seriously infringed chinese citizens legitimate rights and interests that violent naturere. china was firmly opposed. we urge the us to take seriously opposition correct the mistakes and withdrew the arrest warrant against a chinese citizen. washington wants ms mang extradited on charges she misled banks about hallways business dealings in iran. putting them at risk of viviolating us sanctions. the diplomatic status complicated by the ongoing trade standoff between the us and china over beijingngs tech ambitions and alleged on fat trade practices. speaking in doubles always deputy chairman h. businesses to speak up for the trade war spirals out of control. i would strongly advocate that the business community two wars to opinions to the government. to that aparartment under there understand the requirements from the business community. otherwise i wore it out to mail the trans. willllxpand to many many hardrict industries in the countries. who always at the forefront of china's tech ambitions? the world's biggest producer of telecommunications. it's in the west it's facing i

. >> as a chinese citizen, it is important to support phones made in china. >> until recently, they were the largest traded company in the if convicted, a 40 eight-year-old could face up to 20 years behind bar. is offering him assistance because he is a joint u.s. u.k. national. of spying for america, he could face 20 years if convicted. he denies the charges. release onrequested bail. his detention and arrest baseless. it is based on supposition he will escape and hinder the investigation process. we are asking for bail instead. >> the resident is a former u.s. marine and works as a security chief for an international auto parts manufacturer. his family insists he is innocent. they say he was visiting moscow for a wedding. authorities arrested him less friday at the hotel in the capital. according to a russian news agency, he was apprehended after receiving a usb stick of employees of a classified department. the case is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat spying accusations in washington. putin pleadedaria guilty for acting as a foreign agent in the u.s.. ties between the two countri

/chinese citizens.ng says china has been issuing exit bans on americans prohibiting them from leaving often without warning. >>> fortune reports americans will still have to file taxes during the government shutdown but they shouldn't expect a refund. the irs is running on a skeleton staff during the now two-week-old shutdown. if it drags on, early filers won't receive the refund they're expecting. many people rely on those refunds to pay down debt, catch up on bills or make major purchases. >>> and britain's guardian reports that an effort to discredit new congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez with a college dance video backfired. the 30 second video shows her dancing on a rooftop. it was made back in 2010 when she was a college student in boston. but instead of embarrassing her, the video's released prompted a huge outpouring of support on social media, some calling her adorable and joyous. the 29-year-old new york democrat was sworn in yesterday. >>> still to come, smartphone psychiatry. how apps ma

government and chinese, the chinese citizen seems to be able to separate thi pol turmoil with the sound real estate vestments. >> and what did you think of the buyers that came to talk to tey. >> rep olson, who sells real estate in the san francisco bay area, attended the show and said not only are chinese buyers active in u.s. housing, the pool is expanding to the middle class mortgage dependent chinese buyer. in the past it was mostly wealthyrsash the median price of a home sold to a chinese buyer dropped last year from just under $530,000 to $439,000. the chinese are also expanding their sites from california to lower priced markets in texas, georgia and florida. >> the chinese people still see the united stat a a safe harbor where they can take their assetsnd park their money. not only for their money, but also for the future of their children. >> reporter: olson has several chinese clients whose children e already worki at u.s. tech companies. >> we will get a referral saying the mother is flying out next week. their son or daughter is working at google or facebook or linkedin, and

and chinese citizens and citizens of chinese heritage may be subject to additional scrutiny and harassment and china may prevent the u.s. embassy from providing consular services. so they moved it to level two, exercise increased caution it is applied to countries like bangladesh and burma it is increasing tensions between the u.s. and china, morgan >> sue herera, thank you for bringing us that >>> european markets closing a few minutes ago. seema mody has today's action. looks like it has been ugly for some of the major markets in europe as well. >> i think what we're seeing, morgan, is that apple news is playing out in different markets. that's exactly what we're seeing across europe. more than 1% move to the down side in germany and france tech sobbiector is the key laggd tech suppliers under pressure in europe, ams makes facial recognition sensors used in the latest apple iphones dialog semiconductor st microelectronics. european luxury retailers lower as well on fears the chinese consumer is pulling back worth noting, china accounts for one-third of global luxury spend. fears around c

i was ambassador back in 2014 when two canadian citizens were arrested after the arrest of a chinese citizenessure to do the same playbook is the one we are seeing this time. and the canadian ambassador to china between 2012 and 2014. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the nobel prize winning scientist who predicts a nano revolution, including surgical robots so tiny they can be injected into a vein. also on the programme... the pig who's charming china. we'll take a look at how peppa is making it big in beijing. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held here on a fraud charge in bolivia, but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spo

christian aid workers who were arrested and accused of spying, shortly after canada also arrested a chinese citizenition. so there seems to be a pattern here. it seems like it has been raised that the chinese ambassador in canada has pretty much onlyjust stopped short of admitting that the detentions of canadians in china were retaliation. things are very tense right now, and i know a lot of canadians are worried about living in china, working in china and travelling to china, because they're worried that they could be potential targets, as the diplomatic dispute continues. and the huawei executive, meng wanzhou, she is facing her next court hearing in vancouver here on 6 february. though analysts have said that china feels like it has a really short window of time to push canada to release meng. if she is extradited to the us, china will feel it is too late then. as many as one million fish are believed to have died in the murray—darling river system in south eastern australia, with authorities warning of more deaths to come. the australian prime minister scott morrison has blamed the deaths on a

the raid might not have happened were it not for this man joe home shoe a chinese citizen and former student at one of taiwan's best universities. he spent fourteen months in jail for attempting to recruit spies for beijing a charge he continues to deny today so how do you see that one's will that be it among alleged collaborators. when we meet again it's at a hastily called press conference. his father and two members of his political party have just been indicted and are awaiting trial we'll let you see what the reason for that for you what you mean or why. you mean it's also the wisdom of god i don't think you go that. wasn't what i wanted. but prosecutors insist the three politicians took money from the chinese communist party with former student joe home shoes acting as a middleman. the national chain she university is where he caught his postgraduate degree. joe declined our request for an interview but we managed to speak to a former exchange student at one of taiwan's other universities she's asked that we hide her identity. joe you'll run home courses ball will go soon for h

they've given chinese citizens an app that tells them if someone around them is in debt and they haveo report them, but it only works if the person is within three-tenths of a mile. why that distance? it's not like you can catch being poor. maybe it is. maybe that's why they're wearing masks in china. >> thought it was pollution, but maybe they're worried about running into someone wearing knockoff jordans. this feels very dystopian when it happens in a state like china, the government is spying, but every woman would love this. how cool would it be if a broke-ass guy came up to you in a bar and your phone went off. hi, baby, how you doing? better than your credit score. ( laughter ) ( applause ) it would be amazing! it would be completely throw off heckling. damn, girl, can i buy you a drink? not according to my app, you can't! ( laughter ) speaking of apps, facetime, the favorite app of grandparents and people who push the wrong button when they just wanted to make a call, and now you might want to delete it. >> there are new concerns about facetime. a defect in the iphone allows us

have this chinese theanent residency, so-called chinese green card gives equal treatment as chinese citizenss something that you want. another question. but you can buy a home, get social insurance, get a drivers license and financial services. to the question of eligibility, it goes to folks that are smart and powerful, if they have some contribution to the chinese economy, to society, to technology. especially if you are contributing a lot of money. shanghaiopening of the tesla factory. elon musk definitely hits a lot of those boxes. emily: should we call him ambassador musk? or is that too soon. when you think about diplomacy, elon musk is not the first person that comes to mind, as our producer puts it. of two things. the tesla perspective. elon musk needs china. china is the most important growth market for electric vehicles. perhaps the most important growth market for everything. it is a place where tesla has not played very much. getting this factory and making nice with the chinese government is very important to elon musk. what does china want with elon musk? it wants is basically

it gives equal treatment as chinese citizens if that is something that you want to which is another questionan purchase a home, you can get a drivers license along with financial services. and to the question of eligibility, it goes to folks who are smart and powerful if they have some contribution to the chinese economy. to society. to technology. all of those.ills especially if you are contributing a lot of money. with the opening of the tesla factory on the order of $5 billion come elon musk definitely hits a lot of those boxes. emily: should we call him ambassador musk? when you think about diplomacy, our producer said that elon musk is not the first person that comes to mind. >> what is the tesla perspective which is elon musk needs china. most important growth market for electric vehicles and probably everything. it is an area where tesla has not played very much. getting the factory and making nice with the chinese government is very important to elon musk. what does china want? is ank what it wants public relations opportunity. this is a way to subtly day at president trump and maybe

debate on huawe this chinese citizen in canada.e us the update on a drama playing out right now in davos. journalist is also a who went into politics and policy. satan and -- in sin and went to original sin. gideon: it is one of the problems of countries like canada or other countries caught in this mess with the united -- is the china is united states going to divide the world up and force people to choose? will china do that? will control of standards in the technological future mean you can't enter in operability between chinese systems and america? that is a big coming fight and we don't know if it will go down. 5g thing we heard is that that will be the belt and road initiative and the control of interest-rate -- infrastructure standards. the future questions of that. that goes into tech companies and standards and who has the industry. jonathan: does canada find itself in a position with a look at a situation between china and the united states and have to make a decision it is china or the united states? whereit just about h

government and chinese, the chinese citizen seems to be able to separate the political turmoil with the real estate investment >> reporter: she noted there's more mortgage companies in the u.s. that are helping the chinese directly to get their money out and get their cash into more u.s. homes of course, this just means more competition for u.s. buyers. kelly? >> they pulled back so much. even if terms of chinese corporate investment in the u.s. is this kosher with the chinese? all of this cash flooding into american homes >> there's very strict rules they're only allowed to take out $50,000 per person and when i asked how they're getting so much cash out, i sashe said i dt ask. $50,000 is enough for a down payment on a mortgage and also pulling money so they'll have several members of one family putting money together and they may also have family who are here already children who are working at tech companies, she said and so then the parents will come over with a pool of money from several relatives to help them buy. >> it will be heartfelt leadership and then probably encourage peop

abusing thereby lateral interest dippings treaty infringes on legitimate rights and interests of chinese citizensthe u.s. is not backing down. the department of justice is saying they will not back down. they will meet all the deadlines for the extra cities. they thanked canned today for their help in all of this. charles: edward, thanks a lot for sorting that out for us. i want to bring in bellpointe strategist, david nelson. third seven advisors managing director michael block and point view managing president david dietze. gentlemen, a whole lot. i'm surprised we're only down 300 points because we to the hit with them all. david dietze, imf sharp inched their pencil. didn't affect america but biggest decline in germany. china's economic data not great. this morning we got economic data out and earnings report and by the way, i'm calling black & decker the stock of the day. the worst performer and would ever performing sector, baked into our guidance says the ceo is reality check on slow markets. >> number one confronting the markets is global economic health. unfortunately all the reports we'r

take measures to correct its wrong doings withdraw the arrest order for the chinese citizen. china will make further response in view of actions taken by the u.s. those actions will come. the justice department saying in a statement this afternoon to me, we will continue to pursue the extradition of defendant meng wanzhou, meet all deadlines set by the u.s.-canada extradition treaty. that deadline is the same day as u.s. treasury secretary will meet the chinese vice premier. the chinese tone hard inned this week. the white house is clear what we need. >> our goal is to make sure we have free and reciprocal trade with china. that is the priority. we are optimistic. we have time to go before the march 1st deadline. reporter: after march 1st, tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese good go from 10% to 25%. secretary of state mike pompeo says the administration will follow through and a deal with china is better than the alternative. >> these principles of democracy, these things created so much wealth for the whole globe what will drive the relationship between the united state

chinese investors southbound is one percent not go-to bank for international investments for chinese citizens, and as we are granted majority rights as we are investing in our business, we just doubled our head koubt in china last few years, we will become a major go-to partner also for chinese investors, in in global economy but that will happen at a more measured case because there is some concern in china, that this will impact on the exchange rate so opening up process, is more controlled, but it is happening you know don't mistake speed for direction. the direction is very clear. the speed i think has been really sort of increased recently actually i was in china first weekend constructive dialogue on totally different page than few years ago i am very confident about this -- >> let's not forget of top 20 banks in the world top five are chinese. >> you mentioned, i have been there 30 years watched it evolve two types of things going on short term and long term, right as i said productivity is the big thing in the short in the long term that is raleal big thing then short-term debt cycles

and canada's extradition treaty infringes on the safety and legitimate rights and interests of chinese citizensntly living under house arrest in her vancouver mansion, while her case is under deliberation. afghan officials are confirming dozens of victims killed monday and the taliban an attack on a military base where members of the country's intelligence agency were based, officials say that 45 people were killed in as many as 70 wounded when a suicide bomber drove a humvee into the base. the lawyer for an american man being held on moscow in suspicion of spying says his client was given a flash drive containing russian state secrets before he was arrested. saying that paul whelan did not know that he had them and had not looked at them. he made his first public court appearance today. to some of the other stories beyond the borders tonight. we will be right back. ♪ that's why i switched to liberty mutual. they customized my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. and as a man... uh... or a woman... with very specific needs that i can't tell you about- say cheese. mr. landry? oh no. hi

astin trudeau has announced death sentence on a chinese citizen. he was given a death sentence after a one-day retrial. reported that his lawyer has decided to appeal the sentence. of extreme concern to us as a government and as it should be to all of our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalties in cases -- as in this case facing a canadian. iowa republican representative steve king has been stripped from his committee assignments over rhetoric. history ofs a controversial statements on race and immigration will lose his positions on the traditional -- on the judicial and small business commissions. he says his quotes have been mischaracterized. and the fallout from the u.s. government shutdown has seen airports close because of lack of staff. but security in atlanta and has been working to grapple with tsa absenteeism. president trump has indicated he will not sign a stop cap measure without the funding for his border wall. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powere

the raid might not have happened were it not for this man joe home shoe a chinese citizen and former student at one of taiwan's best universities. he spent fourteen months in jail for attempting to recruit spies for beijing a charge he continues to deny today so long so that once will that be it among alleged collaborators being shown when we meet again it's at a hastily called press conference. his father and two members of his political party have just been indicted and are awaiting trial we'll let you see what the reason for that. one should be or why. you know it's also the wisdom of god i don't think you go that. wasn't quite what i did. but prosecutors insist the three politicians took money from the chinese communist party with former student joe home shoes acting as a middleman. the national chain she university is where he caught his postgraduate degree. joe declined our request for an interview but we managed to speak to a former exchange student at one of taiwan's other universities she's asked that we hide her identity. joe you'll run home courses ball don't go go social

prime minister justin trudeau expressing concern at the death sentence handed to a canadian citizen by a chinese course. the u.s. and turkish presidents are trying to diffuse tension over the future of kurdish fighters in northern syria they've talked about creating a safe certain it follows a tweet by donald trump warning he'd devastate techie's economy if its forces attacked. victims of post-election violence in ivory coast eight years ago have protested against the possible prison release of former president. the international criminal court is about to decide whether to acquit and free him off to seven years behind bars is accused of crimes against humanity let's cross now to nicholas hytner live for us and nic just how likely is it that bad boy will be released and what kind of excess of reaction might we expect. well there are three possible outcomes to this hearing either their judges will reject the demands of this trial being a nice acquittal or they will accept but both could be a free man returning home to ivory coast or there could be a conditional release now the three judges are sp

-chinese citizens who have been denied diplomatic help. >>> there is new fallout about that incidentm before tuesday night's sugar bowl in new orleans. >> of course, you may remember bevo, the texas longhorns mascot, seemingly going after the georgia bulldog there. bevo was quickly brought under control by his handlers and uga, the dog, was dragged away. now animal rights activists are demanding that schools retire their mascots. >> i mean, you probably saw this coming, right? peta has written to both schools, calling on them to do away with live animals on the sidelines. so far no response from the universities. and, you know, are they only calling on it now just because this incident happened or have they done this in the past? i mean -- >> you know, i believe they have done it in the past. don't quote me. but there is some suggestion based on their blog post saying that they are once again calling for universities to end this practice. >> oh, once again. >> and they bring up some interesting points. they say that it would be less expensive for the universities. >> mmm-hmm. >> and

room for compromise if the situation cools starring the chinese authorities can always choose to expel all of the port the ten need in citizen's tuss diffusing the controversy in the eyes of the chinese authorities of canada as as as a resource exporting country cannot grant china. this immense and very large market and therefore it believes is pressure will succeed naturally the chinese leadership also understands that it has to paid a price in terms of the image of china and the fact that the international business community is increasingly aware of the risks including political risks of doing business with china joseph chang a political analyst speaking to us there from hong kong thank you for your insights . well a second day of strikes are expected to begin and then by the way in the next few hours after fuel prices doubled several people were killed on monday as police five bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters call to judge and reports. frustration over zimbabwe's worst economic crisis in a decade ignited rights and prompted a three day strike by unions protesters tried to shut down the capital harare and t

the question that comes into my mind in our struggle is are we better off giving chinese citizens a decente search engine, even if it's restricted and censored in some cases, than a search engine that's not very good? and does that improve the quality of their laws? and that's the struggle we have to work on. brad: so, can you do more good by being there, even on a compromise basis? john: right. brad: and do you know the answer to that? john: i don't know the answer to that. i think it's a legitimate question in asking how can you do it and still live within the context of what their regulations are? brad: what does it tell you about the political climate these days, or the empowerment that employees are feeling that even as the search engine was in a prototype form, the news got out and people were debating it? john: part of what's refelcted -- reflected inside google, like everywhere in the valley and the country, there is divisiveness. and i think that divisiveness has fed more concern about how these technologies get used. brad: the search engine aside, if google were to introduce clou

as a dispute with canada wesson's the move follows the death sentence given to a canadian citizen by a chinese course robert lloyd schellenberg was appealing against his fifteen year prison term for drug smuggling canadian officials say the sentences retaliate for the arrest of mang in vancouver in december it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty increases. in this case. and china's foreign ministry has hit back at the canadian prime minister's criticism of the death sentence general you would issue the remarks not to the most basic awareness of the legal system the canadians are to respect the rule of law respect china's legal sovereignty correct its mistakes and stop making irresponsible remarks. u.s. president donald trump has rejected a call by members of his own party to temporarily reopen the government the partial shutdown is the longest in u.s. history and has left eight hundred thousand public workers without pay committee help that reports. washington a

the chinese citizens do.h numbers better than i whether billions we've been paying on these goods going into the country has worked as a depressant on the consumer that they added angst. >> i would say that's accurate. it is at the margin if you will. i have seen a creeping up in small things. thankfully the price of gas is going down. you can't walk into the supermarket here that their normal shopping experience every week in sea prices not going. you look whether it's in vegetables or poultry. even cold cuts for crying out loud. neil: are you kidding me? >> i'm telling you, you could have found that mice were fed turkey, you might as well buy a sirloin steak. it's expensive. neil: you really are depressing me. kerry beat, thank you very meant. back on the housing story, the former fannie mae executives and much, much more. i do want to overplay batting kerry was careful not to as well but you do wonder what is going on with housing. not saying it's anything akin to of experience in the meltdown that they ar

press, americans are being portrayed increasingly as the villains there's no doubt that the chinese citizensetting a message from that. it's a dangerous path when we don't have a good, strong relationship between the two top economies in the world if we could resolve our differences and realize we have different philosophies and move forward, we'll do well. there's a big battle going on not only on trade, but the future of technology, artificial intelligence, we have to be smart to be able to be in that battle >> you're saying both things, gary you're an association president for technology you are not a ceo, but every ceo has a quarter to worry about, that's the next 12 weeks there's never a good time to address these things with china. if you're still the cta guy five years from now, you let china completely lap us by stealing technology because you didn't want to do anything near-term that might impact you for the next three months, is that the thing you want to be known for what do you mean, we should have done something but we didn't do it the right way if you didn't like t whatshg it y

in this case, they're trying to use a broad base of chinese citizens that they have in this country to the narrative about china but also to gain information about the united states. to be clear, it is not always the case that these individuals board.ly on chinese students in the united states, for example, with a return to china, they are asked to stay in class. it is not something that they want to talk about, but they do not really have a choice. host: what are these confucius institutes? guest: these are institutes on the outside that are basically teaching chinese culture and language at many universities around the united states, but in many cases, they are promoting certain ideas that are positive to the communist party. host: more calcium now, michael in illinois, good morning. caller: hi. want your guests to comment on this issue. funded, china's rise, china's meddling, has all been funded by the u.s. business community in their greedy pursuit of profits at all costs, shipping jobs over to china. i can remember when they sent went to china in 1971 or whenever it was. front, oh

think it is quite right that it should be asked because we can already see that the chinese state is managing its own citizenscific way when it comes to technology, is already monitoring them, it is influencing them, it is manipulating them, so we have to be cautious about any organisation that is closely related to the chinese state about how it might be involved with it. corbyn is it that the us looks like it is pressuring some countries, for example in this article, they are talking about poland being under pressure to ban huawei building their 5g network and if they do not do that, they will be repercussions. —— that is a right. —— but is it right. repercussions. —— that is a right. -- but is it right. if the us want to raise the matter, that is another thing. i think reassurances should be achieved. distro was action on the bbc website, this specific story about molly, who is 1a years old, killed herself after viewing posts about suicide on instagram. what is your take on this? depressingly sad story, is depressingly sad on many levels, especially about molly herself but also other children are affected

as you go around the world not only like a citizen the chinese the russians their cars extended in almost any global central bank that is a dollar creditor nation is buying gold even the reserve bank of india officially announced some gold additions in the last what maybe thirty days and so if there are dollar creditor they are gradually dumping their dollar obligations and i later russia and russia now completely eliminated their entire treasury reserves it was one hundred billion dollars or something like that a few months back announced down to zero and as we mentioned on the previous episode if these big governments which are holders of dollars dollar creditors well they're no different than you and i or anybody watching this show that's well east in the u.s. we're all dollar creditors we all dollars in our reserves if these big governments are taking steps to pare back their dollar reserves and move it into physical precious metal i mean for crying out loud should the individual do the same i mean what are they telling you is coming and and i think that's the biggest message with the

pawn in a global power game spy novelist and blogger young from june was a chinese diplomat before he became an australian citizen he flew from new york to last week where he mysteriously dropped off the grid friends raised the alarm when he couldn't be contacted. china at first denied all knowledge of his whereabouts but now officials have confirmed young is in residential detention in beijing and has been charged with endangering state security. australia is demanding consular access at the earliest opportunity it's also seeking urgent clarification as to whether young's detention is linked to canada's a wrist of top quality executive mung one joe in december. china has detained several foreigners since then widely seen as retaliation. for a stray in foreign minister marie spain sees no evidence of a connection for the moment i would be concerned if there was any indication of that so we are calling on the chinese authorities to ensure that this matter is dealt with transparently and fairly. easy a friend of young says the arrest is clearly linked to what he calls beijing's hostage diplomacy because of the of t

are seen being pushed to the limit, whether it's the russians killing in england or the chinese taking their citizen's the head of interpol, and i think we're starting to see some of that. it makes me very nervous because i just don't know how -- i don't know what the trump administration's reaction, how far they will push this to get him back, because of the underlying aspects of what we know about trump, which is he tends to protect putin in these situations. >> this is going to be a huge, a huge moment, a huge test. thank you both very much. >>> and next, billionaire businessman tom steyer is my guest. he has spent millions trying to impeach donald trump. is he now about to officially run against him? >>> plus, madam speaker, nancy pelosi, hours away from the gavel again. >>> and you know, her story is a stunning one. and she has a revealing conversation coming up -- a conversation she had with her daughter. >> i went to her and said, your going to be a senior, mommy has a chance to run for congress and i don't even know if i'll win. >> she said get a life. >> she said, get a life, and i did. >>>

prime minister justin trudeau expressing concern at the death sentence handed to a canadian citizen by a chinese court donald trump is trying to diffuse a growing dispute with turkey over the future of kurdish fighters in northern syria the president has spoken to turkish leader. on the phone and it follows a tweet from trump on sunday night warning he devastate turkey's economy if its forces attacked the kurds the saudi teenager who fled her family and was granted asylum in canada says she hopes to inspire a change in her first t.v. interview conan says she wants to use her freedom to campaign for others those are the headlines next stop inside story. confronting iran is donald trump's foreign policy obsession he sent his secretary of state to the middle east to drum up support but what action is the united states prepared to take and what will be regional implications but this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm nick clegg reassuring allies and talking tough on enemies u.s. sector state might pump a has been touring the middle east to try and win support and put pressure on iran

the australian government is seeking information from chinese officials over the whereabouts of an australian citizenpeared during a visit to the country. family and friends of yang hengjun say the prominent author, who is a critic of chinese human rights abuses, has been out of contact since arriving in guangzhou last week. let's get more now from stephen mcdonell, who is in beijing for us. first of all, a date is on what will we know about situations. so yang hengjun is known to the chinese authorities, this writer and at times critic of the chinese government has been picked up here, like this, once before. but on the previous occasion, back in 2011, pa rt previous occasion, back in 2011, part of the deal for him to be released was not speaking about it, and he is come out and said there has just been and he is come out and said there hasjust been some and he is come out and said there has just been some kind and he is come out and said there hasjust been some kind of misunderstanding. now, fast forward to recent times, and is planning a trip to china and his friends are said to him do not go beca

citizens are paying the price for the u.s. planning an extradition request for an executive from the chinese electronics while way we don't like that it is our citizens who are being punished the americans are the one seeking to have the full force of american law brought against men one joe and yet we are the ones who are paying the price while ways chief financial officer was detained in december in vancouver at the request of washington or they're released on bail she is accused of violating u.s. sanctions against iran. the arrest caused a diplomatic rift between canada and china with beijing detaining two canadian citizens and recently sentencing a third to death for drug smuggling in china both canada and the u.s. to correct their mistakes and free messmate. now much anyone with normal judgment can see that canada has made a serious mistake on this issue from the very beginning we urge the canadian side to immediately release men one show and protect hella just cement rights we also strongly edge the u.s. to immediately cracks the mistake with draw the arrest warrant against men one show and not make a formal extradition

chinese nationals. they have exit bans to prevent u.s. citizens from leaving china, sometimes for years. officials say those bans are being used in part to compel americans to participate in chinese government investigations. >>> a big day today in washington. >> the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> for a second time, returning to that position that she first gained in 2007, until the democrats lost control. nancy pelosi elected as speaker. the longtime party leader from san francisco won the gavel after quelling a rebellion in her ranks. >>> the new congress is already breaking barriers. the freshman class is the most racially diverse in history, and there are more women serving than ever before. >> abc7 news anchor deon lynn is live in the newsroom with what this means for all of us. >> reporter: dan and kristen, today was historic for many reasons, and not just for the record number of women in the u.s. senate. this congress is now more reflective of the diversity

chinese human rights champion and they stayed for several years. sweden coming out of a period like that. they had the temerity to complain about detention of two swedish citizens. we're going into that, too. i think today's news, seems the united states will, indeed, proceed with the extradition request only pro longs this because the chinese haven't found bottom yet. they don't know where this is ending. they are concerned huawei will be under scrutiny in a trial in united states. it's their champion, the business dealings will be put in a negative light by prosecutors in the u.s. if, indeed, she stands for trial there. he this is a great concern for china. we haven't heard the last of this one. >> how much of this do you think, or how much does the economic worries for china right now play into this. we said the latest figures show a slowing economy. the trade war still unresolved. how much economic anxiety does china face right now. >> a great deal of economic anxiety. you reported on there the numbers at the end of the year. the annual numbers, slowest since 1990. there's a lot of concern there. what's happening this is taking place as china hopes to get i

indeed many are worried about to the dominance of china of the chinese in terms of ai companies obviously from a competitive standpoint but citizens from a democratic standpoint the a moral application of algorithms for uses per for example of social control but we have to remember that algorithms themselves are immoral they don't see contacts they don't have life experience but we have learned here that we can teach datasets to be unbiased and that actually represents an opportunity to make the world a bit fairer well the world economic forum could be using algorithms to enjoy more female participation because there well i'm a minority here apparently only twenty two percent of participants at the world economic forum are women and one of the greatest quotes about i actually heard here ben was about there are no doubt glass ceilings only a thick layer of men so that's a very visual metaphor i'm going to hang on to that one picture myself barreling through i think linear of men but it gives me hope to know that the world leaders tasked with defending the multilateral order are women german chancellor angela merkel and new zealand'

chinese government has named the day thanksgsgiving da. the government wants to call the attention of its citizens to the efforts it has made to offer aid andebuild over the years. beijing has invested the equivalent of around $250 billion in recovery efforts. according to government figures, sicha sichaun's gdp has tripled from prequake levels. as society b begins to forget t tragedy, how are survivors really coping? in this episode of "asia insight," we revisit the survivors we interviewed 10 years ago and catch up with their stories. mao ershi village in sichaun province is home to many people of the chong tribe, a tibetan ethnic minority. about 90% of the homes in this village were destroyed in the quake 10 years ago. in the past, most villages were farmers. but based on the government's reconstruction policy, the village would become a tourist attraction thanks to its ethnic background. to create a sense of uniformity, even homes that were damaged in the quake were torn down and rebuilt, against the wishes of the residents. >> wong, head of the village, was caught up in a dispute between the local government and residents who were upse