using the shanghai composite is up zero point one percent.oved to the downside you are seeing. -- you can see the shanghai composite is up 0.1%. china resources. andre seeing abel meant commodities space -- we are seeing a movement and commodities space. copper is moving along with no call. with nickel. 13%.up some of those declining are sun corp. major theme. south korea. it agreed to be bought. the largest mobile messaging in south korea. it is making inroads in indonesia. i want to give you a sense of how that is impacting across asia pacific. chart, lookart, pie at the industry group clovers. you are semites moves after the oil and gas and telecom and utilities. some of the technology stocks that are moving across the region in light of this corporation deal. the bigechnology space, moves to the upside facade 27 stocks advancing star china communication services and meet attack at the top of the list. communication services and tec -- communication services and tech at the top of the list. that is an update. i gets ready for his first ful

an official building on the outskirts of shanghai, a united states security company is satisfied it'srce of many of the cyber espionage attacks. the u.s. says the targets include businesses in the steel industry. untrue says china. these latest indictments come at a time of growing fringes betweefrick shunbetween the unid china as ties between moscow and beijing are improving. president vladimir putin is here in shanghai where he says relations between the two countries have never been better. calling the president a trusted friend. >> reporter: president putin has been isolate odd world stage but he's among friends here. both he and the president here are facing international critisism over territorial disputes with smaller neighbors. putin is here attend ache summit to discuss building confidence and security in asia. he's also hoping to secure an energy deal with china. russia's single biggest trading partner. these russian sailors strolling on the famous waterfront will be taking part in joint navel drills with the chinese another symbol of the cooperation between these two giant

isn't shanghai for us. a very clear suggestion we have received from top russian oil and gas officials who are walking out of this building over here the residence of the chinese president child high that the story deal between russia and china to supply the land of the dragon the with the russian natural gas could be signed any moment some are saying that the deal is actually ninety nine percent complete we heard from both the leaders of china and russia that the cooperation between china and russia in the oil and gas has been strengthened even moreover it has been said that the war on the signing of the contract will be continued during today and tomorrow and shanghai so there's still plenty of time for the signature to be added on this agreement of course this is a historic deal for both russia and china for russia this is a diversification off its energy markets especially in times when europe us talking about possible sanctions against moscow for china this is a good chance to jump ball from this huge

in its files it's alleged the officers in shanghai hacked into the computers of companies involved in solar and energy companies. property was stolen, putting u.s. companies, particularly in the steel industry, at a disadvantage. >> these initial tists cost -- initiatives cost billions in capital. the computer intrusions enabled the theft of this technology and blunt the ability to compete. >> the government case is that it helped chinese firms involved in legal disputes with the chinese government and firms. china denies the allegations, accusing the u.s. of hypocrisy. it's unlikely military officials will answer the charges. the case is srn to in -- certain to inflame diplomatic ties and could be counterproductive to u.s. goals. >> there's a way to get the message across to both sides, to u.s. companies, to potential perpetrators, whether from china or any other country. it will not be tolerated. you can send out messages, you just don't file an indictment. >> prosecuting state workers and the indictment comes on the same day the u.s. announced it arrested 97 people in 16 countries

a look at hong kong and shanghai. pmi data, we saw contraction and worse than expected contraction in that sector. people reacting negatively to that news. in sydney, if fallback of four .1%.nt -- straight times index off by .01%. that is it for this monday edition of "on the move." looking at images of victoria harbor in hong kong. this is "asia edge." asian stocks turning lower. hong kong leading the way down. the factory sector in china contracted once again. we've got more violence in ukraine as the eastern part of the country slips out of kiev's grasp. clue.days and still no discussing how to expand the search. we are expecting a live news conference any moment now. saving goodbye to the bailout. eu program.ts the onlineting the vine appeared of tasmania's plans to upload real-time data. markets forhing the all of you as we take up the new trading week. no risk monday. ukrainedevelopments in showing the situation is getting worse. seeing really weak interest getting into stocks. looking at gold, the yen, some of

the shanghai market opens. god'ssays he is doing word in india. >> rebuilding lives after a typhoon. we have a special report. shanghai is starting off. let's go out to john. >> would have an impact right now. the prices are disappointing. we will tell you about home taiwan.nd australia is pretty breach. resources and banks on the klein there. .25%.by it has been falling. china and hong kong. look at the impact of the stocks we are watching this morning. by fours are off percent. today.ssed estimates the retailers and stocks open again. if i can look at the pie chart the hong kong see open. particularly the property area. and gas.cials two quarters of a percent and property stocks. holdings.roperty these are all crucial ones. prices rose. a price increase back in march. it has gone down by 12. landing 1.5%. you are seeing a decline right now and this is a reflection on that. india is preparing for a new government. bjp wins in a landslide. they report on the challenges ahead. >> hello and good morning. i am at

in shanghai for the deal of the century. russia china relations sort of previously unseen so says vladimir putin as he prepares to head to shanghai to strike some deals. ukraine's interim authorities want to u.s. nuclear to be one of its main fuel supply is but fears are raised its compatibility with the reactors could lead to a catastrophe. in trade in washington as the u.s. and the e.u. big business agreement of all this criticism that big corporations are really the ones driving the agenda. very well welcome to you from all of us here at the international on. monday morning headlines never before have relations between russia and china been a strong as they are today president vladimir putin has declared the head of state is to travel to shanghai and choose day in a trip expected to yield some of the biggest trade deals this century. joining me live with details here certainly russia and china getting cozy cozy. indeed right now in shanghai china's financial capital probably one of the capitals financial governments of th

reports now from shanghai. the russian leader and his chinese colleague talked to the press and indeed said that both countries will increase their cooperation in the oil and gas sector the role of argument which is that that russia will ensure the quickest possible begin of supply of russian gas to china that's despite the contract itself hasn't been the yet officially signed and we heard from the presidential aide of russia is that this cough was that there has been a major breakthrough in terms of the price for russian gas which china would pay and the war on signing this contract will continue during today joe that means we're still have another forty eight hours off the shanghai summit here and there's a great great chance that the ban will be put to people in this contract which is essentially a win win situation for both sides as we've been gathering here first of all for russia of course this is a dis. supplies energy supplies not only it will be supplying gas to europe and we know of course of many tal

biggest energy was ever push russia and china closer together with president putin traveling to shanghai to bolster ties. and two trains collided in moscow region killing at least six people and leaving dozens injured afraid courage is doing braille smashing into a passenger wagons. and welcome to our team to national twenty four hour news live from moscow i'm here to show our law thanks for joining us the british journalist working in eastern ukraine who has filed numerous reports for us he has been detained at a checkpoint near the eastern city of mariupol we've been trying to reach ground phillips by phone for hours now but has been unavailable and we did manage to speak to him right after he was arrested and he told us he was stopped by the national guard and a family questioned about his abuse and allegiances. the true. state of being detained in germany is. bollocks to say that. someone coming in one checks what you eventually found. to be about markets you don't. want. to be quite a question. told. me about my. work. off. to question. my. gran's ascension comes hot on the heels of

day of the old shanghai and the rest would like to be taking the lead every week. this is all saying to national welcome bank and occupy wall street accidents has been sentenced to three months in jail for assaulting a policeman she's also been given a lengthy period of probation but her supporters say she was the victim of police abuse and should not have been prosecuted in the first place she's asked to see a trick and it reports now from new york. found guilty by a manhattan jury on may fifth first salting a police officer with her elbow cicely mcmillan had been facing up to seven years behind bars this monday may nineteenth the twenty five year old occupy wall street activist has found out that she will be serving a lighter sentence three months behind bars followed by five years on probation considering the amount of time she has already spent in jail cicely's case stems from an altercation between the activist and an n.y.p.d. officer in march twenty twelve at the six month anniversary of occupy protests of zuccotti park with milledge she was sexually assaulte

we have exposed the faces and names behind the keyboards this in shanghai used to steal from american businesses. this is not conduct that responsible nations within the global economic community should tolerat tolerate. in the united states we believe we are entitled to our property and intellectual property. we believe one's work should not be taken from you and given to others. responsible nations do conduct intelligence activities and nations openly acknowledge that they have intelligence services. like others, our intelligence activities are focused on n

shank high, if i wanted to go shanghai, if i wanted to go this weekend.a lot of the prices. we are looking at the occupancy. of people said they have to look elsewhere. opportunity, it is over capacity. , they are a full on the weekdays. the weekends, you have a little bit of an issue. i also looked up places. otels.nly have 130 h that is why you understand that ever structured they have done, it is now easier for the chinese to travel domestically. it is more convenient as well. you still have a big portion of the population that still cannot afford to go abroad. they are looking domestically. >> you have highlighted the issue. hotels in a place where a lot of emerging middle class are looking to travel. >> usually talk about the big cities. part from pollution, you also have three long holidays. you have chinese new year at the labor day and golden week. thisve one coming up weekend. there you go. >> rich of the hotel operators have done this or will do this? >> a lot of them. i was looking at sanya. a short flight from hong kong. you have 98 hotels hai

the shanghai. ukraine. u.s. nuclear to be one of its main fuel supply is fears are raised over its compatibility with the reactor could lead to a catastrophe. and big corporations are robbing. europe could lift some of its heavy handed regulations allowing them to cash in even further on the market. for joining us here on r.t. international. live in moscow with your top opening headlines for this week. never before have relations between russia and china strong as they are today that's what president vladimir putin has declared the head of state is to travel to shanghai on tuesday and a trip expected to yield some of the biggest trade deals. and we have correspondents in the region as well how much both sides. so here we are in the financial capital of china and probably one of the capitals financial capitals of the world china and we're actively looking for a summit which is kicking off on tuesday between central asian states and russia now one of the highlights of the summit as far as i gather during china for

the attacks were even narrowed down to one specific building in shanghai. the u.s. has complained, cajoled, warned, now it's taking specific action. >> this is a case alleging economic espionage. the range of trade secrets and sensitive information stolen in this case is significant and demands an aggressive response. >> for the first time ever the justice department is bringing cyber hacking charges against another country. five members of the chinese military are alleged to have stolen trade secrets from six american companies, attacking with just a desk and a computer. >> the indictment ledges that these officers maintained unauthorized access to steal information that would be useful to their competitors in china including state owned enterprises . attorney general eric holder said this would give them an u unfair advantage and insight to companies. including westinghouse electric, alcoa, united steal workers union and solar world. the economic toll on espionage is massive according to the department of justice. >> are right about the time that solar world, thes

that is just another example of our approach. >> you've been busy with shanghai.red a company called maker studios. why did disney want to acquire it? >> 70% of their traffic comes from outside the united states. we have a need as a company to continue to grow outside the united states. we have been extremely aware of and impressed with huge growth in media digitally, especially short form media. maker is the number one supplier of short form video to youtube. they identify creators of short form video and distribute it effectively. they use algorithms and data to enhance distribution and consumption. they bring that expertise to our company when the world is changing so rapidly right before our eyes in terms of media creation and distribution and consumption, we thought that was very interesting and attractive. >> bob iger with our own jon erlichman. donald sterling has been banned for life from the nba. he made racist remarks. we will be talking to a longtime sports executive about what it means for the team next on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> welcome back to the bes

in shanghai for the deal of the century. to ukraine now where the fate of journalists captured by pro-government forces is causing growing concern we're still trying to find to get word i should say on the whereabouts of graham phillips he's a british journalist who's contributed to recent r.t. reports from the east of the country we have video of him taken moments before he is detained by the government forces one of the checkpoints in the east of the country. well here you can see armed men stopping graham and asking for his i.d. the man who filmed this is concerned for his safety and asked us to delete even his voice from the footage it is detention and disappearance came shortly after an online campaign by pro-government activists to have him deported. well we haven't heard from our colleague for twenty four hours now but artie has been working hard to find out exactly where he is our phone calls to ukraine are being redirected over and over again ukraine's interior ministry told us that he was detained by defense minist

putin is in shanghai and saying that the relations have never been better. president putin is isolated on the world stage but among friends here. they are facing the criticism over the territorial disputes with the smaller neighbors. putin is here and attending a summit. and hoping to se kier an energy deal with china, russia's single biggest trading partner. these russian sailors strolling on the world famous waterfront is taking part in joint naval drills with the chinese, a symbol of the new cooperation between the two giant neighbors. >> in a surprise move, the army in thailand is imposing martial law overnight and the sold aiers are patrolling the streets. the army is saying it is restoring the stability to the country. they denied military coo is underway. we have more from bangkok. >> tanks are back on the streets in bangkok. the soldiers are visible in the strategic areas. the armed forces are now in control of all of the security in the country, but this is not a coo. >> to maintain peace and order and bring peace to all groups and sizes as soon as

in shanghai for the deal of the century. it's good to have you with us today for the program the ukrainian army is pressing its offensive on the east of the country the seat of mass and tea government to send its latest operations targeting the cities of. crime i told us with a very heavy weaponry in fact if you will have a quick listen to this. that is tosca factory hit by a mortar fire local saying it was deliberately targeted one woman injured when a shell hit a bus stop just meters away from a large residential building but the self-defense forces did manage to stop the military when they tried to advance into the city center journalist graham phillips went down to the intrenchments karate international. so we had to the east of slavyansk a scene of fierce conflict clashes the korean military made their way towards the positions held by the pro dinette forces i went out into the trade just to speak to them. how is life here in the trenches it's fine apart from the mosquitoes that died in the trenches we have from the age

companies. >> for the first time, we're exposing the faces and names behind the keyboard in shanghai used to steal from american businesses. >> reporter: a favorite technique the government says spear fishing, sending an e-mail that when opened, installs malware. among the targets, westing house. data equal to 700,000 pages of e-mails including its closely guarded plans for building nuclear power plants. u.s. steel's game plan for competing with chinese-state owned competitors, and confidential production and cost figures from solar world of portland, oregon. inside information the company says gave the chinese a leg up in a highly competitive industry. >> we had many, many companies close, shut down operations or pull out of the business and lots of americans lots jobs. >> reporter: the chinese foreign ministry called the charges utterly ridiculous, a pure fabrication and says it never steals commercial secrets through cybertheft, but computer experts say china is unlikely to stop. >> part of the reason it's a hard habit to kick, it's incredibly successful. takes one fishing e-mail

katie pill being reporting from shanghai in china. now a disturbing video has gone viral on the internet said to show to an armed palestinian teenagers being shot by israeli soldiers during a protest israeli security forces however deny life fire was used but i witnesses claim otherwise in say they clearly heard the shots fact is the owner of the security cameras that capture the footage and he told us he saw the shooting with his own eyes. one for some you know a lot i was at the balcony of my apartment there were c.c.t.v. cameras installed around my house for security purposes i saw three young men with gunshot wounds a soldier of these really defense forces fired four shots at the palestinian demonstrators the boys had nothing except rocks in their hands they had no weapons all they did was throw rocks i'm very worried because of what's happening is really troops regularly open fire in residential quarters using rubber bullets and tear gas grenades they don't just fire on protesters they shoot in the general direction of the buildi

the five men charged are part of what is called people's liberation army unit at shanghai.a security expert calls units ik that an advanced persistent threat - people that spend all day, all night trying to deliver secrets. we are live at the top of the hour. join us for "inside story". > >>> residents in calf are trying to clear up the harbour after dead fish washed into the harbour. algae blooms in warm weather, sucking up the oxygen, and after the warm weather there has been a spike in growth. it could mean bad news for the city. >>> we are looking at the temperatures. this was last week. wednesday, thursday, and dropped a bit. with that heat building up, here is what the water temperature did. 63, 64 and up to 68 over the weekend. that is really the big problem, because that warmer water, combined with the fish, going into marina del rey, the oxygen sucked up. warmer temperatures cannot hold as much oxygen. warmer temperatures last week, the warmer water can't old the oxygen. and that algae bloom sucked up the oxygen. it's not uncommon, but happiness in the harbour. it

a little bit wetter over shanghai with a high of 23. hong kong, you're going to yet again see another day of wet conditions, and manila, you'll also see a very warm day. highs in the mid 30s, with a chance of rain and thunderstorms. let's take a look at the americas. we told you about a system that was responsible for bringing snow in the rockies. and some strong thunderstorms in the central plains. and also into the midwest. you can see the clouds associated with this front is continuing to persist. we're going to see the system sliding toward the east, and that's going to bring another chance for some rain and thunderstorms. i think in terms of the severity, not quite so much. but there may be some isolated strong storms, particularly for the southern portions of this front. ahead of it, very warm conditions. 30 degrees in atlanta, 31 in d.c., with a chance of rain thunderstorms. denver, after highs in the single digits, you will see highs of around 11 degrees coming up on tuesday. let's wrap things up with a look at europe. we have b

the shanghai composite add added .25%. 2,015. shares of resources companies like coal got a boost from the positive data on the chinese economy. and over in sydney, the s&p asx200 seeing gains of .75%. 5,476. market sentiment received support from data showing australia added a more than expected number of jobs in april. coupled with the country's steady jobless rate. >>> u.s. president barack obama has warned russian leaders again and again over what's happening in ukraine. he's hit them with a range of sanctions. now he's decided to remove russia's preferential trade status. a statement from the white house said obama would withdraw russia's eligible for benefits under the trade program. the u.s. grants lower tariffs on imports from developing economies. but the statement says russia is efficiently advanced and no longer warrants such treatment. a spokesperson for the national security council says russia's actions regarding ukraine make it particularly appropriate to take this step now. >>> producers are giving fans around the

if you read in coombs and schools currently about three hundred people who are attending classes shanghai region and punctual. hartson has doubled its still cold mentioned. i hope they can gain confidence through art blend into society. and to define their own self worth issues to settle one year into the airport the ordinances of noticing something unexpected. an increasing proportion of both occasions the suffering from depression. cool things china's rapid normally don't sitting two peoples to schools the new parts is inviting people with depression to attend the art exhibition. all told the meeting strangers. really keeping with this. we told them the dish. this who exhibit in their pink. this woman. she's been issued for fourteen years. you can shoot should be able to cope. she opened up and chatted with the visitors i expressed my corpse three d style. when it blooms. she's countries sullivan featured presenter feedings. yes that's right and then we went to the haze i was quick to explain my keys. i'm not sure if the understand. but the sink and three. it was increasing i'm assuming

shanghai and some other cities and provinces have slightly relaxed the rules to allow parents who are both only children to have two of their own. "as both my wife and i are the only child of our respective families... we are entitled to have two kids. but we are hesitating about this, for because we will face greater pressure to raise another child, which costs a large sum amount of money and energy. >> if we have two kids, perhaps we can create a more favorable living better environment for the development of their personalities. they'll tend to be healthier psychologically. and when my husband and i are getting get old and can't keep pace with the times, the two kids can help each other by discussing problems and offering valuable suggestions. they can trust each other to help them to pull through." with or without a sibling, jiahe will grow up in a china with a very different social fabric than his predecessors. ...one that will create new obstacles for making a living, finding a spouse, and supporting his family. despite its nickname, the one child policy does not limit every chi

and in shanghai the composite index with an advance of nearly 0.8%, 2,050. computer related stocks were lifted by speculation that the government may put more pressure on local companies to use domestic brands of hardware and software products. >>> well japanese workers have gained a reputation for putting in long hours, but members of a government panel say some employees should be rewarded based on their performance. some say that could lead to exploitation. members of the panel suggested last month that skilled, high earners should be paid according to their merit, rather than hours worked. they're drawing up a list of professions that would be subject to their rules, and those that would be exempt. they suggest some managers, consultants, and other professionals should be paid in line with their results. they say construction workers, sales staff, and other service personnel, should be paid hourly. opposition critics fear the plan could lead to unpaid overtime and excessive working hours. and union leaders organized protests in a number of cities. >> tra

russia has other problems of it but the second reason is of although it's very gorgeous here in shanghai it's also incredibly polluted here in china you can really feel it when you come off the play in the air it's very smoky it's called the small gets dirty and very dangerous indeed not because china is very much reliant on coal for about seventy percent of their energy needs and wants a clean up here and do which is natural gas which of course russia has so it's a range but at the moment a win win situation tell us more about the essence of this big deal. yeah well it's that the deal that everyone's getting really excited about you can really feel it in the as well as the small car mentioned ok so we're talking. thirty years to supply about thirty eight billion cubic meters of russian gas to china. thirty years it sounds like we could be talking about a lot of zeros here is that the case. absolutely we're talking four hundred a billion that's the estimate that we're talking about here so it is a lot of money you said it has been tough not an easy road around a decade what has been the

shanghai at 21. those showers on your saturday. then partly cloudy skies in tokyo, 25, for the high. do want to look over towards the middle east here in the eastern portions of the mediterranean. we have been seeing some fairly heavy rainfall across much of lebanon into israel. the past several days. actually here on thursday, southern portions of israel you saw about 35 millimeters of rainfall in just a 24 hour period. i know that doesn't sound like a lot but in the desert that really causes flooding. we have been seeing the flooding. the good news, the forecast will be helping out on getting rid of some of that water. partly cloudy skies here on your saturday, sunday and even over towards monday, temperatures into the low 20s to dry things up. back off towards the north if you're in the british isles, not so much the case. actually through the low countries, as well, there's still the threat of some severe weather out here going through your friday. even the possibilities of some tornadoes, high winds, germany you saw some 96 ki

to distil is strong shanghai this week. or china's journey towards becoming the world's largest economy is not a case of if but when we were just a few decades ago there's no way you could have predicted beijing's meteoric rise what is your position over explains what happened. journals come a long way since being one of the poorest countries in the world back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight today. it's the second largest economy in the world after the us so how do the numbers add up with annual g.d.p. growth of around nine percent china has now left europe's powerhouse germany far behind and it's expanding at double the pace of america's economy meaning it's likely to catch up with it in just a decade so what's the secret well there is the attractive climate for foreign investment in precious production rates cheap experienced labor and all of that has resulted in china becoming the world's largest exporter a title that the u.s. had held for decades so the question now is whether america can sustain its economic

the shanghai composite up more than 2%. 2,052. that's a level that we haven't seen since late april. the positive sentiment also felt in hong kong with the hang sang index claiming 1.8%, 22,261. pretty wide range of shares were bought today. tech shares led the advance. now, the strength in the chinese market really didn't ripple through, though, to many bourses in the region. investors not all that eager to bid up shares ahead of the release of china's key economic data later on in the week. they include retail sales and industrial output. tokyo's nikkei average was one of the markets that declined down more than 0.3%. finished at 14,149. trading was pretty lackluster. investors failed to find buying cues as the yen's slide has paused. now they were also a bit disappointed about the profit outlooks of japanese companies for this fiscal year. >>> the chief negotiators in the trans-pacific partnership have sat down together again. they do have some pretty big gaps between them still, though. they're trying to resolve differences ov

bourses in tokyo, shanghai, and sydney all ended lower. indonesian shares also faced selling pressure after reaching this year's highs during the day. now the nikkei here in tokyo down just over 0.6%. 14,006. that's the lowest level in a month. a lack of major buying cues prompted some traders to sell. overall participation was pretty low. in shanghai the composite index dropped just over a percent, 2,005. that's the weakest closing point in three weeks. property shares came under pressure after the latest data pointed to further slow growth in new home prices. >>> in sydney the s&p asx declined 1.3%, 5,408. that works out to a five-week closing low. mining shares suffered pretty sharp selling amid weak demand for resources in china. executives in the united states telecommunications sector have been making moves to consolidate the industry. now those at at&t are set to buy leading satellite broadcaster directv. at&t executives agreed to purchase directv shares for more than $48 billion in cash and stock. and in the debt it will take on th

as ryan was saying, vladimir putin is in shanghai today. the top of the jet is a contract to supply natural gas to china. the deal could be worth close to $400 billion. let's talk to stephen engle who is in beijing. do we have a deal yet, stephen? >> we don't have a deal yet that we know of. we have been waiting for some headlines to cross from their meeting. it was originally open to pool reporters, then it was hastily canceled. the pool -- they must really be hammering out price for this deal. i assume. this is a pipeline deal that has been stalled many times over 10 years overpriced. anin has told chinese media interview that was published yesterday here in china that the " nearly finished." bigprofile and china is a one. gazprom aims to sign that contract with china national petroleum during this visit, if not even this afternoon. the deal is valued at $400 billion over the proposed 30 years. a $22 billionuild pipeline to china to carry as much as 38 alien cubic meters annually. oft is almost one quarter china's current consumption, est

the shanghai composite finishing with gains of nearly 0.9%, 2,024.hares of coal related companies got a boost from media reports that chinese regulators plan to set up a national market for coal trading. and in manila the key index there down 1.75%, to finish at 6,762. that's a retreat from this year's high that it hit on tuesday. a wide range of stocks ran into heavy selling. shares of consumer goods companies underperformed. >>> well consumers in japan tightened their purse strings at supermarkets in april. this was in reaction to the higher sales tax. the japan chain stores association reported that sales at major superintendents nationwide last month were down 5.4% from a year earlier on a same-store basis. that's the first decline in three months. demand was particularly weak for processed food and beverages with long shelf lives. sales of detergents and cosmetics were also sluggish. but association officials say the pace of decline was within expectations. they say sales are likely to recover from next month, as consumer appetite remains steady

that's the news here from shanghai to merced reading any of this month think you very much for her to rest like the night with my connection here in chinese mainland. hong kong dollar stocks also suffered. east of the hsbc china pmi. luigi with a one point three per cent died. the shares were weak spot in hong kong as well that was also dragged by heavyweights such as someone and at what he tells us that from a porter but now that the cia's top division of the twenty two thousand mark on to say that investors might remain with me as to what to do more to come in and out of china. testimony from the fed chairwoman jenny yemen and also uncertainty in the ukraine and the characters that joins us live from hong kong with all of the decals. looks like we had a weak spot to tweaking hunk on the body was found the south was very broad lately it's been a gloomy day here in huntsville sentiment that the hurt but that weak manufacturing survey called flash pm like that you mentioned earlier and we cannot serve a new export orders were weak that has added here in hong kong to worries that the wo

. >>> for the first time we are exposing the faces and names behind the key boards in shanghai used to steal from american businesses. >> china's vehement reaction to american accusations it has been hacking u.s. companies. >>> the army is in the streets. the marshal law declaration that caught thailand by surprise. >> we're live in pretoria where oscar pistorius is set to find out the timing. >> and what the 9/11 memorial museum has done to anger some new yorkers. >> basically making money off my son's dead body. i think that's disgusting. >> hello. for the first time ever a group of chinese military officers is facing 31 criminal charges in the u.s. and china is outraged by these allegations. >> the u.s. justice department says the men hacked into the computers of major american companies and stole trade secrets. we are going live to beijing. >> first, how u.s. officials say they found the hackers and why they'll never face prosecution. >> wanted by the fbi. five chinese military officials who have allegedly spent years stealing trade secrets from some of the biggest company in the u

some areas just south of shanghai as much as 150 millimeters could occur on friday as well. this is going to be gradually lifting off towards the north going into the weekend, though. so i do expect some improving conditions out here. let's see what's going on in the americas now. also talking about some severe thunderstorms. first i want to show you this image out of idaho. a tornado there for you on the ground. well, it wasn't just that. widespread reports of hail from the ohio river valley, extending back towards the west into colorado including denver. actually, some hail accumulation was seen out here. some pretty heavy stuff coming from these storm systems. that threat is still here on your thursday through friday. extending out through the ohio river valley into the northeast, back towards the west. also the high plains are going to be seeing some thunderstorms out here including those of you in denver. it's not over yet. you still have these thunderstorm watches in effect out here. eventually that's going to continue to work its way off there toward the east. down in

another chinese state-owned raise $2.6king to billion in an ipo in shanghai. the money will go to projects in the eastern and southern parts of the country. siemens is said to be close to selling its majestic's in -- its logistics and airport solutions. siemens may announce the sale as early as this week. >> record loss of shares in tiger air. a look at how bad this tiger story is. i think shares were down 8% at one point, right? now. much as 9% it is not looking good for tiger air at the moment. currently down about 9% -- 7%. 10 out of 11 analysts say sell the stock and that is weighing on tiger air. tiger air had such a turbulent time. it had three straight years of losses, pretty painful for the airline. as a result, it is taking measures. grounding 15% of its planes by the end of march next year. means clipping about eight planes, 44 international operations. stoppinglking about flights to lumbar, services to macau. there has been intense competition in the budget airline space. just too many players, too little demand to fill the seats. so tiger air has h

. >> for the first time, we are exposing the faces and names behind the keyboards in shanghai used to steal from american businesses. >> reporter: from this building in shanghai, prosecutors say the members of 61398 stole corporate secrets, product specs and private memos from five u.s. companies. among, them westinghouse-- prosecutors say the chinese cyber spies sold confidential technical information from westinghouse, as the u.s. firm was building four nuclear power plants in china. >> the hackers stole trade secret designs for components of those plans. to be clear, this conduct is criminal. >> reporter: prosecutors identified solar world, a solar products company as another victim. hackers allegedly stole pricing and production secrets from that company and then chinese competitors flooded the market with cheaper solar panels. solar world eventually shut down a plant in california. u.s. attorney david hickton says the economic damage hits companies and individual workers. >> i am saying this cyber hacking leads directly to the loss of jobs here in the united states. >> reporter:

of the largest in modern history should be finalized during a visit by the russian president to shanghai the two nations are seeking to dramatically increase their economic and technological tani's and our correspondents are in the region ahead of the signing. so here we are in the financial capital of china and probably one of the capitals financial capitals of the world and we're actively looking for a summit which is kicking off on tuesday between central asian states and russia now one of the highlights of the summit as far as i gather during china for the last seven days would probably be a deal a gas deal between russia and china a multi-billion dollar deal what do you make of it katie how big the deal is eighty fuge and it would mean providing russian gas to china for the next thirty years now they still have been there you. don't president it and it will escalate the trade between these two countries which already fit around ninety billion dollars we know it's set to escalate three hundred twenty fifteen to one hundred billion dollars and at the moment we know that the full dance

we're joined now from shanghai. it's the last day of president putin's trip. some were suggesting this deal might not be signed. do we know any more information about what it involves, john? >> reporter: we don't have very much more detail. i'm talking to you just a few meters from where asian leaders have been meeting at a security summit. there was great expectation before this summit that this deal was going to be signed. no mention of it at all by either president xi or president putin. many people thinking that perhaps this on again, off again deal was very much off again. suddenly as the conference ended, this news that it has been signed. but what we don't know is whether this is a deal that has, you know, dotted the is and crossed the ts on every single last detail. the detail of price, for example, crucial to the disagreements over the past. details on payments up front by china and who will fund the infrastructure cost for the new pipeline. very difficult to say at the moment. but if it is the real deal, then it's very significant, indeed. something

adrian brown, al jazeera, shanghai. >>> u.s. rescue teams have resumed the search for four missing british sailors in the atlantic ocean. we went missing on friday returning to britain. the search started again after an appeal from the families backed by an online petition with 200,000 signatures. >>> a date has been set for libya's next national poll. the election commission says it will happen june 25th. we've seen days of unrest between militia groups in the capital and in the east prompting the parliament to meet in a secret location. saudi arabia, the united emirates and algeria closed their embassies already over security concerns. the security head is announcing his support to a former general. >>> yemen and at least 22 people have been killed in fighting between the sunni rivals backed by the army. a stronghold of the fighters is where it happened. seven soldiers were killed in an attack in a army camp there. they responded by killing 15 fighters. last month more than 40 people were killed in clashes by sanaa. this fight

shanghai and also hong kong. guess what?has the opening prices. >> it is basically in line with what we are seeing across the region, john, give or take about one third of 1%. just a tad higher by about 1/10 of 1%. do have some weak spots. south korea and malaysia. i want to show you one stock we are following very closely today. the whitey, are surely owned -- by warrenlly owned buffett. there we go. we are down 6.5%. the reason is it is planning to sell close to $4.3 billion worth of new shares. the kicker is that the price at which it is offering those shares is at a 15% discount to the last closing price. it is not surprising. you are seeing a bit of catch-up. hutch, why are we watching the stock? sources say that the company won approval already to take over o2 unit in ireland. it could be announced as early as wednesday. that is when the european commission meets. cnet, one point two percent up. a large offshore oil -- cnooc, 1.2% up. a large offshore your oil driller. chinese factories, even taiwanese factories -- chi