and hong kong. i start out early i contacted a couple of rich kids to instagram and one of them invited me over. there they are the rich kids of instagram and their babies. sleep. welcome to the annual meeting of the super car club lots of super cars here . we're heading to a nearby hotel i've managed to get a lift in an audi r eight it costs one hundred sixty thousand euros but by comparison that's a cheap clunker in hong kong. these are the people i want to speak with i start chatting with reef that's going to look you don't look a day so what you do comes on i go tell me your car. this one yeah this one you are going on here buying a lamborghini is no big deal for him. so i left to buy something related to batman so i know i know that batman the batman movie is where they have to do it i'm ok as well so i bought this car pretty expensive car almost every day and you're always a. thousand would you consider yourself like saying being a rich guy no use to man i wish i could harness so you think the

hong kong death hong kong is an awesome city but unfortunately it's also a terribly expensive city and it may be the most expensive city in the world at the moment and i want to know where it is all that money who are the wealthy people of hong kong and. i start out early i contacted a couple of rich kids through instagram and one of them invited me over. there they are the rich kids of instagram and they're babies. because. welcome to the annual meeting of the super car club blocks of super cars here. we're heading to a nearby hotel i managed to get a lift in an audi r eight it costs one hundred sixty thousand euros but by comparison that's a cheap clunker in hong kong. these are the people i want to speak with i start chatting with reef that's going to look just don't look a day so what was your idea of going so that i go from here finally after. this one this one you are going on here buying a lamborghini is no big deal for him. so i love to buy something related to batman so i know i know that batman the batman movie is where they have to do it i'm ok as well so i bought this guy p

we're like ninjas. >> reporter: "king kong" on broadway, 2018, is a take on the original "king kong"any people, is a take on birth of a nation from 1915. that deal in a very dark and ugly way, the issue of race. how is your version different from that earlier version? >> we're not shying away from the fact that our main character cannot speak. and our version, it is now a black woman who cannot find her voice throughout the entire show until she meets kong, who can't speak. >> wait a minute, wait a minute, hold on. >> it's really hard to watch the 1933 version as a person of color, but i think there's a sort of healing that comes from our version when you can see it and solely focus on a connection of love and respect. >> reporter: moments before show time, we're with her as she transforms herself into character. tell us about your dressing room. you got all kinds of stuff in here. >> i just have a lot of gentle reminders of women that helped me get here. i have family. my grandma, my mom, just to sort of surround me with love. >> watch your step. >> reporter: kong captain jacob will

you watch king kong. destroying things or looking at whatever actress, his eyes, something behind them. >> reporter: while in critics loved the production, even those who wrote mixed reviews happied praise on pits' performance and the execution of congress himself. >> if you come and see "king ko kong" on broadway, you will leave a part of history because this sort of technology has never been introduced to a broadway stage. >> reporter: it's not only the technology that's making history, but also it's herself. what does it mean to you to be the first african american act astros play this role in this iconic story? >> for a lot of people of color, there has always been this sort of disconnect with the story that some people could pinpoint and some people couldn't. i know myself as a little girl, i loved it. and there were moments that made me feel really weird and uncomfortable, and i couldn't figure out why until i got a little older and i noticed some racial undertones that the story has carried. but i

in that case, have you been in touch with the hong kong exchange and police in hong kong?hank you for asking. we have been publishing under a previous brand, but since april or may of 2012 with this, and we have cooperated with any inquiries historically. our track record speaks for itself. we have had a number of different companies under this scenario. this company sound similar to the previous stories. inquiries are inbound and requests, i'm happy to discuss our findings. yvonne: final question for you, who is next? thank you for asking that too. my first chance at shooting bonitas was to look at hong kong listed companies. we have published on three different companies. i have another two reports in the pipeline scheduled for january-ish. we have outstanding due diligence deliverables to review and understand, but it looks like some of the recruitment efforts i made are starting to come to fruition. companiesding fabricating income statements and balance sheet information. this isn't just lying or trying to paint rosy forecasts. evidence thatical the company has not be

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in small numbers in the wild in an unlikely urban- subtropical region.ivan watson reports from hong kong. in the jungles above hong kongthere's a living treasure. an animal on the verge of extinction in the wildwhich poachers risk jail time and big fines to capture. conservationists are battling to save this golden coin turtle.anthony lau, ecologist & lecturer, hong kong baptist university: "the main reason that we are doing this is that we want to reduce the threat to turtles, and one of the main threats is illegal trapping."by a stream bank..researchers find evidence left by what they suspect are turtle trappers, who apparently ignore anti- poaching warnings from city authorities.yik hai sung, ecologist & research assistant professor, school of biological sciences, the university of hong kong: "so far we don't find this very effective. we don't see real enforcement follow this after puting up this sign. even worse, we thought about that putting up this sign may tell people that there are turtles in the place."ivan watson: "this is a female golden coin turtle. she's a critically endange

hong kong lower by 100 points here. alice say it comes down -- analysts say it comes down to the implementation of reform measures. comes to the property market as well. take a look at stocks we are watching. is stock we are watching this, the online food and delivery platform. here we go. take a look at that. the stock is follmann close to 6% in hong kong today after the founder of a bike sharing app decided to leave as ceo. keep in mind he acquired mobike earlier this year. the stock took a beating. company isanic milk not flying. they are going to buy a majority stake in the organic milk unit. ec both the stocks higher today. take a look at shanghai biosciences, a biofarma company here in hong kong, surging more than 22% here today, the second-largest ipo we have seen in hong kong this year. nejra: yvonne man in hong kong, thank you so much. skip the bloomberg first word news with debra mao, also in hong kong. the white house has moved to try and calm the markets after the loss of steven mnuchin, who largest banksix

branding hong kong's flexible friend as a building material for the environmentally conscious. and why it's cuban cinema not hollywood blockbusters drawing the crowds international film festival. you know look back over here across australia particularly in queensland we haven't seen quite a bit of rain all dealing with our tropical cyclone owen now the storm is just going to be standing off the coast as a remnant over monday but still producing a lot of heavy rain along the coastal areas so flooding is still going to be a major concern across that region as we go towards tuesday the storm still stays we are looking at some windy conditions as well gusty breezy conditions but the rain is still going to be a problem up here towards townsville well down towards the south towards melbourne not look too bad but over here towards adelaide we do have a system coming out of the bite and that means we should see some afternoon thunderstorms by the time we get towards tuesday night well new zealand you're looking quite nice and that's going to continue here on monday high pressure is do

working and involved in helping the good folks over there that i spoke with last year at the hong kong monetary authority to come up with some basic rules and they actually released sun recently tell us about those. absolutely abarth i mean not a week goes by without any new regulatory changes i mean only if you look at the last week you know that people see in china announced that they did maintain their bad and i suppose you had more issue as they came out with consultation on custody rules for crypto you know and you had tied for example the that there were to come up with their new rules for their for approval for us i see a portal but when it comes to hong kong that's probably where we had some of the most exciting developments for example with the hong kong regulator issued a new framework not only for crypto exchanges but also crypto funds and just to give you an example under the new framework and the crew license fund manager in hong kong and there's more than two thousand of them can hold up to ten percent of its portfolio in crypto us that's what any additional licensing rec

debra mao has that in hong kong.apanese prosecutors rearrested carlos ghosn on fresh, more serious allegations on misconduct. in the latest twist, prosecutors say the former nissan chairman is suspected of transferring his personal investment losses to the company. every arrest gives prosecutors the right to retain ghosn, who has previously denied wrongdoing, for at least another 10 days. danske bank cut its forecast for 2018, blaming the markets long and ending a year dominated by scandal on a decidedly weak note. denmark's biggest bank said it will reach 15 million kroner, down from of forecast range of 16-17,000,000,000 kroner. it comes as they deal with the fallout of multiple money laundering investigations. nike surged in late trading after reporting strong trading china,h america and being the forecast $.46. this is their first earnings report since the controversial ad campaign featuring colin kaepernick. nike ceo said the ads drove an uptick in engagement. qualcomm secured another victory over apple, gaining

about king kong is the eyes, the eyes of the windows to the soul.o matter what he's doing, whether he's destroying things or look at whatever actress, his eyes, he has something behind them. >> while many critics loved the production, even those who wrote mixed reviewed heaped praise on pitts' performance and kong him zblefl self. >> this sort of technology has never been introduced to a broadway stage. >> it's not only the technology that's making history, but also it's herself. >> what does it mean it you to be the first african-american actress to play this role in this iconic story? >> for a lot of people of color, there's always been the sort of disconnect with the story that some people could pinpoint and some people couldn't. i know myself as a little girl i loved it and there are moments that made me feel really weird and uncomfortable and i couldn't fik out why until i got a bit older. and i noticed some sort of racial undertones that the stories carried. but i think right now women all over the place are sort of gaining this new found powe

its versatility and strength have helped it survive for centuries here in hong kong it's three times faster to build than steel and costs a fraction of the price but the laws state that each pole can only be used once every year five million poles end up in landfills with landfills at capacity the government has started a campaign to recycle the most important job that we are doing here is to promote reduction at tsotsis so if we can't do without it we instill in them a culture of less than five more that is unsafe more resources for our water that we all our next generation around fifty tonnes of used bamboo has been collected so far this year as well as public workshops design is being invited to use old poles to create new products showcasing the ancient material in a modern lives we already know everything we do says the first thing we're going to launch after that we launch the shoes we launch even allat like the fish at the tissue is made of bamboo five a bamboo has always had a reputation of being a temporary structure here in hong kong it's mainly used as scaffolding but it's

hong kong lower by close to 0.9%.ge-cap and asia market turning positive, potentially on news of these reform measures we got out of china and the work conference on friday, talking about how they will be loosening rules on investment, also easier credit policy, taking the neutral stance in their policy as well. it could be why we are seeing a turnaround for chinese stocks. we mentioned, it is a chinese with -- it is a holiday week. half or sor and a before things shut down for christmas. asian markets are down by 0.7%. hasaad: shanghai buyers coming to the market. yvonne: the trick, if you are in hong kong, do it on a day when it is slow. we are up 20% in the biofarma company of shanghai. dianping in particular, after we learned the cofounder decided to leave, which meituan owns that company. rishaad: coming up, tech transfers at the heart of president trump's irritation with china. beijing is weighing new nerules. we will hear that argument next. ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then

annabelle they are in hong kong. has pushed back the second brexitg a referendum because she wants people to vote for her deal. it comes after eu leaders failed to provide any leeway to make her divorce deal more attractive to lawmakers in the u.k.. joining us now is bloomberg's news director. lucy macdonald, cio at global equities. david, let me kick it off with you. clearly she is going to kickback against anything that is not her deal, but you would expect her cabinet to be on the same page. does she have to tractors in her midst? when that be a revelation, the split in the british cabinet. haswhole of the government been very divided about this issue all along as we know. some pretty strong reports over the weekend about this movement for a second referendum. gaining traction within mrs. mays cabinet. they denied bit this morning. she has been forceful in saying that the vote was taken in 2016, it is a petrillo the british public. if we try to undo that in any way, it is pop by those who want to subvert brexit. u

hong kong one of the victims.e are on course for the worst year since 2011 for hong kong stocks, china faring off worse. but we are closed here today. certainly wrapping up a volatile session and year. manus? manus: great roundup. yvonne with the asian session. we are closing with a lack of liquidity in these markets. let's get first word news. debra mao is standing by in hong kong. debra: italy's parliament approved its 2019 budget law. this follows the weeklong standoff with the european commission. they agreed to lower a 2019 deficit target to 2.04%. the initial 2.4% target was rejected by brussels as breaching eu rules. the chances of the u.k. leaving the eu are 50-50 as parliament rejects theresa may's deal, according to uk's international trade secretary liam fox speaking to the sunday times. he called on fellow lawmakers to back the deal, saying he would rather have an agreement that falls short then risk no brexit at all. russia and turkey have a crucial role to play in syria. that's according to a message

rattling asian stocks tokyo's nikkei index closed more than two percent lower hang saying in hong kong down by about one of the half percent way c.f.o. one shoe was taken into custody in canada last week at the behest of u.s. authorities and is fighting to be released on bail for health reasons another day another sign that monks a rest could spill over into the u.s. china trade dispute this time claims of poor treatment in the media. now there are already some media reports revealing details of monk one shows treatment in custody including some inhumane measures such as not giving her fundamental medical support . we believe this is inhumane and infringes on her human rights issues. and that's one more reason for investors to worry stocks in asia continue to slide this week in the wake of the arrest tech stocks are among the biggest losers in tokyo hong kong and south korea chip makers like hynix and producers of smartphone displays like japan display among them. the chinese foreign ministry accuses the u.s. of violating the legal rights of man one joe it urged the americans to withdr

. >> and i'm in hong kong. welcome to day break flverage asia. -- "daybreak: asia." >> our top stories this tuesday, u.s. markets maintain the trade truce rally. the s&p and the dow both rising. more than 1%. the dollar weakens again. the optimism extends to oil with crude surging the most in the five months and bouncing back from its worst monthly oss in a decade. auto stocks are among the winners. exporters are looking at a big potential payday. >> let's get started with breaking news out of south korea. we are getting the final figures for third quarter g.d.p. coming in, a growth of .6% on quarter on quarter. on quarter. that was in line with estimates and also pretty flat from the second quarter where growth was also .6%. year on year there has been a slowdown to 2%. remember, this is the final figure. still a slowdown from second quarter growth of 2.8% that we saw a year on year. so a bit of a slowdown for g.d.p. growth for the third quarter. final numbers, growth of 2%. and we're also getting some s.p.i.

i'm david ingles in hong kong.athleen: i'm kathleen hays in new york, welcoming you and everyone to daybreak asia. let's look at the top stories. asia stocks face a mixed start in many markets after the biggest turnaround since 2010. david: traders trying to figure out if the u.s. reversal signals a bottom for the soft market or the market itself, or is it a case of year end rebalancing? kathleen: china embracing for year end demands on trade. beijing is unsure what president trump really wants. as kathleen, so mentioned, that's exactly what we are getting across major markets. australia up and running for 60 minutes, japan coming online, korea getting warmed up. have a look at our gmm here. equity columns on your left. mixed picture, .4%. earlier,of japan jobless rate ticking up a little bit, industrial numbers coming in slightly better than expectations. the story today is in the bond market. look at the fourth column with yields continuing to push lower. 2016 lows roughly for the australian 10-year, 2.34% right

let it share index in hong kong has a joint venture with daimler come of this company does, it is kongabout 3.2% in hong the hong kong casinos are also coming under pressure following a note from deutsche bank of us as winter is coming. growth gaining revenue will decline by about 5% in 2019 by their -- from their 4%.or growth of so there could be a weakness for the casinos in 2019. nejra: thank you, juliette saly instant or. we are asking the question on the mliv. can the yuan rally from here? how far? whi head to th sarah share. coming up next, we went to get your first in the morning on this question. how much further can the rally go after the past couple of days? >> it is versus it is to the headlines, slightly positive headlines overnight over the u.s. china trade war to my own views are limited to riyadh part of the formulation for the chinese administration to deal with the risk, will be the weakening of the john, so i expect that to return -- the weakeningl be of the yuan. nejra: someone french will be staying with us to riyadh first, we get the first word news with debra

greater china a connoisseur in hong kong.india tweaking its economic policy to appeal the support base come up but they could annoy consumers in the process. more details on that on the way. ♪ rishaad: india is tightening rules for foreign e-commerce companies to protect local ones. bezon and walmart will barred from forcing sellers to feature exclusive products on their platforms. yvonne: this could in the hurting indian consumers. let's bring in our new delhi bureau chief. .alk us through this story what is the government hoping to achieve with this? >> the government is trying to ensure there is no predatory pricing. given the expansion the online especiallyave, amazon and walmart flying -- buying into flipkart. they have been complaining to the government, the smaller stores. the ruling party has a key support face in these neighborhood shops. seen these online retailers in expansion mode. is to protect them and get some amount of regulation into the online e-commerce space. is, if this thing is election nearing, it is qu

hong kong time -- 9:00 a.m. hong kong time.tons from the u.s. -- ordered 2 million tons from the u.s.. the big deals are in fact happening as trump said earlier --s week china but is buying china is buying tremendous amounts. but there could be more casualties as apple suppliers are considering shipping production out of china if the u.s. increases tariffs to 29%. one apple partner suggested other locations for iphone production, so watching some like these. the wrapping up of the patent spat between qualcomm and apple will drive markets. haidi: let's take a look at how markets that are trading are are faring. we are seeing a tentatively positive mood in asia with positive headlines on those soybean purchases. also potentially a did taunt -- detente on the trade war. shery: futures looking higher. this is bloomberg. ♪ is is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: this is "bloomberg markets: china open." >> theresa may clings on after winning a conservative vote on confidence, but her brexit they'll headache will not go away. >> the u.s. demands

count down to the new yass just ended in hong kong with victoria harbor providing the backdrop drop to a spectacular fireworks display also on the program bangladesh's prime minister says her conscience is clear a shake a senior rejects the calls for a new photo after winning her first consecutive election despite its latest being mobbed by deadly violence but her rivals have called her victory a fraud. although meanwhile is awaiting the outcome of its lamarck presidential elections sunday's votes are being counted and tensions are high on allegations of widespread voting irregularities. i'm phil gallo welcome to the program. revelers across the world are ringing in the new year the colts have just struck a midnight in hong kong which saw hundreds of thousands of people like victoria harbor so watch the traditional fireworks display. that is not to look much like fireworks but believe me they were there when you hear that they are near here january first is a major event in hong kong but in mainland china the big celebrations take place in february about the beginning of the lunar new

hong kong under pressure as well.uch evaporated gains from the earlier days, so we are suggesting this was maybe a technical rebound, not exactly an inflection point in the market. the trade headlines are not exactly helping as well. you mentioned the u.s. team heading to beijing in early january, and we got the weak profit china, industrial contracting for the first time since 2015. rusal, up close to 8% on news the chairman is resigning after six years at the company. his resignation was part of a paska struckri with the u.s. to lift sanctions on his companies. cnooc, up 1.2% in hong kong. bank of china, issuing their perpetual bonds. another move, the chinese really replenishing capital in some of these chinese banks, the stock rally in just a little bit. nejra: yvonne man in hong kong. thank you so much. let's go to bloomberg first word news. desley: hi, nejra. delegation isent set to go to beijing for trade talks the week of january 7. the deputy u.s. trade representative will lead the white house team, in the fi

we think it works well, and if you look at hong kong now, it is thriving. i think the judiciary would agree independent of that. it is not perfect, but it is pretty good. >> let's turn to the middle east and then i will invite the audience to ask some questions. at least from where i sit, it looks like the most important trend on the middle east today is they are looking at the decline of a ramp power. we see a number of a ramp states have been torn by contention, and there are countries like syria that was once a bastion of a ramp nationalism and not in control of their own territory. the gulf monarchies are looking at long-term declines in oil revenue and rising population, and britain has a long history of engagement in this part of the world. a lot of relationships go back in some cases for centuries, and do the greeks have any advice for the romans? in a particular part of the world. >> that is a very interesting picture and what you described as quite a compelling view of what is happening. honestly i remember being in brussels when the a wrap spring

hong kong ring with eight at the new year with victoria harbor providing the backdrop to a spectacular fireworks display also on the program bangladesh's prime minister says her conscience is clear she has ina rejects calls for a new goes after winning her third consecutive election despite this latest being mauled by deadly violence d.w. hears from voters who say they were forced to vote for. congo meanwhile is awaiting the outcome of its landmark presidential election sunday's votes have been counted tensions are high following allegations of widespread voting irregularities. in. five hundred homes very glad you could join me. revellers so around the world all ringing in the new year in hong kong is one of the latest to welcome the start of twenty nine team all the traditional fireworks of the victoria harbor for accompanied by music canada. sure watched by hundreds of towns. and audio australia kicked off the proceedings in spectacular style sydney staging its largest ever fireworks display and of course there are still plenty more parties to come. we'll have new year's updates from

in hong kong. we are an hour away from the opening of trading day in hong kong.n shenzhen and shanghai, chinese stocks looking like a muted start tuesday's trading. pretty muted in terms of the markets that are open. we are seeing tokyo and seoul trading lower. australia keeping its head above water. it was a roller coaster ride of volatility-driven turnaround when it comes to the u.s. session overnight. not a great deal of conviction feeding through to the asian morning. i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i'm shery ahn. let's get the first word news with jessica summers. jessica: thanks. theresa may heads for europe on to her after bowing critics at home and postponing a crucial brexit vote in parliament. she will hold talks with angela merkel. faced with almost certain defeat of her much criticized deal, the prime minister says she will seek what she cause assurances from e.u. leaders, yet she gave no indication of what that means. >> the government will step up its work in preparation for that potential outcome and the cabinet will heard -- hold further

and it ends with that live auction in hong kong on the 19th. in woodside, betty yu, kpix 5 news. >> concierge auctions expects more than 100 people to attend in hong kong. they will consider 18 properties around the world. >>> with days like today, so beautiful out, you can see why people are looking to the bay area, they say, hey. >> it sells itself. >> yes, it does. even if the price tag is insanely high. we are chilly in inland valleys, fog is heading your way after midnight, down to 41 in santa rosa, 42 in livermore, keeping you milder in oakland and san francisco. san francisco 47, fremont 41, napa, vallejo, fairfield, santa rosa dropping to the 30s overnight. don't want to call it bad, it's decent but dropping. we haven't had much rain in santa rosa, 82% of normal, san jose 69% of average for the water year which began on october 1st. plenty of storms, not for lack of weather, it just is not heading here. we have another frontal the way but notice where the arrows are pointing, toward the pacific northwest. the storm track is working its

the hong kong market is an absolute standout.res in hong kong make it attractive from a global point of view. the surprise might well be the uk market, it under pressure at the moment, brexit is weighing on it, we could see a long—term benefit coming through and a rise on the ftse 100, long—term benefit coming through and a rise on the ftse100, they are the key markets for 2019. michael mccarthy from cmc markets in sydney, you have the china trade talks, brexit and the slowing economy and high interest rates in packing globalfinancial high interest rates in packing global financial markets and the currency markets as well, with the eurodollar at 1.1333, and we have seen a rise in crude prices overnight and in asian trade, with light crude at 52.28 and brent crude over the $60 mark. thank you so much for investing your time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport today's coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: a gunman hs opened fire near a christmas market in the french city of strasbourg. at least three people are re

cnooc down 2.8% in hong kong.stin japan, the loss in the asia-pacific to date , sliding 6.5%, and origin energy as well down 6%. ,ishaad: some other companies softbank coming on the market, now declining more, 9.2% to the downside. takeda got an upgrade from -- mitsuru. it will be listing. nintendo selling 7.8 million switches. on the move down 2% and the declining market. ♪ ining market. ♪ >> 10:29 in hong kong. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says the u.s. and china will meet to discuss a broader trade truce in january. said the two sides are confirming logistics and are determined to resolve their differences. he added they already agreed any deal will be enforceable and verifiable. the white house is backing away from a government shutdown, signaling it may cap existing sources of money to fund the presidents border wall. this comes as richard shelby is writing a bill to extend current federal spending the february. the president said he would be proud to close down federal agencies if he does not get what h

anna: debra mao in hong kong. brexit and the referendum result back in 2016, which sparked the largest trash of any major currency in modern history. some traders who benefit against the pound may have benefited from the actions of nigel farage. his concession before the votes were tallied helped drive the pound to its highest mark on the year just hours before implemented. at least two close associates of nigel farage personally profited in betting against the currency. these are the findings of a long , aestigation of cam simpson bloomberg investigation reporter who joins us now. tell us how this relates to your early investigations around nigel farage. in june that ad significant number of hedge funds had secretly purchased private polling data from the country's leading. , and that gave them -- leading pollsters, and that gave them streaming data about how britain was voting on the day of the ote, allowing some of these hedge funds to make tens of hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of the crash. the fca is

kong." like nothing broadway has seen before. king kong is a story long revered in the american consciousness, a giant ape captured and brought to new york as a spectacle that escapes, and the new version just so happens to star my daughter christiani pitts as the independent and headstrong leading lady. >> now kong might be king but you're queen of the show. >> mmm-hmm. okay. ♪ i'm taking the throne ♪ i'm going to be the queen of new york ♪ >> reporter: christiani's reimagined for a modern age. a far crime from the damsels of kong's past. >> what does it mean to you to be the first african-american woman to play this iconic role that historically has always been a white woman? >> i feel like it means progress. because i think for a long time if somebody was supposed to be beautiful on stage, they had to be blonde or they had to be fair skinned. i think we're in a place where beauty is so many things and i get to be unapologetically myself and unapologetically black on stage. that is somethi

chan wai-yee, chinese university of hong kong: "the method itself is very easy. you can use it, everyone can use it now." leaders in the field of gene editing have collectively agreed it's too early to implant edited embryos in humans because of the risks, humankind.prof. william hurlbut, stanford medical school: "we're at a hinge in human history."william hurlbut is a leading bioethicist who teaches at stanford university. in the months before the news broke, dr. he met together we would talk "eve about the seriousness of the issues and in a sort of step- wise way what you have to do to make sure it was done right, but when i heard that there were live born children from it, i thought 'oh my gosh, he just jumped ahead.' hurlbut knew nothing of the plan to implant edited human embryos.dr. he studied at stanford as a postdoctoral fellow where he worked with leading researchers. hurlbut describes him as smart, but perhaps too trusting of his own wisdom.prof. william hurlbut, stanford medical school: "he's young, he's inexperienced, you know he's from a small, rural

hong kong is open. is closed, china is closed, but hong kong is open and expressing optimism based on the trump tweet and xi's comment on it. the pound a stronger. futures suggest we will be stronger, but the dax is closed. many other markets also closed. modestexpected to make gains to reflect the optimism around the trade story. although i should point out, as we said, there was a negative from china. we discussed it with jodi schneider. that's the pmi data. the may factoring data looking -- manufacturing data looking weak. that trade story not entirely positive. it seems it's enough to go higher on the last trading day of the year in europe. some of the markets open, euronext markets open, the ftse open in london, as well. the ftse 100 up .01%. they ibex and the aex both out of the gate quite quickly and to the upside this morning. let's look at the sector picture than. it's not a day where we talk individual stock names. this is where we got to be i-5 hundred broken down in the imap function, showin

sophie: i'm sophie kamaruddin in hong kong.ybreak: asia." ♪ haidi: our top stories is monday. beijing threatens unspecified action if the huawei cfo is not free. -- freed. the international monetary fund repeating its warnings about trade. the u.s.-china threatens global growth, jobs, and wages. shery: carlos ghosn is expected to be charged. we will have the latest on the case live from tokyo. on wall brutal selloff street with u.s. stock seeing their worst week since march. u.s. futures on -- under pressure. at one point, falling as much as 1% or we could be retesting the lows as back in february and april around 25.50. let's see how markets are trading. it is still heard -- barely, but how are we looking? early, but we are red across the board for asian stocks. the nikkei, losses over 1%. adding to declines we saw last week. ofn 1.5% over the course last week. it looks like more pain ahead for asian equities. when it comes to data today just, we have japan's gdp refer the third quarter coming in lower. you have business spend

the bamboo boom rebranding hong kong's flexible friend as a building material for the environmentally conscious and installed we tell you about this fear has been dominating the slopes and it's only. now to hungary where despite the cold thousands of people are still out protesting in the capital budapest this is a false demonstration this week against prime minister viktor orban and controversial new laws passed by his right wing government the new labor legislation which critics have dubbed the slave bill hikes the maximum annual overtime hours employers can demand from two hundred fifty to four hundred hours are also angry about new measures which set up administrative courts to oversee sensitive cases involving elections and public procurement rights groups say this could lead to greater government interference in justice matters many are already concerned that prime minister viktor orban is eroding the country's legal system and press freedom or a challenge now reports. for the fourth day you know protesters have been on the street to the hunger in the capital past recent rule ch

we go to debra mao in hong kong.t has been a rough year blackrock shareholders as asset managers had for their worst decline in a decade. blackrock is still better off than many of its peers. gauge has plunged 29%, more than three times the s&p 500 index. lee gearing up for the biggest push yet into the vegan market. plan to launch the incredible burger under the garden gourmet label. they are racing against unilever by the on to meet, backed bill gates and letter to cap real. the all stock a bid would value the canadian marijuana grower at $2.1 billion. canadianhis month, the company saw the share price half in two days. they deny any wrongdoing. instagram redesigned its platform for horizontal scrolling and the plan immediately went sideways. struck a barrage of complaints. the facebook owned app reverted to its original feature, saying the redesign was a small test that went wide by accident. matt: thanks. government u.s. shutdown is set to continue into 2019 after house republicans said they did not plan to sched

it is synonymous with hong kong's ever growing skyline and has been an integral part of the building industry for centuries but despite its versatility bamboo has also become a waste problem for the government and a group of atsic to architects are taking up the challenge to give this sustainable material a new lease on life so a caucus for. its versatility and strength have helped it survive for centuries here in hong kong it's three times faster to build than steel and costs a fraction of the price but the laws state that each pole can only be used once every year five million poles end up in landfills with landfills at capacity the government has started a campaign to recycle the most important job that we are doing here to promote reduction at solstice so if we can't do without it we instill in them a culture of less and save more at ease and save more resources. that we all our next generation around fifty tons of used bamboo has been collected so far this year as well as public workshops design is being invited to use old poles to create new products showcasing his ancient mate

in hong kong.van, thank you. >>> a house democrat seeking an investigation as north carolina is looking into election fraud in the congressing race there. it is looking into the operations of republican mark harris. totals showed harris ahead of mccready by 9 905 votes. drew griffin has more. >> reporter: we are learning this criminal investigation has been going for nearly a year. it focuses not only on perhaps voter fraud, but on the campaign financing behind it. at the center of it is a man named dallas who was paid by the harris campaign to get out the vote in the county. we have done digging on mr. dallas. it turns out he worked on six different campaigns dating back to 2010. he was paid $23,000 for his work over those campaigns. get this, it turns out in almost all of the campaigns he worked on, his candidate got a dispropdi disproportate number of absentee bal ballots. >> that operative has denied any wrongdoing. >>> wisconsin's democratic attorney general-elect says a flurry of republican l