we climb it to see how they prepare for the most incendiary in macau.rom two german for and verka fire and work every year, the best fire masters from all over the world come to macau to compete in their explosive craft at the international fireworks festival. the festival runs for several months, when pyrotechnics from different countries show their art on weekends, usually two teams compete. one country after another after a short pause, so that the judges could determine the winner on the same day. at this stage, we are participating in this most interesting competition in macau for the first time and now we are just in the final stage of preparation. we check the already installed charges. we finish everything that we didn't manage to do. we test contacts, we check the lines so that there are no surprises in the evening, so that everything is done in the best possible way, not dmitry is the team leader from the south african republic. he has his own small company in johannesburg, which organizes such shows in the late afternoon, when the platform wi

island opens its borders to the mainland by cases of surging and the gamble with covert in need by macau will tourists return to the world's biggest gambling center because they haven't really come back yet. ah, i'm bed visible and welcome. how ready is asia full coverage? big chance to escape china once again. the world's most populous nation was cut off from the rest of the world for 3 years. now it's dropped locked downs. are the quarantine rules and mass testing. the viruses spreading, but the real numbers a hidden in even loses statistics. australia is taking precautions, announcing, testing for all travelers from china. his australia's health minister or the key factor in, in my decision over the last couple of days was the view that the world health organization put, i think on saturday, that said that there was a, an absence of comprehensive information about the situation in china. i think people are particularly concerned about the lack of janai mc sequence saying bang shade with the rest of the world, and that that is the y m, which we identified a very early stage, the possib

for more on this story i'm joined now by the bbc�*s martin yip who's at the hong kong—zhuhai—macau bridgehank you forjoining us, martin. how are people feeling about these restrictions being eased fairly quickly? we have heard travellers from china can visit abroad and now these restrictions being eased for inward visitors.— restrictions being eased for inward visitors. yes, indeed. i have spoken _ inward visitors. yes, indeed. i have spoken to _ inward visitors. yes, indeed. i have spoken to a _ inward visitors. yes, indeed. i have spoken to a couple - inward visitors. yes, indeed. i have spoken to a couple of. have spoken to a couple of passengers going through these gates, they can board a shuttle bus here and then go through the bridge and then go to the western part of china. this bridge and this checkpoint is the major gateway into that part of china. they do show plenty of excitement that finally they can go to visit extended family they have not seen for three years. another lady says she has been vaccinated but is still worried because she has never caught covid before and there

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macau, he only place in china we can look macau, the only place in china we can look at the gamble in you get it you don't need to report yourself to the authorities any more. it is more like cold and flu. and in mainland china, no criminal charges will be pressed any more for those breaching lockdown measures. in hong kong, you still need to wear a facemask. for now, reuniting with loved ones might be the only thought in these travellers' minds. health authorities have warned rural clinics to prepare for any possible outbreak and they will have to hold the fort for a0 days. martin yip, bbc news hong kong in other news at this hour — the uk's prime minister has said his government is willing to talk to health unions about their pay demands in england. speaking to bbc news, rishi sunak said the government was happy to discuss pay which was �*responsible' and affordable for the country. the leader of the royal college of nursing said the comments offered a chink of optimism. talks between unions and the government are due to take place on monday... when it comes to pay it we have always

data to macau. and look at this from the big, broad, longer-term question. financial hub. hong kong was the hub. it has lost that position. singapore seems to be the rising star. what do you see, looking down the road? jeanny: right. this traffic never ends. the comparison between hong kong and singapore. recently, there has been some expectation that hong kong would play catch-up because china is reopening the border finally after three years of almost shutting down the border between hong kong and china. there has also been some saying about people returning to hong kong after the border reopens. i guess in the longer term, that is still yet to be seen which one will take the lead in this competition between the two cities. paul: alright, china markets reporter, jeanny yu. here are some of the stocks we will be watching ahead of the markets open in hong kong. tesla reported better than expected profits in the latest quarter. we will be watching lithium, byd, and others. kathleen: coming up in our

the gamble with kobe didn't need by macau well tourist return to the world's biggest gambling center because they haven't really come back yet. ah, i beg for swollen welcome. how ready is asia full coverage? big chance to escape china once again, the world's most populous nation was cut off from the rest of the world for 3 years . now it's dropped locked downs. are the quarantine rules and mass testing. the piracy is spreading, but the real numbers a hidden in even loses statistics astray. there is taking precautions announcing, testing for all travelers from china is australia's health minister or a key factor in modern susan over the last couple of days was the view that the world health organization porter. i think on saturday that said that there was already an absence of comprehensive information about the situation in china. i think people are particularly concerned about the lack of genomics sequencing being shared with the rest of the world. and that, that is the y m, which we identified a very early stage, the possibility of new variance of carved emerging. this is something

tom: we talked about the domestic market in macau and the reopening but then there is a question aboutowerful cash rich chinese tourist coming to europe. how much of that spend will be beneficial? >> that is a big question. pre-pandemic, the chinese tourists would love to come to paris and milan to buy french or italian labels. they were saying that the chinese will travel in asia initially however it will take a little more time for them to come to europe even though there is pent-up demand but there is limited airline capacity. yesterday he was telling us that he expects more the wealthy individuals to come rather than the big groups of chinese who used to come and benefit from package stores. he reckoned -- he believes the massive return of chinese tourists will happen next year. tom: their show producer wants to know if her dior handbag will cost more again this year. >> we put the question to him and he said the labels across the board increased prices and are driven by inflation. however he said they are less likely to do so in 2023. they are leaving room for some maneuver. he sa

they expect casino stocks in macau to really rally this year. 500 futures up a third of a percent. european stocks down .5% on consolidation after a strong rally yesterday. sounds have been extremely light. u.k. on holiday yesterday. take that with a grain of salt as you look at these moves. when it comes to nap gas, we have to pay attention to that asset. the mild weather forecast has led to a dip in natural gas futures. at the same time, natural gas futures have come up the pre-ukraine more lows. so the u.s. falling to new lows. joining us now is stephen. the fears of the worst happening, the fears of a cold snap or over at this moment. can this continue for the rest of the winter? >> is what we don't really know. we are looking at forecast for mild weather for the next two weeks. we are not looking for months. it is difficult to know exactly what is going to happen with whether if we were to look a month or two out. those things can change and they are not always very reliable. when you look at the winter, every day that you have a warm day,

south korea requiring tests for hong kong and macau. taking a look where markets are.te a happy new year. concerns remaining for travelers , surging inflation. today, we have the imf sounding a note of caution that the u.s. and europe, as well as china may see a slowdown, that may pave the way for a global recession. take a look at where we are in terms of the benchmark. china in negative territory. xi jinping talking about the tough challenges. we are seeing a turnaround for hong kong. the hang seng in positive territory. the yen below 130, 129 is the level we are looking at. it's up. gamma asset management says the yen macy 120 this year. it's undervalued. terms of the commodity space, losses for zinc. the slump continues down. rishaad: having a look at bangkok as we see a recovery taking place across quite a lot of the equity space. looking at the bar which is seeing the dollar decline, quite a big move. nifty futures in singapore suggesting a flat start to the trading day. the nifty is up by half of 1%. haslinda: let's talk, bringing the head of market strategy. ha

expect a further improvement over the lunar holiday beyond macau and hong kong, revealing travelers. has rebounded that is prompting strategists to raise their gdp targets to 5.7% for this year. estimating 6.2%. but anxiety over the spread of covid has only heightened in recent days. president xi jinping finally addressing the risks saying he's most concerned about citizens in rural communities outside of the big cities, but that hasn't stopped investors from putting up chinese stocks and even some of the travel related names, kppedia and airbnb up. >>> china also a topic at this year's world economic forum annual meeting key business leaders weighing in have a listen. >> china is once again open for business, once again china is going to be out there in the world. >> china has reversed most of the policies that they put in over the previous two to three years, which were really slowing their economy. >> when we saw the reopening in the u.s., we saw an important surge of activity that came as a result of that it's entirely possible we could see something similar associated with china

its big exposure to the gaming area, macau. you have gold prices the highest since june. alix: on the first trading day of the year we had to talk about what the biggest risks are for 2023, what happens where the opportunities are. franklin templeton's katrina dudley spoke to me earlier. katrina: these investors have not had to focus on investments for a long time. they have been riding the lower inflation and the rising stock prices. tech investors are having to do the work that we have been doing as active stock pickers our entire career. that is why we think there is a lot of opportunity but you really need to be stock pickers. that is the key message. you cannot take this blanket paintbrush and go, i am going to go all in tech. amber: for more on the markets let's bring in jack caffrey, portfolio manager at jp morgan. i assume you always do the work but is 2023 really going to drive at home? jack: i think you are going to see much more of a market of stocks rather than the stock market. whether it is the dispersion with valuations, which are getting to be above averag

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as the chinese consumer comes back and travels -- liz: goes to macau. >> goes to macau their profitabilityortunity without that worrisome exposure that xi xinping might put the hammer down on chinese companies getting too big for their britches when it comes to capitalism. he has put the thumb downs speaking of charlie's thumb, he has definitely done that. that has hurt the stocks depending on the headlines. what else, is there another way to play this? >> absolutely. there is another company we reich transdim. they make wigits for airplanes. think seatbelts, after-market parts wigits. liz: tray tables. >> tray tables. spark plugs. transdim are miles correlated to how many miles flown. as china knee consumer comcast, travel is down 60% from pre-covid highs. transdigm should benefit. liz: it is very dangerous, depending on headlines coming out of china to have chinese stocks although they had incredible run-up in. there is profit in billy billy, jd dot-com. of the luxury market, that has in the past has been a sweet spot for the chinese consumer gaining income. lvmh hit a record a week ago.

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for hong kong and macau there are still restrictions which is the quota system.0,000 people will be allowed to cross the border from today, each day. 50,000 up and 50,000 down. today doesn't seem to be a day when the quotas have been used up, not that easy as it used to be before the pandemic. but it is a start. earlier we werejoined by keith bradsher — beijing bureau chief for the new york times who told us what he's made of the easing of restrictions. the loosening has happened very quickly with regard to domestic restrictions. international travel is actually not starting that quickly. while china has abandoned the eight day or longer quarantine for international arrivals, they used to have two or three week quarantines. it has not allowed a lot of international flights yet. the international flights will not start on a large scale until the start of april. for example, thailand had 400 flights a week with china before the pandemic started and right now it is 15 flights per week. there is a gradual restart, the focus is on restarting domestic flights and rail

macau, hong kong, japan, and tylan are among the top destinations for chinese vacationers.he trips between china and the rest of the world will take time. japan and other countries have decided to limit the number of chinese travelers because of the spike in covid infections in recent weeks. bryan: the latest unemployment data for the eurozone came out, with jobless claims remaining at a record low. the unemployment rate across the 20 nations that share the euro currency held at 6.5% for november, overall jobless claims falling from october's level of over 10.8 million. combined with the latest inflation data from friday that shows eurozone consumer price is up by less than 10% in december, the tightening labor market is leading to projections of a shallower than expected session in europe. turning to the day. 's trading action, european indexes rose on the latest economic data, along with the hope that it will mean a boost. to the global economy. on of germany's top trading partners, dax and frankfurt closed up 1.25%. investors seeing slowing wage growth as a sign that the

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the only place in china that you can gamble in china is macau, from today they will treat it as an endemiccold orflu. it is very unlikely to be quarantined or other measures to be imposed on you. mainland china is also stopping pressing criminal charges on those who are breaching covid measures. it doesn't mean everything is normal, you still need to wear a facemask all the time. earlier, we werejoined by keith bradsher — beijing bureau chief for the new york times who told us what he's made of the easing of restrictions. the loosening has happened very quickly with regard to domestic restrictions but international travel is not starting back quickly. while china has abandoned the eight day or longer quarantine for international arrivals, originally those were two or three week quarantines. it has not allowed a lot of international flights, the international flights will not start on a large scale possibly until the start of april. for example, thailand had 400 flights per week with china before the pandemic started and right now it is 15 flights per week. there is a gradual restart, the f

hosted names that are most exposed to macau are las vegas resorts. we prefer lbs to win resorts.pect mass-market revenues to recover by 2024. for reasons unrelated to the pandemic but they only got about 7% of their vip business. they only have a little bit to make up for and then the mass-market comes back. it will be a little bit more work to make up for the vip business lost. we expect them both benefit clearly from the reopened. >> we have already seen some pretty decent gains for gaming stocks but still quite some way to go before recapturing previous highs. i want to talk a little bit more about some of the other things your survey said. we often talk about chinese consumer revenge spending. >> one of the things that was most interesting is the other 80% of them are planning to travel the next year. only 13% will travel medially. only the regulations have changed for that cross-border pickup. it will be a little bit longer by the time we see the same level of cross-border travel. china had before the pandemic become the number one exporter of travelers so we think that piec

are heading to popular destination here in china, such as united and santa people are also going to macau, in hong kong. especially since the borders have vino been and many are also choosing to travel internationally. we, on the way to this station, we drove past the embassy area here and aging, and they would accuse if people lining up particularly outside the embassies of southeast asian countries, waiting for travel visas. know that looking forward to spending the holiday in warm weather in countries. weather had me no. coven, 19 restrictions imposed so far on chinese passengers and katrina. how are people dealing with concerns about the continuing spread of corona virus? ah, well, the chinese government has released new guidelines encouraging people saying that if they have any elderly relatives who have not yet caught over 19 that they should very much think twice about visiting them. of course, the elderly are more vulnerable to the corona virus, and we have heard over the weekend, the government announced new jobs or about the out. right. kids saying that since the beginning of th

macau, the only place in china that could let you gamble inside a casino treats covid—i9 from today asdisease. that means it's something more or less like a cold orflu, you don't need to report yourself to the authorities if you get it, and you are very unlikely to be quarantined or other measures to be imposed on you. martin yip on the border between china and hong kong. earlier i spoke to rana mitter — director of the university of oxford's china centre. he told me what he made of the speed of the change. i suspect now that many observers will think that this has been in the works actually for a few weeks. the number of cases that was rising in china, the number of covid cases that simply couldn't be controlled by the zero—covid lockdown policy was almost certainly becoming so great that the change would have had to come within the next couple of months anyway. but the protests, you will remember a month ago there were protests on the street in china, really very rare indeed, and they were also being encouraged by social media, would probably have pushed the chinese government into c

there will be a huge amount of visitors from the mainland, but they are optimistic that hong kong and macau, as well, are 2 of the preferred destination for travelers from the mainland in palms because of the difficulties that some mainland tourists might face and trying to go overseas, as many countries have not resumed direct flights, as yes, but for hong kong, it remains to be seen how this weekend, how this week of celebration will turn out. some organizations, such as the federation of restaurants and other associated industries say that they expect a 60 percent boost in terms of a visitor, numbers and profits for this period compared to luna last year, new year period of last year. so some optimism, but of course cautious expectations about exactly what will take place over this festive period. ok, jessica many thanks. jessica washington. they are in hong kong. as people in china and hong kong mark the year of the rough january the 21st marks 3 years since the 1st case of coven 19 was supported in the united states. just over a 1000000 people have died in america since then. and that

and sonya, people are also going to macau and hong kong, especially since the borders have been open and many are also choosing to travel internationally. we, on the way to this station, we drove past the embassy area here and aging. and there were cues of people lining up, particularly outside the embassies of southeast asian countries, waiting for travel visas. no doubt looking forward to spending the holiday in warm weather in countries where there had me no covert 19 restrictions imposed so far on chinese passengers. for months, people across europe needing basic medicines have found them harder to get dominic gain ports from balance in the laboratory as the dell pish, pharmacy in paris, medicine. so being prepared, in this case, it's the common antibiotic amoxicillin. the owner here says, since people stopped wearing masks, they are catching more infections again. so the demand for simple medication is higher and the major pharmaceutical companies cannot keep up. the shortage of medicine applies across europe. at this berlin pharmacy staff are increasingly having to find alterna

s. short seller, which has been criticized the way on donnie enterprises, is ron poverty, macau reports from new delhi. one of the most recognized names in in business is facing a credibility crisis. the attorney group has lost nearly $50000000000.00 in value in a few days. shares in some of its companies plunged by nearly 20 percent on friday, halting trading. a direct fall out from a highly critical report released earlier this week. the u. s. based hindenburg investment firm has accused the about a group of court, the largest gone in corporate history, alleging stock market manipulation and accounting fraud. hindenburg is a short seller which bet against stocks and makes money when share prices fall. the adonis group has question the reports motives and denied the allegations. that important is a malicious combination of selected misinformation. stay baseless and discredited allegations that have been destined and rejected by india's highest course. the conglomerates, financial viability and business practices have been questioned in the past. it has a debt of nearly 2 trillion dolla

are heading to popular destination here in china that does unite and santa people are also going to macau, in hong kong, especially since the borders have been opened and many are also choosing to travel internationally. we, on the way to this station, we drove past the embassy area here and aging, and they were cusick, people lining up particularly outside the embassies of southeast asian countries, waiting for travel visas. no doubt looking forward to spending the holiday in warm weather and in countries where they had me no cove. 19 restrictions imposed so far on chinese passengers still had an al jazeera little hope of finding more survivors in a russian missile strike on residential buildings in east and ukraine. i'm real good . who is behind an attack during a church service in the eastern democratic republic of congo? ah. hello there. the unsettled weather continues to haunt europe as we go into the new weight, waves of wet and windy weather, pulling in from the west. those conditions spreading their way east. we are like to see more wintry weather across more central areas and col

test to board off that already exists for a mainlanders to those coming from the chinese territory of macau. nonetheless, we are hearing um from tokyo also codo news reporting, citing travel groups there that the beijing has also informed them that this visa suspension would apply to would be travelers japan. so this is very much still a very developing situation. this announcement coming basically a week after the spokesperson from china's foreign ministry had warrant of reciprocal measures, say that beijing is firmly opposed to the a politicization of the current pandemic epidemic situation. incidentally, this announcement also coming on the heels of a 50 minute phone call that was held between the foreign minister of south korea as well as the new incoming foreign minister of china, chin gong, who apparently had expressed concern about souls restrictive measures. south korea's foreign minister of poxy in underlining that the country's quarantine measures are based on scientific evidence. and in a brief thing to day, the ministry also reiterated that it would continue to press that messag

are heading to popular destination here in china's that does unite in santa people are also going to macau and hong kong. especially since the borders have been open and many are also choosing to travel internationally. we, on the way to this station, we drove past the embassy area here invading and they were cues of people lining up, particularly outside the embassies of southeast asian countries, waiting for travel visas. no doubt looking forward to spending the holiday in warm weather in countries where there had me no coven 19 restrictions imposed so far on chinese passengers. in indonesia, the trial in a stampede. the kill 235 people. a football match has just begun. was one of the wells deadliest sporting disasters, 3 police officers to march organizers have been charged with criminal negligence, causing death that facing up to 5 years in prison if found guilty. let's go to a corresponding jessica washington who joins now from jakarta. jessica, good to see you. so about trial starting now. what are we expecting? well, as you can imagine, this is a highly emotional week for the people

are heading to popular destination here in china that does unite and senior people are also going to macau and hong kong. especially since the borders have been open and many are also choosing to travel internationally. we, on the way to this station, we drove past the embassy area here and aging, and they were accused of people lining up, particularly outside the embassies of southeast asian countries, waiting for travel visas. no doubt looking forward to spending the holiday in warm weather and in countries where there had me no coven 19 restrictions imposed so far on chinese passengers. over the past 2 years, the world's richest one percent of accumulated nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together. this is according to report, my oxfam published on the opening day of the world economic forum endeavors. it shows the super rich amassed almost 2 thirds of the $42.00 trillion dollars worth of new wealth created since 2020. that equates to $26.00 trillion dollars. meanwhile, extreme poverty around the world is also increasing and high cost of living and inflation and m

in macau. it says the unauthorized use of mobile phones allowed ukrainian forces to pinpoint the soldiers location. football legend pelley has been laid to rest in brazil. hundreds of thousands of mourners watched his funeral procession in santo's, the city where he played for 2 decades. he was buried in a private ceremony after the procession. the philippines president is on the 2nd day of his visit to china, ferdinand marco's junior, has met the sanding committee of the national people's congress. marcus junior is expected, told tots with senior government officials, including president, she ging pain in bolivia, hundreds of trucks, sub blocking highways in santa cruz with drivers protesting against the arrest of the governor. please attend lou camacho last week after he was accused of trying to overthrow then president, even morales in 2019. and those are the headlines on al jazeera. i'll be back with more news arrive after the stream to stay with us. some talked to al jazeera, we also do be

macau, the only place in china you can legally in china you can legally gamble in a casino. you get it you don't need to report yourself to the authorities any more. it is more like cold and flu. add in mainland china, no criminal charges will be pressed any more for those breaching lockdown measures. in hong kong, you still need to wear a facemask. for now, reuniting with loved ones might be the only thought in these travellers' minds. health authorities have warned rural clinics to prepare for any possible outbreak and they will have to hold the fort for a0 days. ukrainian officials have denied claims by russia that its forces have killed hundreds of soldiers in an attack on the eastern city of kramatorsk. these are pictures of the two college dorms that russia claims had been temporarily housing ukrainian personnel. the news agency reuters reports neither building appears to have been directly hit or seriously damaged and there were no signs of any casualties. the uk's prime minister has said the british government is willing to talk to health unions about their pay deman

macau, the only place in china that could let you gamble inside a casino treats covid—19 from today ast means it's something more or less like a cold orflu, you don't need to report yourself to the authorities if you get it, and you are very unlikely to be quarantined or other measures to be imposed on you. mainland china also stopped pressing criminal charges martin yip. more now our top story — and rishi sunak says he's willing to sit down with the royal college of nursing to discuss pay. but speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted any talks would be about future wages not the current deal. here's our health correspondent katharine da costa. they have asked for around a 19% pay increase. but the general secretary of the rcn says she is willing to meet the government in the middle, indicating she would consider a 10% pay rise. that's because unions have said that pay has been falling in real terms over the last decade or so, and salaries are not keeping up with the cost of living crisis, and they are saying that is putting pressure on staff, and too many staff are leaving the

macau, the only place in china you can legally gamble in a casino, is treating covid as an endemic diseaself to the authorities any more. it is more like cold and flu. add in mainland china, no criminal charges will be pressed any more for those breaching lockdown measures. in hong kong, you still need to wear a facemask. for now, reuniting with loved ones might be the only thought in these travellers�* minds. health authorities have warned rural clinics to prepare for any possible outbreak and they will have to hold the fort for a0 days. martin yip, bbc news, hong kong. olly foster now has the sport. many thanks indeed, nancy. we've had eight fa cup ties and we've had the biggest upset of the third round. league two stevenage were trailing with two minutes left on the clock, but won 2—1 against premier league side aston villa. villa have now been knocked out for the seventh time in a row at this stage. they were so close to winning, but substitute dean campbell was pulled down for a late penalty which was duly dispatched by jamie reid. while villa park was still reeling from that equalise

airport or ferry terminal here for the first time in three years, we were able to take the ferry to macau this is a critical time for travel we are ten days out from the lunar new year people will want to see their family they they have not seen in three years we are watching the spike in covid cases in china and how that infection will be coming into hong kong reporting from the border near china, i'm emily tan in hong kong >> that is moving forward with the reopening in china as for the china stocks in europe, we have a firm trade from the luxury names a lot of this is already priced in given the reopening we have green on the board across the luxury sectior we have green across the board and contained with the magni magnitude. we are seeing more outsized moves in the mining stocks this morning. you have basic resources out performing as you saw in the initial sector breakdown we are seeing an overall bid fo the cyclical names glen core is trading firmly at 2% higher. >>> let's switch and talk about germany. the industrial output rebounded in november rising 0.2% on the monday the count

macau, the only place in china that could let you gamble inside a casino treats covid—19 from today asit's something more or less like a cold or flu, you don't need to report yourself to the authorities if you get it, and you are very unlikely to be quarantined or other measures to be imposed on you. mainland china also stopped pressing criminal charges on those who are breaching covid—19 control measures. it all started from this morning. but that doesn't mean everything has gone back to normal. like in hong kong, you still need to wear a facemask like i do, or you will face a fine. martin yip reporting. this further relaxation of rules signals a total reversal on the china's zero—covid macro approach to the pandemic. president xijinping's new macro approach to the pandemic. president xi jinping's new tack will give economic breathing space, but what will the political implications be? let's cross over to speak to rana mitter, director of the university of oxford's china centre. in terms of this u—turn on strict covid policy, what you make of the speed of this about turn? tiara speed

our reporter, martin yip is at the hong kong—zhuhai macau bridge checkpoint.arantine has been dropped, are there no test can theyjust head straight into china? hat are there no test can they 'ust head straight into chinah straight into china? not yet, they still have to _ straight into china? not yet, they still have to produce _ straight into china? not yet, they still have to produce valid - straight into china? not yet, they still have to produce valid test. still have to produce valid test results, pcr tests with negative results, pcr tests with negative result over the past 48 hours before they could step over the bridge going into the terminal and go through immigration and get onto the shuttle bus. i havejust seen a couple of suitcases between them and they wait outside because they are waiting for the test results to arrive on their phones. there are still restrictions, but it is like a big open day to day, notjust opening up china�*s border in the sense of you don�*t need to be quarantined any more and you will not be tested as you arrive, you just ne

that is a look at alvin chau being sentenced in macau.ng illicit gambling activities, fraud and money laundering as well. and of course we're getting more reaction with what happens to the bank of japan and its inaction, which was a surprise were economists, but many positioned themselves for one. they did not get one. hence, at the moment, we are reaping that whirlwind, if you will. this is bloomberg. ♪ introducing the new sleep number climate360 smart bed. the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms and effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. proven quality sleep. only from sleep number. rishaad: just about 45 minutes, the bank of japan shucking markets by maintaining policy. davis has -- david has reaction to all of this. we have the yen very much being crushed. not just by the dollar but the euro and a variety of other currencies. david: the yen down against everything. nab is out with a note. 132 is the next meaningful resistance they say. also talking about