, including china's subject ju gages and of vietnam. and the use of cease asia as a revolutionary base and the nationalists before they successfully overthrow the ching dynasty in 1911. discusses china southeast asia between the two world wars and then goes into a rather lengthy discussion of the people's republic of china's interactions with the region after the prc was established. both the nonaligned movement, and the rather subversive -- is the only word- -- supporting communist party movements -- armed communicate mist party insurgencies in eave southeast asia country during the '60s and the ' 0s. so there's a lot of contemporary analysis in this book to be sure. but i just wanted those who are considering buying it to know you'll get a good dose of history as well. that to me was as an author i have to say one of the most interesting parts of othe project. the last thing want to say is the book proceeds from the press mess that the united states and china are now locked into indefinite comprehensive competition and that's true acro

yeah really just kind of begs the question over why where steve is now thailand or nations like vietnam china to a large extent where the. virus was reputed to have started have seemingly managed the covert outbreak the pandemic the lockdown measures are so much seemingly more effective than they are transatlantic lee and it just people need to ask more critical questions on that front just really quickly with regard to the economic factors that are being implemented here a rising number of indicators almost certainly spell higher inflation approaching the u.s. federal reserve's even signal that's tolerance for higher inflation yet the age old conundrum involves how did then try and manage that inflation without the entry. currency destabilization i sense the wider transatlantic banking establishment is about to perhaps tactically introduce that unstable dollar inflation anyway partly as means of further greasing wheels for new or replacing digital block chain based global monetary regime while also then conditioning the workforce towards adapting to that digital future that i'm mansions. ok

in a difficult time in terms of its economy how much has vietnam benefited from the trite trade war the trade spat that's been ongoing between china and the u.s. . that's a really interesting question and i think on the one hand vietnam has one quite a lot of business because manufacturers who've been based in china who are already concerned about very high and rising wages in china have seen the need to diversify because of the trade tensions with the u.s. and vietnam as a neighbor to china with a growing manufacturing sector is an attractive place to go on the other hand however i do think that the trade tensions between the u.s. and china is used to fuge global economies and actually damaged trade trading relations around the world because the cloud over the global economy before kobe 90 and to that extent vietnam doesn't actually benefit as as a nation that wants to expand its role in in manufacturing global supply chains it actually needs the global economy to be doing really well so on the one hand it's helping an arm on the other hand actually vietnam needs the global economy to function well and so long as there were these

hello there the weather's sloshy setback recrossed in their china vietnam generally settled in dr thailand likewise we'll see some wet weather coming in the philippines over the next day or 2 that got a little circulation just to the east of the philippines and that's going to drift some showers in this we go through the next couple of days in the course we got the the northeast lee a monsoon pushing some west weather in across a good part of southeast asia truth be nice the wife was there with the malaysia still some very heavy showers there into indonesia joining up with the wet weather that we have across northern parts of australia a little clutch of storms just around the top and some wetter weather across northern parts of queensland still a chance of one of 2 showers into these to sort of a stride and look a little further east was what a massive little area of low pressure which is going to bring some very heavy rain some windy weather also in more than pos of new zealand as we go on through monday and choose stay back into was generally drive across the southeast and cold at 27 ce

their satellite tracking devices and able this illicit trade of coal to take place often between china and vietnam according again to this recent report but given how long of this has been going on i mean the use of slave labor south koreans they've ever been not good in coal mines why haven't we heard about this before all. well here in south korea. we have sort of engagement promoting liberal government of president moon j.n. and what they're looking to do is generate peace making with north korea provide a more sort of stable security atmosphere on the korean peninsula negotiations over a whole raft of issues with north korea. they view pursuing human rights in criticizing 'd north korea for human rights as taking place at the expense of any benefits or give from north korea in terms of engagement and especially along with the u.s. in terms of denuclearization so criticizing and working toward improving human rights in north korea takes a back seat to these other issues that both the governments here in in south korea and in the united states feel are more important for south korea its peacemak

roosevelt and the nimitz strike groups were operating some distance from the disputed islands were china, vietnam, taiwan and the lapine's all claim sovereignty. tampa bay super bowl victory over the kansas city chiefs was watched by the smallest tv audience in more than a decade. it had just over 96 million viewers, in contrast to last year's game that was watched by 102 million. that makes it the lowest tv audience since 2007 when indianapolis beach chicago. the super bowl is regularly the most-watched tv event in the u.s.. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. paul: i just want to keep you updated on a couple of major movers in early trading. crown shares recovering some of the early losses, now off just about 4%. of course we had the news that the regulator found crown unfit to hold a casino license in sydney. the regulator saying talks will take a few weeks and crown having a lot of work to do before the regulator will be satisfied that things mi

killed critics as well as closing media outlets the rights group names china cuba egypt india russia turkey venezuela and vietnam the worst offenders in bangladesh china and egypt it said people have been imprisoned for months for criticizing the government's response to. terry simpson is he a says a crisis and conflict director at human rights watch he says that's clear the tree targeting of political dissent using social distancing the us there is a significant number of countries that are silencing medical workers who are speaking out about shortcomings in government responses such as a lack of personal protective equipment for medics these people are being arrested and prosecuted in some countries their relatives are being intimidated and it's having a widespread chilling effect on them and other critics who want to take on government failures as they respond to the pandemic one of the main concerns we have as we scan the world and see these abuses is governments aren't just silencing criticism of their response but they're using new laws broadly worded fake news laws among other measures to silence politica

in the u.s., -- i do not think communist countries like china, vietnam, even north korea are given enough credit for what they have done to combat the virus. host: to what you'd -- do you attribute the difference? caller: i think the cubans are doing it the old-fashioned way, like the chinese, the communist governments, even though they are totalitarian, they seem to have their way of isolating, convincing people to isolate. out here in california, if you are for trump, you do not even wear a mask, that type of thing. i wanted to see the guest's point as to what are these communist countries doing right and what are we doing wrong. host: thank you for explaining those differences. what is your take, dr. pekosz? guest: i would not just say it is communist countries. there are countries like taiwan, south korea that have done a good job in terms of limiting the number of cases, limiting the spread of the virus by very extensive testing, testing done in a rapid manner. and putting in place public health measures and making sure those public health measures are being followed by members of th

this is actually meant that with asia growing rapidly, not only with china south korea, taiwan, vietnam and indonesia, malaysia singapore, etc. that has been operable within the world, great increase in inequality. however, they detected that within the advanced economies, inequality has grown. if you going to shift a significant proportion of manufacturing productions, to asia into the low wage economies, which in any cases that workers who previously did the relatively unskilled jobs which now can be done by someone in china, and vietnam, hungary, the czech republic. that relatively unskilled, will have a terrible time. and indeed, the real wages of men and women in the lower skills the u.s. to an extent that even so in europe as well, . well stagnated over these last 30 years even to some extent, gone down . for the other hand, if you were skilled, the capital, human capital and financial capital and take up large portion of the skills, the last 30 years or so in these departments have been wonderful. for three decades but within the advanced economies, is been . largely a relatively

workers who previously did the relatively unskilled jobs which can now be done by someone in china in vietnam, in hungary in the czech republic, that the relatively unskilled are going to have a terrible time, and indeed the real wages of men and women are in the lower skills in the u.s. to a lesser extent than even so in europe as well have pretty well stagnated of 30 years, i even to some extent gone down. on the other hand, if you were skilled, if you had capital, human capital, if you had financial capital, if you were technological skills for the last 30 years or so in the advanced economies have been absolutely wonderful. it's been a wonderful three decades to have been a capitalist but within the advanced economies it's been pretty lousy period to have been a relatively unskilled worker. the result has been that the workers who have lost economic power have hit back to an extent through the political system by tending to support rather more populist antiimmigration, antiglobalization policies that we have had. nevertheless to go back to problem hoff an aging population, this means ther

markets closed today hong kong, china, vietnam, taiwan, enjoying the lunar new year. in sydney in a moment. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 10:00 a.m. in sydney and 7:00 a.m. in hong kong. we will have them market open in sydney just now, off to a sluggish start. new zealand bouncing back from early losses, currently higher or weaker, from .4%, it was off .8% at one point. futures in japan pointing to a positive open as well. let's get to our top stories this hour. new zealand's largest city, auckland, has been in a three-day lockdown as authorities investigate three new covid-19 cases.

get is the workers who previously did the unskilled jobs which can all be begun by someone in china or vietnam or hungary and the czech republic they are relatively unskilled and have a terrible time and the real wages of men and women to a lesser extent have stagnated much before the early summer. now what does this effectively mean cracks what will happen? how will we deal with the debt? the first point is very likely growth will get us out of this so now the working force will grow much slower and then in recent decades germany and china, the workforce will now decline as it has been declining in japan for the last ten or 15 years. saw the declining globalization the systemic conflict between the us and china is the off shoring of production and capital out of the advanced economies into eastern europe would reverse to the extent i expect there to be more investment and as the labor force slows down there is to be more pressure and productivity to shift to a low-wage economy and then make profits by reducing unit labor cost domestically with more efficient ways to do so. is a showed earlier

throughout the pacific, across governments and with different forums and institutions, vietnam, hong kong, chinad, they all did a good job. even if you compare us to the european union or canada, where do we stack up? where is the u.s. in our response if you just look at these atlantic countries. >> i can appreciate the laundry list of countries that were ahead of us in their own response. and i think it is important to step back and not just look at the 500 -- the milestone that we hit yesterday with 500,000 deaths, which is heart breaking and infuriating, but even thinking about what that means in the scope of the rest of the world. the u.s. is taking up, or counting for 20% of global deaths. 25% of cases, that makes month sense given we aren't even 5% of the world's population. so in addition to the countries you mentioned, you have a host of others that have demonstrated that leadership matters. it is critically important that no matter what you know, you have to do right by the people you're serving. and that's frankly what we didn't see in this past year with this pandemic. >> how much sho

their satellite tracking devices and able this illicit trade of coal to take place often between china and vietnam according again to this recent report but given how long of this has been going on i mean the use of slave labor south koreans in north could in coal mines why haven't we heard about this before all. well here in south korea. we have sort of engagement promoting liberal government of president moon j.n. and what they're looking to do is generate peace making with north korea provide 1 a a more sort of stable security atmosphere on the korean peninsula negotiations over a whole raft of issues with north korea. they view pursuing human rights in criticizing 'd north korea for human rights as taking place at the expense of any benefits or give from north korea in terms of engagement and especially along with the u.s. in terms of denuclearization so criticizing and working toward improving human rights in north korea takes a back seat to these other issues that both the governments here in in south korea and in the united states feel are more important for south korea its peacemaking enga

southerly winds coming through but a chance of wanted to showers down towards the southwest of china with impossible vietnam which also wanted to show us to into the eastern side of india as we go through the next day or so you can see some showers just sliding towards others but that she's ing over into tumble not too much of southern india a chance of seeing a little bit of wet weather as is the case to into shrank of the showers will pop up just around chennai as we go on through sunday by the time we come to monday they are still there they are hopefully just making the weddell for the west was becoming a little lighter in the process further north just some wintry flurries coming in across northern pakistan. qatar airways. this thing is a set and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think. and asking the questions now is the new host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only cavity leslie simplicity into the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions. and marc lamont hill and i

sponsored plan qatar airways the out of season belt of heavy rain is still in its way through china's going through vietnam where it gave twice the month's average it's up to between $2.00 and $4.00 times a month to go through what should be a roast of the drug one dog at this time of the year so 80 millimeters in the last day the average is $25.00 it's still his way through it to be going through taiwan during thursday beyond that it's fairly dry the snow showers it's more or less ceased in the forecast for most of japan and the sun despite it being winter is still relatively strong it's lifted temperatures in the north of china well above their average beijing for example it should be 5 degrees from an average point of view and we're up to 30 we don't get back down to near average to probably sunday and that's not a big change is just back to normal now the fog that's been a plague in the northern indian planes disappeared for a bit but it's returning him friday is settling down the air quality is getting worse and worse for city centers delhi is the one we always focus on for obvious reasons usually sta

here this is running out of seasons running through me and and then eventually into vietnam in the southwest of china shouldn't be there but it is there it's not really doing much to help with the weather in india the cold wave has gone and we've had a bit of snow up in the michelle pradesh otherwise sort of by the weather everybody is quiet and to static. oman has a rich history but also plays an important diplomatic role in the gulf region today al-jazeera well discovers its empire stretched from the arabian peninsula to east africa built on great sea power. the problem existed in the gulf was piracy tribes and wars of rebellion empire and colonize ation. oman history power and influence on al-jazeera. but again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour at least 7 people have been killed in the round 170 missing in northern india after part of a himalayan classic who sent a torrent of water sweeping away homes and slamming into 2 hydroelectric. haiti's president has announced that more than 20 people have been arrested for a failed coup attempt at president drivel and why i

here this is running out of season it's running through me and and then eventually into vietnam in the southwest of china shouldn't be there but is there it's not really doing much to help with the weather in india the cold wave has gone and we've had a bit as snow up in the michelle pradesh otherwise sort of by the weather everybody is quiet and to static. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits. for survival. risking years of sierra leone. on al-jazeera. welcome back for main stories now more than 170 people are missing after a classy i broke in india it sent a torrent of water down and malayan valley sweeping away homes and slamming into 2 hydroelectric dams. protests have again been taking place across me and tens of thousands of people marching around the country in different cities to denounce the military can internet services have been restored after the a total blackout on saturday and then polls have closed in ecuador where people have been choosing who they want to succeed president

you find it in japan where china pushed further its claims on the senkaku islands in various ways and, of course, you find it with taiwan and vietnamsense that china is flexing its muscles is not just one felt in the united states. is there a reason for this new chinese foreign policy? >> i don't think it would have an entirely new foreign policy. we have been very consistent in our foreign policy. it's an independent policy for peace. of course we will safeguard our sovereignty and independence, no doubt about it. fareed, please look at the map. all the issues that you mentioned and some other issues, they are either part of the chinese territory or in places very close to china. so who is on the offensive? who is on the defensive? you just have a look at the map. it is all power from the united states. the fact is whenever you have more involvement by the united states, you have instability anywhere in the world. look at middle east. look at some other places, latin america. and it's so obvious that when you are sort of rebalancing or pivoting, whatever the word might be, then there is more instability in our region. >> but, amba

here this is running out of season that's running through me and and then eventually to vietnam in the southwest of china shouldn't be there but is there it's not really doing much to help with the weather in india the cold wave has gone and we've had a bit of snow up in the michelle pradesh otherwise sort of the weather everybody is quiet and to static. the us is always of in fact the people all right the world people pay attention to what we call here and i do there is very good at bringing the news to the world. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm maryam namazie on watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. 6 rescue is free survivors trapped after handling the a break sending a wall of water down a valley in india but around $170.00 people are still missing. and these fire warning shots protests right across me and ma with tens of thousands voicing their anger at monday's military coup.

roosevelt and the nimitz strike groups were operating from distance from the disputed islands, where china, vietnam, and the philippines all claimed sovereignty. protests continue in myanmar, where security services fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators, who claim live rounds were also used. at least 20 people were hurt in the capitol. large protests broke out in the commercial center. a police convoy was attacked in mandalay. new zealand is the first country to sever all diplomatic ties with myanmar. the search for survivors of a collapsed dam in northern india continues, with more than 160 people still unaccounted for. at least 32 are known to have died when a glacier fell into a reservoir. the main rescue effort is concentrating on a hydroelectric plant, where more than 30 workers have been out of contact since the disaster first struck. no one has been pulled out since sunday. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell, this is bloomberg. rishaad: let's have a

winds coming through but a chance of wanted to showers down towards the southwest of china well in parts of vietnam which i also wanted to show was to see the eastern side of india as we go through the next day or so you can see some showers just sliding towards others but that she's ing over into tumble not too much of southern india a chance of seeing a little bit of wet weather as is the case to into shrank of the showers will pop up just around chennai as we go on through sunday by the time we come to monday they are still there they are hopefully just making the weddell for the west was becoming a little lighter in the process further north some wintry flurries coming in across northern pakistan. qatar airways. will get. from every one of this. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our day's work is done. welcome to our home. don't come back you're watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines u.s. president joe biden is making his debut on the international stage addressing a virtual me

in economic -- vietnam are positive, growing significantly despite oil trade, economies slowing down over the last 12 months and also it is benefiting from a manufacturing shift from chinanefiting from the strain and all of it is quite positive. from a valuation perspective, valuations are not as stretched as 2018. evaluations are not stretched so any correction from here would be an opportunity to look at news in vietnam and we like domestic stories in the auto and retail space if the market corrects. haslinda: ruchir desai from asia frontier capital. we thank you for your insights. we are showing you live pictures of the vietnam communist party congress closing ceremony. no change. the party chief has been reelected for the third time. expect policies to be sustained. that must be good news for those invested in the country. still to come, what to expect from india's budget. we will discuss that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: india faces a balancing act as the modi administration prepares to release its latest spending plan for more than a billion people. the government will look to replenish and revive an economy in recession amid the pandemic and here is a loo

criminalizing speech in the name of the pandemic human rights watch says that china cuba egypt india russia turkey venezuela and vietnam were the worst offenders with hundreds of thousands of citizens affected in bangladesh china and egypt said the people have been imprisoned for bones for criticizing the government's response to cope 19 gerri simpson is the associate crisis and conflict director of human rights watch and says that there's clear all the true targeting of political dissent using social distancing laws. there is a significant number of countries that are silencing medical workers who are speaking out about shortcomings in government responses such as a lack of personal protective equipment for medics these people are being arrested and prosecuted in some countries their relatives of being intimidated and it's having a widespread chilling effect on them and other critics who want to take on government failures as they respond to the pandemic one of the main concerns we have as we scan the world and see these abuses is governments aren't just silencing criticism of their response but they're using new laws

with policies could be setting up hurdles that make it did i maybes supply chain moves out of china vietnamult expensive to do, so hurdle here not a good idea. >> quick on bitcoin. >> jackie i'm sorry. >> please go ahead. >> if i can jump back into conversation talking about technological innovation i thank you really strikeing important, to me, to note that you know when it came down to finding that vaccine development for coronavirus, developed here in the united states by american companies also in europe. china is way behind that, and that is where you know, i asked myself so they have a command, control -- economy model we have open economy model. when it comes to that technological race we won, that hopefully is good news about who is going to win this global race that we're talking about between america and china. >> we do have a technological negligent a lot of industries. >> as quick question on bitcoin i want your take for 60,000 first time over the weekend we have seen volatility, of course, tech announcing last week investing 1.5 billion dollars in digital currency the question

foreign policy and it also gave him an opportunity to start improving relations with china and north vietnamd then when he was done with that tour he asked the apollo 11 crew to travel the world as his ambassadors. and i have a clip that will show you what that tour might have been -- what it was like. oh, first, sorry, i'll give you a sense of their schedule because i really appreciate the kind of energy it must have taken to go on this grueling schedule. over 20 countries in just over a month. they went to every continent. >> the returning astronauts are treated as heroes. their good will tour takes them to 24 countries in 45 days. through it all, astronauts stressed that the achievement doesn't just belong to three men on a rocket. >> all right. that is a clip from the smithsonian channel series apollo's moon shot. so when they returned from this trip president nixon asked them to report on their experiences and he thanked them and he said that his meeting was worth everything the united states spent on this space program, which was, perhaps, an over statement but does give you a sense of

speech in the name of the coronavirus pandemic human rights watch says china cuba egypt india russia turkey venezuela and vietnam were the worst offenders with hundreds of thousands of their citizens being affected in bangladesh china and egypt said people have been imprisoned for months for criticizing their government's response to covert 19 let's bring in jerry simpson in geneva he's the associate crisis and conflict director of human rights watch tourism's and welcome to the news so instead of moscow up what should be the health message it's shut up which is a message of silencing people. that's exactly right and our recruit today highlights the wide range of tactics governments all around the world are used to force people to shut up and use very helpfully summarize the main points that we've made in this report and there are a couple of trends i'd like to highlight firstly there is a significant number of countries that are silencing medical workers who are speaking out about shortcomings in government responses such as a lack of personal protective equipment for medics these people are being arrested and

through tuesday but the wetter weather will just slide out into the south china sea grassy pushing over towards southern parts of vietnam for the latter part of the week so plenty of showers coming in behind it funnier showers across a good part of malaysia some very heavy downpours continuing into indonesia for the flooding concerns then for java will break down course in and around jakarta and those heavy showers so they link up with the wet weather that we have across the far north of australia more very heavy rain coming in place here until 67 millimeters of rain in the past 24 hours into parts of northern territory was going to see some showers draped across the far north of australia then and some heavy showers too into the eastern side of new south wales that wetter weather will not a little further east which as we go on through where. the state is pushing up towards the sunshine coast some wetter weather today now making us whiter was new zealand but hot ahead of that. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic that some have broken awa

borneo seeing some big thunderstorms north of that not too bad across into china will be one of 2 showers there coming into vietnam but so that aside it doesn't last a fine and dry with some pleasant sunshine heavy showers will continue across much of indonesia some pockets of heavy rain coming in here likely to lead to some flooding as we go through the remainder of this week now there is a flood risk too it's in the western parts of australia we have this circulation here that tropical low just around that western side of wy and that's going to bring some very heavy rain as we go on through the next couple of days let's just hop across the walls a further race was fun a warning has now been issued for raw trouble cycling lucas fabric close to new caledonia still some very heavy showers coming through back into australia more heavy showers and across northern parts brisk winds just around perth we have got bushfire warnings in for say does give some cause for concern over the next few days. but the tories terraces of the football oh sure this one club loyalty coming violence confrontation when i was young when th

vietnam. that i think will put more pressure on china and it would work sort of a countertrend to what you mentioned, this idea that countries will say welcome xi jinping is not going away, we better get used to it and accept the relationship as it is. >> i wish we could have more time to chat on about all this pick this up in such a great conversation. it's been so good to see you again. i would want to thank you for giving us the time to have this great important conversation, and also want to tell members of the ideas to please purchase this book, "the myth of chinese capitalism" wherever books are sold. the club will soon be posting this video along on his website so that www.commonwealthclub.or www.commonwealthclub.org. so thank you, guys very much for this very stimulating conversation that we've had and best of luck. it's always great to see you. take care. >> my pleasure. thanks so much. ♪ >> you are watching booktv on c-span2, every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. booktv on c-span2 created by america's cable-television companies. today we're brought to you by these tel

shows too into the philippines but to come across in there china it's largely dry here want to showers into central and southern parts of vietnam but nothing too much to speak of much just catch a shower or 2 just creeping over towards thailand as we go through the next couple of days monday sees further showers across malaysia into indonesia joining up with the heavy rain that we still have in place across northern parts of australia in places dry and now just around the top and parts here have had their wettest february for around 10 years a little disturbance little area of low pressure tropical low just off the coast of queensland here and that's going to feed some very wet weather into that eastern side of queensland up towards cannes towards townsville as we go on through sunday still a few showers around for the eastern side of new south wales but elsewhere across much of australia with is fine and dry cooling off a touch in melbourne as we go on into monday warming up in sydney the showers moving towards new zealand. on counting the cost norway got very rich of oil and gas now it has a controversial plans to mine the se

$24.00 degrees celsius and it's fun to try to across much of indo china want to see want to show the shallows there just coming into vietnam with the northeast monsoon showers that say into where the philippines and heavy downpours as well into borneo i suspect the wetter weather will be across indonesia over the next couple of days some of the wet weather to making its way towards sri lanka but for much of south asia it is fine and we've got a westerly disturbance across northern most pass and how to stir things up here there will be some sleet and snow for the northern plains. to qatar airways. what is the price of luxury. an undercover team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor from chocolates hearts of darkness and count as unpaid child labor is working in a 100000000000 dollar industry well overhaul of the country's cocoa produces live below the poverty line. on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera me a mass police of filed criminal charges against deposed leader

around 24 degrees celsius and it's fun to try to across much of india china want to see want to show shall is that just coming into vietnam with the northeast monsoon shot was that say in the philippines some heavy downpours as well into borneo i suspect the wetter weather will be across indonesia over the next couple of days some of the wet weather today making its way towards sri lanka but for much of south asia it is fine and we've got a westerly disturbance across northern most pass and how to stir things up here will be some sleet and snow for the northern plains. and ways al-jazeera is investigative unit goes undercover tracking down an international organized crime network. i want to. go through exposing direct links to corruption that the highest level of the bangladesh government. do you think. al-jazeera investigations all the point ministers. welcome back if you come out of our top stories here this hour near mass police are filed criminal charges against the pows leader and. crew leaders accuse her of owning a 100 held radios that were illegally imported the u.n. is calling for her release saying the arrest is

seven countries in the world where late term abortions are legal joining countries like china, north korea, vietnam, singapore, canada and hollande. now we extend under the current administration, look to push for still more abortions by talking about removing the hyde amendment, allowing for taxpayer funding and even worse repealing the new mexico city policy in which the united states gives money to organizations abroad who will wind up performing abortions. that is what the united states will become known for around the world. how is this to respond to the natural wealth and bue i have to the country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize the meals on wheels program in indiana county, pennsylvania, who recently celebrated a 50-year milestone of helping neighbors in need. mr. thompson:

china is sitting there, myanmar's number one trade partner, huge investor, and there are plenty of countries in southeast asia that have shunned democracy and still been welcomed by western countries. vietnamr one, is a place that has gotten really close to the u.s. over its opposition to china. we have seen thailand, malaysia backsliding in recent years, so just trying to isolate myanmar will be harder than it looks due to the friends they have in asia and the other regimes that are in place in the region. haslinda: our asia government managing editor. next, time for the morning calls, top recommendations across markets. the sti up about .6%, bucking a three-day decline. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: welcome back. muddy waters -- he says he believes the shortselling landscape shifted in 2020. speaking to bloomberg about the reddit driven traits that have gripped the markets, he said he expects trades such as the gamestop short squeeze were largely driven by hedge targeting rivals whether than an uprising by retail investors. >> we realize things were radically different last year and we were short this new total fraud called gsx, we still are, but we were shorted in

number one would definitely be china china is the one that has real leverage in myanmar and real leverage on the military in myanmar and after that regional power like vietnam and also another global part power like russia they would have some leverage and those seem to be the countries on the security council that are most skeptical at this stage and committing to do anything as i say their position as it's been explained to me by diplomats of those 3 countries is not that they were refusing to sign up to a stronger statement condemning what's happened they just need more time they need to speak to their capitals and get further instruction on how to proceed i think it might be worth giving you an example of a completely different situation peter and how it has played out in the past and it's another global issue north korea where china is the one country that has leverage there it's taken every time there has been action against north korea over the years of sanctions it's taken weeks and weeks and weeks nothing comes out after a 1st meeting and the dynamic certainly or north korea in the past has been that rather than the security council discussing a st

china and the u.s. and russia. we needed to get out of vietnam, and i think those voices of discontent about staying there had an influence on the government, which is about the way a democracy is supposed to work. the people speak and the government can get into war, but it's the people that force them out. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> what stories, what histories these service members had to share. general, in the video, general collin powell said that the history of african-americans in the military has been one of being called up and serving with valor when needed, when called. but after the need has abated, african-americans get pushed back, pushed away again. do you agree with that assessment? what are your thoughts? >> well, absolutely. i mean, he highlights the reality of our history. there's the presence from the very beginning, i mean fighting to protect colonials against indian attacks. slaves were authorized to actually take arms during that period of time. that changed over time. so, every time there was an opportunity given, there was an opportunity re

vietnam on too much coffee, this goes back to the supply chain disruption because the united states doesn't produce enough of what it needs. we're as reliant on china the inflation and shipping and freight is becoming so high that my concern is that u.s. households are going to start seeing higher prices where they expected the least and need it the least and that's at the grocery store. so i am keeping a very close eye on inflation in the coming months because it does mean so much to the average u.s. household. many of whom are still struggling. >> neil: charles, the federal reserve is doing its part to keep rates low. they can't control all rates. the market rates. but these got quite a job on his hands. >> you know, chairman powell was on capitol hill back-to-back days. first spoke to the senate and then the house. you're right. here's the thing, neil. this federal reserve wants to do too much in my opinion. they already had a duel mandate, which was inflation and employment. no other central bank has a duel mandate. now they want to layer some social just tis -- i get maybe they feel there's some guilt to the fact when they keep the rates ultra

well the more pleasant across china by this stage we've got more the way of dry weather and sunshine 30 s sunshine say into indochina one of 2 showers creeping into vietnam having said that over the next couple of days and we could see a sharp shouted across northern parts of the philippines over the next couple days for much of malaysia and indonesia it's sunshine and showers. of many thanks indeed we're pushing the midway point on this news are still to come on the program. the trust in the french caribbean demand action on a pesticide that's blamed for high rates of council process you are it's firing us and you are reminding us of what is possible when we dream big is the u.s. vice president to talk to the 1st african-american astronauts spent months aboard the international space station. about this goal for the present 1st p.g.a. tour event to remote both seoul be here with. the rest of the school little ritual of the program there. the pope was said to visit iraq on his 1st trip abroad since the coronavirus and demick. won its christian population continues to do window and security issues plague the country. can the pope bring hope to those who s

have to season rain that came from vietnam is going through taiwan 3 times the average in what should be a dry charm the year and then the warmth in the north of china and to some degree in the korean peninsula $5.00 to $7.00 degrees above average both by day and by night that includes hobbling the ice city which is a plus one that doesn't change too quickly the rain dissipates it back to normal in central and southern china but the focus of beijing hangs on for a while sunday about that about normal without any significant obvious change in wind direction a weather tug something's happening for the science and the rainy season is coming to an end slowly not so much in malaysia a few showers today in the philippines for the concentration in the liza is in java it does extend a little bit further north you could well be sharing kuala lumpur for example and we've gone dry in the himalayas a few showers of snow obviously moving east through time but we left behind quite skies and the persistence of fog in northern india north indian plane in particular so you get lower coltan there is a fine example of this in the morning that it's worst hazardous by t

vietnam seeing another tick up. malaysia continuing to languish in contractual territory. as well as thailand seeing a market move lower as well. the philippines unchanged. shery: let's talk about the data from chinahe economic recovery floating february. sheltering the new year holiday, virus restrictions dampened what is usually a busy travel season. manufacturing fell to a nine-month low as export orders plunged and the nonmanufacturing index missed estimates. for more, let's bring in barclays economist john chang. we hnly the new export order numbers but also contraction marking its second biggest on record. how much of the sluggishness in this numbers a fundamental issue with the chinese economy? guest: the manufacturing ratio was below consensus 51 but close to our 50.5 forecast. in our view, the moderation lacks a seasonal weakest -- weakness during the chinese new year. if you look at it compared to 2018, the pmi fell by more. but the latest data, the moderation is less than the whole lunar new year related seasonal weakness. the government policy encouraging people to stay local for the new year. shery: we have the national people's congress starting this week. what's the most important t