he worked in shanghai, he's worked in a coastal city not far from shanghai and worked in a number of different jobs around guangdong where i met him where he was working as a welder in a taiwanese owned electronic component factory in the city of dongguan and another picture of moruboa, pictured with his then girlfriend who also comes from also a migrant worker working in a different factory there in dongguan but also a province that is a different, if traditionally been a big source of migrant workers, the province of hunan in the north so they met there in dongguan. another person that i spent a lot of time with his pictured here. also surnamed mo, most of the people in this small village of binghuacun share the same surname which is common in the smaller villages of china. her name was mo mei chen and i had met here her in dongguan outside the factory she was working in a couple months earlier and then when i visited the village of binghuacun met her again. she returned for two reasons: one of which was to help her parents with a rice harvest and the other one which was probably f

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robin brant in shanghai. a reminder of our top story.clusions. warned againstjumping to conclusions. the s or zeneca vaccine... you can reach me on twitter. do stay with us. hello. very cold out there at the moment, with ice around and of course further snow flurries, particularly in eastern areas. the heaviest of those snow flurries as we go through tuesday, covered by a met office amber weather warning across parts of central scotland. travel, power, communication disruption possible, as those snow levels start to mount up. but it's notjust that, it's the extent of the chill this morning. may be as low as around “14, —15 through some parts of central scotland. all starting the day sub—zero. you can see where those snow showers line up through central areas of scotland. there will be others around northern and eastern parts of scotland, and we'll see little snow corridors again across parts of england and wales, just focusing some of those snow showers to give a further covering in some places. either side of it, we will see just that l

in hong kong and shanghai, 9:29 p.m.ew york, i am karina mitchell at first word headlines. bitcoin resumes a heady rise after tesla added backing, $1.5 billion invested in the digital coin signaling it's intention to accept bitcoin as a form of payment for cars. ceeo elon musk tweeted the client is a good thing. a smaller bible also jumped after musk and kiss star jean simmons talked up. taiwanese exports had a record in january best buy demand or computer tips and companies ordering components ahead of the lunar new year hardy -- holiday. surging to more than $34 billion, the most going back to 1981. imports also hit all-time highs rising 30%. high-performance computing and 5g demand are driving export. -- are also driving export. news england -- new zealand is clamping down on investors. rbnz will tighten restrictions for investors in may. the government is slagging measures to curb housing speculation. new zealand house prices continue to soar in january gaining 12.8% from a year earlier. to india, the government is c

one of those labs was run by a renowned virologist in shanghai, professor zhang yongzhen. >> professorientist. i've been working with him since 2012, and we essentially use genomic technology to try and understand virus evolution and diversity-- just how many viruses are there, how big is the total universe of viruses, the virosphere? >> nrator: virologist eddie holmes and professor zhang were in the middle of a long-te project on respiratory diseases at wuhan central hospital when the outbreak began. on the 2nd of january, lung samples from infected wuhan patients were sent by high- speed train to zhang's lab. at around 2:00 a.m. on the 5th of january, a breakthrough: zhang had obtained the full genetic sequence of the virus. >> and i was driving to breakfast and he called me on the car phone. his team had worked very hard, and so he was very proud, obviously, of the work they'd put in. on that very day, he was, he was working to try and get information released as soon as possible, so the rest of the world could see what it was and so that we could get, you know, we could get diagnos

the snow will fall throughout the korean peninsula and the cold will be felt in shanghai.igh temperature about 12 degrees, down to seven by wednesday. the snow is quite widespread, though not as heavy as wednesday. the cold w't necessarily last. if anything, the sun will do its job, wind direction will change. shanghai would go up to about 15 by the time we get to friday. there are that many showers. we have some in the philippines. quite a few in indonesia. malaysia is largely dry. thailand is largely dry as well. in india, of course is largely dry. not as dry as it was one week ago. a shower moving slowly east. temperatures are slowly rising, the north indian plane is seeing a rise in temperatures. most of the date is spent in hazy sunshine. ♪ >> the weather, sponsored by qatar airways. >> the son. a father. a mutual love of the arts. the stage is set to immorlize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witness our time machine. on al jazeera. ♪ anchor: elegant -- hello again. myanmar's military has imposed a near-total internet blackout across the country for a

in hong kong and shanghai.audi arabia and russia are again heading into an opec-plus strategy meeting on opposite sides of the output debate. riyadh wants members to be cautious about production despite recent price rises. they still want the group to increase supply. opec and its allies are still withholding about 7 million barrels a day from global markets. japan has ordered ana to ground several of their boeing 777 aircraft after the engine failure on the united airlines jet in the u.s. over the weekend. planes must be kept out of service. an issue was reported with this back in december. united is removing 24 777's equipped with the affected engines. taiwan expects its economy to grow this year at the fastest since 2014 as global chip demand boosts exports. gdp is seen expanding by 4.6%, significantly higher than the 3.8% forecast last year. taipei is also more than doubling their estimate for export growth to about 9.6%. recent bitcoin champion elon musk says prices seem high after the open surged to $1 tr

copper in shanghai on track for its best day in 10 years. and australia minor at july 2000 and eyes and one stock in hong kong up by almost 18%. a lot of copper players all rising, rio up 3% in sydney as well. manus: thank you very much. setting the tone in the asian markets as we kick in on monday. simone joins me. >> good morning. the united states is nearing 500,000 coronavirus deaths with doctors saying normal life may not return until 2022. -- spoke with the number expected in the next few days, saying it will be a historic but terrible moment. as covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are falling sharply, with the u.s. ending up or than 60 million vaccine doses so far. >> is stunning, almost unbelievable but true. this is a devastating pandemic but it is historic. people will be docking -- talking about this decades and decades from now. >> u.k. prime minister boris johnson is expected to announce an easing of virus lockdown measures that later with all schools being allowed to reopen march 8. people will be able to meet face to face and

a lawyer in athens puts us in touch with a client from shanghai who is in the middle of a legal dispute over her flat in athens. her whole family laboriously saved up for the 290000 euro apartment. investments in greece and freedom of travel within the entire shang an area for the whole family sounds attractive even in times of the coronavirus. like the greek whether or not style greece is a country with a long history. with this visa i can buy a piece of this lifestyle. there are a lot of chinese making this investment including in my circle of friends. gold and visas remain in high demand though the coronavirus pandemic has dampened the real estate market with significantly fewer visas issued due to travel restrictions and a temporary suspension of the residence by investment program unlimited travel and a globalized world where you can commute between shanghai and athens have been put on hold but the estate agents don't think it spells the end of this lucrative market i think that after the recovery that we're expecting from. the chinese clients are going to come here and keep buying

it does still stretch its way up across's shanghai tour the far south of japan. the weather will ease through and dryer skies coming in behind. 13 celsius for shanghai on friday afternoon. this would go on into saturday. more pleasant whether pushing across northern parts of china back into japan. showers for the western side of china. heavier showers will be around malaysia. indonesia looking very unsettled as we go through the coming days. those seasonal storms are pretty active at the moment. active showers making their way toward sri lanka. friday looks largely dry across much of south asia but as we go into saturday, still a clutch of storms will roll away a little further westward easing toward sri lanka, northern parts turning increasingly wet with the risk of flooding. >> the weather, sponsored by cutter airways. -- qatar airways. >> a father, a son, a mutual love of the arts -- the stage is set to immortalize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witnessed our time machine on al jazeera. anchor: you are watching al jazeera -- a reminder of our

a lawyer in athens puts us in touch with a client from shanghai who is in the middle of a legal dispute over her flat in athens. her whole family laboriously saved up for the 290000 euro apartment. investments in greece and freedom of travel within the entire shang an area for the whole family sounds attractive even in times of the coronavirus. like the greek whether or not star greece is a country with a long history. with this visa i can buy a piece of this lifestyle. there are a lot of chinese making this investment including in my circle of friends. gold and visas remain in high demand though the coronavirus pandemic has dampened the real estate market with significantly fewer visas issued due to travel restrictions and a temporary suspension of the residence by investment program unlimited travel and a globalized world where you can commute between shanghai and athens have been put on hold but the estate agents don't think it spells the end of this lucrative market i think that after the recovery that we're expecting from. the chinese clients are going to come here and keep buying

up to 9 and the snow stopped by the time we get to friday as a dramatic and fairly quick change shanghai hangs on to that changed increase is it 20 degrees by saturday the average just for comparison is about 10 or up to 23 the time we get to sunday and there are changes afoot throughout india quite a few showers are trying to generate in south strata good parts of central and southern india wanted to moving further north still not disturbing the persistent fog around the far northern plains for example in delhi an increase in shower seems like it down towards time out there and sri lanka but the delhi it's more the say at least fog in the warning it might briefly clear in the afternoon still poor equality. qatar airways. a place to treat our world so you're not going to lecture which artists and activists me where i do use a spark and history is made. to have brought al-jazeera world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and they will recite this out of creativity debate the 2nd she could start with our country on a just see the. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour at least

low pressure that just sliding away from taiwan the cloud does still stretch its way are across shanghai up towards the far south of japan but out west the weather will ease through brighter dry skies coming back in behind 13 celsius there for tokyo 13 celsius 2 for shanghai on friday afternoon as we go on into saturday little warmest still in that with a more pleasant weather pushing right up across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula and back into japan want to show it was the western side of china we will see want to see showers too into the philippines over the next day or so heavier showers will be around malaysia indonesia looking very unsettled as we go on through the coming days with those seasonal storms looking pretty active at the moment active showers to making their way towards flanker over the next day or so flooded as long as you dry rural it across much of south asia but as we go on into saturday this little clutch of storms will roll their way a little further westwards easing over towards franca through the course of sas day northern parts turning incre

feeling is different the snow has stopped falling you'll notice if you just take case in point of shanghai the temperatures keep rising on average for february should be about 10 he's been up and down all over the place but going from below average to around about 23 is quite a substantial change in the next 3 or 4 days south of all this and maybe also a temptation of change of season the 1st proper circulation we see for a while in the philippines seeing a lot martin and something more than that certainly that's the hint within 24 hours it might even be named and there are showers for me in india 2 shelves of clouds building showers are falling in the bit an increase in the likelihood in sri lanka as well but not much happens really in the north indian plate not staying fairly settled but in very nasty the thames is just a little bit above freezing that bit more improvement in the air quality despite the lack of breeze. at ways. a place. where to look to east artists and park people. where ideas and history is made. to argue. to have brought out you 0 world tells the story of 4 iconic caf

shanghai come up .6%, msci 300 over 1%. they're out for lunch.. ♪ >> just over 15 minutes to go until we get the start of the trading day in india. looking forward to the reserve bank policy decision. expecting markets to show a hint of caution. inflation -- consumer prices could ease to 4.6% in december. we are looking for any objections on growth projections. the are b.i. -- rbi has already projected shrinkage. will the are b.i. -- the rbi announce a pushback? government exciting a little more clarity from the central bank. of course, you can follow all this in our top live blog. juliette: let's get you caught up in the first world news. warding interest rates will stay low for quite a while yet. the governor has been stronger than suspecting. the governor said the positive signs do not disguise the fact there is still some way to go. johnson & johnson has asked u.s. regulators to approve its vaccine for emergency use. they say they would be ready to ship millions of doses immediately if the fda grants approval. moderna and pfizer have been giv

shanghai's railway station is usually frantic at this time of year, but not this time.year in particular when you get the biggest numbers, chinese new year spring festival — chunjie, as it's known in chinese. this is the biggest mass migration of humans on the planet and they move over a month—long period, mainly from china's cities out into the rural areas. right, let's look at those numbers. on average, you tend to get about a50 million people moving in that month—long period. this year, though, the government estimates it's going to be different. they see a drop in passenger numbers of 20% compared to last year, a drop of 60% compared to the previous year. this is all about trying to prevent another national outbreak of covid across this country. there is intense pressure from the government, and it's doing it by carrot and stick. let's look at the carrot first. in some cities, you get 1,000 rmb — that's about $160 — if you decide to stick around over the next few weeks. but if you're determined to go and see your family and you leave shanghai, well, this is what you

many still north of shanghai but the west the weather will just ease across south korea the fos out of south korea some heavy rain for a time also went to cuba again the possibility of some localized flooding this place to see some wet weather system just brushes the fossils of honshu temperatures will be down recent days 10 celsius there for tokyo as it turns a good deal cloudy through the next couple of days 14 celsius there in seoul temperatures bouncing back and getting up to around 12 degrees there in beijing which is still the mild side but there were neighbors mild as a $26.00 that we saw on sunday of course it's fine and dry meanwhile across much of india added aid into sri lanka where we have got some showers into the fall north of india wintry in nature there will be a good old covering of snow here as you go through the next couple of days this system just spilling out of afghanistan rolling across the north of pakistan heavy snow for many it is likely to cause widespread disruption by the weekend. at ways. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems e

it certainly won't last if anything the sun will do its job wind direction will change and take shanghai for example 7 we've got about 15 for time we get to friday and sun so that is quite quiet to the wrong that many showers around in the end of the read rainy season we got some in the philippines quite a few in indonesia malaysia is largely dry thailand is dry as well sumatra is largely dry and india of course is largely driving not as dry as it was a week ago. sherry rain seemed likely in the middle now moving slowly east was towards disha tempest slowly rise even the north indian plain which is still plagued by at least morning fog is seeing a rise in temperatures the forecast for very nasty is not a bad one there's fog in the morning i quote is not back good admittedly but most a day spent in hazy sunshine. sponsible qatar airways. they may not be top of the table. they might not have the biggest stadium. but they stand as titans in the face of the fascist fall rights movement. if you want to show the world that the good guys can sometimes when they are the force behind germans simp

towards taiwan might even get to hong kong shanghais temperature actually rises to where it should be by friday's was a brief blast of that cold air and for most places it won't even bring snow at least in china a little actually in india but more in the walls there are showers showing up eventually moving trustor disha the air isn't really steering this to fog in the northern plains particularly in delhi but there's a hint the increasingly high temperatures by day 27 degrees or thereabouts not too cold at night the fall mart lift by friday otherwise you get a call to remains still pretty pool most of arabia is looking fine but this storm over turkey is heading towards the levant in the next 2 days. sponsible qatar airways. a son. a father. a mutual love of the arts. the stage is set to immortalize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witness our time machine. on a. although again the top stories on al-jazeera mean mars military has opened fire on a crowd of protesters in the 2nd largest city of mandalay that's according to local media earlier on monday. the tension was ex

the shanghai closed for the lunar year with all major markets seeing green.seng leading the pack up nearly 2% as you can see this. and a brutal winter storm is recking havoc from the south to the northeast. cheryl casone has got more, good morning, cheryl. cheryl: that is right. good morning to you, jackie. the weather being blamed for the deaths of four people across 3 different states. let's start in north carolina where overnight a tornado tore through parts of that state rescued teams are searching for missing people. texas has seen worst winter storm in decades. many in the lone star state without power as they deal with unprecedented cold and ice storms. overnight in dallas people were seen sleeping in their cars as they tried to keep warm. the temperature there this morning 1 degree. officials are urging people to stay home and get off the roads. the freezing weather in texas by the way is boosting oil this morning. refinery shutdown, half a percent this morning. well, president biden heading to wisconsin today, one of his first official trips since be

the shanghai comp also higher right now.ising a reversal of three days of losses which totaled more than 6%. of course, the asx 200 index in the positive. plenty more in the next hour of bloomberg. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it's almost 11:00 a.m. in singapore in shanghai. welcome to bloomberg markets: asia. rishaad: let's have a look at our top stories. call it a powell play. stocks are on the up as the fed continues to support bonds -- support. bonds are falling off. haslinda: the focus that india where regulators want to know why trading did not migrate to its disaster recovery site. rishaad: it looks like the mania is back. gamestop had shares surging once again. let's get to what's going on in thailand. let's see if it is following the regional trend. 1.1% up. looking forward to the industrial economic looking to release data for january. the index is contracting, decline in, 4.4% at year on year. that got into the estimate impacted by bloomberg and the bloomberg survey. thai baht on the move. nifty up 1.5% a

shanghai railway station is usually frantic at this time of year. but not in 2021.get the biggest numbers, chinese new year spring festival — chunjie, as it's known in chinese. this is the biggest mass migration of humans on the planet and they move over a month—long period, mainly from chinese cities out into the rural areas. right, let's look at those numbers. on average, you tend to get about a50 million people moving in that month—long period. this year, though, the government estimates it's going to be different. they see a drop in passenger numbers of 20% compared to last year, a drop of 60% compared to the previous year. this is all about trying to prevent another national outbreak of covid across this country. there is intense pressure from the government, and it's doing it by carrot and stick. let's look at the carrot first. in some cities, you get 1,000 rmb — that's about $160 — if you decide to stick around over the next few weeks. but if you're determined to go and see your family and you leave shanghai, well, this is what you face, multiple tests — a co

the logical society has been helping to preserve the national park the society's director coast of shanghai has come to see what the situation is like on the ground he knows how important this area is. i'm told be used to be able to ship to file diversity as an evenly spread on our planet and 80 percent of species are found on just 20 percent of the earth's surface the reason we just have to protect the right places for the guns reached is the most of them affording parks are the so-called hot spots as these are regions with with secular abundance of the sixty's and get beaten for ones that only exist in those regions for more on these hot spots are shrinking hotspot one is the afro alpine region including the baalei mountainous the cultured in. most of the region is covered by forest one of the last intact expanses a forest in the whole of ethiopia it's enormously important as a habitat for plants and animals as well as providing a balanced climate and water supply. the ancient juniper and caso trees are habitat for various herbivores including the extremely rare mountain liana this specie

berlin also drew on friday night's live 6 defeated for saturday's late match between young berlin and shanghai is underway right now and there are 2 matches to come on sunday and byron is in action on monday. air up to date now on the telly and news on the back at the top of the hour with more news for you omarion evans dean thanks for watching. young german and jewish i'm jewish so what. does that mean in daily life and at school beloved teenagers 11 stories high. i'm jewish and so. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. plus . if we just take the time to observe it nature provides us with a fascinating spectacle. over time the inhabitants of our planet of woven complex relationships of collaboration symbiosis dependence and predation. earth is the planet of life running crawling all flying life abounds everywhere. but for all these beautiful diversity to have proliferated the earth has had to provide a favorable environment for around 4000000000 years. more then with the conditions which enables the blooming of life on earth. and could these conditions be present elsewhere resulting

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the wind tanks of this cargo plane and they're not even have full yet the flight from frankfurt to shanghai in china is a long one but this flight is something special because the cargo subsidiary of germany's largest airline tons or is operating this freighter c o 2 literally using bio kerosene. it's a plant based fuel that the c o 2. plane . emits 80 percent less greenhouse gases the problem is that the climate friendly fuel cost between $3.00 and $6.00 times more than normal jet fuel in spite of that many customers want to improve the carbon footprint left behind by transport like logistics company. c. s. every week. we also talked about this project. for the project. for more than. working. for the future we are exploring. 100000 tonnes of. a drop in the ocean 300000000 metric tons that the worlds. so here's a quick recap of our top story because commodity prices are soaring and some investors are already talking off a new super cycle as a business update here on d w at this hour you can always find out more now websites that stu w dot com slash business follow us on social media commun

over in shanghai, closing at the highest level since 2011. iron ore futures nearing its own record highs. all of that should be a big boost for material stock. the ferocious moves in the actual underlying commodities not necessarily lining up at the equity markets in the u.s. guy: it has been a tough few months, but things may be starting to look up in the u.k. half an hour ago we heard from prime minister boris johnson on how he plans to reopen the economy. prime min. johnson: in step two, non-essential retail will reopen, as well personal kale including hairdressers, i'm glad to say, and nail salons. indoor facilities such as gyms will reopen. guy: the prime minister sounds like he is looking forward to a haircut. let's talk about some the details that could be starting to roll out in the u.k. march 8, all schools will return. there was spec that it would be a phased approach, and in other parts of the united kingdom that will not the case. one-to-one socializing will be allowed outside. the focus will be outside, where transmission is lowe

the price from shanghai to rotterdam has skyrocketed to more than $9,000.re signs cargo crunch may be easing. the industry is watching closely. chinese new year marks a seasonal turn, when rates are renegotiated for the next year. companies must choose whether to swallow the financial hit or up the cost. it could bring new headwinds for the global economic recovery. matt: now maersk expect profits to grow as much as 27% this year after freight rates jumped to a record. the container shipping industry has come under pressure during the pandemic. the global shortage of containers a set rate prices skyrocketing, while bottlenecks have formed at major ports like the one in singapore. we are joined by the ceo of maersk. thank you for your time. let me ask you what you think about freight rates. do you expect them to keep going higher, or has the industry found a solution? >> i would expect the freight rates to remain elevated for a while. first quarter, and after that, we will start to see normalization of the situation. anna: good morning to you. normalization

fell through in the last stages of negotiation the german company has struck an exclusive deal with shanghai pacer foe through pharmaceuticals to bring the vaccine to china. in the european union a sales of new cars were down almost a quarter in january compared to the year before strict lock downs and economic upheaval calls especially big declines in new vehicle registrations in both germany and spain. at the games has filed a formal antitrust complaint against apple to the european commission the game developer has been battling with the i phone maker for months it was temporarily kicked off the app store after trying to get around 30 percent by using payment schemes instead. representatives of germany's retail tourism and hospitality industries have told economy minister peter it's maya they're unhappy with lockdown measures in a conference call they complained that state support hasn't been paid out fast enough 65 percent of retailers and says he centers on a quarter of tourism operators face bankruptcy. says it will expand government aid and create a hardship fund german sports equipme

and finally the mobile world congress in shanghai is hosting one of the few in person technology trade shows since the start of the coronavirus and i'm like more than 200 companies and about 20000 people are expected to attend the show the 3 day event has been scaled back from previous years 60000 were at the last iteration of the event in china and tied to 19. thank you very much for watching. indecency it is stifling kurdistan's capital is such a small and the reason outdated co-leaders. residents and activists are fighting back against the air pollution but within the government their demands are falling on deaf ears. 3000. and 60 minutes on d w. in the light of climate change. africa's most of. what's in store for. years to come for the future. caught up in mega-cities the call to get insight. enter. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of the coded special monday to friday. differ. women are in charge. of go as a patriarchal system

the wind tanks of this cargo plane and they're not even have full yet the flight from frankfurt to shanghai in china is a long one but this flight is something special because the cargo subsidiary of germany's largest airline moved tons or is operating this freight to c o 2 mutually using bio kerosene. it's a plant based fuel that the c.e.o. . has been. a plane using. and it's 80 percent less greenhouse gases the only problem is that the climate friendly fuel cost between $3.00 and $6.00 times more than normal jet fuel in spite of that many customers want to improve the carbon footprint left behind by transport like logistics company. c.e.o. . to china every week. we also talked about this project. for the project. the climate is produced at this refinery in finland and from has for more than 10 years. has been working on replacing. those. facts for the future we are exploring new. 100000 tonnes of. produced here a drop in the ocean compared to the 300000000 metric tons that the world's. believes that a breakthrough in climate. policy makers. what we need. to create the market. to create th

paris in shanghai. from there i got the international affairs plug and then i want to george washington, george washington is probably the most political organization it or political university in the country. got the log. and you know one thing will lead to another to leave myself back to the air force and history. but i'm very fortunate to be serving with them. very lucky to have served along side these men and women. >> we mentioned at the top your book is titled armed in america, if you could select one talking point, one take away from your book, what is it? >> what i hope people take away is that the right to arms as we know it today, or discuss it today is not the same as it was discussed 200 years ago. 100 years ago. or even 50 years ago. it has evolved. it has changed with the times. the other takeaway hope is that was have changed to adapt to the environment. to gun violence. to changes in technology and whatnot. whatever your side is -- if you are pro gun or pro gun control or just in the mid

here in singapore and in shanghai. welcome to "bloomberg markets: asia." look at the top stories. global bond routes pushed yields to record highs. juliette: emerging market currencies feel the heat as u.s. currencies rise. rishaad: it's awaiting gdp data from india after an unprecedented recession triggered by the coronavirus. india suggests the economy is reviving. juliette: let's get a check now of where we are headed here in regional equity indexes. we have seen the asia pacific index having its biggest one-day drop since march last year, but things are stabilizing somewhat, a little, although we are still down 2% over the course of the day. remember as well, it is the last trading day of the month, so we have to look more broadly. we are starting to see a bit more of a tick upcoming move in u.s. futures now -- a tick up coming move in u.s. futures now. australian bonds paring most of their losses. the rba intervened for a third time launching an unpatched -- unscheduled purchase operation. we have been watching what is happening in the pan as well, th

having a look at any impact on the shanghai composite, pretty much unchanged.eing extended in hong kong and sydney. quick look at the japanese markets as we head into their lunch break. the possibility we will be seeing a greater set of left downs -- of lockdowns. falling back on wariness from the bank of japan. companies at the moment making waves, a narrower loss than predicted. venture holdings falling back. railways affected by that. up by 10%. this is bloomberg. ♪ s bloomberg. ♪ karina: former president trump has named a new legal team as he heads towards his second impeachment trial. his lawyers quit this weekend. there are reports he wanted his defense to argue the election was stolen, while his original lawyers preferred to focus on the constitutionality of impeaching him when he has left office. in other news, the west australian capital perth is back in full lockdown after a worker at a hotel tested positive for covid-19. the restrictions will last at least five days and includes a stay-at-home order and mandatory mask wearing. western australia has n

david culver, cnn, shanghai. >>> millions of people in the u.s.re facing dangerously cold temperatures this weekend, from the midwest to the south and the northeast. arctic weather is covering much of the country. the latest in a live forecast next. lush and it's building up in your septic tank. but monthly usage e of rid-x is scientifically proven to break down waste. maintain your septic tank with rid-x. >>> across the u.s., more than 20 million people will be making up to bitterly cold weather. winter storm warnings in effect. windchills could plunge to minus 50 degrees fahrenheit, minus 46 degrees celsius, you could catch frostbite in 10 minutes. derek, give us an update. >> winter's grip holding on to north america at the moment, specifically the east coast of the u.s. where we have several million people under winter storm warnings thanks to another nor'easter. different to the one that impacted the region earlier this workweek or last workweek. monday they had a snowstorm that brought over 30 inches of snow to central new jersey. that won't

shanghai comp up zero point 75%. the nikkei flat. this global equity rally reinvigorating investors, for a stimulus-fueled rebound. there are fears it could trigger destabilizing inflation. the dollar steadying overnight after its decline. 10 year yield under pressure. that is indicated to what is going on with the dollar. new york crude stockpiles in the u.s. shrinking, that is helping the price go up. wti up to nearly $60 a barrel. bitcoin, jp morgan saying it is not something large companies will be getting into and trying to emulate tesla's decision to add it to their balance sheet. means -- to say mainstream corporations will follow is the volatility of the cryptocurrency. let's see what we have in terms of a first word news with karina mitchell in new york. karina: good morning. china slipped into deflation last month as consumer prices fell 0.3 percent since december. expectations were zero. factory prices rose 0.3%, in line with expectations. producer prices rose the first time in a year. gaps in consumer demand in recent wee

in beijing and shanghai. welcome to "bloomberg markets: china open." i am david ingles.to the chinese mainland. we are tesla, bitcoin. recharging bitcoin. a big investment and signs that will accept token as

in shanghai, which people say is known as the venice of china, this beautiful water town, ancient water town but a ten-multiple drive away they're a whole compound of labor camps. you just drive ten minutes and you see guards, you see the barbed wires and you don't have to even wander far to come across them. >> so, since you went on a tourist visa, were you fearful of -- if they found out you're doing actually journalism instead of tourism, were you fearful you would we detained or imprisoned or anything like that? >> i was nervous. but i was pretty sure that even if i got detained i would have been fine in the end. they probably would not have actually sentenced me to prison in china. i don't think they've ever done that to foreign journalist, but they will try to scare you and they might even beat you up a little bit but not going to kill you the way that they might -- they could to a citizen journalist who is a chinese national. so i felt i was in a better position to do reporting on this than a lot of other people in china. >> so, i wanted to ask you about that. since you look chin

the united states the british the french and the chinese led by shanghai shek. will be the senior members of the international order. and each one of these senior members will be responsible for different areas of influence across the globe. when truman really starts to take some ownership over this policy. it's at the potsdam conference. which is held in the summer of 1945. from mid july to early august and this is trying to bring into reality. the plan that was hammered out at yalta. as truman is going to the conference and potsdam is a small suburb. outside of berlin truman's introduced to the destruction of world war ii and what he realizes? is there's the political aspect of this? war you got to figure out where lines on the map are going to be you have to figure out what powers are going to be responsible for what countries and and how we make a new europe that hopefully is more stable and secure but there's also the real material need. that europeans have this is a picture of the reichstag in berlin after the war. and truman this drives home to truman tha

a lawyer in athens puts us in touch with a client from shanghai who is in the middle of a legal dispute over her flat in athens. her whole family laboriously saved up for the 290000 euro apartment. investment in greece and freedom of travel within the entire shang an area for the whole family sounds attractive even in times of the coronavirus. like the greek went through lifestyle. greece is a country with a long history. with this visa i can buy a piece of this lifestyle. there are a lot of chinese making this investment including in my circle of friends. golden visas remain in high demand though the coronavirus pandemic has dampened the real estate market with significantly fewer visas issued due to travel restrictions and the temporary suspension of the residence by investment program unlimited travel and a globalized world where you can commute between shanghai and athens have been put on hold but the estate agents don't think it's a bell's the end of this lucrative market i think that after the recovery that we are expecting soon. the chinese clients are going to come here and keep

the weak spot was china, shanghai down 1 and-a-half percent.s morning. cheryl casone has details. cheryl: the stock is jumping more than 6% on the news. this is a group of activist investors trying to take control of the board of directors. they want the department store to reduce inventory and streamline promotions. the activists own about a 9.5% stake in the retailer so it is significant. the group includes several activists from several different companies that includes coral holdings. the stock is up more now as we're breaking this news on the network. the stock is up more than 9% right now. this is now official, this move on the board of directors at kohl's. well, one analyst is saying that tesla made $1 billion in paper profits from its investment in bitcoin. the automaker you malware may remember bought 1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency last month while the analyst says tesla could make more than that in that investment in bitcoin than they could from selling electric vehicles in all of 2020. bitcoin is at 53,000 and change, we hit