southeast asia, asia in general, then we do middle east and europe, and america as well. ♪ haslinda:ome across as really ambitious. why are you in such a hurry? robbie: i mean, that is just sort of my personality to begin with. beyond the unicorn, i am thinking how to become successful. ♪ haslinda: robbie, revolution precrafted was born in the philippines, but you want to take it global. where are you in the journey? robbie: we launched december 2015, really launched it at the design fair at miami art basel. we wanted to show the art and the creative aspect. we wanted to position it as an object of art. the most expensive purchase a human being has ever is the house, so we wanted to make it desirable. it has been close to two years since then, and we have closed 11 developmental deals, central america, north america, all throughout asia. we are an almost two years start up, but we have had fortunately for us some good success. haslinda: financing always the big issue for startups, including for revolution. you have tapped the likes of start up 500. who else are you looking in terms o

to southeast asia and india. which isous upgrade now in ecosystem in itself. superhighway as we continue to navigate china's belt and road initiative. we begin this program in mumbai, known as a gateway to india. not so welcoming to china's belt and road initiative. to countries with massive economies accounting for a third of the global population. but a long history of mistrust. understandable india is nervous about having this giant neighbor that is outgrown so quickly. i understand india is nervous about this. there is potential for india to if china is infrastructure projects around the region. >> they are getting into a death trap. the three countries which we think become highly indebted. are concerned about china because they share a consent -- you are contentious border. should they be concerned about bri? they have countries bordering them that traditionally have their sphere of influence. whether it's a port in bangladesh or in sri lanka. >> at the heart of india's opposition is the ambitious project of a belt and road initiative. which makes its wa

especially in europe, the war really shaped southeast asia, and also east asia in really multiple andse ways ? you look. and what are some of these ways? so, one of the things that i write a lot about in the book is that representatives of the central powers, like from germany and austria, also from the ottoman empire, often working in concert with anticolonial indian and vietnamese revolutionaries, they worked actively in the region to try to undermine allied authority where ever it was manifested, especially in british player and french indochina, and they were also trying to get to india as well. —— malay. the neutral country surrounding the areas were crucial. the germans were able to work with anticolonial revolutionaries in siam, the dutch east indies, and china as bases to co—ordinate and safer internet day british organisations. -- anti—french an anti— british. there are still scars from world war two and the japanese occupation, but tell us a little bit about how world wari tell us a little bit about how world war i actually affected the relationship between japan war i actua

southeast asia correspondent bastian heartache there talking to us from bangkok. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of chong ching thirteen bodies have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing. brazil is set to follow washington's example by moving its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem brazil's far right president elect to show your boss and announce the plans in a tweet the controversial step was one of both scenarios campaign pledges. and u.s. president all trump has delivered a lengthy speech on his hardline policy towards a caravan of migrants traveling from central america to the us mexico border he said those entering the u.s. illegally would not be eligible for asylum in the united states he added that our new plan is being finalized to limit claims at the border illegal immigration affects the lives of. well there'

are you seeing growth more from southeast asia versus the african nations?asia is strong. ashford up is picking up -- africa is picking up. the emerging market in particular, latin americans, africans, the asian market are all growing rapidly to catch up. thatnda: there is a sense for singapore, it needs to turn to deep attack if it wants to help grow the economy. your thoughts? it is the only way to go. singapore is smart. our success lies in the ability in the business-to-business space. it only works if there is a deep tech in the structure because we need to be the engine behind the economy. the middle of automation, the back office automation. you can't do much with deep tech. we should be focusing on that. we are focusing on deep tech, b2b will be a big part of our story. haslinda: where are you in the transformation? >> two days from now we will be launching topics platform. it will be the largest cloud platform which allows fintech and the banks to connect. fintecha classic b2b, middle platform. you will see much of this coming very soon out of this

with me from boston is heather streets—salter, the author of world war i in southeast asia. lved from south asia, australia and new zealand. what about other bought impacted south east asia? i like to put it like this. even though south east asia did not significantly shaped the course and outcome of the war, the ball shaped southeast asia and also asia in multiple and also profound ways, depending on where you look. what are some of these ways?” ways, depending on where you look. what are some of these ways? i write a lot about representatives of central powers from germany and austria and also from the ottoman empire, also working with revolutionaries, worked actively to try to undermine allied authority wherever it was manifested, british malaya, indochina and india as well. the neutral countries that were surrounding the colonies were crucial. because germans were able to work with antique colonial revolutionaries as a basis to co—ordinate anti— british. —— anticolonial. the japanese occupation and world war two still leave scars. how did it world war i effect the relatio

southeast asia correspondent boston heartache reports it's part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. workers' strike outskirts of yangon. things get heated when protesters confront the police that are. going to and why is right in the middle reporting it live on facebook. but situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most it's criticizing the powerful which has once again become a present danger in me and mark a risk like kids and why has to weigh up carefully whenever i have to publish a news and story i need to kick. three times. that this story and heart my security of the district can love me in the deal was in many kids that i thought he went to. to hide the real situation the true information so. so they also had already our tried to address the threat alone and just only too well the two reuters journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison after investigating the involvement of me and maher security forces in mass killings in rakhine state these are the walls of yangon's notorious insein prison back in th

that means central asia and southeast asia. y much that the links to south asia will strengthen. particularly to india. the china-india relationship is the most important relationship in the world. and secondly, i hope there will be strong benefits for africa to link up with the big, fast-growing markets in the world, which are now asia. >> actually, if you read president xi jinping's, i would say, monumental statement in the the first meeting, he said, the belt and road initiative would connect with the other initiatives proposed by many other countries. so, we are very supportive of the belt and road initiative. of course, when we are approached for financing the project, we will have to see whether they meet our standards. for us, the three basic standards are as follows, financial sustainability, environmental protection, and and the protection of local people's interests. stephen: by the mid-15th century, due largely to more efficient seaborne trade as well as squabbles between the participating states, the original overlan

southeast asia tries to take advantage of trade tensions between the world's top two economies by the ring in germany. also coming up the ties and job and so booking together to make thailand's treacherous roads safer. let's do business high paid engineers a google are emerging from their comfy take bubbles to demonstrate against the mistreatment of women waves of workers all around the globe walked out yesterday chief executives on the pitch i says his company is grappling with the issue. organizers of the walkout for real change have hit out at what they say is a culture of complicity dismissiveness and support for perpetrators of sexual harassment and misconduct at the company. at the tech giant's headquarters in california hundreds of employees took part in the hour long walk out. there are so many stories that we've heard for so long and it's time for action can change real change that's why we're calling. something to do with them for real change. similar protests were organized at google offices around the world including the web giants e.u. headquarters in dublin last week the

hello there we've got some very heavy downpours ever parts of southeast asia at the moment on the satellite picture you can see the brightest white area of cloud here just to the north of borneo and to the south of it now so fortunately at the moment most of that is over the sea but it's moving and it's working its way towards the west so on wednesday will see it gradually track its way towards the southern parts of thailand and then on thursday the southern parts of time and really do look very very wet and there is likely to be some flooding out of this system here for the south it will also be some showers but in between there will be some breaks and some sunshine as well so even across java there and into bali we can expect the odds downpour during the day down towards australia there's also been very wet weather here as well but security around melbourne all thanks to this area of cloud

southeast asia correspondent bastian hearty there talking to us from bangkok. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today german chancellor angela merkel will be in warsaw today for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets bilateral relations are tense germany and the european commission are concerned that the polish government's controversial judicial reforms are undermining the rule of law. police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest a bus plunged off merican migrants who throw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed trump told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants moving north toward the border had already thrown rocks at mexican police and that the u.s. would quote not put up with that. and grace and saudi arabia's crown prince is reported to have told the u.s. that he considered jamal khashoggi to be a dangerous islamist the washington post newspaper says mohamed bin so moms made the remar

southeast asia is a little bit smaller than china combined. to look at individual countries. the disadvantage to that, you don't get a lot of cross-border -- there are exceptions to the rule. does that change the way you look at southeast asian companies because you look at them through the prism of china investment? jeffrey: china as a market on its own, india has that type of scale as well. southeast asia is the market where it is a little more fragmented. there are countries within southeast asia that have enough scale to support a company on its own, but generally i think our approach is to look for technology and for companies that are able to straddle that geographic and cultural divide. in business models that have a , oftencultural link those are deals we find a little bit more challenging. but there are companies that actually are able to travel well. david: what sets those companies apart? them difficult to get out of their own home countries? jeffrey: there are some very technologies and demographic issues that these companies have

as well as trump to southeast asia. war, buts the trade impacting asian nations, we know that activity has been impacted. six out of eight asian nations have seen their manufacturing activity shrank or remained stagnant over the last few months. supply chainsard, will between a southeast asia may benefit. take a listen. >> from a business point of view , the trade war is having an impact here. we are seeing a positive impact as people look to us in -- to asean to mitigate the supply chain coming out of china. >> so southeast asia may benefit going forward. yvonne: having said that, some of these members are part of the deal, the china back to trade deal. we have heard that things have been pushed back. what is holding things up? you are right about that. in fact, singapore and china want this deal to be signed. that is likely to happen at the end of next year. that is the indication we are getting. it reflects a growing concern of an overdependence of china. it's not a great deal, because right now, it reflects the smal

in southeast asia you will continue to see a lot of importance. there is a lot of expectations, malaysia has expressed concerns. even he doesn't want to walk away from economic cooperation and investment from china. it would be a very isolating move. >> there is one other point. if we did oppose belt and road it would be a serious blunder. the good news is and to the administrations credit they work to push with congress this build act, the acronym i can't remember, but it is the supercharged opec which doubled the size and allows it to do more of the things that the japanese equivalent can do in terms of infrastructure. i think that is a significant thing that will give the vice president some credibility as we have an alternative here to belt and road. there is definitely demand in the region for u.s. to plate in the space. i was in me and mark earlier this year. -- in myanmar earlier this year. the u.s. is not offering anything. if you would offer something we would be glad to talk. i think this is not going to be talked about explicitly but it

there is no southeast asia answer.re seeing the markets like vietnam, interest rates are managed well, the supply rate seems to be matching the demand. markets like thailand, supply is quite constrained. priceis great appreciation. you have malaysia, an oversupply situation, but an economy we think will heat up in 2019. you are seeing different pockets in different places. most developers are dealing with a situation where they want to move property. we had a story yesterday that luxury house prices rising much faster in singapore than in hong kong. not surprising, a slightly lower base. where are the hot spots, and where do you see sustained growth looking ahead? hari: that is a great example of supply and demand. i think singapore perhaps skewed that number. i go back to malaysia, thailand, and vietnam. malaysia, you are seeking this oversupply situation. if you are a buyer with access to good financing, there is a lot of good real estate available in parts of the country. bangkok has seen continual appreciation of t

that protracted conflict has been called many things, from the war to save southeast asia to the war we were not allowed to win. every war this nation has engaged in has certainly ignited strong debate, including even the war for american independence. and putting the american civil war aside, which quite literally tore the nation apart, no war in modern time, in my view, has quite divided our nation as has the war in vietnam politically, socially, on the college campuses, and nearly every community. and although other recent wars , conflicts, and catalystic events have from time to time pushed the memory of the vietnam war into the background, it persists and continues to divide and trouble us a half century later. the war for us itself began in the early to mid 1960's. this year, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of one of the great turning points in the war, the tet offensive in 1968. which like so many aspects of that conflict looked to some as the last desperate act of the north vietnamese and to others as the beginning of the end for the allies. with that event, the direction of

>> first of all, it is not just our globalization plans in southeast asia. we have a big business in southeast asia and we have embassies responsible for cultivating local markets all over the world. southe a business in asia, india, a very large business in russia and we purchased a business in turkey. we have businesses all over the world. opportunities in the u.s. remain significant, but the biggest opportunity is to import american products for the chinese consumer. i do not think it is correct to say jack has given up on our initiative to create jobs in the u.s. for small businesses. our small businesses activities in the u.s. have been extraordinary. billions of dollars of products for thousands of small businesses we have sold to chinese consumers in the first nine months of the share. we are very proud of that. it is a little more difficult if tensions between these two bank governments continue -- two governments continue because we do not want to get caught into the middle of the geopolitical discussions when we try to do corporate business. foront

violence and political conflict in southeast asia continued to escalate. and continued to spur new refugee migrations. for example, in cambodia, the vietnamese invasion of 1978 brought the downfall of the paner rouge and the removal of pollpot in january of 1979. during pollpot's 3 1/2 years in power, the kamir rouge had killed 1.7 million people, which was about 21% of the cambodian population. with pollpot no longer in power, approximately half a million cambodian people, who had managed to survive his regime, sought refuge in nearby thailand. in addition to 122,000 cambodian refugees joined them in thailand between 1980 and 1986. in vietnam, there was another outpouring of refugees known famously as the boat people. these people escaped by sea. they were people who had formally been political military or cultural leaders in south vietnam. some of them were ethnic minorities who were fleeing persecution. about 150,000 went to china while tens of thousands took to the oceans and made their way to other places in southeast asia, including thailand, malaysi

you know, i was in the peace corps in southeast asia for three years. >> is there a downside to tariffs>> tariffs, when they're used -- >> i mean to these chinese tariffs. is there a downside in the u.s.? >> no. no. >> but what's been so surprising to many who watch the chinese retaliations is how targeted, how sophisticated they have been at targeting parts of the country that supported donald trump, politically, parts of the country that support republican leadership, politically, and that this is an indicator for some who study -- >> call that election meddling. >> yeah. >> you could call that election meddling. >> do you think the chinese are meddling in our elections? >> well, if you look at -- well, you just said they were. >> no, you said you call it election meddling. i didn't. >> what you said was they were targeting our districts, politically, right? >> that's been widely reported. i mean, they are going after -- >> here's what -- all we're trying to do is defend ourselves. everybody in america knows that china steals from us and they cheat us. and so when our president acts t

as well as a flurry of central bank decisions out of southeast asia.head toso looking third-quarter gdp out of japan. lots for investors to contend with. we have geopolitics front and center with the aipac economic leaders and leaders make -- meeting taking place in new guinea this week. sydney futures come on the back foot. 6/10 of 1%. oil looking like the indicator 1%.side close to new zealand, we are seeing the downside of 3/10 of 1%. as well as weakness across the aussie and kiwi currencies can let's get you to first word news with ramy inocencio. ramy: good morning. president emmanuel macron called for greater international corporation is a world marked 100 years since the end of world war i. occasion to criticize the protectionist policies embraced by america under president trump saying patriotism is the opposite of nationalism. nationalism is a guitar -- visit the trail of patriotism. angela merkel warned the world is regressing on human rights. opec and its highlights have become laying the groundwork for a pert curves next year with saudi ara

this whale was found in indonesia, so how much of a problem is throwaway plastic in southeast asia?good waste management, so a lot of their waste ends up directly on landfills that are next to the oceans and are then carried into the ocean. so it's a big problem. this was a shock to many people that have come to terms with this situation, of course, on the beach and the shore, where the public is, what would you like to say to those that might be shocked by this who think there is nothing that can be done because there's so much waste out there? there's. .. a lot of people say, "oh, what can i do as one single people?" if 7 billion people say that, that makes a difference. everyone can do their bit. we at wdc try to use less plastic by carrying reusable water bottles. we're trying not to use plastic cups. we're trying to recycle pens, for example. if you go shopping, you can carry a reusable shopping bag with you. there are lots of ways you can reuse things that you normally would throwaway. you can try to buy plastic—free shampoo in bars rather than bottles to reduce the amount of

asia summits. the first will be a u.s.-asean summit where meeting with ultimate of the association of southeast asian nations and the majorevent is the east asia summit which brings together the can asean members as well as eight other countries, china, japan, south korea, australia, new zealand, india and the united states and russia. singapore has been chair of asean novitiate so it's hosting the east asia summit and their then to big priorities for asean this year. a lot of the news coming out of these meetings is going to be focused on these two issues that asean is going to meet as a grouping before the singapore contains the east asia summit. they will focus on the south china sea issues. their discussion with china over negotiating a draft code of conduct. there's been some modest progress towards negotiating a draft. still has a long way to go. there's a major disagreements but this is something asean has been pushing for for over two decades. and china has been very reluctant to move forward. some momentum began to build and 2016 after the arbitral tribunal made an award that was very favorable to philippines and

are also careful to avoid confrontation with the country's powerful military that report from southeast asia correspondent boston heartache and he joins us for more on the story happy to see you we mentioned that we're expecting just journalists to appeal their prison sentences this week how likely is it that their sentences will be overturn it. well it's a bit hard to predict the outcome of a potential second trial and have to wait and see if that second trial should actually happen if that's any different from the first trial the first trial was widely criticized for different reasons let me just give you an example of one of those one of those things that bad critics pointed out is that apparently the judges didn't take into account the testimony of one of the witnesses. a police officer who admitted that the two reuters journalists were basically lured into a trap by the police they were given documents that allegedly contained state secrets and then directly afterwards they were arrested for being in possession of these exact documents and that's only possible because there is this law

a harmonious relationship with one of the four, five, most important countries in southeast asia. the vietnamese government, when the soviet union started falling apart, ran out of money, announced a policy called new way, new change. and started slowly opening up their society. vietnam had existed during the period that we just talked about for 16 years behind a bamboo curtain once the communists took over. you couldn't have thoughtful journalism visit there. they were very careful about who personally could visit there. they started opening up slowly, and i have -- i am pleased to have been a process working with the vietnamese here and working with the government over there. i've been a part of this process of trying to move our country forward with vietnam because if we went into this place saying it's one of the four, five most important countries, then we need to work with the system that is running that country in order to liberalize that system and have strategic relationships over there at a time when we're seeing other dramatic changes. what are those dramatic changes? i

are largely ignoring places like nigeria where the attacks have actually gone up or places like southeast asia where in indonesia or the philippines we really have to be concerned so it's a combination of being concerned about the returning foreign fighters to europe but also the fact that there is a bit of a whack a mole that a lot of ice is propaganda and activity has moved from the west from the middle east or at least iraq and syria to other parts because about an old according to one recent study in twenty seventeen global terror attacks fell by a fifth and fatalities from those attacks fell by a quarter that's a good news story isn't it what is this situation in twenty certain twenty fourteen was absolutely dramatic we had. people coming from our own countries leaving our countries and joining a terrorist group or in an incredible wave of departures. we never witnessed in the recent history so no for sure it is very relaxing at least to seize a flu volunteers for jihad as busy cli most stops for at least europe this is a very good news the the other thing that we need to look at is actua

a senior fellow for southeast asia at the council on foreign relations.might now change his approach to china. i think probably a continuation of what the white house has been doing. what the white house has been doing. its approach to china has not been a huge wind for the us. huge wind for the us. north korea, a policy which asia is very nervous about. very nervous about. house and its continued engagement with pyongyang. with pyongyang. will we continue to see that? probably. tension is better and shared by the caucus of the democrats. caucus of the democrats. visibly absent from that and absent from the apec meeting. from the apec meeting. approach is the south—east asia change? change? suggested he is not that interested which is somewhat true. which is somewhat true. capable staff so it is not necessarily a bad thing. necessarily a bad thing. is a relatively low prey are a key region. region. the south china sea, which cannot be underrated. underrated. perspective, they may actually get more things done. you're watching newsday on the bbc. than any

we are joined now by our southeast asia correspondent, jonathan head, in bangkok.hese very likely to be the last ever verdicts? yes, they are, the end of a very long process that has lasted well over a decade of hearings, and much longer than that, if you think about the first negotiations to hold this international tribunal. these two leaders have already been convicted and sentenced to prison for life for crimes against humanity. that's related to the mass deaths and killings of cambodians under the extreme rule of the khmer rouge. this is a far more specific charge of genocide, and it doesn't relate to the killings of cambodians because of the definition of genocide, it relates to specific minorities, the vietnamese community. the khmer rouge was notably anti—vietnam ease. in many ways, it will be a slightly anticlimactic verdict, whichever way it goes. these two men are the only senior khmer rouge leaders to have been convicted. two others who were charged died before they were able to get to the verdict. so in a way this is just charges to get to the verdict.

for southeast asia at the council on foreign relations. ight now change his approch to china. has been doing. is probalbly shared by a fair number of democrats. of course asia is very nervous about. of the white house and its continued engagement with pyongyang. is that something we will continue to see? yeah, probably. number in the democrats caucus. absent from that. he is also absent from the apec meeting. how might approaches the south east asia change? in terms of south east asia, probably somewhat true. staff, so it is not necessarily a bad thing. priority region for the white house. which can't be underrated. more things done with pence there. you're watching newsday on the bbc. soldiers to fight than any other in south asia. also on the programme: the changing face of congress. america elects a record number of female representatives. of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy wo

companies in southeast asia. and brexit drag down the euro. this is bloomberg. > this is "daybreak: asia." >> the clock is ticking on the brexit endgame. theresa may preparing to present her draft agreement. kathleen hays is here. is finally in sight. the pound reacting positively after three days of declines. are we getting ahead of ourselves given the uphill battle theresa may still faces? >> there has been such a earth of information, so maybe it is not surprising the pound did see its highest level since april against the euro. however, it is clear now that they are moving ahead. there will be a cabinet meeting tomorrow to discuss the draft deal, and the question is if theresa may can convince her cabinet that the whole thrust of brexit is leaving the european .nion there could be a special u.k.-eu summit on november 25. votes she needs to fight for -- doesbrexiteers who say it not go far enough, that they will be tied to the eu for way too long. there's also bureau files in the group opposing it. they are still worried about sovereignty, a

they say is no showers now making good progress across southeast asia or in indonesia you see the big down poles coming through here hundred ninety eight millimeters of rain in twenty four hour as the heavy showers of course continue through much of malaysia and they are tending to drift away further wes with some potential all seeing some lively showers in the heat of the day that's going to be the case as we go on into friday so the positon seeing more wet weather well in thailand generally try bangkok at around thirty four degrees you got some wet weather into southern parts of india china over the next few days if anything the rains here will pass but the usual splash of showers right across southeast asia a little bit of wet weather to making its way into piles of australia fair but a cloud of rain across the fall north just around the top and further south you got the usual drifting of the waves across the bite down towards a southeastern corner where temperatures have fought in the way significantly well been struggling to get to around eighty degrees pushing labby getting up t

once when jordan reports from washington you hours ago on the sidelines of the apec summit in southeast asia the vice president mike pence did say that the murder of jamal khashoggi was an atrocity and an attack on the free press and that the us is very much interested in holding all those responsible accountable for his death the united nations special envoy for yemen says that warring parties will attend talks in sweden later this month hospitals and schools have reportedly been hit in a new round of attacks on the besieged rebel held port city of data but the rebels say that at least six people were killed on friday at the pools a person has died after being struck by a car during fuel price protests in france many other people have been injured as demonstrators blocked roads they've been threatening to prevent access to fuel depos drivers blame a twenty percent rise in diesel prices this year on the government's so-called green taxes president emanuel mckown says that there needed to cut pollution. china's president says that growth is being overshadowed by protectionism speaking at the

we will see this in southeast asia, they do consider this as relatively healthy as a situation, as anonment, white? because this ecosystem is made for the customers. the customers want to have more choices, they want to be to use multiple platforms and disasters. come out next black friday on cyber monday. will they do better than single state? that is the thing. i do see, anything that the thing. i do see, anything that the retailers are also seeing the same thing. we are seeing single day is just the transition out between 1010 and 12 world. and 1212 will be the biggest promotional period of the biggest promotional period of the year. this is the case last year. we will see an increase this year. we will see an increase this year as well. it has been a busy week of several major summits are under way and trade is going to be a major theme. first up, the leaders from the association of southeast asian nations are in singapore for their annual gathering. alongside that will be the east asia summit with china, the united states, russia attending. the regional conference of committee is

it flies in direct flights from southeast asia, northeast asia and beyond. by through hong kong, but also with the high—speed rail. it gets you from taipei to the kaohsiung in 90 minutes. very easy to come. cathy and her team are hoping that their approach of developing local talent and importing big international productions and acts will strike the right balance artistically and commercially. this splendid venue can seat over 2,000 people. after rehearsal, organist tony liu kindly offers to show me the pride of the concert hall. wow, that was amazing! yes, thank you so much. what does it feel like to play such a magnificent instrument? it is very exciting. because i can make any kind of music in here. and the very, very high pitch here... and the very low, we do have very low. you can hear the entire halls vibrating. how coordinated do you need to be? there are a lot of keyboards. how many here is that one, two, three, four, five. i do have to spend a lot of time to practise. this is a brand—new organ. asia's concert halls. the largest in asia? what a priv

the more important than the idea of a new free trade zone of its own that incompetence most of southeast asia negotiations have been going on for years the issue is the agenda at the current meeting in singapore. although china's economy is strictly controlled by the ruling communist party it's increasingly appearing on the world stage as a defender of free trade at the conference in singapore chinese premier league trying to provide fresh impetus to the idea of a free trade zone for the region. but you will be this will not only benefit the people of this region for free but also send a strong signal to the world away who that we will stand up for free trade you know i should and push for free trade charlie this is known as the regional comprehensive economic partnership or our separate zone would include the ten asean nations as well as china japan india australia and new zealand it would encompass half the world's population and represent a third of global trade the sixteen countries involved agree that the partnership is a good thing in principle it wouldn't only spur trade within the blo

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