university. we have courses that are over 85% chinese. offshore chinese university some department. some high school student from china will be allowed to travel to australia under strict conditions. chinese university students who spend two weeks in a third country are also able to come. but now, abby and karen are happy to get on with their education. but until the restrictions are lifted altogether, schools and universities in australia will be counting the cost. staying with australia because the country just released as staying with australia because the countryjust released as growth figures for the fourth quarter of last year and the economy grew by a better—than—expected 2.2%. but of course economies are projecting about 2% annual growth but this reading doesn't cover probably the impact on the bushfires or the coronavirus. that is it for this edition of asia business report. thank you for watching. welcome. you're watching bbc news. 0ur welcome. you're watching bbc news. our main story... polls have closed in more than half of th

chinese university stu d e nts conditions.nt two weeks in a third country are also able to come. for now, abbey and karen are happy to get on with their education. but until the restrictions are lifted altogether, schools and universities in australia will be counting the cost. we have important breaking news in terms of uk business. some copyjust filed into the bbc newsroom by simon jack. a source at flybe. more detail from the bbc business editor saying that flybe is set to collapse putting 2000 jobs at risk. it will go into administration tonight or in the early hours. 2000 jobs at risk. a source telling the bbc and this is an expansion of what that copy was telling us, that the game is up. ernst & young are lined up as administratorfor the ernst & young are lined up as administrator for the company. it is not expected the civil aviation authority will be included in bringing these people home, so some practical concerns for those caught up practical concerns for those caught up in that and longer term concerns for the empl

public health professor at the chinese university of hong kong and tim france, the molecular biologistdent of the european public health association's infectious disease control department. more messages from you, so many of these. i am a doctor who has had flu—like symptoms since the weekend and currently i am not entitled to a test because i haven't travelled but the chief medical officer said anyone with a slight cold is likely to be isolated next week. do i go into work or do i ta ke next week. do i go into work or do i take last—minute annual leave? it is a quandary. you are the doctor, i can't advise you on that! you've got to do what you think is right, being as sensible as you can be. this person on e—mail says i am a health ca re person on e—mail says i am a health care worker working with cancer patients. told by nhs111, gp and public health doctor the major london hospital needed testing. not told to isolate. but did as common sense. was also told to attend a&e and did. at that point, the 15th there were no isolation hubs so i returned home as it was clearly u nsafe to retur

high you learning has come under fire for accepting donations from the chinese government 1000000000 authorities of the free university of to reconsider a half a 1000000 you wrote donation to set up a chinese teacher training program they say it could stop academics being critical of china the university themselves though say it has no influence whatsoever so far the free university has in no way been restricted in its actions all comments regarding chinese government policy or academic freedom in china as a result of the funding from hand see no skepticism is nothing new there is an ever growing list of high profile cases where western nations that become uncomfortable of a perceived creeping chinese influence. i think every college should be aware of what these institutes are used for and and that they are in fact to consistently been used as a way to quash academic freedom on campus at the behest of the foreign government and i would encourage every college american to close and there's no need for these programs. to free university of brussels will not extend its contract with the confucius institute a continuatio

university. departments flush with beijing's books they could turn a blind eye to more complex parts of chinese history or should universities accept donations from foreign governments. sure if it's for the good of the students for in-state. beef to put their money they can also decide on the politics because they began they said to stop giving money is a very quickly a phone call can that their mind the research program or what's going on if there is no funding then there might be nothing being done so with funding even with some challenges maybe there can be some progress there might be the possibility of. their findings have an effect on how things are taught our perspectives that are stopped i'm all for having an international perspective creating links and seeking the best funding opportunities so that german students have the opportunity to study in china and vice versa. the vast majority of undergraduate courses offered by the free university of berlin as the name suggests are free to students however the running of the university itself isn't that begs the question should universities accept do

chinese user university professor pointed out ducks rely on water but in pakistan's desert areas the temperature is very high. i know they do things jill said you know 100000 dogs die in the pakistan desert might not help the. situation. the article also points out that just one square mile of these forms which are many miles can have 80000000 locust in it and an army of dogs could need more than 20000000 which means very are not enough to. well i think eyes pretty for every global citizen when i say let's make some more. movement on other climate change and big companies are scrambling to make a lofty climate promises jet fuel guzzling delta airlines and fossil fuel pumping b p are vowing to go carbon neutral microsoft and ikea have pledged to go further and actively reduce the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere the financial giant black rock promises to put climate at the heart of all of its decisions i'm not saying don't celebrate these corporations if they stick to those goals but at some point we may have to address our economic system that puts us in a death spiral to begin with

in a moment we would be talking to professor of the chinese university of hong kong on the hong kongrom a few years ago but first let's hear from the world health organization. this outbreak we have been watching around the clock and we are deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of an action. —— inaction. we have therefore made the assessment that covid—19 can be characterised as a pandemic. the world health organization upgrading its sense of the scale and seriousness of what is going on. we are joined seriousness of what is going on. we arejoined from oxford. thanks seriousness of what is going on. we are joined from oxford. thanks very much, iam are joined from oxford. thanks very much, i am just wondering today given what the world health 0rganization given what the world health organization is saying and the numbers reported from italy which are alarming yet again, what is your sense of the kind of response that is now required as a to maybe a few days ago to what is clearly a growing threat to? the responses now required of all

. >> that's the involvement of chinese and university research students as well as faculty members.one university and to have regular remuneration. can you tell me, is this a serious problem? we have many outstanding students what is the reality? >> the counterintelligence division and that approach the communist party is pushing and to undermine and what it takes to believe a product so those with the aggressive outreach program and to bring them up to speed and on that cyberperspective to see that same opposition with the systems to look at those programs to have that cyberintrusion threat with the goal to further programs and what they are doing run those programs. >> we know the coronavirus. >> and then not to engage in this wild speculation. >>. >> i have a few additional questions talking about leverage you are concerned about companies that do business here that report to parent companies in china. and concerned about the leverage the parent company has can you expand on that? >> it is subject obviously to our laws but to be reporting back to a company in china. i will give y

, who chaired hong kong government's inquiry into sars and is now emeritus professor at the chinese universitypd, lung disease, iam i'm 67 years old who suffers from copd, lung disease, i am due to go ona copd, lung disease, i am due to go on a cruise in the next couple of weeks flying from gatwick to barcelona then going to my say, round, mel ted, what is being advised as to whether i should be going? i suppose the question is should we still be going on our holidays? at the current time unless she booked to go on a holiday where you know there is an outbreak and disease, people are being advised to ta ke disease, people are being advised to take into account facts about themselves and their house but in general to carrying on in general with your plans. it depends where you are going. and you have to make the decisions yourself as to whether the decisions yourself as to whether the benefits will outdo the risk of potentially coming into contact with the virus. we are not giving blanket advice, there are no travel bands except to some of the areas where they are the epicenters of the diseases

professor sian griffiths from the chinese university of hong kong, alsojoins us now. i am sure the hospital will be in touch with you. it really depends if they are urgent. i suspect that you will find that you may well have a telephone conversation with somebody from the hospital — if it is a checkup or a new appointment, it will be postponed, that is the most likely scenario because resources are being diverted towards coronavirus and the pandemic. simon, one of a number of heartbreaking questions that we do get asked here, and i am sure other people will find themselves in a similar position, from eileen, she says, can i visit my terminally ill spouse in hospital today? 0h. .. says, can i visit my terminally ill spouse in hospitaltoday? 0h... such a difficult question, i have had similar questions from patients in watford. the idea from borisjohnson is not to visit people. i think if somebody had a terminal state of illness, beyond the point that they are going to recover, i think you need to talk to the staff at the hospital, because there has to be a human touch,

. >> you think over time in the tech great game universe, chinese state net companies are going to eat away at market share from the u.s. net states abroad. >> i think it's unchecked, that's a possibility. but i also don't think that the net states operating out of the united states are relinquishing control over foreign markets with night not necessarily see is from our context and perspective. there's not a unfying theme like the belt and road initiative that makes it part over the country's strategic plan but i think that the growth of tech companies into other sectors and the growth of tech companies data centers into other countries means they've got a foothold in other places. >> want to bring us back a little bit. what is your definition. why are some companies considered big expects aren't? why is netflix considered a technology company and not a production studio? whoa i jp morgan comfort a bank and not a technology company when its ceo says we're a technology company, not a bank? >> it's a great question. and i i think for all of these issues its helpful to break it down to t

university. invited by the chinese government to study the coronavirus and help them tackle the outbreak in their country. i have never seen a president in my career talk about a partnership with private companies and the medical community and government, then demonstrate it as he did today. a remarkable moment. >> this is an extraordinary moment. i agree. it's pivotal. it's a turning point. the fact that we'll be able to recognize who is infected. this will enable isolation and we hope will contain the outbreak. lou: to see a number of people in the public health agencies hearing governors starting to talk about how well the federal government is responding. this is -- we are starting to see this country get in line with leadership and to deal with what is now we realized a very serious, serious challenge to the country, a great threat. >> there have been people making projections that are extraordinary in the number of potential deaths. but i think this will be a turning point. and i'm optimistic this will have a big impact. >> you have been focusing on plasma. and by the way, to be clear in co

education is the country's 3rd biggest export but a travel ban has left thousands of chinese students unable to return to university it could cost the sector millions if they cancel enrollments thailand has lowered its growth outlook for the year as its economy suffers from the absence of chinese tour groups italy's already sluggish economy will take a further hit with a number of towns and manufacturing hubs in lockdown and trillions of dollars has been wiped from u.s. equities pushing stock markets around the world into the red what we're also seeing is a disruption supply trains as companies have slowed down manufacturing in china that has impacted other asian and pacific countries have a lot on those imports into their manufacturing processes no longer are we stand alone countries we operating global supply chains and that's what the current virus is really exposed governments are looking for ways to ease the economic burden hong kong announcing a stimulus package a cash handout of around $1200.00 to every adult indonesia's government meanwhile will provide massive discounts on hotels and flights for foreign an

rises by 27 percent to 9 british woman virus it 10 or even hotel test positive a covert 19 university of oxford chinese and other asian students and staff are isolated yet you know there's a lot let's talk about the stigma of this 1st of all there is a lot of there are a lot of people that feel that they're being ostracized if they're even going to a country that may have this kind of thing is it a how much of a problem is it you think 1st off. well i think i think there is a problem with people being stigmatized i think it has been some references for example to the kind of yellow peril i kind of resurrecting the kind of old anti communist anti chinese concept of this kind of virus spreading around the world from china and i think it's. you know that is potentially quite dangerous because it is setting up different people as being seen as as the problem when you know we are dealing with a medical problem yeah it's not a it's not a. with your hand law it is a moment how much off guard i guess is the best word for our countries or around the world you hear there's no one size fits all way of trying to d

education is the country's 3rd biggest export but a travel ban has left thousands of chinese students unable to return to university it could cost the sector millions if they cancel in romans thailand has lowered its growth outlook for the year as its economy suffers from the absence of chinese tour groups italy's already sluggish economy will take a further hit with a number of towns and manufacturing hubs in lockdown and trillions of dollars has been wiped from u.s. equities pushing stock markets around the world into the red what we're also seeing is a disruption supplied science as companies have slowed down manufacturing in china that has impacted other asian and pacific countries have a lot on those imports into their manufacturing processes no longer are we stand alone countries we operating global supply chains and that's what the current of viruses really exposed governments are looking for ways to ease the economic burden hong kong announcing a stimulus package a cash handout of around $1200.00 to every adult indonesia's government meanwhile will provide massive discounts on hotels and flights for foreign

university. invited by the chinese government to study the coronavirus and help them tackle the outbreak in their country. i have never seen a president in my career talk about a partnership with private companies and the medical community and government, then demonstrate it as he did today. a remarkable moment. >> this is an extraordinary moment. i agree. it's pivotal. it's a turning point. the fact that we'll be able to recognize who is infected. this will enable isolation and we hope will contain the outbreak. lou: to see a number of people in the public health agencies hearing governors starting to talk about how well the federal government is responding. this is -- we are starting to see this country get in line with leadership and to deal with what is now we realized a very serious, serious challenge to the country, a great threat. >> there have been people making projections that are extraordinary in the number of potential deaths. but i think this will be a turning point. and i'm optimistic this will have a big impact. >> you have been focusing on plasma. and by the way, to be clear in co

companies and universities that work alongside chinese companies so that fuels the abuse? >> yeah, that's a really good point. i think the action taken by the commerce department in adding to the entity list a number of chinese companies which were complicit in and in enable the suppressing the minorities in the country is a huge step. we need to point to and bring more attention to. there are a number of technology companies in china that are being utilized to pursue these human rights atrocities, and these need to be called out for what they are and added to entities list. the question of u.s. engagement in some ways here, i think, is a little bit tricky and one that i care about deeply. i think there is an obligation among a lot of technology companies in the u.s. to be a lot more open-eyed and less naive and more cognizant of the types of activities that are happening when they're engaging in china. and this idea, you talked about it a lot, was the civil military fusion. this idea that even if you're conducting what you believe is innocuous research as an american in c

chinese virus. >> san francisco state university's asian american studies departments latest department shows in aase of coronavirus discrimination news to 140 stories by week four. to better track these incident, the department launched this online reporting center thursday. data will be used in weekly reports and provided to government officials and community organizations. >> what we hope is that we can get funding to do social media campaigns, to do school curriculum, to put up transit ads, just to tell people that this type of prejudice and bigotry isn't allowed or tolerated in california. >> all with the open we'll see less of this and more understanding that the enemy is covid-19, not those who are of chinese and asian descent. in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >> we don't need to be dealing with this, you know what i mean? there are so many more important things to be worried about at this point. racism? come on, people. the greater good here, come on. >> i think unfortunately, we're all under more stress. >> yeah. it's true. >> and sometimese rspeople. >> it does. >> we're seeing exa

trump administration, the director of the center for infection and unity at columbia university, invited by the chinese government to study the coronavirus and help them tackle the outbreak. great to have you back with us. this, i've never seen the president in my career talk about partnership with private companies and the medical community and the government and then demonstrate it as he did today. a remarkable moment. >> this is an extraordinary moment i agree. it is pivotal, turning point, the fact that we will be able to recognize who is infected will enable isolation and hopefully contain this outbreak. >> to see the number of people in public health agencies standing beside the president throughout, to hear governors starting to talk about how well the federal government is responding, this is, we are starting to see this country get in line with leadership and to deal with what is now, we realize, a very serious challenge to the country, a great threat but. >> people have been making projections that are extraordinary in terms of the number of potential death but i think this will be a turning

university. invited by the chinese government to study the coronavirus and help them tackle the outbreak in their country. i have never seen a president in my career talk about a partnership with private companies and the medical community and government, then demonstrate it as he did today. a remarkable moment. >> this is an extraordinary moment. i agree. it's pivotal. it's a turning point. the fact that we'll be able to recognize who is infected. this will enable isolation and we hope will contain the outbreak. lou: to see a number of people in the public health agencies hearing governors starting to talk about how well the federal government is responding. this is -- we are starting to see this country get in line with leadership and to deal with what is now we realized a very serious, serious challenge to the country, a great threat. >> there have been people making projections that are extraordinary in the number of potential deaths. but i think this will be a turning point. and i'm optimistic this will have a big impact. >> you have been focusing on plasma. and by the way, to be clear in co

university. he was invited by the chinese government to help them study the coronavirus.et's begin with this virus and how we are watching it spread. we are told it's going to get much worse. i think most of us understand that's the likely case. how is this virus spreading? >> it's extraordinarily transmissible. we used terms that refer to how much people get infected by a single individual. in this case we don't know how much get infected. but it seems to be at least two. one becomes two, becomes four, becomes eight. then suddenly it explodes and that's what we are seeing in the united states. lou: as i look at south korea and italy. we seem to be far more fortunate as a result of whatever we are doing in our public health system. the wait task force is responding seems to be working well indeed. your thoughts? >> the operative word is seems. we don't know how many people have been infected. as we use the tests to detect the virus directly. we find evidence of people who are infected who don't know they are infected because they have a mild disease. director fauci talked

education is the country's 3rd biggest export but a travel ban has left thousands of chinese students unable to return to university it could cost of the sector millions if they cancel in romans thailand has lowered its growth outlook for the year as its economy suffers from the absence of chinese tour groups italy's already sluggish economy will take a further hit with a number of towns and manufacturing hubs in lockdown and trillions of dollars has been wiped from u.s. equities pushing stock markets around the world into the red what we're also seeing is a disruption supplied science as companies have slowed down manufacturing in china that has impacted other asian and pacific countries have a lot on those imports into their manufacturing processes no longer are we stand alone countries we operating global supply chains and that's what the current of viruses really exposed governments are looking for ways to ease the economic burden hong kong announcing a stimulus package a cash handout of around $1200.00 to every adult indonesia's government meanwhile will provide massive discounts on hotels and flights for fore

chinese and japanese scientists, for example. irasmus university in holland is working on something. the biggest science center is working on vaccines. things are happening. the italians who have been at the forefront longer than the french are working on information. now is not the time for political enemies. i see it as a time we can come together as a global community. and so that's really what i am looking at as someone that really -- my work has always been to examine how war affects society and how we live under it and how we stay alive but how we keep our society intact without crashing under it. and this is a time as i said earlier. it's an invisible enemy so it's much harder to navigate. >> yes, we appreciate your insights, and thank you jeannine for sharing your story and we want to let people know if they want to follow your account of life under only and your uplifting tweets they can follow you @janinedigi. >>> as china sees no new coronavirus cases for a fourth day, some more positive news we're happy to say, there are rising concerns

companies and universities that work along -- aside chinese companies that fuel the abuse? >> the action taken by the commerce department by adding to the entity list a number of chinese companies which were complicit in enabling the suppression of ethnic minority in china was a huge step for the country. it's something we need to continue to point to and bring more attention to. 3 there are a number of companies in china that are being utilized to sort of pursue these human rights atrocitieatr. they need to be called out for what they are. now, the question of u.s. engagement in some ways here i think is a little bit tricky and one that i care about deeply. there is an obligation along many in the u.s. to be more open eyed and less naive and more cognizant of the types of@s that are happening when they're engaging in china. and this idea, you talked about it a lot was this civil fusion. this idea that, you know, even if you're conducting what you believe is sort of inok wous research in china, that type of research is being used for all sorts of reasons in ways that you of

small companies that are set up and spin outs of universities where the people who are in charge are scientists and they found you know they the chinese publish the sequence of the crown of ours these companies look at it and they rapidly develop test but the difference between a university lab and a company is that the company can manufacture things and the government was then prepared to examine those kits and and to prove that they were good. kit's the same way that projects in development you know seppi the coalition print the demick preparedness had identified organizations that could respond quickly with extreme development so again this is a part of knowing what's there and and having people who understand how to develop kits i mean these molecular diagnostics are pretty sensitive and specific if you know what you're doing realistically you mentioned vaccines how soon is it going to be how soon is it going to be until we see an actual working effect a vaccine obviously there's a lot of red tape involved rightly involved in testing a vaccine before you put it out to the general public but on the line right now you see a lot of p