there in taipei taiwan as a central hub when it comes to the production of waivers how does the industry there view this deal now well to the us we have to talk about the difference of message meant for the semiconductor industry here in taiwan the industry is considered a service one customer center with very quick responses on the country tronic house being complained by many of their customers in taiwan that he has been operating with a spot market mentality they don't really interact with customers and have the suppliers attitude now it has been merged so their customers are happy to work with a company hopefully with a better service. let me come over to you there. the deal is creating the 2nd biggest maker of silicon wavers their competition watched ours are fine with that they come to should hear. this merger they said they did a big investigation a global investigation and they talk to basically many of the customers that what would be the combined company they found no reason to think that that's what we're due for competition or lead to any negative impacts for customers but i

correspondent in taipei that's where you know we are welcome william this is pan really about national about national sovereignty and security. from beijing's view maybe in fact this is yet another very typical example of beijing censorship that they are very skillfully expanding and deploying this censorship regime whenever they feel like they are ruling and control over the country is being challenge and like you briefly mentioned in the introduction some of the topics that were being discussed the persecution of the weaker state per pro-democracy movement in hong kong and taiwan sovereignty these are some of the set most sensitive topics in beijing's ice and having its citizens with no filter to interact with people outside of china and discuss about these issues and this is a big red flag in beijing's eyes and so they immediately act on it and closed off the. right i want to these conversations only are revealed so a lot of the exchanges for yvel in fact is that there are in fact chinese people with more liberal minded manners and thinking that they are going to in fact they are in

let's get more on this from our correspondent in taipei song hand so just explain to us 1st off because people have heard of tech talk the man i have heard of quite shows what what is it. quite so is the 2nd largest short video platform and china as you just mentioned is like tick tock it's like a short video platform where people can upload their funny dio's every day life video and now tick tock in china has around 600000000 users well quite so it's catching up with almost 500000000 users but if you use them you'll find very different features on them and a very different target groups talk you'll see a lot of content based life streaming of young influence and celebrities with their glamorous lifestyle unquiet so it's like its model to embrace all kinds of lifestyle you'll find a lot of ordinary people cross through users shot their videos from everywhere from china remote villages or in small cities so it's really getting popular because it seemed to be an app for everybody but both of the apps they make money through e-commerce ally get mean and ally market it behind it have some d

blog is even greater than yesterday thank you very much for that very interesting william young in taipei. thank you. it's about a 6 months of passed since i country's presidential election triggered the biggest protests in the history of alexander the 26 year rule unprecedented demonstrations continued for weeks despite government crackdowns thousands were jailed and hundreds claim to have been tortured in custody since then the crackdown has continued intensified the w. correspondent nick conley has been speaking with young brother who seems to find out how the events of last year of change their lives. asked. no. we don't. have much more to trace. this way what my brother had to get to know was that of course no problems for my family then indeed for me. my mother was forced to resign from the government job she had loved their part and yes. we can be. anxious and. people have to deal with a lot of problems. but we know. how do we. not shastri to question is. what brother was still provoking a debate and outrage here in germany this weekend to german chancellor angela merkel this messa

let's get more on this from our correspondent in taipei it's on hand so just explain to us 1st off because people have heard of the miners have heard of quite shares what what is it. well quite so is the 2nd largest short video platform and china as you just mentioned is like tick tock it's like a short video platform where people can upload their funny dio's every day life video and now tick tock in china has around 600000000 users well quite so it's catching up with almost 500000000 users but if you use them you'll find very different features on them and very different talking groups to talk you'll see a lot of content based life streaming of young influence and celebrities with their glamorous lifestyle unquiet so it's like its model to embrace all kinds of lifestyle you'll find a lot of ordinary people crass through users shot their videos from everywhere from china remote villages or in small cities so it's really getting popular because it seemed to be an app for everybody but both of the apps they make money through e-commerce like get me and ally market it behind it have some resu

well as the lunar new year approaches a traditional market in taipei is taking on special significance it's the only lunar new year market where hong kong and taiwan are free to purchase and sell political merchandise it was something quite common back home in hong kong but things have changed drastically since beijing's heavy handed crackdown in the city . the smell of hong kong dame some walk through this taipei alley this is the chinese new year market told hong kong those who have gone into exile the wrong home. her home calm people can give a taste of home to encourage them to support each other as we struggle to survive in a foreign a latin culture this is the 1st lunar new year many hong kong those in taiwan are spending away from home most of them are stuck here because of the pandemic and the political turmoil back home. before beijing imposed this national security law last year you can frequently find political much dies in the chinese syria markets across hong kong now that tradition can only be continued in democratic taiwan. free hong kong revolution now these slogans hav

we have seen a lot of changes in both taipei and beijing, - and, of course, domestically in washingtonof changes in policy. we will have to see _ what the biden administration comes up with, but also - the centenary of the communist party will matter to bolster domestic confidence - that the communist rule - in china is superior in a time of crisis than the system in the west. _ it's interesting, janet, that the biden team pointedly invited the de facto ambassador to washington who represents taiwan to the inauguration, which seemed a bit of a signal to beijing. what sort of approach do you think biden will adopt? a very good question. the thing is, this new cold war with china has really taken the west by surprise. it is not at all like the old cold war with the soviet union, which was straightforwardly communist and was in an ideological war with west. china is tyrannical capitalism, if you like. state capitalism. it is engaging in global markets, it wants to dominate global markets. but that gives it a very different kind of weakness, in a sense. in a perverse sort of way. because,

the smell of hong kong time some walk through this taipei alley this is the chinese new year market told hong kong us who have gone into exile the wrong home. i hope the hong kong people can get a taste of home to encourage them to support each other as we struggle to survive in a foreign land. this is the 1st lunar new year many hong kong that's in taiwan are spending away from home most of them are stuck here because of the pandemic and the political turmoil back home. before beijing imposed this national security law last year you can frequently find political much dies in the chinese syria markets across hong kong now with that tradition can only be continued in democratic taiwan. free hong kong revolution now these slogans have been banned in hong kong how ironic is it that we can still chant them as much as be like in taiwan why has hong kong become like that. go along with. all the above sear our yellow ribbon stores indicating their support for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue were flown to needy hong kong wa

the smile of hong kong dame some walk through this taipei alley this is the chinese new year mark told hong kong or us who have gone into exile the wrong home 1. 100 home calm people can give a taste of home to encourage them to support each other as we struggle to survive in a foreign a latin culture this is the 1st lunar new year many hong kong that's in taiwan now spending away from home most of them are stuck here because of the pandemic and the political turmoil back home. before beijing imposed this national security law last year you can frequently find political merchandise into chinese syria markets across hong kong now that tradition can only be continued in democratic taiwan. free hong kong revolution now these slogans have been banned in hong kong how ironic is it that we can still chant them as much as be like in taiwan why has hong kong become like that. go along with. all the booths year our yellow ribbon stores indicating their support for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue will flow to needy hong kon

will also use digital currency system allayed their economy and help their recovery so hounsou in taipei thank you so much. business owner well that isn't a title many 14 year olds can claim but davao it's one she's been wearing since the age of 11 the australian teenager says her company is an indigenous themed closing line but it's in small 1st into a much more expensive venture take a look when 14 year old packs mail orders with their product she's the boss she founded her own mail order company at the age of 11 really anything is it no matter who you are what an age like what gender. you can do it her brand. started out as an indigenous fashion line now to house where and excess arrays from candles to wallets. different. with the rest of australia black and white you know indigenous and non-indigenous and the pro fall and the coverage and the success that she's had for me immensely perhaps. noticed that more and more success brought more and more responsibility with it it can be pretty crazy sometimes because it's like sometimes i have to do stuff to help out with the business or the

now earlier we spoke to our correspondent in taipei we asked him to tell us a little bit more about choir show as you just mentioned just like tick tock it's like a chore be a platform where people can upload their funny dio's every day life video and now tick tock in china has around 600000000 users well quite so it's catching up with almost 500000000 users but if you use them you'll find very different features on them and a very different target groups to talk you'll see a lot of content based lifestream in influence and celebrities with their glamorous lifestyle unquiet so it's like it's model to embrace lifestyle you'll find a lot of ordinary people cross through users shot their videos from everywhere from china remote villages or in small cities so it's really getting popular because it seemed to be an app for everybody but both apps they make money through e-commerce ally get mean and ally market it. there well virtually every company has had to adapt to the pandemic some however have changed their entire business models just to survive on others found their calling in the pandemi

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forward to or it can't even really imagine before the arrival of clubhouse in china well yang in taipei thank you. in just a few hours the 1st mars probe from the united arab emirates is set to enter orbit around the red planet the allam all arabic for hope is the 1st weather satellite to to orbit mars its goal is to obtain a comprehensive picture of the martian atmosphere over the seasons and maybe even to answer the question of why earth's once life friendly neighbor has become a frosty desert of ice and dust 1st the all them all has to get all systems operating correctly after entering mars orbit remote control from earth will no longer be possible and we're joined now by her excellency sarah been to you so if she is minister of state for advanced technology in the united arab emirates and chair of the country space agency thank you so much for making time to speak with you today 1st of all congratulations on making history 2nd of all i'd like to ask you how hopeful you are that mission hope succeeds especially given the complexities of mars missions and the failure rate which stands

kong it's found a place to boom a lot in taiwan especially at a traditional new new york market in taipei where hong kong has a free to purchase and certain political much and something that was quite common in hong kong but things have changed drastically since beijing's heavy handed crackdown in the city. the smell of hong kong time some walk through this type airlie this is the chinese new year market told hong kong us who have gone into exile. hope hong kong people can get a taste of home to encourage them to support each other as we struggle to survive in a foreign land you know this is the 1st lunar new year many hong kong this in taiwan are standing away from home most of them are stuck here because of the pandemic and the political turmoil back home. before beijing imposed this national security law last year you can frequently find political much dies in the chinese new year markets across hong kong now with that tradition can only be continued in democratic taiwan. free hong kong revolution now these slogans have been banned in hong kong how ironic is it that we can still chant

countries will also use digital currency stimulate the economy and help their recovery so hounsou in taipei thank you so much. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news. we're staying in taiwan where the health minister says he feels political pressure from china may be behind the country's failure to secure 5000000 doses of the buy on take vaccine ion take pulled out of a deal with taiwan during the last stages of negotiation the german company has struck an exclusive deal with shanghai based falso and pharmaceuticals to bring the vaccine to china. new car sales in europe plunged 24 percent from a year earlier to a record low in january as the coronavirus pandemic to the market under pressure in 2020 marked by strict lock downs and economic upheaval car sales in the 27 member european union slumped by some 3000000 to under 10000000. ford not creator epic games is taking its fight against apple to european union antitrust regulators the game developer has been battling with the i phone maker for months temporarily being kicked off the app store after trying to ge

still snow to come but the cold is gradually being warmed by the sunshine shanghai's only now in taipei's at 14 most a child looks fine and sunny and not cold spell will disappear 9 degrees on friday is replaced by 13 in seoul on saturday so considerable warming in the next 2 or 3 days and the something to watch in the philippine sea just east the southern islands this circulation may well develop into something say no more than half an hour we'll watch it go otherwise the rainy season is still showing itself mostly into the sea and mostly in java rather less so in sumatra and all less so in peninsula malaysia i was we got a few showers bring in land in india the northern plain is still quiet and colder not back much disturbed which is not good news for delhi still stuck in the fog. sponsored paul qatar airways. for this 11 year old girl football is a passion. and a ticket out of poverty. now she has a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise the stakes a little higher. in her long journey to success. championship dream as part of the viewfinder asia series. on al-jazeera. here with al jaz

cabinet level officials visiting taipei that's something you're not good at in the government in beijing is not going to be very happy about. i don't think. let's face it i don't think the trample got the issue of taiwan right i didn't say. they blinked and judging from his remarks it's getting they show time all right i just think the american public more importantly got it right i mean this is not an independent country its own constitution said republic of china it was what the western society caught the free china versus the communist china i can today and later on of course there is the narrative has become you know the democratic time and worry versus dictatorial c.e.c. let's face it i don't think there can be a wise and reasonable us policy biden policy towards i want a war zone controversy on human rights if there is not a new honest sufficient public understanding about this he issue and i'm afraid my friend that that's an. adverse to what is really going on in the public but you know michael you 9 know very i mean in the 1st days of the of they abided ministration american troo

let's bring in that russ feingold is in asia a political risk on the list and joins us by skype from taipei. china has the most sophisticated online censorship system in the world the great fire will they call it google twitter a huge long ago how was this one has slipped through the net until now but i think the key thing is what you said that it slipped through the net on our clubhouse became popular very rapidly to the point where i had chinese friends sending me text messages asking me for help to get on to clubhouse within the past few weeks it was very sudden phenomenon but just as quickly. internet regulators obviously they've caught up with it and now are made efforts to block it look chinese internet users routinely jump over the firewall to access internet websites and social media around the world it's not unusual that they would have tried something new that became popular they heard about it a gauge them political conversation and at the same time it's not unusual that eventually the chinese regulators put a stop to it how much could be said by millions of people tens of millio

taipei is doubling its estimates of export growth.on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. haslinda: asian markets barely hanging on to gains. investors going back to value relations. investors will also be watching for the testimony from jerome powell. the nikkei 225 back from the lunch break up 0.3% snapping a three-day loss. in the commodity space, goldman raising its forecast by $10 a barrel. copper is rising to around $9,000. the highest since 2011. and in the fx space, the dollar is weaker for a third day. bitcoin is at $66,000. elon musk saying bitcoin prices seem high after reaching more than $1 trillion in market value for the first time. staying on bitcoin, the cantor fitzgerald ceo says he blames it retail investors of the token's mercurial rise. >> retail kept biting tesla. why is bitcoin where it is? because retail keeps buying it. this is another form of the same thing. gamestop, bitcoin, and tesla. rishaad:

taipei is also doubling its estimate to about 9.6%.l news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. haidi: australia's covid-19 vaccination program is underway. the prime minister was the second to receive the shot. this comes amid a rise of vaccine hesitancy in australia and and the vaccination. let's bring in an epidemiologist . you have seen the pictures of some of the protests over the weekend. pretty small in number. we also have the situation at the australian open tennis where people booed dimension of the rollout. is vaccine hesitancy something you are worried about? or is it a small portion of the population? guest: i think the anti-vaxx is tiny in australia. there is a group of people that are vaccine hesitant, that is nothing unique to australia. what is a bit different in australia than elsewhere is the experience with covid-19. in other jurisdictions they have seen people become ill, people dying, hospitals being overrun. it is just not

kong it's found a place to boom a lot in taiwan especially at a traditional pneumonia or market in taipei where hong kong has a free to purchase and some political much and something that was quite common in hong kong but things have changed drastically since beijing's heavy handed crackdown in the city. the smell of hong kong time some walk through this type airlie this is the chinese new year market told hong kong those who have gone into exile it was home. hope hong kong people can get a taste of home to encourage them to support each other as we struggle to survive in a foreign land you know this is the 1st lunar new year many hong kong this in taiwan has spending away from home most of them are stuck here because of the pandemic and the political turmoil back home. before beijing imposed this national security law last year you can frequently find political much dies in the chinese syria markets across hong kong now that tradition can only be continued democratic taiwan. must go free hong kong revolution now these slogans have been banned in hong kong how ironic is it that we can sti

economy to grow as global chip demand boost exports, expecting a 4.6% gdp greater than anticipated and taipeitering export growth from an original projection. india is turning to colonial era legislation to deal with farm protests amid claims them and stratus art engaging in sedition -- amid claims demonstrators are engaging in sedition. one protester joined seven others hit with similar charges the british era laws allow detention without bail. thousands of people have attended the funeral for protester shot dead in myanmar, vowing to step up their opposition to the military coup and demonstrator say they will hold their biggest rally monday as the army struggles to rein in dissent. shops are expected to close with private banks already shut and a tams running out of cash -- atms running out of cash. global news 24 hours a day on air and at bloomberg quicktake. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. kathleen: moving onto a big story at a very big guest, u.s. lawmakers could vote this week on president biden's proposed relief package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan has spurred wide debate. paul

taipei scrambled fighter jets. the last time u.s.hrough the strait was new year's eve. the u.s.s. roosevelt launched jets in a not so subtle message to china. u.s. warships transited the waterways 13 times last year. the most since 2016 during the obama administration when u.s. warships conducted 12 freedom of navigation operations. neil? >> neil: thanks, jennifer griffin. to commander kirk lippold, the former u.s.s. cole commander. commander, this situation in the taiwan strait, a lot of ships are there. anything can happen. what do you think will? >> what do you think, neil, is the united states is exercising freedom of navigation operations. it's continuity between the trump administration and the biden administration that the u.s. will sail wherever we want whenever we want and recognized international waters and we're going to do the operations necessary to maintain readiness and at the same time send a signal to china that we do not recognize some of their illegal international claims to the south china sea. >> neil: you think,

now earlier we spoke to on hahn our correspondent in taipei we asked him to tell us a little bit more of a question as you just mentioned as like tick tock it's like a chore platform where people can upload their fundie dio's every day life video and now tick tock in china has around 600000000 users well quite so it's catching up with almost 500000000 users but if you use them you'll find very different features on them and a very different target groups tick tock you'll see a lot of content based lifestream in influence and celebrities with their glamorous lifestyle unquiet so it's like its model to embrace that lifestyle you'll find a lot of ordinary people cross through users shot their videos from everywhere from china remote villages or in small cities so it's really getting popular because it seemed to be an app for everybody but both apps they make money through e-commerce ally get mean and ally market it. there well virtually every company has had to adapt to the pandemic some however have changed their entire business models just to survive on others found their calling in th

now next up for soccer she'll be up against chinese taipei posts to way shade a 34 year old made it through to her 1st quarter finals that will straighten open with her win over marchesa wonder if over under soccer's excited she says to face her. she is one of those players from new fields of video game i would want to select her character just to clear because my mind can't fathom like the choices she makes when she's on the court but it's so fun to watch it's not fun to play but it's really fun to watch the men's 3rd seed dominic team has been knocked out by a group called dimitrov in straight sets perhaps feeling the effects of his epic 5 set match against nick kiryas in the previous round. and also more covert 19 issues this time in sailing as the america's cup challenger series final has been postponed because all current has been put into a higher level of lockdown the announcement was made after sunday's races which saw the italian team luna rossa take a commanding all know lead over to team in your suitcase and yes very nearly capsized at one point and they'll need to improve rapidl

and next up for soccer should be up against chinese taipei player sue a shave the 34 year old made it through to her 1st quarter finals at you strange you know i've been with a win over mark over soccer says she's excited to face her. she is one of those players for musicals a video game i would want to select her character just to clear because my mind can't fathom like the choices she makes when she's on the court but it's so fun to watch it's not fun to play but it's really fun to watch now failing in the america's cup challenger series final has been postponed because all current has been put into a high level of coded 19 knockdown the announcement was made after sunday's races which saw the italian team luna rossa take a commanding 4 new lead over british team in your few k. in the us is very nearly capsized at one point and no need to improve rapidly neurosis just need 3 more wins to make it into the main america's cup against new zealand in march when they races of been cancelled by the lockdown is only set to last 3 days which means they could very well be to hold water as ear

taipei is feeling it there as well. with cpi coming in stronger than expected come up we were looking at 0.8%, as opposed to the four point 3% which had been anticipated. csi 300 also moving to the upside. the asia-pacific index up 1.8% for the moment. >> definitely a risk on tone here in asia. gains are pretty much across all sectors. ubs wealth management. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: almost 11:00 in singapore and shanghai. welcome to "bloomberg markets: asia." rishaad: this is a look at our top stories. asian equities on the up after wall street's best rally in weeks. frenzy speculation won't derail the markets. chipmakers set to drive technology stocks up. haslinda: rba decision day, with phil low expected to stay on hold this hour. we expect upward revisions to gdp growth and job prospects. rishaad: india's half trillion dollars spending plan is seen reviving the economy but offering little to help fight poverty and unemployment. we bring you the budget breakdown. haslinda: in the markets, green acro