fifty cent's army in china they are roaming the taiwan internet world for example some of our candidates have their facebook field with the chinese language use in their facebook account and this is being seen us china trying to influence taiwan's election and of course china is also trying to getting connected with some of the local politicians or local organizations trying to. benefit from china things like that has been seeing us china trying to interfere in our election do you think that china's leaders will feel that their strategy of strangling taiwan economically diplomatically is working and that now they're going to double down on their efforts to try to bring about reunification in five to ten years even sooner. that is something that many people here in taiwan have been discussing about in time one selection committee seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference in oil action and this is only a little correlation a

the fifty cents army in china they are roaming the taiwan internet world for example some of our candidates have their facebook. with the chinese languages in their facebook account and this is being seen us china trying to influence how was the election and of course china is also trying to getting connected with some of the local politicians or local organizations some of them trying to get benefit from china things like that has been seeing us china trying to interfere in our election do you think that china's leaders will feel that their strategy of strangling taiwan economically diplomatically is working and that now they're going to double down on their efforts to try to bring about reunification in five to ten years even sooner . that is something that many people here in taiwan have been discussing about in taiwan selection committee seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference in oil action and this is only a little coy

reacting the way it is because china always says we want taiwan to accept there is but one china and taiwan is a part of it you'll saying the president accepts that no the president accepts the status quo and call it a if you look at taiwan itself we have not being administered. by china for any single day china never has any jurisdiction over taiwan or any single day so the fact of the reality in taiwan or the status quo in between taiwan and china it's that two sides are separated and for china to claim that we are part of them and they want to unify us against the will of that one its people and that is against the status quo and of course that it's not going to be supported by our people and that is not the point of the government they might support it now though i mean we did that in the election show that perhaps people felt that the stance of your government china was was wrong but perhaps it's time to say. we do except we're part of china i mean if you said that. china would loosen the economic news tomorrow and things would go back the wa

fifty cent's army in china they are roaming the taiwan internet world for example some of our candidates have their facebook you know. if you want with the chinese language use in their facebook account and this is being seen us china trying to influence how was the election and of course china is also trying to getting connected with some of the local politicians or local organizations some of them trying to get benefit from china things like that has been seeing us china trying to interfere in our local election do you think that china's leaders will feel that their strategy of strangling taiwan economically diplomatically is working and that now they're going to double down on their efforts to try to bring about reunification in five to ten years even sooner. that is something that many people here in taiwan have been discussing about in taiwan selection committee seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference in oil action

cutting off all the diplomatic elyse off taiwan if you listen to the top speed top leaders of china and they continue to say that they want to win hearts and minds of the talent's people but when they engage in the very negative way of isolating taiwan or choking off time was international space that is the opposite of what they say they want to achieve winning hearts and minds of the taiwanese people and you can see whenever the chinese negative campaign against taiwan is going on but this in between taiwan and china is getting further and further apart and i'm sure that it's not what china wants to see but part of your job is is to sell taiwan to to promote taiwan. how do you describe taiwan how do you promote taiwan when you when you when you go around the world and visit various international organizations what's the key point you stress the first point of course taiwan is that the one is the mature democracy and one can be seeing us a model of democracy in this part of the world and the second aspect is time wise. status in economic development and taiwan is already being seeing us

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an aggressive arms sale package to taiwan to insight criticism -- to incite criticism from china. been instances where taiwan has been treated well by president trump. i would not say that i reject your criticism of him, i would just say it is not as bad as you think. the one china policy is not the way that we express it. when president trump made his first official comment as president -- he is very careful -- he said president xi has asked me, at president xi's by our onewill abide china policy. that phrase is different than what china says is the one china principle. the difference is to not accept that the sovereignty of china extends over taiwan. taiwan is in an undetermined category. the united states is following bill clinton, the first to say this, that whatever happens with the final solution on taiwan it has to have the consent of the people of taiwan. that to me implies a referendum. i do not agree with you on throwing taiwan under the bus. he has made it a crusade and tried to tell the chinese you need to be more like taiwan. some presidents have done that. host: what

china as the new enemy there are so many points of friction between china and the united states that it's hard to keep count trade taiwan the south china sea dispute north korea and of course human rights and for that reason say some analysts it's possible that any deal done this weekend will be limited and short lived. china's leader has several things in his favor the trump doesn't she doesn't have to worry about elections in less than two years or a free press to hold him to account the state media can pronounce it any way they want but trump needs to have something that he can show his base and say look we won this first trade war with china that means china has a lot of leeway because they don't really need to worry about what looks good what the optics are like but the trade war is undoubtedly affecting china the shanghai stock market is among the worst performing indexes in the world right now publicly china's leaders are hopeful a deal can be done this weekend but it's also clear their expectations are not high adrian brown al jazeera beijing. as we mentioned the standoff between ukraine and russia is one of the

gaston seeger and armitage and wolfowitz getting, what, 130 advanced fighter kits to taiwan in 1983, even though china was just absolutely very strict against no fighter aircraft to taiw taiwan. yet they did it. and then george w. bush in his first fewve months in power, he gets on television and says the united states will do whatever it takesre to protect taiwan if it's e attacked by china. no president ever said this. and in both these cases i would like to go back and look at what did beijing two do in those two circumstances? beijing did nothing under those circumstances, in each one of those cases. so the point i'm getting at is that there are possibilities to do this to move ahead of taiwan. we're seeing it in smaller ways that the u.s. will continue support for taiwan as well. >> i'm'm not a specialist on southeast asia but i would observe one impact of china/u.s. rivalry that a is increasingly salient is the likelihood that we'ree dealing with a southeast asia that is divided and i think that poses in and of itself a different doing from the one we've been used to for a very long time. >> rea

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technology that is consistent judgment across different industries without china's liking and that is semi conductors the us japan and taiwan so what you cannot say as china is not so advanced from what japan did. 1941. so working with other advanced industrial economies to do something about this. so to list the challenge that resonated the rest we have not figured out so it isn't bad existential threat question but with that strategy as possible. >> it is a terrific set of comments that we just heard and conventional wisdom as i understand it among our allies and partners no one wants to choose siding with us or china. everyone wants to be able to see more toward the us but have a lot of opportunity to side with one or the other almost exclusively. with those background concerns but then nobody wants to see president xi part two with that agreement to fall in line behind or then to see us abandonment that some in washington that would move in that direction with those circumstances. and i heard your comments and with those things to be thinking about the way allies and others in asia see this situation or is there more to

think, i go back to gaston seeger and wolfowitz dating what, 130 advanced fighter kits to taiwan in 1983. even the china was just absolutely very strict against no fighter aircraft to taiwan and yet they did it. and then george w. bush in the first term, and his first few months in power come he gets on television and says united states will do whatever it takes to protect taiwan if it is attacked by china. no president ever said this or can both these cases i'd like to go back and look at what did beijing do. in those two circumstances. beijing did nothing under those -- in each one of those cases. the point i'm getting at is the are possibilities to do this, to move it with taiwan. i think we all rescinded in whole range of smaller ways that the u.s. will continue support for taiwan as well. thank you. >> i'll just say one thing about on the specials on southeast asia but i would just observe one impact of china-u.s. bribery that is increasingly salient is the likelihood wedded with a southeast a southeast asia that is divided and i think that poses in and of itself a different dynamic from one we've

taiwan, biggest misunderstanding that worries you the most, suggestion for new china hands? with respect to taiwan, i think the midterm elections have bought us a little bit of time because the success of that election has undermined the role of the president as the head of the dpp so that returns us to a little bit more of a previous status quo, where it's still very much an issue in flux, but there's a little bit of an easing of tensions as a result of that. i think she's a revisionist in terms of looking at the relationship. i think we can be hopeful the status quo will remain. >> with relation to the china hands question, it's related to what i said earlier about diplomacy and it's very much related to what's going on in the academy with china studies. i'm concerned that because area studies including china studies have been out of vogue in the academy for so long, most china studies are conducted quite narrowly within disciplines which don't always speak very well to each other. now the honors college of maryland, it might be a little different but broadly speaking, i th

some people want us to support taiwan against china. if everybody gets a little bit of what they want the united states ends up very busy and ends up responsible for essentially every corner of the problem -- planet. it is hard for us to resist that particularly in periods where we think we are on top of the world because it is wired into our political dna. the set of values that we regard as a valid for all human beings. the question then is what about reform. is it as simple as just creating a bunch of institutions. i think creating a more diverse intellectual and institutional population here in washington would go a long way but that is not a simple enterprise. you need more than that. as i suggest. the balance of power right now is overwhelmingly on the other side. you are invoking eisenhower. and you occasionally see signs of it. kind of in the wake of the financial crisis. might we need to do that. the reason is not in his telling so americans in the united states can lead healthier more plentiful in fulfilling lives. the reason

taiwan. and to be quite divided in china didn't get it and to understand that strategic what was happening until august to reflect that understanding in a significant way. so what we have now is the whole of government approach to begin in the late summer so when congress passes the national authorization act to be very critical to be harsh to echo the commentaries of the leadership of the various departments that are quite critical of china. it is reflected c and then mister trump only complained about china on trade issue then is meddling in internal affairs of the united states. and then there are a series of other steps and what i would highlight is missile-defense to make clear the whole of government case to the hudson institute that i have a whole series off things. and mister pence is the most recent with this trip to asia laying at all the different areas the us complains about china to push back against those practices. with elements of a strategy but so based on the reports the united states and partner share information to restrict technology transfers to china. and then to have a sy

china delivers in the end. just want to make a very brief comment. taiwan is an acutely sensitive u.s.-china relations.americans have a propensity to forget that every few years and then rediscover it the hard way. we have done relatively well. we have a policy framework that removes it as an area of conflict. it is to agree with policy framework that could cause a problem. that is where a big misunderstanding could occur. the chinese like to think that because chinese interests and chinese views are so much more important with respect to taiwan that, therefore they can , bluff the americans down in a confrontation over taiwan because our interests are less compelling than theirs. i think that is a very dangerous way of thinking about the issue. finally, i think the new crop of china hands emerging are very , very capable, and i look forward to reading their memoirs at some [laughter] point. >> in the interest of balance, the question about the misunderstanding, i'm afraid we in the past year have a new misunderstanding on the american side. we are speaking increasingly as if every broad aspect of chin

china and eisenhower. i believe eisenhower visited taiwan. the only american president to have done so. in my recollection, using nuclear weapons against china. toward the end. china was a great leap forward, economic and social disintegration. lots of terrible problems in china. i'm wondering if you treated your book much about his views on china. did he have his questions about china, anyways about that in china? >> this quite a bit on china and the taiwan crisis. just 30,000 feet, there's a global cold war. it's relatively stable and cold in the 1950s. they didn't know that at the time but by comparison, the one in asia is red-hot. if there was ever going to be a work that would start in asia. it would probably start over taiwan. we have the korean in the 1953 the have eisenhower decision 1954 to help the french in china not. it means he's not interested in fighting. what we see in 1955 is the united states emerging. investing billions in the vietnam. there is an interest in containment but avoiding open conflict. there's a little bit of elasticity in the eisenhower approach in asia w

unfortunately we've seen that the americans have tied it to geo political issues whether it's taiwan south china seas and other areas that are not economic and this is largely coming from the broader washington. establishment there are many policy makers at think tanks and other places that have a much more hawkish view that they want to take against china and these views certainly filter into the trump administration thank you very much for speaking to us author of why china's economy collapsed joining us from new york thank you for your time we appreciate it. the new president of mexico has been sewn in with promises of radical change to combat corruption poverty and the drugs gang war and to get rid of the usual presidential limousine and dress ranya lopez obrador widely known as amarillo is the first left wing mexican president for more than seventy years john home and reports from mexico city. he sent the message even before his swearing in arriving in an old volkswagen jetta things were going to change at the third attempt under his money to a lopez obrador became an excuse president the c

to say about a transition team doing the transition, i'm sure they had communications with taiwan, with chinawith south korea. this is what transition teams do. >> sean: you know what's missing here? marks, you remember during the whole clinton impeachment issue. and you were working for the clintons for years as their pollster. do you remember there was never any proportionality. here we have a guy that served his country 33 years, five years of combat. and he is the incoming, you know, serving his country, national security advisor. and he is meeting with his future counterpart. literally three weeks away they are having discussionsee and getting to know each other. maybe he didn't want to remember. i don't know. it's so insignificant to me. i know they are recommending no charges here and tryingng to hold out, well, heer helped s here and here and here, and it's big mystery of the media.ow if they had evidence of collusion, wouldn't we know by now? >> well, as i said, you would know it in the sentencing because it's not what he is being sentenced for.aued they wanted to get him for somethi

taiwan, biggest misunderstanding and suggestions for new china hands? with respect to taiwan i think the midterm elections bought us a little bit of time because the success in that the headhas undermined of the dpp and so that returns us to a little bit more of a previous status where it is still an issue in flux. there is an easing of tensions as a result of that. i don't think she is a revisionist in terms of looking at the relationship. we can be hopeful that status quo will remain. to the chinaion hands question, related to what i said earlier about diplomacy thewhat is going on with academy with china studies. i'm concerned because area studies have been out of vogue in the academy for so long, most studies are conducted narrowly within disciplines which don't -- don't always speak well to each other. broadly speaking, i think a lot of young americans with real interest in china and talent in the language are not getting a broad education and don't bring of china andy diplomacy the kind of synthesis .hat we really need you saw this in the older gen

technology transfers the list in many ways is endless and that's before you get to north korea taiwan the south china sea dispute and of course human rights so whether all that can be sorted out of course in ninety days remains to be seen that is unlikely this is though a very important time for sign u.s. relations because on january the first just over a month from now it will be exactly forty years since china and the united states a stablished for diplomatic relations and a man who played a key role in that is the late president george bush sr who passed away this week and that's certainly been reflected in the coverage here this weekend adrian we've been hearing about this ninety day moratorium or truce essentially and what happens if there's no agreement on these trade issues after ninety days and what consequences are we likely to see for china. well what happens is that the united states will employ impose tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods raising the tariff from ten to twenty five percent and president trump of course has reiterated you know again today that that w

china as the new enemy there are so many points of friction between china and the united states that it's hard to keep count trade taiwan the south china sea dispute north korea and of course human rights and for that reason say some analysts it's possible that any deal done this weekend will be limited and short lived. china's leader has several things in his favor that trump doesn't she doesn't have to worry about elections in less than two years or a free press to hold him to account state media can pronounce it any way they want but trump needs to have something that he can show his base as they look we won this first trade war with china that means china has a lot of leeway because they don't really need to worry about what looks good but the optics are like the trade war is undoubtedly affecting china the shanghai stock market is among the worst performing indexes in the world right now publicly china's leaders are hopeful a deal can be done this weekend but it's also clear their expectations are not high adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. as a reason our correspondent to reason that they must be heading towards the

least short-term resolutions, but these long-term issues around industrial policy in china, human rights, tibet, taiwanthese will be sticking points in the trade discussions going forward. thed: that illustrates point that it is one thing to have a 90 day period of time. i do not think anyone thinks you can resolve these issues that have been around for decades, in days. or twoe get one year years where we are not sure of the trade terms? lanhee: i think it is the case that at least with the most immediate of these issues with period, he will get those resolved, but with lingering uncertainty as to how many changes will the u.s. demand to the made in china 2025? that is based on requiring u.s. become involved in joint ventures. these are not going away anytime soon. the chinese indicated their willingness to be slightly flexible, but once you get into the fundamental questions and say, we want you to permanently end these practices at address the situation in western china with ethnic minorities, and address taiwan, the chinese are going to balk at that. the question is how many of these issues can be

china trading today. markets of other including taiwan, thailand, bangladesh, closed today.s of the latest development between presidents asx leading, the gains and the anc up .3%. up 3%. up .5%, $45.65, iron or trading, up .1%. singapore will open at the top of the marker and a shortened trading day along with hong kong, australia and new zealand. looking at futures, this is where you are seeing optimism coming through following the latest developments from the u.s. up .6%. active futures they had been up .7%. we are watching a gain in the offshore side -- offshore theese currency against u.s. the dollar. non-manufacturing pmi expected to be down from 53.4 in the prior month and manufacturing 50, separating expansion from contraction at december. that will have implications for what we could see in the hong kong trading session. ride it has been a wild for investors of late, most of 2018 with markets experiencing big swings to the upside and downside. su keenan tried to make sense of all of that with jeff kling offer. -- jeff. he said this could be a time to get back in the

an aggressive arms sale package to taiwan to insight criticism -- to incite criticism from china. nstances where taiwan has been treated well by president trump. i would not say that i reject your criticism of him, i would just say it is not as bad as you think. the one china policy is not the way that we express it. when president trump made his first official comment as president -- he is very careful -- he said president xi has asked me, at president xi's by our onewill abide china policy. that phrase is different than what china says is the one china principle. the difference is to not accept that the sovereignty of china extends over taiwan. taiwan is in an undetermined category. the united states is following bill clinton, the first to say this, that whatever happens with the final solution on taiwan it has to have the consent of the people of taiwan. that to me implies a referendum. i do not agree with you on throwing taiwan under the bus. he has made it a crusade and tried to tell the chinese you need to be more like taiwan. some presidents have done that. host: what are yo

china's presence in the academy. it is discouraging aritical discussion of certain issues imnsitive to the chinese r example, the three t's -- tibet, taiwananmen square. gordon:hi wton is determined to confront china over espionage and influence. gordon corera, bbc news. jane: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, facebook comes under a fiin as more data sharing comes to light. vladimir putin has always shrugged off the impact of tightening international sanctions on russia. but a recent report shows that one in five russians live in poverty and the president's approval rating is sliding. sarah rainsford traveled to siberia to test the mood. sarah: it is a sprawling siberian city of harsh realities . but a number of people in poverty has been climbing for five years. much, so he was looring fward to his pension a 60 -- not to retire, but for extra cash. now the pension age has been raised. cannotargued that they go on with the system with more people living longer. >> no one pays any attention at all. people can understand why we need pension reform. sarah: but men still die on average two years br

the two sides have differences as also intellectual property rights technology transfer taiwan you know the south china sea north korea human rights these are all fundamental issues where big differences remain between china and the united states and it's going to take more frankly the ninety days to resolve all of that so it's possible we'll get you know a long term deal on tariffs but tariffs really isn't at the heart of the dispute between china and the united states right now in many ways it's down to what you might call technologies of the future and president xi jinping desire to make this the core of his industrial policy he wants china to be a world leader in things like robotics and artificial intelligence but the united states says that means that u.s. companies won't be able to compete you know fairly on the world stage against china because these chinese companies receive huge subsidies and it's unequal and unfair says washington and those issues have not been resolved and really are unlikely to be hey jim brown in beijing thanks very much. the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has

. >> he immersed himself in the big issues of the day, the middle east, china versus taiwan, rsh he servedresident faithfully though nixon seemed to think bush should be tougher as he indicated in this phone call in 1971. >> hit it strongly and toughly. is that clear? just take the gloves off and crack it because you know exactly what we've done, okaying? fine. all right. >> ambassador george bush. >> george bush at the 1972 gop national convention with 26-year-old george w and then nixon aide donald rumsfeld. a happy moment followed just weeks later by the death of the man george bush called his hero and mentor. prescott bush died october 8th, 1972, never knowing the heights his son and grandson would some day reach. in the political world, a re-elected president nixon had another new job for george bush. >> mr. nixon named george bush to be the new chairman of the republican national committee replacing senator robert dole of kansas. >> i think it's important work and i look forward to getting involved in it. >> it was a job that bush did not seek and did not want. nevertheless, he share

. >> he immersed himself in the big issues of the day, the middle east, china versus taiwan, india versusakistan. he served the president faithfully, although nixon thought bush should be tougher, as he indicated in this phone call to bush in 1971. >> i want you to hit it frontily, strongly, is that clear? i mean, don't -- just take the gloves off and crack it, because you know exactly what we've done. okay? fine, all right. >> ambassador george bush. >> george bush at the 1972 gop national compassion, with 26-year-old george w. and nixon aide don rumsfeld. followed by the death of prescott bush. he died october 8th, 1972, never knowing the heights his son and grandson would reach. in the political world, a re-elected president nixon had another new job for george bush. >> mr. nixon named george bush to be the new chairman of the republican national committee. he'll replace senator robert dole of kansas. >> i think it's important work and i look forward to getting involved in it. >> it was a job that bush did not seek and did not want. nevertheless, he shared his father's sense of duty. >

. >> he immersed himself in the big issues of the day, the middle east, china versus taiwan, he servedresident faithfully though nixon seemed to think bush should be tougher as he indicated in this phone call in 1971. >> i want you to hit it strongly and toughly. is that clear? just take the gloves off and crack it because you know exactly what we've done, okay? fine. all right. >> ambassador george bush. >> george bush at the 1972 gop national convention with 26-year-old george w and then nixon aide donald rumsfeld. a happy moment followed just weeks later by the death of the man george bush called his hero and mentor. prescott bush died october 8th, 1972, never knowing the heights his son and grandson would some day reach. in the political world, a re-elected president nixon had another new job for george bush. >> mr. nixon named george bush to be the new chairman of the republican national committee replacing senator robert dole of kansas. >> i think it's important work and i look forward to getting involved in it. >> it was a job that bush did not seek and did not want. nevertheles

first of all, 2% of earnings come in the markets where we really expect that to be an impact china, hong kong, taiwanst of the office buildings in those markets are not occupied b goods companies.they are occupied by surfaces services companie. we have not seen much of an impact.the domestic chinese economy , the domestic companies in china doing business with one rapidly andgoing that is not being impacted by detroit circumstance. guy: what impact will you see? what impact will there be on yields if we start seeing treasury yields coming lower as the curve flattens out? how much attention to you pay to what is happening in the government bond markets, the credit bond markets and how you can relate them, back in? what kind of yields the you expect to be generated out of property? robert: if you see relatively small movements in the interest rates, i do not think you will see meaningful impact on the value of properties. property values have been pretty stable this year and last year. little moves up get absorbed in the spread.little moves down i think the spreads will widen a bit so you will not see

and this would include, for example, china, taiwan markets, an e to 5% right now, interesting sector h yield of 4.8%. a bottoming out in the china real estate market that could look interesting as well. david: corrine, since brought it up, just to follow up there on dividend yields, dividend yields are in a large way backward looking because it's based on what the companies did previously, in previous quarters relative to their stock price. how does free cash flow look like given that economies are expected to slow down a bit further? will those dividends come to fruition? corrine: free cash flow marge vns held up -- margins have held up pretty well. stronger corporates have actually been cost cutting and they have actually been looking toward building healthier balance sheets. so there's been quite a bit of corporate deleveraging going on as well. and we've seen some of this cash being returned via dividends, by share buybacks and that's going to continue. and greater pressure for companies to do so, especially if they don't see a huge -- very attractive investment opportunities out

japan, asia, and taiwan, of course. china has time to sort some of these issues out.maynately that require substantial reforms to its overall economic roadmap. that itg the way perceives growth in the technology sector, the way it things ip protection, market access, foreign firms in key technology sectors, and a level playing field for foreign firms. roadmap, it reform might take some time to fix. we are starting to see some progress on that. we heard that a new law is in considered to help protect foreign ip in china. that is goodness, but i think it will take time, really, to show the world that it is serious about these efforts, and it will mean some sort of track record of complying with the new rules it is considering. kathleen: for the chinese, they view many of the things they are asked to do as why now?foreign concerns forced into a joint venture. they made money, so why are you now?complaining even so, i agree with what you said, but the white house team, president trump, they want a concrete agreement. will the chinese be able to make a concrete agreement,

the hong kong and macau special administrative regimes, and in taiwan, and to overseas chinese who have worked relentlessly to promote china's reform and opening up advancement for china's modernization. [applause] i would also like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all the friends of people from other countries that shown understanding of and support for china's reform and opening up and the modernization. [applause] president xi: friends, the past 40 years eloquently proves that system andheory, culture of socialism with chinese characteristics pioneered by the chinese people of all ethnic groups, rallying under the leadership are completely correct. that has since taken shape are completely correct. the past 40 years eloquently proves that china's development provides a successful experience and offers a bright prospect for other developing countries as they strive for modernization. china's development effectively serves the cause of world peace and development and represents a great contribution that the chinese nation, the progress of human civilization. [applause] the past 40 years eloquently pr

taiwan and are tiananmen square. washington is determined to confront china over espionage and influence.a new graffiti piece that has appeared in south wales is his. the work — on the side of a garage in port talbot — has predictably attracted a lot of interest since its appearance. the owner of the garage says he hasn't slept for fear it might be vandalised. one of charles dickens' best—loved stories, a christmas carol, is 175 years old today. the story of scrooge, the miser who is forced to become compassionate by ghosts, was written in condemnation of the child poverty that dickens saw around him. the first edition, published in december 1843, immediately sold out and the tale has captivated people ever since. david sillito reports. # god rest you merry gentleman... marley was dead. to begin with, there was no doubt whatever about that. the register of his burial had been signed by the clerk. a christmas carol. simon callow is at the moment performing it onstage twice a day in this, its anniversary year. i'm holding this very gently because this is an original, a christmas carol, publ

tell china what to do he said that china was moving to the center of the world and he also said and i think this was a message aimed at independents movements in taiwan and hong kong that the desire for a united china he said had never been stronger he also outlined you know all that it's happened during the past forty years it was very much a sort of report card from the party he said the poverty rates for instance had been cut by more than ninety four percent but he didn't mention that some eighty million people here in china are still living on less than two dollars a day so a wide ranging speech lots of vague promises lots of platitudes but very little specific detail age and change and being as also been criticized for backing off some of those market friendly reforms and then shopping and existing or state control forty years now from forty years on from the opening up now how is the economy doing there's been a bit of a slowdown. yes it's there's no doubt the economy has started to slow and that's partly due to the trade war but i think what she jinping was also demonstrating today was the fact that you know look we have managed to grow our ec

transaction, so overall from qualcomm's perspective and where the market china is looking for alternatives from japan and taiwan there is appetite for that product in the market today. i don't see high probability for that transit can going forward. emily: china he will be a nailbg 90 days for folks on both sides as we move toward the deadline. what will you be watching for specifically? thati think that the fact light heiser has been heading this process from the u.s. side casts a bit more of a shadow over the process. 90 days is not a lot of time. if he came out on the 20th of november and stated no actions have been taken from the chinese side to reconcile the sections real one last, the fact -- 301 list, it means we are quite a long ways apart. i worry about other elements of the statement, the fact the u.s. didn't mention protections for united state -- chinese students in the united states and no ban reduction of student visas, or work visas. americaese side stated is receptive to having chinese work there. i think -- [inaudible] , we will haveburg to leave it there. thank you for joining us from beijing.

taiwan. investors are concerned about america's trade war with china, and the us government shutdown.pealed for brotherly love between people of all races, nations and religions, to help solve the conflicts of the world. in his traditional christmas message, he said differences were not a danger, but a source of richness. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, used his christmas sermon to speak of peace and unity at a time of challenge and discord. here's our religious affairs editor, martin bashir. with the basilica bathed in sunshine, pope francis began his address by asking, what is the universal message of christmas. it is, he said, that god is a good father and that we are all brothers and sisters, common humanity, despite our ethnic and cultural differences. translation: by his incarnation, the son of god tells us that salvation comes through love, acceptance and respect of this poor humanity of ours, which we all share in a great variety of languages and cultures. he followed this with a litany of nations at enmity, from syria to the ukraine, the korean peninsula to the mi

taiwan. investors are concerned about america's trade war with china, and the us government shutdown over christmast trump has been speaking to the media about the market turmoil of recent days. the president was asked whether the chairman of america's central bank, the federal reserve whom he has widely criticised, still had a future. we will see. they are raising interest rates too fast, that is my opinion. but i shouldn't have confidence, but i think it will straighten. they are raising interest rates too fast because they think the economy is so good. but i think they'll get it pretty soon. i really do. the fact is the economy is doing so well that they raised interest rates and that is as a form of safety. president obama didn't do much of that. much easier to run when you don't have an interest rate. he had a very low interest rate. we have a normalised interest rate. a normalised interest rate means it is good for a lot of people. they have money in the bank and get interest on their money. for many years no one got interest on the money. but i have great confidence and i have great confiden

china has its eyes on taiwan, russia has its eyes on nato allies in eastern europe.f this by taking aggressive action? >> look, jim, i'm beyond concerned, because we're already seeing the kind of seeds of this kind of new world order being laid with regard to not only our partners and allies having this sense that they need to go it alone, but what we're seeing in russia and china is, we're seeing them look at the different areas in which the united states is projecting uncertainty, looking at different areas where we're having trouble in our relationships with partners and allies, and they're finding those gaps there. you can rest assured that no country is more willing to fill those gaps than china when it comes to everything from economics to military to, you know, a wide range of issues that we're dealing with, particularly in the south china sea as well. it does cause me some concern that we're not seeing this for what it is and that the current administration is making decisions that are not necessarily taking the long view of what china, russia, and others aro