john liu on solutions frfrom china, ethiopia and r rw. coming up onon "earth focus." [drumming] >> this s is china's loess plateau. until recently, this was one of the poorest regions in the cocountry. a land renowned for floods, mudslides and famine. but with the fanfare comes the hope of change for the better. my name is john d. liu. i've been documenting the changes on the plateau for 15 years. i first came here in 1995 to film an ambitious project where local people were constructing a new w landscape on a vast sca. transforming a barren land into a green and fertile one. the p project certainly changed my life, convincing me to become a soil scientist. the lessons i've learned in the last few years have made me realize that many of the human tragedies that we regularly witness around the world, the floods, mudslides, droughts and famines, are not inevitable. here on the loeoess plateau i've witnessed that people can lift themselves out of poverty. they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> w

john taylor. hsbc canon, whether deliver a third straight quarterly rise in revenue. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ i am betty liun in hong kong. president trump preparing to name his pick for the fed. governor kuroda staying in the job when his term ends in april. let's discuss with the david mann live from singapore this morning. there is a scoop or headline when it comes to the next fed chair. today it seems like it is jerome powell. would jerome powell be a good choice for the economy? what can he bring to the table that john taylor or janet yellen can't bring? toohey wouldn't distinguish much between choices such as paolo or taylor given they have been working together and seem to share in a broader sense some of the views on how policymaking should be done, more rules-based , not as much data dependency, not short-term data dependency. i think that will be the big difference. jerome powell or john taylor, the market would and thatre hawkishness will short-term impact the markets on treasuries and the u.s. dollar. >> what would jerome powell signal in terms of president preferences? one guest says he favors