hong kong. this week china imposed control over hong kong security. this is a plain violation of beijing's treaty obligations with the united kingdom in the declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of hong kong's basic law. it has 27 years to go. the chinese government's move against hong kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city's long-standing and very proud status. this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong. the people of china and indeed the people of the world. china claims it is protecting national security. but the truth is that hong kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. beijing's decision reverses all of that. it extends the reach of china's invasive state security apparatus into what was formally a bastio

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chinese liberace. and ken mitchell as an associate or such scholar at columbia university he says the united states isn't ready to completely reopen yet what we're seeing with a pandemic and this is globally but also if you look at different cities in the united states is that while it is possible to get ahead of the problem and minimize the damage in terms of lives lost and illness once you fall behind it's very very hard to catch up again it is no city in america where that more clear here than new york and new york city where i am now and this disc urge to reopen america not just before it's ready because some parts of the country does make sense to reopen america but without having a plan in place without having done the testing without having done the tracing well that have been planned to do all of the things is almost guaranteeing a 2nd wave and unfortunately there are many parts as bad as it's been in new york we have hospitals and frankly we have some very good hospitals here but rural america is under served by hospitals and other health care facilities so if this pandemic get to those parts of

and the association of chinese teachers, loren -- >> (indiscernible). >> hi.the head counsellor for the san francisco unified. >> (indiscernible). >> president sanchez: go ahead, miss marshall. >> sorry about that. superintendent matthews and commissioners and student delegates and my fellow colleagues on behalf of the association of chinese teachers i would like to announce the 2019-2020 scholarship winners. we had over 70 applicants and we're so proud of all of them and we wish we could give them each $2,000, but we have chosen these 19 select, and i'm going it go through that list right now. so for the scholarship we have from galileo, adrihanna may. and for the robert louis memorial scholarship, we have alex tran liu. and for another scholarship we have andrew seema who is off to larrharvard. and for the friends of tak scholarship, crystal chan going to yale. from the alan wong memorial scholarship, we have doris setu from galileo off to u.c. davis. and for another scholarship, we have kelly moss from ga galileof to u.c. berkeley. and for the troy louis fa

chinese companies listed on the u.s. financial markets with a goal of protecting american investors. investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associatedh financing chinese companies. do not play by the same rules. americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. several of the most significant actions detained to deeply troubling situations unfolding and a hong kong pier this week unilaterally proposed hong kong. this was a plain violation of beijing's obligations with the united kingdom and the declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of hong kong's basic love. it has 27 years to go. the chinese government moves against hong kong, the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city's long-standing and very proud status. this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong, the people of china, and indeed the people of the world. china claims that it is protecting national security. but the truth is, that hong kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. beijing's decision reverses all of that. it extends the reach of china's invasive state security apparatus into what was formally a bash of liberty. china's latest i

hope there's going to be an effort among countries that are vulnerable to chinese influence in the so-called debt trap associatedth the one road initiative to protect themselves against china attempting to create a servile relationship with these countries. i already see a higher degree of international cooperation i know that's not the common narrative but there is a lot of cooperation going on between european union uk japan the united states on confronting the policy of the chinese communist party but think it's going to grow as the crisis abates. let's move on from china to north korea what's going on there and how is the coronavirus impacted the relationships of north korea with the rest of the world? >> as we cope with this crisis we are a little bit taking our eye off some of these other key issues. the coronavirus has in many ways accelerated the trend of isolating the north korea regime under maximum pressure and in many ways covid-19 has been the best enforcement mechanism for un security council sanctions against north korea for its nuclear and missile programs. i think of course the last couple days

we couldn't have done this without the input and expertise, including chinese progressive association and just cause and aclu and asian american's advancing justice through the asian caucus and i'm grateful for their guidance and on behalf of supervisor ronen, thank you to the cosponsors and we hope you'll support thi in this and e it forward. >> thank you so much. >> there would be other costs to implement the public health protections and disability access and we did not have that at the time of the ordinance. we do recommend this committee requests the director of elections to submit any additional cost information to the may 19th, board of supervisor's meeting. we also further recommend the board of supervisors consider amending the ordinance to have more information on costs included in the report backed by the department as specified by this ordinance. otherwise, we consider approval of the proposed ordinance to be a policy matter for the board. and i'm available for any questions may have. >> great. thank you so much, mrs. campbell. and i just want to mention or i understand th

are currently locked up and they ching catrina you there for us in the chinese capital thanks very much katrina. is a program associate at the wilson center as kissinger institute which looks at us china relations she says it's likely the u.s. is using money as leverage and its ongoing trade war with china. this ruling has been something that i think canada has through diplomatic channels communicated to china to expect. the ruling is as indicated set that for her lawyers and within china this is definitely a much more than just a case of a one business executive acting in appropriately to subvert sanctions this is seen as a piece of a larger scale. us china competition and technologies that while away is producing and selling and the political ramifications of those products in the united states this is also been something that leadership has loot into broader policy at and policy interests in china i believe president trump has brought joe as a possible collateral in some of his negotiations with china so i think at this point this is only emboldened you know china's perception that this isn't just a sort of. conven

and the association of chinese teachers, loren -- >> (indiscernible). >> hi.the head counsellor for the san francisco unified. >> (indiscernible). >> president sanchez: go ahead, miss marshall. >> sorry about that. superintendent matthews and commissioners and student delegates and my fellow colleagues on behalf of the association of chinese teachers i would like to announce the 2019-2020 scholarship winners. we had over 70 applicants and we're so proud of all of them and we wish we could give them each $2,000, but we have chosen these 19 select, and i'm going it go through that list right now. so for the scholarship we have from galileo, adrihanna may. and for the robert louis memorial scholarship, we have alex tran liu. and for another scholarship we have andrew seema who is off to larrharvard. and for the friends of tak scholarship, crystal chan going to yale. from the alan wong memorial scholarship, we have doris setu from galileo off to u.c. davis. and for another scholarship, we have kelly moss from ga galileof to u.c. berkeley. and for the troy louis fa

onsaid imposing tariffs chinese imports would be the ultimate punishment. the associated press reports china covered up the extent of the outbreak so it could stock up on medical supplies. six-we coronavirus locked on the supposed to end today but instead has been extended by another two weeks. some work will be allowed to resume in parts of the country, though, the number of cases amongst the countries population has not fallen. officials say they have slowed the contagion, buying india "time to prepare." global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. i'm vonnie quinn. as state start lifting their lockdown orders, restaurants are among the first businesses to allow reopening. restrictions like cutting the number of seating in half for servers with masks. it will create a new normal across the country. eur michaelrant cimarusti, owner of providence, joins us now. talk about when you anticipate reopening pr

that provides great deal more information about the fact that it is the chinese company that your data may not be protected or associated with it. as it relates to tik-tok in particular i think and i have not done much work on this so far but we pushed our 5g and beyond bill over the finish line at least in the house and that is exciting but i do think that what you are referencing is the next element of how we create that balance as a consumer and if they want to use that tik-tok app that is their priority but where is the response ability to ensure that people recognize the risk and there is been great press reporting on the risks that did exist and that's been hobbled to the mark in public. >> host: in your previous jobs as u.s. postal inspector, cia, did you use a lot of technology and were you involved in technology at that point? >> guest: no, not particularly actually read as a cia cop case officer i was out meaning foreign assets who were providing information to the united states government and so when i was doing so i did so without a cell phone and without any way i can be tracked. my level of awareness is th

he also says imposing tariffs on chinese imports would the ultimate punishment and an explosive associated press report says try to has covered up the extent of the outbreak so it could stock up on medical surprise. the latest company to get u.s. approval for a coronavirus antibody test. it will scale up and quickly. findest is designed to people already exposed to the virus. and the prime minister of italy is expressed -- is facing a growing revolt. starting today, the nationwide lockdown is being eased. to reopening -- pressure continue the reopening is likely to increase. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in i'm than 120 countries, viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. francine? tom? francine: let's look at the -- tom: let's look at the data right now. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities i want to focus on the two year yield in the u.s. but in germany as well. the two-year yield in the u.s. controlled, grinding lower. it has a linear straight line versus what you're seeing in germany with the big negat

provides a great deal more information about the fact it is the chinese company, your data may not be protected. and that there risks associatedh it. so, as it relates to tiktok in particular, i haven't done much work on this so far, we just pushed our 5g and beyond bill over the finish line in the house. and that is exciting. but what you are referencing is the next element of how we create that balance if the consumer wants to use the tiktok app. that is their priority. but where is the responsibility to ensure people recognize the risks? there has been great reporting on the risks that exist, which is helpful to the american public. peter: congresswoman, in your previous jobs as a u.s. postal inspector, cia, did you use a lot of technology at that point? rep. spanberger: not particularly, actually. as a cia case officer, i was out meeting foreign assets who were providing information to the united states government. i was doing so without a cell phone, without any way i could be tracked. so my level of awareness is the fact that when i would go out to have a meeting, i would go without any electronics, anything that could t

a publication affiliated with the china coal transport and distribution association started speculating about this as well. chinesetations are being told not to purchase new cargoes of australian coal. that has been the target of china's interest before. last year, china slowed down imports, coinciding with australia's ban on huawei. there could be a more innocent explanation. there was a glut. may be trying it is looking to favor domestic producers. but as we have seen, this is how china roles in the current political environment and it is hard to look past the geopolitical motivation around the coronavirus inquiry. shery: paul allen there in sydney. don't forget, if you are away from the screen, find in-depth analysis and the big newsmakers on bloomberg radio, broadcasting live from our studio in hong kong. listen via the app and bloomberg radio plus or bloombergradio.com. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: vietnam is expecting economic growth to slow this year despite successful moves to contain the coronavirus outbreak. the prime minister told bloomberg the global fallout from the pandemic has affected vietnam's trad

great deal more information about the fact that it is this chinese company that your data may not be protected and there are risks associated with it. as as a relates to tiktok in particular i think, and i haven't done much work on this so far, we just pushed our 5g and beyond bill over the finish line at least in-house, and that's exciting but it do think what you are referencing is the next element of how is it that we create that balance if the consumer wants to use the tiktok outcome and that's their priority. but where's the responsibility to ensure that people recognize the risk? certainly there's been great press aboard and some of the risk that exist which have been helpful to the american public. >> host: in your previous jobs, as u.s. postal inspector, cia, did you use a lot of technology? were you involved in technology at that point? >> guest: not particularly actually. as a cia case officer i was out meeting foreign assets who were providing information to the united states government, and so when i was doing, i was doing so without a soulful, without any way i could be tracked. so my level of awareness is a fa

chinese communist party. so i guess the question of what we ought to track that is how does this competition play out and what is the internal dynamic associate with this? china has acted in an egregious manner. of course harassing the doctors tried to warn about this, and in recent days arresting people who advocate for the chinese people having a say in how their government, in hong kong and on the mainland. i think what you're seeing is the chinese comments party racing to put in place this orwellian state. what effect is that when you have on the chinese come across the chinese population? it is becoming more critical of the party, particularly in the way they've handled this crisis. this will happen against the backdrop of a slowing economy, china not being able to make good on promises it is made to his own people under this program of national -- as the economy tracks, i think there will be a tendency of the party to double down on practices that exacerbate the weakness and vulnerabilities in the economy, especially doubling down on support for state-owned enterprises and so forth. what does this mean? i think we are in a decoupling co