from the market or institute for china studies a think tank good to have you here with us on this quite momentous anniversary obviously let's start with hong kong who we the footage that we just aired of because chinese authorities quite interesting really do tolerate it tolerates a commemoration services in hong kong but not on the mainland is that a sustainable policy so hong kong and the thunder an arrangement that's known as one country 2 systems where one hong. one was handed over from the british and $997.00 the chinese government basically promised that its political economic and judicial system wasn't going to be touched for 50 years so hong kong functions according to different rules than the rest of the mainland which is why we can see demonstrations there that also in the past couple of years we have seen attempts to slowly chip away at hong kong autonomy and i guess one thing that's currently to debate and hong kong amendments to hong kong extradition ordinances that would greatly facilitate it to extradite people to mainland china and if that work come to pass i do think th

to rob good to the senior specialist in asia pacific international relations at the institute for china medical studies welcome back thank you now 1st let's get your reaction to the chinese commerce ministry ministry data show u.s. investment in china growing by 7 percent. from january to may of this year versus 16.3 percent growth in the 1st 5 months comparably 2018 is that a credible statistic and how significant would that decline be if it's verified i think it's a credible statistic i think it's consistent with trends because of the trade war there has been people are in wait and watch more of their not making the investments but in spite of that there isn't even crees if there's growth not as good as last year and what that does show is that people expect that perhaps the street book war will be resolved and certainly that the 2 economies are not good about to decouple in time and so there's sort of apprehension but nobody's panicking and yes nobody is panicking and the expectation is that this will not be good will not be prolonged frankly and moving from statistics to statements a congress minis

the institute for china american studies are standing by to explain how this could reshape major aid to make insulation. and the rest of the world. california has sound an international ally in their fight to preserve clean air standards and mitigate climate change are to correspondent allison hayward at joins us from toronto to break down the fighting. later but one who has hit the brakes after tearing it up over the past week miller the c.e.o. is on him to figure out what's going on with things that he's got to show to those who would go and write in. a bold demand that head of the sheetrock meeting at the g 20 summit leaders are global report today as trying to reportedly insists that a lifting of the u.s. ban on the tech giant be a part of a resolution of a transpacific trade fight the wall street journal cited chinese sources familiar with the negotiating strategy and the other conditions president xi jinping will suggest for creating what the business paper characterized as an optimal bilateral relationship the report also listed a lifting of punitive u.s. tariffs and an abando

the institute for china american studies and standing by to explain how this could reshape major aging nations relations with the united states and the rest of the world. california has found an international ally in their fight to preserve clean air standards and mitigate climate change are key correspondent allison hale that joins us from toronto to break down the budding green alliance and later the one who has hit the brakes after tearing it up over the past week walking miller the c.e.o. on his own him to figure out what's going on with things that he's got a pet show to those let's go and dive right in. a bold demand that head of a sheetrock meeting at the g. 20 summit leaders are global report today as trying to reportedly insists that a lifting of the u.s. ban on the tech giant alleway be a part of a resolution of a transpacific trade fight the wall street journal cited chinese sources familiar with the negotiating strategy and the other conditions president xi jinping will suggest for creating what the business paper characterized as and.

continues it's having an impact on stocks on both sides of the ocean dr gupta of the institute for china american studies is on hand to rip through the harsh rhetoric and get to the numbers finally as the effects of the trade war weigh heavily on china another link in an economic chain begin to last as swine fever grips the nation's ports supply or what's above the trading joins us to lay out how china plans to get through tough times ahead we have attack showed this let's go and died right in. with our global report today in the middle east where a dangerous situation is heating up after 2 tankers were reportedly attacked in the gulf of oman the u.s. navy was a ploy immediately to assist the sea vessels as they were blazing their crews were evacuated the situation remains of an attack in may 14 ships were attacked near for jerry row near the united arab in the united arab emirates an international investigation it's even tack said a state actor was likely at fault in that case this afternoon u.s. secretary mike pompei o announce a trumpet ministration believes iran is responsible for this attack iran ha

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off the agenda that are moving the markets is senior asia pacific specialist at the institute for china american studies welcome back 1st of all countries up on what's happening in sort of the g. 20 pre-game sort of speak what should we know about what's happened thus far and what should we be watching for want to really get going. we should be watching for 3 things in particular 1st it is the 3. meeting and well they can put the create conflict back on the rails and try to reach for a solution. secondly we should be looking to regard to whether our. truck we should be looking at the meetings trump is going to have with other major leaders particularly vladimir putin i mean they never get to sit down these are the 5 members 2 of the foremost powers on your bill never talk at the heads of state level so that's an important meeting and the 3rd thing we should be looking out for is given american you need actual some real this summit devolve down to 19 plus one scenario which you did to some extent in hamburg germany last time or america 1st become america a little bit so we should be watching for that and

china. britain's institute for fiscal studies says that borisjohnson's tax plans would cost billions and mainlythink tank has been looking at the plans of the frontrunner to be the uk's next prime minister. his rivaljeremy hunt has accused mrjohnson of avoiding detailed scrutiny over his proposals. lots of diplomatic manoeuvring going on and we will take you right around the world to the places that is happening, including news about the us secretary of state mike pompeo, who is in india today. there are a host of trade and business matters on the agenda. the us recently removed india's preferntial trade status agreement but wants delhi's support when it comes to huawei and iran. you might remember from you might rememberfrom previous coverage. our business reporter zoe thomas is in mumbai. good morning, zoe. we talk about business and trade being on the agenda and so important right now given what we are seeing with the united states and china. just give the picture in india and how important these discussions could be. these talks are considered to be really important. mike pompeo's main goal

regime for it's a very important context there eric by the institute of korean studies at berlin's free university thank you so much for joining us thank you very much for having me . now in china the former head of interpol menke hong way has pleaded guilty to accepting almost 2000000 euros in bribes appeared in attention court today where he read a statement containing the confession he also expressed his regret for the crime disappear during a trip to china last september while still serving as interpol president beijing admitted to his detention only days later man's wife has accused chinese authorities of creating a fake case for political reasons. now to a health crisis in the indian state of bihar more than $100.00 children have died this month from a brain disease called in satellite as it's often caused by consuming toxins and this region has seen similar outbreaks in previous years some have linked the spread of the disease to eating a lychee a tropical fruit but local officials say there is no conclusive evidence that the fruit is to blame the children's deaths have sparked angry protests their parents say authorities have been far too slow to react. child is fightin

institute for strategic studies. >>> shifting gears to japan, tokyo shares have rebounded for the first time in six trading days after federal reserve chairman jerome powell signals a possible rate cut and eased concerns over the u.s./chinater: the nikkei index finished 1.8 pre% higher, its sharpest rise in two months. investors were encouraged by the strong u.s. market the day before after chairman powell said the central bank would act as appropriate to sustain the expansion and shares of semiconductors and other electronic component makers were snapped up a statement from the chinese ministry of commerce on tuesday that the trade conflict with the u.s. will need to be resolved through further talks. also relieved worries that the trade war would escalate further. additionally, reports that senate republicans were opposing president trump's plans to slap tariffs on all mexican imports were welcomed as positive news because tariffs on mexico would deal a heavy blow on japanese companies, especially on the auto industries as many makers have been pouring money to build production site there is nissan has three, honda two, and toyota is in the midst of building its second plant to start operations sometime this year the b

institute of shanghai international studies and the editor and chief of the asian journal of middle eastern and islamic studies and taught at oxford, at denver at hong kong university. his latest articles for example are china's response to revolts in the arab world and china's economic diplomacy and is coeditor of china in the middle east in the 21st century. with that, let me ask everyone for a nice round of applause as we woke them dr. coates to the podium. [ applause ] >> thank you everyone for attending this very important event today. i am quite struck by the fact that we are here at the atlantic council on the 75th anniversary of d-day. all those years ago my grandfather was preparing to participate in this momentous event so to be here with atlantic council friends is really terrific. i would like to lay out what we publicly declared as the united states policy with china and i'm pleased to have a chinese colleague here so we can discuss this. then, look at how it affects her activities in the middle east. we basically have three main buckets, one is israel, one is the gcc plus two, egypt and jordan and then the iran policy and all these things we see as interrelated. and i wanted to read a little fro