shenzhen was designated china's 1st special economic zone in 1000 a. in 2019 beijing launched new reforms aimed at transforming it into a model city to rival hong kong. the communist party is encouraging shenzhen to test boundaries technologically environmentally and even politically. yet this testing ground for capitalism chinese style is likely to follow saying once used by deng xiaoping whoever feeds me milk is my mother. o.t. topics. keep learning. wait a 2nd we want the whole picture our facts instead of vague ideas shifts to live us . from other realities or cryptocurrency to your topics for live in an ever changing digital world let's start with digitalisation. shift. on d. w. . is going to help managers do no good today nothing would change you know the banks why and so was the language of the bank money. for speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. an exclusive interview with iran con you into a pakistani prime minister speaks with editor in chief enos pool that's what's khan's perspective on the kashmir crisis is it or

this is the city of shenzhen in southern china population about 12000000. the multinational technology company huawei has its headquarters here one way is the world's 3rd largest manufacturer of smartphones and is playing a key role in the development of 5 g. technology the next generation of mobile networks. one way was founded in 1987 by renzo fe a former military engineer. his life reflects not only the successes but also the difficulties that the people's republic of china has experienced since its foundation. or please watch when you shall talk the most vivid memory of my childhood is one of hunger so we never had enough to eat so those were difficult years you go through or is short i can't dreaming that i would eat a loaf of bread and then another and another and dumplings to wash and shot and every night before i fell asleep i think about eating street not about school or my future i just wanted to have a full stomach for once. shots and good support you suppose but. ren's parents worked as teachers in the southern chinese province of. he's the olde

the shenzhen up 1.9% last year, up roughly 23%. shenzhen up 35%.eally strong gains in these chinese indices. a lot of focus on the trade war. it has emerged that there will be a signing ceremony to take place january 15 another positive catalyst. we have the hang seng index. this market in hong kong has been under a lot of scrutiny because of the demonstrations and those continued over towards new year's eve some demonstrators have been arrested what about europe? taking your attention to the majors in europe a very strong year we spoke about. ending up about23% similar gains to what we had in the composite. the uk ftse 100 up one percentage point firmer. some of the minors are reacting quite well up about 8% up about 1.3 bers. one of the big gainers is airbus up about 3.25 percentage points. the italian index up 1.2%. we had the final eurozone pmi manufacturing numbers came in slightly higher than expectations bester for italy, better for france and germany we are only about one hour into the trading session of what will be a very, very long year.

taxi headquarters in shenzhen china the red cars occupied the green cars are waiting for customers algorithms used right histories to predict which areas are likely to have a lot of customers and when. drivers can then directly head to these locations like. his car is part of the network consisting of about 20000 taxis and change. and it's equipped with an interior camera meaning the taxi head. his can watch him work and listen in on all conversations. in the beginning i was uncomfortable as i didn't really know much about it and felt constantly observed but actually there is no reason for concern the cameras protect the customers drivers to. privacy is ensured as not everyone can view the videos. according to the taxi headquarters as well protected and deleted after $72.00. they say the system is great for educating drive is on the footage can be used to settle conflicts complaints the taxi provider also says customers complain less frequently and that most likely cameras as do drivers who are now less worried about being threatened but the police also has access to the video. taxis. another

artificial intelligence and machine learning is it something we should fear i mean i just got back from shenzhen in china and was followed around the city by cameras i know my daughter is part of the system now it's unsettling to be followed around by a camera. is it something we should feel it's not something that we should fear but we should be careful about the way we deploy it and say there are a number of things that currently wrong with machine learning or issues of bias transparency and you see that is actually coming out in the facial recognition technology where they cameras are 98 percent good at picking up white faces but a 92 percent good at picking up african faces what would that mean what could that mean well that could mean that if you were using it for example in policing than groups that have been traditionally. specially in the united states. brisk and within the jail system that they could be picked up wrongly for for crime so what we need to do i mean the european commission has been talking about a 5 year ban on facial recognition is that a smart move because china as i men

are you also seeing companies looking elsewhere, and shenzhen, as well, and looking at those places nowe to move to, or what is the actual trend there? initiativehink the has attracted lots of investment and occupier interest, hong kong and across the border, in places like shenzhen, and others, those cities and provinces. are not they necessarily in hong kong's footprint. we have seen them expanding, and that is because they see more opportunities there, but -- rishaad: it is supplemental as opposed to replacement. marcos: exactly, exactly. >> we have a phase i deal now between the u.s. and china. in terms of freight cargo, are those volumes going to start picking up soon? marcos: let's hope for the best. [laughter] the meantime, there are uncertainties going on, not necessarily because of the trade war because of other geopolitical tensions developing, as well, and i think demand elsewhere in the world will still be quite limited. i do not expect to see a very noticeable rebound anytime soon. savid: going back to rish' question about the greater bay area, one of the things we like to

we had the china shenzhen market jumping more than a percent and the shanghai composite moving higherd the hang seng in hong kong, of course, closed lower by just under 1%. to europe, germany's dax up slightly while the united kingdom's ftse100 finished lower as business leaders gather in davos, switzerland. brent crude is trading above $65 a barrel today, touching its highest price since january 9th. higher than $66 a barrel. two large crude production base withs in libya have been shut down due to a military blockade. you have at this moment supply disruptions where armed rebel forces shut down pipelines. you could argue this is a civil war. libya is an opec member. we're watching that situation very closely. we have opening arguments underway for the u.s. extradition trial of huawei chief financial officer, this is happening in vancouver, canada, just as we speak. in the courtroom we understand that her representative, her lawyer has said the fraud charges are a complete fraud. now, the u.s. has charged the chinese telecom executive with bank fraud and misleading banks about huawei

shanghai down 2.75% and shenzhen, down 3% in hong kong, down 1.89%.d, 14 million americans, and perhaps that the industry is taking politics behind drug pricing more seriously. a big shake up, crown media family networks, the parent company of hallmark channel, y o, same sex wedding ceremonies, ignites a fire storm and cost this man his job. cost this man his job will have to face. >> yeah, so the ag called roughly alleging that the trump inaugur inaugur inaugural committee spent a million dollars essentially on a ballroom at the trump land hotel in d.c., that it didn't need and barely used and knew was overpriced. $175,000 d knew was overpriced $175,000 the trump business was in breach of d.c. law and nonprofit spending. the ag also saying the president and his daughter ivanka were probably aware of all of this based on documents that he's managed to get through subpoena. >> wow. it seems as if the president spent his private life in port. he's also spending his presidential life in court. >>> up next, a look at axios's one big thing. on "morning joe

the virus has spread to the north and south with 139 new cases reported in beijining and shenzhen that takes the total number to over 200 a significant jump from the 62 reported just days ago. the spread of the virus is reminiscent of the 2003 sars outbreak that killed nearly 800 people and infected over 8,000. despite the risks of human to human contamination experts believe theyey're facing a smaller epidemic. despite the data sars was the major epidemic. now we jump on things much faster. i think it's smaller even though it's still serious. weather patterns collide since october fires killed 29 people destroyed homes and resulted in blt animals dead. the imamages show a wall of dus through towns and locals reported being cast into total darkness in the middle of the day. the international consortium of investigative journalists have published detailing how africa's richest woman siphoned off p public money. the daughter of the angolta's former president is accused of corruption and exploiting her own country. she has now responded saying it's a political witch hunt to discredit her

. >> meanwhile stock exchanges in shanghai shenzhen and hong kong will stay closed in the 2 february. travel has a also taken a hit. several tourist sites remain shut while hotel and flight cancellations are soared. the country's three major airlines have seen their share prices tumble. according to china's transport ministry flights and train journeys were down nearly 42% on the first day of the new year compared with the same day last year. the chinese government has issued nearlrly 1.5 billion eur in subsidies for medical care and equipment as it braces itself for a blow to the country's economic growth which is already at a three decade low. >> it is not just in asia that the economic effects are being felt. herere in europe the tourism indust is getting uneasy. >> t the president's decisision ban overseas group tours from china is already taking a toll here in france. the country which already counts several cases of corona virus is the number one destination for chinese tourists abroad. some 2 million arrive every year spending an average of 2,000 euros each. thatat's a 4 billio

cases have been confirmed in shenzhen and found in thailand and south korea. this marks the official beginning of china's busiest travel season. hundreds of millions are using public transit ahead of new year's celebrations. incks are being conducted railway stations and airports. people here are looking for the government to do more to keep them safe. >> i don't think the government is doing enough. i am just not hearing details about it. i do not think they will give us the true number of those infected. i am worried, and that is why i wear a mask and i am out. correspondent: others say they trust the government's handling of the virus. >> i believe the government will give a fast and accurate information. i think they are more worried than the public. they will have to figure out how to deal with it, so i'm not worried. correspondent: the outbreak is bringing back memories of the sars outbreak which killed almost 800 people worldwide and left more than 8006. sick.0 british researchers say there could be as many as 1700 cases. the world health organization h

chinese city of han it has since spread to 3 other chinese cities including beijing shanghai and shenzhen neon kong $270.00 new cases have been confirmed and it's also spreading internationally south korea's centers for disease control and prevention has now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into incheon city from one han on sunday has been quarantined that follows one case being confirmed in japan early in january and 2 in thailand 6 days ago chinese president xi jinping says the virus must be resolutely contained katrina you has a report from beijing. stafford hospital are working around the clock to identify a mystery virus which has been linked to star's severe acute respiratory syndrome at least 3 people have died and the number of those confirmed have the virus is growing the chinese officials say the outbreak is under control. all the identified new cases have been a bent it to a visit native hospital and we have concentrated resources experts to treat patients in one place sheba. the virus which causes pneumonia like symptoms originated in a woman seafood in meat mark

simon lacy he's a former vice president of global government affairs at while way technologies and shenzhen china in preston in the united kingdom we have max iser he's a lecturer in computer and network security at the university of central lancashire and it washington d.c. richard white a security analyst at wiki strat welcome to you all if i could start with simon so simon why are we seeing so much global alarm over chinese dominance of the 5 g. market. well look i think. people are just slightly concerned about china because it has come so far so fast and people are just so frankly a little bit taken aback by this new plan that they're unfamiliar weave and whose language and culture they don't really understand i mean if you think back to the 950 s. when japan joined the global trading system the general agreement on trade tariffs a lot of countries were very concerned about japan and refused to accord it. and state has refused to trade with it on an m.f. and basis so part of the concern i think is just the rise of this huge player all right let the lender take that's pointless i know t

pop up in more places in china itself and we've had cases confirmed in beijing cases confirmed in shenzhen and we have now more cases potentially in the province of georgia which is not far from shanghai so what's the government doing here to train it to either stop the spread but also to quell some of those concerns some of that fear even panic that might be creeping in. that's right so we've seen the government step up checks for people taking public transport so we've got checks across airports checks or across railway stations people monitoring temperature particularly for any outbound flights or outbound. trains from the city of 100 hospitals are on alert hospital stuff around the country are being given some provisional training on as as much as we know about this virus and how to treat it and people in one city that itself have been told as much as possible not to go outside to pay attention to washing their hands to mosques and any big public gatherings have also be can't been canceled and they've also stepped up the regulation of any markets where they have live animals as well bu

causes pneumonia like symptoms originated in a meat market cases have been confirmed in beijing and shenzhen and found in chinese villages japan thailand and south korea human to human transmission has not been ruled out and that's a problem because this week marks the official beginning of china's busiest travel season hundreds of millions are using public transit ahead of chinese new year celebrations checks are being conducted in railway stations and airports as it is the growing concern about the spread of the virus people here are looking to the gun to do more to keep them safe but i don't think the government is doing enough because i'm just not hear enough details about it i don't think they will give us the true number of those infected i'm worried and that's why i wear a mask when i'm out others say they trust the government's handling of the virus i believe the government would give us fast and accurate information i think they're more worried than the public they were have to figure out how to deal with it so i'm not worried but the outbreak is bringing back an easy memories of th

the bottom 10, 8% down, the stock listed in shenzhen.ied 95% over six or seven ays, now we are pulling back little bit, more substantially from levels of less christmas. perfect world, it is down in hong kong. we will tell you more after the break. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ su: we are looking at live pictures, we are in the middle of the trading day. ,e are tracking developments the sector in singapore is the one to watch, possibly a glut in supply. let's get headlines with su keenan in new york. we began with the hong kong tourism board, it says it is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming lunar new year holiday despite the plunge in visitor numbers. arrivals have tumbled in the face of protests, with mainland tourists staying away. the government is launching a campaign to lord visitors back to boost the city's attraction. >> we are in uncharted waters in hong kong. the last half year has seen a drop in tourist arrivals about 36% year on year. this is on top of last year's stellar figures when we had the opening of th

asia-pacific index down .25%, shanghai, shenzhen and hong kong coming online for the last trading dayholidays, as the coronavirus spreads from .uhan read at least -- wuhan at least 17 people have died, rattling markets around the world. pharmaceutical ceo says china is a big focus. weber spoke to bloomberg at the world economic forum in davos. christoph: for research company, it is a fantastic opportunity, you can get a new drug approved faster and be reimbursed faster. so it is really exciting. >> you are introducing 10 drugs in china over the next few years. what are these drugs and what is the potential for growth? launch 50 we plan to new medicines in the next three to five years in china. and these are medicines we are developing for the u.s., europe, japan, so there is no differentiation anymore and you will find many things in the oncology space. which drug has the biggest potential? example, we just launched a drug to treat myeloma in china, and after one year of launch in china, we have more patients treated with this medicine then in europe after five years. this is the type

. >> let's take a look at what has gained looking at the shenzhen shanghai or csi 300. 2% at the closeat would be the worst since july and elsewhere, the good coronavirus, ticket sales from hong kong suspended at the same time. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. >> it's almost 11:30 a.m. here in singapore. down the pressure on the straits times index but certainly not like the selling we been seeing in other key markets in asia today. we also had a bloomberg television interview on the sidelines at the world economic forum in davos. with the pledge to become carbon neutral by year in. saying they will get more aggressive on climate change. let's get the first word headlines in new york. we will start with a number of coronavirus cases in china. according to the latest reports, the number of cases has risen above 570 with chinese media citing doctors is saying the reach 6000. may at least 17 people ha

if you look at the performance of the last decade actually pretty underwell amming n p what about shenzhenkposity in china, more tech components in the last 10 years, up 46% not as much as the dm counterparts finally, let's take a broader look for all the markets at the end of the last decade. if you trace it back, percentage change a meeger 12.7%. let's bring in the portfolio manager of the global emerging market fund if they had i long margin, they would be underrealm how do you think about your time line >> we look at a number of factors as you said, there were problems and it didn't perform as well in the market. >> we have a check list we look at and at moment, it is much more positive than, say, a year or two ago it is sort of neutral. >> we had a prior guest on the show saying he thinks the value is in fixed income rather than equities we don't have that do you share that view do you share the view that if you want to be invested in something, it is em? >> in certain countries, it's em bonds. if interest rates are coming down, that usually leads to a rally at some point. i wouldn't

formalizing the registration-based ipo's, which are already happening and we know it will be extended in shenzhens one day, it could be on the main board. we don't have a timeline for this. this is about formalizing the fact that you no longer need the act as a gatekeeper to approve the listings going on and emphasizing information disclosure, which is giving more power to the investors. bloomberg news has learned j.p. morgan chase is seeking 100% ownership of its futures joint ventures in china. that would make it the first global bank to take advantage of the opening of the nations futures market, for transactions topped $30 trillion last year. how is the opening expected to unfold in 2020? >> it has been a step-by-step affair, but come january 1, insurance firms will be able to set up units for license insurance and on the first day of the new year, overseas firms will be able to increase their presence in china's futures market. on that front, we are already seeing some action with jpmorgan today saying they are said to seek 100% ownership of their futures joint venture in china, going from 4

these newest cases were reported in shenzhen and the capital beijing. the cdc began screening airline passengers arriving from that city to sfo this weekend. >>> keep your eyes on the falcon 9 rocket. coming up here, things aoing to go south in a test this morning of an emergency escape capsule, but it's all on purpose. >> liftoff.liftoff.liftoff.lift. >> spacex put two mannequins on this wild nine-minute ride that saw the engines deliberately shut down. at 27 miles above the earth, the capsule broke off from the rocket. it parachuted back down to earth just as designed. the company says the test of an in-flight abort mission was a success. spacex says it was the last major test before it flies astronauts to space. >> in other words, we meant to do that. >> right. >>> still ahead, kids rushed to their parents sobbing after a terrifying school bus ride. how the bus driver sprayed what happened. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma, a quiet night tonight, but ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun

the shanghai composite, the shenzhen composite, and large cap etf all soaring on this first day of trading that's all the words i got cnbc's beijing correspondent, we're happy to have you here, eunice yoon. >> the china central bank had decided to cut the amount of money, cash, that banks were required to have on hand by 50 basis points, effectively injecting $110 billion into the chinese financial system this happened earlier than everyone expected. everybody was thinking the central bank would make this move it was ahead of the lunar new year holiday which normally sees these cash and liquidity injections it was an indication to analysts that we're going to see more targeted cuts to come. then add to that the beijing leadership has been indicating that stabilizing the economy is a major priority for 2020 and a large part of that is because in 2021, there is going to be a big party for the communist party because it's the 100th anniversary for the government and at that time, they have promised that the country will have a moderately well-off society. and by that they mean doubling the gd

despite early efforts to contain the virus, cases have now been reported in shanghai, shenzhen and inea and thailand. this latest development comes as millions prepare to celebrate chinese new year, making journeys of hundreds of miles across the country. it's the largest annual human migration in the world, and there are fears over the potential that has to spread the virus. australia has added its name to the list of countries that will screen passengers. singapore, hong kong and japan have announced similar measures, as well as the us cities of san francisco, la and new york. china's president, xijinping, has ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of the virus, saying people's safety and health is the top priority. translation: after the outbreak in wuhan, authorities immediately informed the world health organization, relevant countries, regions and organisations about the epidemic. china has been keeping in close touch with them and has been releasing information to the public. we will work along with others to handle the epidemic and safeguard the safety of health globally.

surrounding cities where is this in relation to major population cities like beijing, shanghai, shenzhen and hong kong? >> some of the important highways link the cities that you mentioned. wuhan has been trying to make itself even more relevant for road travel as well as railway travel they've made it a point to cut down the travel time to as little as two to three hours in many of the major cities, wuhan to beijing or wuhan to shanghai. it's an important place for car production gm has a plant there the city is trying to make its travel and infrastructure much more competitive. >> eunice yoon, thank you very much. >>> buying bonds, perhaps, on concerns about that coronavirus outbreak yields have fallen from 1.28% to 1.7 in days. bonds, that's a big move bullish about bonds in general inflows for the week of january 15th was the fourth highest on record what might that tell us about the equity markets crescent capital and managing director at ubs private wealth management, allie, investors seem to be buying stock, gold are they more bullish now than they were a month ago, and are they b

three cases confirmed in beijing and shenzhen. time they indicated cases beyond wuhan. three cases out break since last month. >> hawaii is in mourning after two police officers were killed in a shooting there. >> a suspect opened fire on the officers as they responded to a call at the residence -- at a residence. at some point the house caught fire and flames engulfed other homes around it, completely destroying seven of them. >> police have closed the area as they investigate three people, including the suspect are unaccounted for. >> the fbi working with local law enforcement in virginia as the state braces for a contentious gun rights valley in the hours ahead. >> authorities are working on public safety after threats of violence from hate groups. nick valencia has more about the controversial rally. >> reporter: today is the day, and it goes without saying that there is big concern here that this could turn into a similar situation that we saw in charlottesville, virginia, in 2017. the governor, of course, worries that this c

the shenzhen had biggest drop in eight months. the shanghai index got clobbered.obberedded. pete lloyd is focusing in on merge merge markets in asia. he says invest there. you're not worried about the coronavirus? >> you're always worried about everything. to put it in perspective we're long term investors. we think underperformance in emerging markets is been around for a while, compared to domestic stocks we would start allocating a bit more to emerging markets than what we've done over the last few years. liz: which companies in particular, i think eastern europe you're interested in? >> i think a thawing in europe and spell over into eastern europe. asia, hard to call china a emerging marketing market. they still get the label. i think you want to be more selective and probably very selective in the south american, latin american countries. seems more trouble getting traction there. eastern european will benefit from european slight bounce they will have as well as we think asian emerging markets. liz: matt, you have 31 billion in assets under management. you'

wait til you see how china's shenzhen stock market kicked off this first full week after the trump administrationina-american trade deal. president trump expected to depart for davos, switzerland, in just over three hours. way more than fondue will be on the agenda. tense trade with the european union and, of course, the french digital pact is front and center as the impeachment trial hangs in the balance. u.s. markets may be closed for the holiday, but not the business new

symptoms originated in a womb and seafood in meat market cases have been confirmed in beijing and shenzhen and found in chinese visitors japan thailand and south korea this week marks the official beginning of china's busiest travel season hundreds of millions are using public transit ahead of chinese new year celebrations checks are being conducted in railway stations and airports but what hasn't it is the growing concern about the spread of the virus people here are looking to the gun world to do more to keep them safe but god i don't think the government is doing enough because i'm just not here enough details about it i don't think they will give us the true number of those infected i'm worried and that's why i wear a mask when i'm out others say they trust the government's handling of the virus i believe the government or give us past and accurate information i think they're more worried than the public they were have to figure out how to deal with it so i'm not worried but the outbreak is bringing back an easy memories of the 2003 saw outbreak which killed almost 800 people worldwide

you cannot have a shenzhen zone, a movement of free people, while at the same time you don't have commonylum policies and a coherent on how to protect europe's borders. so i'm really looking forward to the european commission presenting its new migration pact, it's views on how we reach common asylum rules and common agreement on how we manage our external borders. it's very, very unfair to place all the burden on the countries that constitute the external border of the european union and then pretend as if this problem only relates to italy or greece or spain or cyprus. so we have not been very good as showing the necessary european solidarity on that front. having said that, to get to the first question, i can't wait for the european union to come up with a coherent answer to this problem. i need to look at the situation we're facing on the ground and make sure that we take all the necessary initiatives at our level. what have we done? we've changed our asylum policies. we changed the asylum legislation. as of january 1st, we've really tightened the process. we need the asylum applicat

chinese city of work on it has since spread to 3 other chinese cities including beijing shanghai and shenzhen near hong kong 270 new cases have been confirmed it is also spreading internationally south korea's centers for disease control and prevention has now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into incheon city from hahn on sunday has been quarantined that for was one case being confirmed in japan early in january and 2 in thailand 6 days ago chinese president xi jinping says the virus must be resolutely contained well let's speak to derek gatherer about this his a viral logis and lecturer in the department of biomedical and life sciences at monticello university joins us live from there thank you so much for your time why 1st of all is this virus so mysterious still and how exactly has it been spreading . the reason why we're so concerned about this virus is that it's very closely related to the sars virus that killed over 700 people back in 2003 in 2004 its genome sequence reduced is about 90 percent identical so that alone is a major course for concern in this particular we do

london there right now i can speak to simon lacy is a former vice president while in technology is in shenzhen now he's a lecturer in international trade at the university of adelaide in australia he's joining us live from there thank you for talking to us are the united states australia where you are the new zealanders the canadians and the brits are they right to be concerned about the possibility of their surveillance or even sadder sabotage by installing huawei systems. well look i think there i think scientists security experts the world out grow gray that the risks. are very inherent to the country of origin of the vendor. but brother. different points of being and also funds from the device level actually. and from the user level the risks are much gracious and i think um i think that the johnson government has really taken a sensible decision because the security experts in new canaan nationalists here are the experts have have affirmed a multiple occasions that they believed that that potential risks. posed as can be mitigated by a technique that's right so you believe that that was w

the south of a city just close to to hong kong and southern china and we've also just heard that shenzhen have started stepping up temperature monitoring in their train stations and in their airports and a new one is well we've heard that there's also some temperature monitoring gates but at the same time what's interesting we saw over the weekend some u.s. airports implement some measures to monitor people coming from han but we don't have the same level of implementation here in china so we don't have a nationwide implementation of of people having to strictly go through these temperature controls to the same level as some of those places so while they are taking this seriously it seems as well i'm very conscious of not sparking any widespread panic and chaos especially given that it's the chinese new year period that we're just about to get into right exactly that would ensue with the widespread mass travel and i guess some people may be concerned that that's where construction contagion spreads. that's right so during the chinese new year period we see 2 to 3000000000 trips made acros

despite early efforts to contain the virus, cases have now been reported in shanghai, shenzhen and inate chinese new year, making journeys of hundreds of miles across the country. it's the largest annual human migration in the world, and there are fears over the potential that has to spread the virus. australia has added its name to the list of countries that will screen passengers. singapore, hong kong and japan have announced similar measures, as well as the us cities of san francisco, la and new york. china's president xijinping has ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of the virus, saying people's safety and health is the top priority. translation: after the outbreak in wuhan, authorities immediately informed the world health organization, relevant countries, regions and organisations about the epidemic. china has been keeping in close touch with them and has been releasing information to the public. we will work along with others to handle the epidemic and safeguard the safety of health globally. in the early 2000s, the chinese government was criticised for initially cover