the companies very quickly back down and adults think about apology was amazing don't tell of us saatchi has come out with a very very fulsome apology the companies are very quick because they realize that the chinese market is growing so strongly target the entire luxury market in the world is now in china and they need it everyone needs the china market and they're pretty much prepared to apologize for anything even if there's nothing happened i mean in one case there was a u.b.s. economist wrote a line in which he was talking about chinese pigs for some reason this was interpreted as being drug free u.b.s. put him on there was a big outcry u.b.s. put him on leave and apologized so it's really it's acting all kinds of areas of activity. very much in the online world i should should think with with people come going on twitter and all that but these companies these days they should have a sort of a notion of what's going to happen if they really don't watch what they what they're doing is there anything to gain from these controversial ads. i don't think so i think i think a lot of it i

china has become particularly sensitive about its sovereignty its forced fashion brands like her saatchi coach and she to apologize for t. shirt designs that appear to show hong kong macao in taiwan as separate terrorists amazon phase the same pressure when it was found to be selling shirts that supported hong kong protesters not chinese supermodel e.u. when terminated her contract with coach and actress young me and that her endorsement deal with her saatchi is saying the mother lands territorial integrity and sovereignty is sacred the controversy involves 2 cities that have semi autonomous status hong kong and macau but china also claims taiwan a democratic island that beijing calls a breakaway province not the chinese government is putting pressure on companies over what beijing views as disagreeable ads joining me here in the studio is china expert fairford coonan clifford good to have you on the show the examples we just we just talked about they aren't the only ones but other companies have been in beijing's crosshairs i think it's almost like a roll call of the greatest russian br

shirt designs for saatchi got the hot water for listing hong kong and macau as independent countries both are of course semi autonomous regions in china u.s. brand coach made a similar mistake the t. shirts were removed from the stores and online outlets previously clothing brand gap and the hotel chain mary ott found themselves involved in controversy after mislabeling chinese territories. and that's it for me and the business team here for lead. as always it's watching.

through the list and it's a bit like it would make a really good fashion show actually you've got for saatchicalvin klein coach dolce and gabbana as you've known she wearing sorrel ski jewellery and also with their samsung phones in their pocket and driving their numerous c.d.'s the list of brands that have managed to to anger at ticals widespread public anger in china is lengthy and prestigious now let's look at the reaction here i mean surely having your country's territory visually diminished i mean that surely isn't cool but when it comes to other instances would you say that beijing is reacting rather thin skinned here i think i think there is definitely things going reaction here i mean a lot of this is very innocuous in the west but in china this stuff is taking stream you seriously we've seen you know the idea of hong kong in hong kong hung stages as you say it's a semi autonomous place it's but it's guaranteed to have it's got a semi autonomous status until 2047 so it falls between 2 stools but the idea of hong kong being part of china has become very very powerful since the protests

for our third company, we are looking at for saatchi. --dan -- at verse saatchi at versace.therland. these countries that are cities in china's mind, hong kong and taipei, this latest issue lists taipei as a separate saatchi -- by versace. luxury brands have made similar mistakes. david: it seems like we don't need much excuse for the chinese to be angry with us at the moment. brooke: of course, this is happening while you are seeing protests at the hong kong airport, closing down those flights today, so this is stirring up tensions. it just shows the difficulties for some western retailers operating in china. i also think back to the airlines. they also have this problem with how they list their flights to these various different cities, how you define them. it is a delicate walk. nejra: how painful will this backlash be for the retailer? what has been their response? brooke: china makes up such a significant portions of luxury sales, and that has been an area of strength for retailers as they have been struggling, especially overseas. i think it is going to be really inter

shirt designs for saatchi got the hot water for listing hong kong and macau as independent countries both are for semi autonomous regions in china u.s. brain coach made a similar mistake the t. shirts were removed from the stores and online outlets the previously clothing brand gap and the hotel chain marriott found themselves involved in controversy after mislabeling chinese territories. and that's it for me and the business team here soon beardsley as always is watching. you but you i know i'm going to keep. exposing and justice global news that matters deja vu times and the fine it's certainly. true this guy for germany's. i loved. name shows 50 stories and 15 very personal tips cumberlands very best features. book no planet or little colored girl max series every week on d w. quiet melody resounds among white. ready women it's. the mind of the music. tovan 1st 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. this is the devaney is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the death toll in tanzania has fields hacker explosion climbs to 75 this comes as relatives spend a 2nd day of the na

but before signing the agreement and saatchi and the present french president mentioned that. tries ation of some of the. 50 percent of the territory was controlled by terrorists right now are 90 percent of the territories controlled by terrorists we're seeing continuous raids and some of the militants are a real. other regions of the world and this is extremely dangerous there have been several. to attack our maimie may airbase in syria. from the this is where we support the efforts by the syrian army. to hold local offensives. against terrorists. and should not feel that they are in a safe haven there as we said we'll continue working against terrorists. another important issue is libya. national reconciliation that's our goal. and i would like to know what is the position of france on that so there we can better coordinate our efforts we appreciate you france's position on russia's return to the council of europe to pace and. we hold that this will help to appeal to our normal relations on in europe and we rely on france to support. it when dealing with the e.u. authorities

russia says it launched this offensive because turkey failed to fulfill its commitments under the saatchi deal forcing the of the sham to leave this demilitarized zone so we have to wait and see whether or not these. both sides can agree on the creation of the of this or long around the belt of territory around southern italy and center just talk us through what brought about the cease fire and how was the deal agreed. well we keep talking about the government and the opposition this is a deal that was brokered by russia and turkey the backers of the warring sides and both these countries were engaged in a proxy war and live yes they're there working together in syria through the as the now so called asked in the process but they were engaged in a proxy war but each side was holding a card turkey was holding their cards because the rebels were defending their territory the regime didn't take any territory a few villages in significant gains they lost according to war monitors at least $1000.00 men so turkey made sure that this would be a costly battle the russians in turn focused the air

dropped example, she the contract with for saatchi. -- with versace.g that is interesting is that we are starting to hear from a lot of prominent business people, speaking out. wu.y: peter they are really caught between a rock and a hard place. they have businesses in hong kong that depend very heavily on business with china. saying out in a column going against the extradition bill was a victory. the big tree of this movement. he is not wrong. this started as the extradition bill and protesters are going against it to something fundamentally bigger here. he was more focused on the violence by protesters more than the hong kong police. caroline: what is interesting, perhaps not music to the protesters years, the real estate billionaire is able to preach this. half the problem is the lack of real estate in hong kong. shery: this has been going on for years. when i was covering the umbrella movement, students were talking about how they can't afford housing because the prices are soaring. perhaps, there is so that thes right now rent could come down. car

a demilitarized zone around the province free of weapons and fighters in line with the so-called saatchi memorandums the mainstream rebel factions left their positions in the planned zone last year but the strongest group high at the leadership which many of the international community believe is still linked to al qaida refused it hasn't said if it will comply this time this issue a challenge for both sides for to get to implement the agreement. because locals to didn't. care and couldn't do before so i personally think that they're. germans and. that there will be a new escalation of. the syrian opposition believes the government will eventually violate the cease fire and the bombing will resume if not in a few hours then in a few weeks or a few months it lives fate is up to russia and turkey they still want to maintain close relations and as long as there are geopolitical interests are aligned the conditions attached to the cease fire may be overlooked jennifer there because you have to have. i just. hope sam went to it live to witness the damage from recent airstrikes talk about over

also getting caught up in the crossfire of hong kong's political crisis luxury fashion brands for saatchi coach and she felt she had been forced to apologize off to chinese social media users posted pictures of the brands t. shirts that didn't properly designate hong kong as part of china ryan patel is a senior fellow at claremont graduate university my colleague maryam the mozzie spoke with him earlier about all the ways the unrest in on kong is affecting companies you know the rules of engagement how to do business in china and in hong kong is changing now i mean there isn't a rulebook anymore and there is a lot of pressure because you really have 2 different consumer bases right you've got china you've got hong kong consumers on both sides and you have your employees so how do you really lay out for the hong kong businesses something that is not detrimental to your business as we've seen over the last 11 weeks has been this past week has been even more global attention and more pressure behind it so there is an effect that's already been going special the mom and pop businesses locally

that either haha a day and that they were giving the rebels time to comply with the terms of the saatchi agreement which calls for the creation of a demilitarized zone around the rebel controlled province so a sudden announcement with some turkish sources telling us that they believe this could be a direct message to turkey not from the syrian government but from the backer of the syrian government russia because turkey and the united states are engaged in discussions in ankara military officials are discussing a setting up a planned safe zone in a corner of syria in the northeast corner of syria and what we understand progress was being made in those talks and every time there is this mall between turkey and the united states it seems to anger russia so the collapse of the cease fire being seen as a message to turkey a backer of the syrian opposition and what does this mean for civilians who are still in that area. when the ceasefire was announced on friday night people in rebel controlled towns and villages welcomed it simply because they enjoyed intense bombardment intense the air str

are also getting caught in the crossfire of hong kong's political crisis luxury fashion brands the saatchi coach which evolved she have been forced to apologize of the chinese social media users posted pictures of the brand's t. shirts that didn't properly designate hong kong as part of china a series of rallies planned across hong kong for saturday including one in support of the government on friday night thousands of students gathered in the central city park calling for the u.s. and britain to help with the fight for wider democracy teachers have organized a rally on saturday and one of the main protest groups plans of last march on sunday the protests began over a proposed extradition law but of why did the anger against the government beijing's influence of the police response to protests abdul hamid reports from hong kong. hearing out for a weekend of many rallies and protests about 5 of them are scheduled you have people who will be on the streets because they would be but the bigger rallies would be the pro-democracy protesters sunday is a key day thousands of tens of thousands if

they are some of the extraordinary ideas to emerge from a special study on display at the saatchi gallery. the well‘s first scheduled flight was converted into a bomber carrying a newspaper, devonshire cream, jam, and grass. a bomber carrying a newspaper, devonshire cream, jam, and grassm course for future members they changed over a hundred years of scheduled flight but the changes seem to be growing all the time. here is an example of what our flights could look like about 100 yea rs flights could look like about 100 years from now. from seeking to eating, to heating, this is a projection by students at the royal couege projection by students at the royal college of arts, and to every step ofa college of arts, and to every step of a very distantjourney. college of arts, and to every step of a very distant journey. we would have this scheme it's on my site we are inside a leaf of chloroplast which will be able to photosynthesize and generate energy for onboard use. and in addition, you'll be able to clean air inside the cabin from pastors exceeding conducts. what will you eat onboard the

been doing after he promised to rein in these rebel groups and this armed i'm joining a meeting and saatchi last year russia feels that nothing has been done so it is a big question here how much compromise russia wants to give to oregon today all right stephanie thanks indeed let's across live to pundits miss who's in antakya near the turkey syria border bernadotte a one wants russia to safeguard turkish troops observation posts in northwestern syria south of it what problems is the turkish military having in that area. well present the turkish military are in a real bind there are a dozen observation posts in what are supposed to be deescalation zones that's why they were established but really fighting is continuing in that area particularly as the syrian regime pushes ahead in and is attempt to encroach further on the last rebel held strong stronghold of so as one turkish observation post that is now really marooned in syrian controlled territory territory that was retaken last week so those soldiers there are surrounded on the other observation posts are essentially in areas that could

a demilitarized zone around the province free of weapons and fighters in line with the so-called saatchi memorandums the mainstream rebel factions left their positions in the planned zone last year but the strongest group at the leadership which many in the international community believe is still linked to al qaida refused it hasn't said if it will comply this time this issue a challenge for both sides what to get to implement the agreement. to didn't. care and couldn't do before so i personally think that there is. tremendous and. that there will be a new escalation of. the syrian opposition believes the government will eventually violate the cease fire and the bombing will resume if not in a few hours then in a few weeks or a few months it lives fate is up to russia and turkey they still want to maintain close relations and as long as there are geopolitical interests are aligned the conditions attached to the ceasefire may be overlooked. because you have to have our police in thailand are looking for 2 suspects thought to be behind a series of bombings in the capital bangkok on friday

there saatchi said it is deeply sorry and resolutely respects china's sovereignty but that was not enoughop bankers stopping a link to the label. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. chose both hong kong we are a half-hour away from the open in sydney. let's turn to selena. what are you watching? for a slate ofing korea stock movers that could move significantly when the markets open. korea gas reported operating profit for the second quarter that be the highest analyst estimate coming in at 204 point 7 billion juan versus the estimate of 121.3 8 billion yuan. hasung is reporting that it begun sourcing extreme ultraviolet photoresist that the compound used in the chipmaking process. it is sourcing that from a belgian company. samsung was telling nikkei this in terms of explaining how it is diversifying its suppliers to deal with the japanese export restrictions. down --k korea was colmar korea was down. videowas a youtube criticizing the government's response