of maximum pressure of keeping the sanctions if china wanted to it could easily open up the border and start economic cooperation again with north korea and then counter that strategy but of course china and china stephanie very worried about the u.s. trade or and and the china will use that as a leverage in discussing trade well with trump and they will meet soon at the g. 20 summit in japan ok you mentioned the sanctions against north korea from china so that makes this a very important meeting for. yeah actually this also like a practical outcome that north korea expects from the summit and that is food delivery food aid because north korea had a really bad harvest the worst in a decade and 10000000 people depend on foreign aid but of course the bigger picture is that kim jong un needs the diplomatic back up and by china it once china to not be involved in for the i'm strategy of the nuclear right nuclear is ation on the terms basically saying that they have a step by step approach not not the big deal the trump expects but rather you know getting concession step by step and of course they hope that china for that and also will sup

in terms of trade, the relationship for north korea, china is top of the list. it is, sally.korea's biggest security and economic ally, that might have flagged in recent years. between 2000 and 2015 for instance, bilateral trade between the two increased tenfold, peaking in 2014. but tougher international sanctions put a stop to all of that after several missile tests and the biggest nuclear test ever carried out by north korea, china began to tighten the economic noose around the kingdom by suspending fuel sales among lots of other things in 2017, even though it is evident the weak economy has somehow forced kim jong—un to reach out to china, seoul and washington, the trade relationship and not return to what it was at its height. chinese imports from north korea fell by 88% last year, exports dropped by a third. meanwhile, from xijinping point of view, it may be an attempt to use pyongyang as a pawn in the trade war with the us, a clever way to manage china's relationship with the us after all because this meeting becomes just as the us after all because this meeting become

however, i think the summit between north korea and china will only hinder it. hat the us used to be a major provider of aid to north korea, accounting for more than half of the food aid? so of course, after this meeting, xi is meeting president trump, and he appears fond of kim jong—un, so we will see what happens there as well. complicated relationships between china, the us and north korea. thank you so much, my colleague in business reporter mariko oi. work —based messaging app slack has soared by almost 50% on its new york stock exchange debut. thejump in the its new york stock exchange debut. the jump in the stock price puts the value of the company at around 25 billion us dollars. as samira hussain explains, slack‘s debut is another unusual path, pioneered by spotify. many were watching slack's debut on the stock exchange primarily because it decided to list directly. that means it didn't have a traditional roadshow where it spoke to investors to get a sense of how much interest they would be in the shares. he didn't use banks to underwrite any potential l

so is china using north korea as leveraged in the trade war talks? sponse from beijing. translation: you asked whether china is using president xi you asked whether china is using president xi '5 state visit to the dprk as some kind of leverage. i must say people with such an idea just overthinking. so are we overthinking? what do you think? i still think the timing is interesting. it is indeed, but what a great response from the foreign minister there. patience, a great response from the foreign ministerthere. patience, it seems, is no longer a virtue at the us federal reserve. while it has held interest rates steady, it has dropped that keyword from its statements, and that is important because it strongly suggests that the world's most influential central bank will cut the cost of borrowing next month. the bbc‘s samira hussain has the details. at their last meeting in may, the federal reserve felt that the labour market was strong, inflation was near its 2% objective, consumer confidence was also strong, and it seemed that the trump administration

china's president north korea today and it's. not a courtesy call the u.n. sanctions have killed off 3 quarters of trade between the 2 communist brother countries and now kim wants to be part of china's belgian road initiative will he give nuclear concessions to china in return. and african swine fever is going global as vietnam has to kill off millions of biggs's expert experts are calling it the largest animal disease outbreak ever. also on the show the number of millionaires is rising asia is catching up in the race of the rich. this is due to of your business as well. she's in pink house become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north korea for 14 years it's a sign of improving relations between the 2 traditional allies despite a drop in trade between them both president g.m. kim your own will want to make sure that trade remains strong despite u.n. sanctions against china secretive communist brother country. the chinese president's arrival on north korean soil was a momentous one clearly not everything that crosses the border between the 2 allie

of a huge deficit versus china. korea has a huge surplus, especially in high tech. urplus remains with china and the rest of the world. but it is narrowing. what caused the april contraction is really on the primary income. it is likely to be re-saturation of profits. what the trend tells you be on the runoff, and the trend tells , weit is still in surplus will likely see a rebound in may. but the key point is that it is narrowing, and that is a structural trend. korea is also aging. rishaad: you are saying structural. the thing is, when was it ever cyclical? demographics are playing a part here. korea,n becomes the next who is ultimately dependent on vietnam? trinh: if you look at the current account, it used to be a country that talked about current accounts. off the chart in 2011-2012, depreciation was the game in town. now we are talking about a strong dollar. the reason for it is that, structurally, exports are outperforming the rest of the world because of this wage off. inre are also tariff costs comparative advantage. that is being helpful, added with very ag

china and north korea remain allies with a long history for weeks now chinese state t.v. has been glorifying china's role in the korean war when the people's liberation army fought on the north side against u.s. forces in a war that started almost 70 years ago. well daryn there's another reason why this visit is happening now because this is the 70th anniversary of the founding of diplomatic relations between china and north korea and of course a year after that chinese forces joined north korean soldiers in fighting the united states on the korean peninsula we heard another reminder really of why china wants to prevent north korea being squeezed any more economically both russia and china are planning to block a new effort by the u.n. security council to sanction north korea for apparently breaching more sanctions in this case the petroleum it receives from russia and china all right adrian thank you for that update from beijing let's take the song with mason ritchie he's a professor of international relations at hancock university foreign studies he's joining us from seo

as to what his relationship with our resident china experts cliff including cliff just said that north korea looks set to become part of beijing's belgian road initiative what bill china gain from including north korea well these are these are old friends no country likes instability on its borders for a start and i think china particularly is aware of this and it wants to prop up its old friend you know we used to say they were as close as lips and teeth at that relationship became a little bit strained over the nuclear issue but they seem to be back on track again so i think there's a lot to gain by keeping things stable across the border atonement nuclear the nuclear issue and trade. there are sanctions are in place will china just go ahead and break them. i think it's a question of they how they will paint that i think that they will effectively break them but it will be presented as humanitarian aid i think what they want to do the way china is thinking is that in return for advances on nuclear they will give small advances on reducing the sanctions and i think that's possibly the appro

according to chinese state media she told kim's off the friendship between china and north korea will not be shaken by changes in the international situation china wants to play a constructive role in the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. during this visit china striking a tricky balance between expectations from the us to put pressure on came over denuclearize ation. and is traditionally close ties with north korea which had deteriorated in recent years of of john yanks nuclear provocations. and regions backing of u. n. sanctions. kim jong un has boarded his famous armored train to visit cheating paying four times in the past year but analysts say a reciprocal visit has been held off while she awaited the outcome of kim's nuclear talks us president trump. negotiations that collapsed in february. it also comes after beijing's own trade negotiations with washington has a wall last month she may be hoping to come away with some leverage with when he meets the us president and next week's g. twenty summit in japa. south korea media reports china's offering some one hundred tons o

so korea has a problem in past with china and current problem with north korea. actually, we have future problem with china. so i think we are facing some difficulties, especially china and japan. >> yes, yes, yes. can i ask about president trump and foreign policy. president trump and his foreign policy and how do you think maybe the region is seeing him or interpreting president trump's foreign policy, so, for example, how do you think trump's actions iran, regarding iran last week, are seen by china, north korea, or so, you know, our alley alleys as well south korea and japan. does president trump's reversal or backing off from attacking ir iran, at least with north korea and china, does it undermine his credibility theest wiat least w countries or undermine potency of his threats. not saying it was a right or wrong decision. how is his foreign policy interpreted, do you think? how is china seeing this, for example? >> just -- >> we're talking uncertainties. we're just adding more. >> yeah. i would love to know how leaders fundamentally make judgments on these

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yet a soul basically both have common interests north korea depends on china because it's their economic lifeline. north korea cannot survive without china they need diplomatic support and they want china basically because their stance in how they negotiate with the united states and north korea is actually willing to spend it on their own charms and that means 1st trust building and then partially giving up some of the nukes and giving getting some economic concessions by the u.s. well the u.s. once basically a one time deal that once you heard a north korea to completely do nuclear rice overnight you so actually can john then not being a new york state he wants china to basically a lot before him when he talks with donald trump later they will meet in one week at the g. 27 in japan what do you make of the timing of this meeting because we are just approaching the g. 20 summit for example. yeah i mean that's very crucial shina i think i mean the invitation to shooting thing to come to show young it's already very old and he accepted it now why you cause he wants some leverage to negotia

china wants to keep a u.s. ally office border and north korea wants to stay around. pyongyang, it means he is going to get another ally, at least for a year or so. -- china wants to keep a u.s. and northts border korea wants to stay around. why would kim ever get rid of nuclear weapons? >> i don't think he will. most north koreans know south koreans are richer than they are but one thing they have south korea does not is its own nukes. it is a matter of intense internal pride beyond whatever strategic advantage there may be versus the u.s. i have never expected kim jong-un to give up his nukes. i think they are just stringing us along, trying to extract concessions and trying to weaken the u.s. commitment to the korean peninsula, which all too often trump hinted he might be open to win he talked about downplaying u.s. south korean military ties. in mind, whatt could president trump realistically hope to get out of all these meetings with kim jong-un? >> nothing. kathleen: that's not very much. when do you think president trump drops this? do you think he finally does

new nicorette ice mint. >>> the leaders of china and north korea are calling their summit a success. ts say china could use the summit to their advantage when they neat with donald trump. brian todd has more. >> reporter: the propaganda was predictable but still spectacular. a massive, choreographed ceremony. war battles when chinese and north korean soldiers fought alongside kim jong-un. on the streets, women jumped up and down in anticipation.revele two leaders went past. >> it was a successful meeting for kim in that he was able to have a chinese leader come to a nuclear armed north korea with the streets lined with cheering north koreans that shows the world and to president trump that kim is still a player. >> reporter: a message to trump which kim seems desperate to send. until kim sent president trump a birthday letter last week, there had been a silence between the two leaders when a summit failed on denuclearization talks. experts say the savvy chinese leader could be on the verge of playing a powerful card using trump's desire to advance a nuclear deal with north korea, and

pressed into service for the occasion and what we're seeing is in a sense both the leaders of north korea and china reemphasizing their friendship and we heard the north korean leader in fact at a banquet on thursday night saying that socialism was the unbreakable core of the friendship between north korea and china so yes this is the sort of scenes that we're seeing are really reminiscent actually of another era takes you back to the time of chairman mao and kim jong un's grandfather and this is you know scenes that have really you know i haven't seen anything quite like this in north korea for a very long time and in many ways actually you're starting to see the same sort of stuff in china under president xi jinping this sort of orchestrated propaganda and adrian and it's been quite the show that as you say some of this has been televised how is all this being seen by viewers in china. well there was a very lengthy report on the main channel here last night at 7 o'clock the main 7 pm news and this report ran for more than 20 minutes of xi jinping visit to north korea and now that report is being

respect to so countries, either the tpp, we put in place free trade agreements with south south korea, china. that is not what the us is doing. they are rewriting the ground rules with respect to their engagement globally. on the technology side, you are trade minister for technology side, you are trade ministerfor more technology side, you are trade minister for more than two years from 2016 to 2018, and australia locked huawei. was this the right thing to do? will, we took the position as the government that we felt there were potential national security considerations from huawei being involved in telecommunications infrastructure. taking a look now at the osaka summit, the 620 meetings, eve ryo ne the osaka summit, the 620 meetings, everyone is indeed looking at this bilateral between xi jinping and donald trump. do you think any resolution will be taking place, or differences could be narrowed, when both leaders meet? well, we saw for example the 620 last year, once the leaders got together, they were able to achieve a statement that was positive for the markets, the markets responded a

textiles also subject to restrictions un sanctions have taken their toll in 2800 exports from north korea to china are thought to have dropped by 88 percent trade in the other direction fell by a 3rd. north korea can at least rely on one commodity crossing the border the number of chinese tourists is thought to be at a record high trade relations are healthy enough that a new border crossing was opened in april this year and is around the same time north korean officials were invited to a key summit on president she's flagship belts and road initiative. the maintenance of imports and exports remains essential to both countries kim jong un needs china's help to develop a struggling economy and beijing needs influence over its unpredictable and excitable ally. and a look at global markets ahead it was all it took for the u.s. federal reserve which signaled that it could cut benchmark interest rates as early as july and thus promote provoked a big impact on global markets now just look at gold the price rising to its highest level in 5 years on thursday it reached around $1386.00 an ounce that's a ri

welcome to show the world how important kim jong—un is and how willing he is to remind north korea that china also an opportunity for xi jinping to send a message to donald trump. the trade war between china and the united states is ongoing, there are no signs really that it is about to improve. talks between the united states and north korea as well on north korea's nuclear weapons programme have stalled, two face—to—face summits and this is a chance for xijinping face—to—face summits and this is a chance for xi jinping to say to washington, remember, it might be china that has most opportunity to leverage some kind of influence over north korea. thank you, robin brant in chiang guy, keeping a close eye on that meeting between those two leaders. for the markets today, you can see a very positive day in asia, following a similar sense of trade on wall street the night before. it is all about the fed, or reaction to what the us central bank said in the press c0 nfe re nce what the us central bank said in the press conference following its rate meeting. no cut in interest rates this month but w

90 percent of north korea's trade goes through china so to keep the pressure up definitely needs china on boat and on the other hand she will try to use that cart in future. when it comes to trade talks the trade walk. in seoul thank you a quick check of some other stories making news around the world iran says that it has shot down an american spy drone over its southern province of hair most gone the commander of iran's revolutionary guard says that it is a clear message to the united states a pentagon source says that a u.s. drone has been shot down but in international airspace over the strait of hormuz homes gone chinese state media say that the former head of interpol mang hong way has pleaded guilty to accepting nearly 2000000 euros in bribes to be sentenced later vanished last year while visiting china from his home and his wife says that the charges are literally motivated. and german media are reporting that several of the country's politicians are facing death threats from the far right extremists police say that this includes colognes mayo

has north korea's back, it is not sperate at a time of trade tensions between china and theted states. it's a message to donald trump that, we can help you with north korea or we cannot help you, but we have a great amount of jafluence here. : how strong is the relationship right now between north korea and china? >> until recently it has been under huge strain. in the first five years that xi jin ping was in power, he didn't need kim jong un wants. his administration voted for maximum pressure in the u.s.gn camp it was only in the last 18 months that we have seen chinese president reassert himself and reclaim ground, because it was endangered last year, and donald inump was getting very close, so we were told, and was going to be left on the sidelines.e despite how thaders may personally feel about each other, there are national interests at stake here and i think xi jin ping is making it very clear that all roads to kim jog un and north korea will go through him. jane: is it interesting thateoe went to pyngchang, not the other way around? >> it is really symbolic to have t

china is willing to help. this was their first encounter since cam met u.s. president donald trump in hanoi months ago. that ended without any agreement on north korea'sar disarmament. pyongyang since china and north korea established diplomatic relations. it is also just days before he is set to meet donald trump, who has been unable to persuade cam -- kim to give up his nuclear arsenal. a former diplomat believes that kim is using xi as a messenger to pass along something to trump that could end the impasse. president xi jinping may deliver this new offer directly to president trump. now it is up to president trump whether he would accept this new proposal or not. pyongya: xi's visit to ng seems timely.

textiles also subject to restrictions un sanctions have taken their toll in 2800 exports from north korea to china are thought to have dropped by 88 percent trade in the other direction fell by a 3rd. north korea can at least rely on one commodity crossing the border the number of chinese tourists is thought to be at a record high trade relations are healthy enough that a new border crossing was opened in april this year and around the same time north korean officials were invited to a key summit on president she's flagship belton road initiative. the maintenance of imports and exports remains essential to both countries kim jong un needs china's help to develop a struggling economy and beijing needs influence over its unpredictable and excitable ally. despite its name african swine fever is not an african problem the highly contagious diseases sweeping through asia right now farmers in vietnam about to kill more than 2500000 pigs to try and contain an outbreak that is in danger of engulfing the whole country meanwhile across the border in the world's biggest pork market that is china the break th

asia we saw china react and when there was a deployment of a defense missile defense unit south korea china cut off all chinese tourism for a while shut down south korean stores in china this is how dark area and governments react when something doesn't go their way and so i think the energy issue is very important for russia to i mean for europe to continue to diversify the energy sources and there are an increasing number of such sources and i think it would be in germany's interest to try to diversify as much as possible berry puddled the senior vice president at the alleged killing director of the scowcroft center for strategy and security joining us tonight from one she did very we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. thousands of people in. hong kong's controversial extradition build today they blocked key roads and stormed the parliament the demonstrators oppose a government plan to allow extraditions to china legislators of poland a debate on the bill. well that march was relatively quiet until tempers flared police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds toda

topics up into consideration including the summit between china and north korea and between the u.s. and china and a scheduled visit by president trump. in addition to monitoring interactions between them it is interesting to note that they sent a message during the recent visit to scandinavia and in a speech to parliament, he urged north korea that if the measures were to be lifted, the country would need to prove its genuine intentions for peace building and to this he said what the members of the community for north korea are vital in building trust. he emphasized the importance of the trust between the community as well as between south and north korea and trust in the value of dialogue itself. the path to complete the denuclearization and peace on the korean peninsula is never an easy one. some of you may say it is an impossible job, but koreans believe that they could be and should be achieved with determination to strive forward unwaveringly and to overcome obstacles ahead. ultimately there is no alternative both to live in peace. i believe they have learned enough lessons from

korea will go through him. jane: is it interesting that he went to pyeongchang, not the other way around? >> it is really symbolic to have dothe leader of chinac in north korea, all the spectacle, the crowds lining the streets. and it is a real lo or -- a realk honor toi -- it is a real honor to kim and really helps to normalize and legitimize his regime. it is the first time a, signal that they are treating kim as a hinormal leader, importants domestic political propaganda. jane: when president xi meets donald trump at the g 20 -- at the g20 meetings how will he , use this leverage he thinks he has two resolve his trade agreement? the difficulty for donald trump is how he maintains this maximum pressure campaign, that all-fronts push a north korea that u they would beer so much pressure that they would have to give up nuclear weapons up front. and under xi jin ping, china has been in favor of a more gradual, step-by-step approach. i think you are going to see him suggesting to donald trump that that is the direction that this goes, and without chinese backing and willingness to enforce sanctions and keep these tight sanctions in place, it is

looking at some of the front pages: in singapore, it leads with the meeting of china's president xi jinping and north korea'sut nuclear weapons, trade sanctions and the handshake. in the new york times, the culture of bribery in china's healthcare industry. multimillion dollar medical equipment contracts. in the gulf news, the picture of a devastating image of women in india looking for water. drought has caused thousands to flee their villages. and trending, quite interesting, it seems too much work, especially for us, might not be good. get ready for the treadmill and healthy eating. researchers in france have looked at the effects of long working hours and it is boring news. people who work more than ten hours on at least 50 days of the year have an increased risk of suffering a stroke and the more years we do it, the greater the risk becomes. the good news is we can do something about it. the effect can be counteracted by exercising and eating well.|j it. the effect can be counteracted by exercising and eating well. i am starting immediately after this programme. thank you, ben. 1000 people have died in

90 percent of north korea's trade goes through china so to keep the pressure up definitely trump needs china on boat and on the other hand she jinking will try to use that cart in future who go she ations when it comes to trade talks the trade what fabien catchment insult thank you. you're watching news still to come on the program the u.n. says that a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war and persecution worldwide on world refugee day we look at the plight of the elderly broken jumpin slums from me on the market living as refugees in bangladesh. and skull and out of the women's world cup after their opponents argentina mounted a a roic and a controversial comeback. but 1st it is to brussels now were leaders are meeting at this moment to discuss who should fill the blocks top job following last month's european parliamentary elections the most prestigious position up for grabs is that of european commission president a post currently has held by john called younger there's still no consensus on who should replace younger germany's ange

united states and china actually have a prospect of agreeing with each other you know the trade issue hong kong taiwan those are all much more difficult than north korea and this also puts xi jinping back in the game on the korean peninsula in a way that we haven't seen in a long time for china so 1st and foremost it's about repairing a relationship that's been pretty strained over the nuclear issue. yes i think that remains the outstanding issue one really interesting question is how she jinping is talking to kim jong un about that issue in his initial front page editorial in the note on shin moon xi jinping actually did not mention denuclearization but played up economic cooperation and shared strategic communications and trusts and so you know the piece on denuclearization is a missing piece that clearly the u.s. government is hoping that she didn't bring also drives home as a critical issue that needs to be dealt with in the relationship between the u.s. and north korea to what degree do you think she's paying would be seeing as it's use the phrase go betweens i'm sure he wouldn't want to regard himself as that bit you know what i mean between kim

president to north korea. china. relations with moscow and washington. business like. so we had. a tremendous discussion. european. public. stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments this is the weekly international. their top story donald trump made history by becoming the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea he briefly crossed into the. meeting with its leader kim jong il for hurriedly arranged talks initially proposed on social media. didn't confirm that. until the very last moment they did the leadership across the demarcation line korean demilitarized zone which sits in the middle of the world's most. heavily fortified border area kevin said he was surprised that donald trump's offer to get together was announced on twitter but added that he believed it marked a positive step for his part said he was delighted to have crossed into the north. since my honor. i didn't really expect to be repaired for the g 20 we came over to . over here i want to hold him and we got to meet and step think of course that was a great honor a lot of credit. to

90 percent of north korea's trade goes through china so to keep the pressure up definitely needs china on boat and on the other hand she will try to use that cart in future know who she ations when it comes to trade talks for the trade what fabien pressure and soul thank you and let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the german media are reporting that several of the country's politicians are facing death threats from the far right extremists police say that this includes colognes mayor she was seriously wounded in a knife attack 4 years ago earlier this month a pro immigration politician was shot dead. chinese state media say that the former head of interpol man way has pleaded guilty to accepting nearly 2000000 euros and bribes to be sentenced later with meg vanished last year while there's that in china from his home in france his wife says that the charges are politically motivated. and at least 2 people have been killed after a building collapsed in the city. in northern italy the victims are thought to be

korea and its leader, kim jong—un, once again. relationships over the past few years have been pretty frosty. that's because of china's united nations sanctions regime, which was intended, under what's known as maximum pressure, to force north korea to try to stop its nuclear weapons programme. so far, of course, that hasn't worked. so, in reporting in chinese state media here, we've had talk from xi jinping about consolidating the friendship between the two countries, also between the two men. we've had xi referring to a new period in relations between the dprk, as it's formally known, and china. but i think most tellingly, there's this comment from xi jinping. he is ready to maintain close exchanges with kim, to consolidate mutual political trust. now, that to me signals that xi jinping once again wants to send a message to washington, dc that perhaps it is china and china's leader that can play an active role in trying to restart talks between the united states and between north korea over its nuclear weapons programme. and all of this, of course, just a week, as luck would have it, before xijinping and donald trum

north korean media are praising president xi jinping and this new era of friendship between china and north korea and indeed president xi jinping before he boarded his aircraft from beijing on thursday spoke about the irreplaceable bond between china and north korea so i think if there is a message coming out. out of this visit it's yes china and north korea have fallen out their relationship is occasionally rocky but right now that relationship is very solid and that is a message i think they want to deliver to president donald trump indeed be interesting to see what they do say later on in the day as well adrian will join you for that as well if your brother in beijing. a group of protesters in hong kong including pro-democracy politicians are demanding to hold direct talks with the city's leader. but you. representatives from several teacher parent and artistic groups say they will wait for lam outside her office until friday that's when many demonstrators are planning to surround the government headquarters again over controversial amendments so the extradition rule . dozens of people have be