the weibo post is my own personal issue. alleviate their "significant concerns about her well—being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion." the wta says it still wants a "full, fair and transparent investigation" into her allegation of sexual assault. the bbc�*s robin brant is in beijing. the most interesting thing is that she said, during the interview, that her story wasn't true. she recanted what she'd appeared to say back in that post on weibo, which is like china's twitter, back in the beginning of november. she said in this interview the other day, "i have never said nor written that anyone had sexually assaulted me." now back in that posting, originally in chinese but translated into english in the first few days of november — she said that a man named zhang gaoli, a senior chinese communist party official here, had forced her to have sex with him before they had a consensual relationship. so this isn'tjust her claiming that things were untrue or inaccurate, this was a recanting of the story. just

the weibo post is my personal issue.are many misunderstandings but there is no distorted interpretation. ros: we have a statement from the women's tennis association. they say it is good to see her in a public setting but it does not alleviate their significant concerns about her well-being, ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. >> the most interesting thing is that she said during that interview that her story was not true. she recanted what she appeared to say in that post on weibo back in the beginning of november. she said in the interview, i have never said nor written that anyone had sexually assaulted me. in the posting coming originally in chinese, translated to english, she said a senior chinese party official here had forced her to have sex with him before they had a consensual relationship. this was not her claiming things were untrue, this was a recanting of the story. ros: thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narra

the weibo post is my own personal issue.gaporean chinese language newspaper lianhe zaobao there. the women's tennis association has said it's still concerned that ms peng is still being censored by the state — and although it welcomes her apperance in a public setting, it doesn't alleviate or address the concerns about her wellbeing. staying with china, a top chinese live—streamer has been fined $210 million for tax evasion. huang wei, known as viya, is famous for her ability to sell anything by livestreaming on the taobao live platform — from noodles to a commercial rocket launch. viya has more than 80 million followers on taobao and another 18 million on weibo. she was fined for hiding personal income and other offences in 2019 and 2020. our china analyst kerry allen explains what we can read into this. well, if you think in general in china, it's a communist country, and live streaming is this new lucrative way of being able to influence how people spend their money. so someone like viya, who's got this huge following and

. —— weibo because of china has the biggest live streaming industry with more than 400 million videore from recommending stocks online and some celebrities were also given warnings over live streaming content and two other notable life streamers were also handed fines and had their weibo accounts removed. so you can see that this industry is now among many targets of beijing which has been clamping down on anything from tech giants to the entertainment sector. . ~' , ., giants to the entertainment sector. ., sector. thank you, mariko oi. stay with _ sector. thank you, mariko oi. stay with us _ sector. thank you, mariko oi. stay with us on _ sector. thank you, mariko oi. stay with us on bbc— sector. thank you, mariko oi. stay with us on bbc news. i the game must go on. the premier league decides to continue with games over the festive season, despite calls for a break! the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. this the united

we have heard china has fined we bought -- weibo.akness overall in the hang seng tech index. more concerns about the property sector coming to the fore. the likelihood that the real estate downturn has contributed to a slowdown in china's november activity. rishaad: we are going to get to the speech being made by the u.s. secretary. saying that asian countries want china's behavior to change. >> that is why we have an abiding interest in peace and stability in the taiwan strait consistent with our long-standing commitments. second, we will forge stronger connections within and beyond the region. we will deepen our treaty alliances with japan, the republic of korea, the philippines. those bonds have provided the's foundation for security and peace in the region. we will foster greater cooperation amongst these allies as well. that is one of the things we have done by deepening u.s., japan, south korea trilateral cooperation and launching into agreement with australia and the united kingdom -- a new agreement with australia and the uni

in terms of the weibo post, first of all, it's my personal privacy.ome. it is something that is just down downright disturbing. >> and it is almost a complete turnaround from what peng said previously. in a since-deleted social media post in early november on the chinese blog site weibo, she publicly accused former vice premiere zhang gaoli of coercing her into sex at his home three years ago, so now, her words of assault versus coercion might be significant. at that time, she was censored by the chai needs regime, after an international outcry, chinese state-controlled media released so-called proof of life photos and video of peng. this latest video was made as part of an interview with a chinese language newspaper. one lan anne list says the chinese government may not have outright threatened peng to change her story. but -- >> there is a phrase called having tea where a couple people with authority and with the coercive powers of the police state behind them come to you to have a chat about what may be in your best interest, what you might want to

her first weibo post, she is saying she didn't mean to say that she was sexually assaulted.ull their billion dollar business out of china, they're not convinced she is able to speak freely. calling for a full, fair, transparent investigation without censorship. even this interview, this foreign interyou voo doesn't cut it in the eyes of the wta. >> the timing is so odd as you say. after weeks of so much concern and worry about her well-being. now to just -- there's more to come on this for sure. will, thank you. >>> back here, the surge in covid cases is wreaking havoc with all of the major sports leagues. andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report. hey, andy. >> good morning, christine. basketball, football, hockey. the growing outbreak is sidelining a lot of players and forcing games to be postponed. the nhl has shut down seven teams in the last week due to the rising number of cases. they will pausz all activities through december 26th. the nhl suspending all cross border travel until after christmas. that caused 12 games to be postponed. so far 35 games have been ca

>> pam, i read that weibo post. were able to read it and it's very graphic and detailed and lays out a very painful account of alleged sexual assault. so to see peng shuai now, even though it's a cell phone video, even though it's an international media reporter, albeit for a newspaper from singapore that has such a pro-beijing editorial line, you can get it in the mainland. it's the only overseas chinese language newspaper you can buy in the mainland. you can look at their website without a vpn. so brush that aside. the fact it's this raw organic video and looks like peng shuai was shouted questions by this reporter. are you taking a video? yes, i am. a lot of people aren't buying it. the women's tennis association isn't buying it. they still have really big concerns about whether peng shuai is able to be speaking freely, whether she's not being coached, coerced. whether she hasn't been kind of like trained to do this and to respond to this kind of situation. >> and, of course, the winter olympics are just weeks aw

in terms of the weibo post, first of all, it's my personal privacy.ossibly has been a lot of misunderstanding. photos of her at the event were also posted by chinese state media reporters, including this video of her talking and smiling with former chinese nba star yao ming. in the interview, she said she's been living at home in beijing and denied she's been under any kind of surveillance. but, michael, global concern about peng shuai's well-being still persists. this all started after she alleged in a weibo post on a chinese social media site dated november 2nd that a former chinese vice premier had sexually assaulted her. that post was quickly censored and the topic has been blocked on chinese's heavily censored internet. after that, for nearly three weeks, she disappeared from public view. she later appeared in posts and videos posted by chinese state media. the ioc said it held two video calls with her although the ioc has not made those calls public. but after those appearances and this most recent one, the women's tennis association is still pu

in terms of the weibo post, first of all, it's my personal privacy.g. >> reporter: in the interview she also said she's been living at home in beijing and denied she's been under any kind of surveillance. there were also photos and videos of her posted at this event where she was speaking to the news outlet on the sidelines of a cross-country skiing event in shanghai where she was seen talking and smiling with former chinese nba star yao ming. but this does not alleviate concerns from rights groups who are still concerned that she could be being pressured into making these staged appearances. and the women's tennis association has said that these appearances are not enough. they said, "does not alleviate or address the wta's significant concerns about her well-being. we remain steadfast in our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation without censorship into an allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern." this controversy, rosemary, all started when peng had made a 1600-word post on weibo dated nov

china's social media giant weibo has made its stock market debut in hong kong and it's had a disappointingompanies remain under intense pressure at home and abroad. joining me now is nick marsh from our singapore bureau. this is the other way around. this is the other way around. this is the other way around. this is a chinese tech company so you can add them to the list of those feeling the pain right now. this is china's and they have over have a billion active users valued at billions of dollars but even they cannot escape this general cloud hanging over the chinese tech stocks right now. remember, this is a secondary listing so they are listed in new york and have been there for some time now and global investors which is given a chance to really stick or twist with this and they have decided to stick which is understandable when you look at other tech companies. their values of religious plummeted. there are companies that are listed in both hong kong and the united states. they are being squeezed from both sides, essentially. the us wants to scrutinise these foreign data holding comp

the weibo post is my personal issue.ianhe zaobao there. the women's tennis association has said it's still concerned that ms peng is still being censored by the state — and although it welcomes her apperance in a public setting, it doesn't alleviate or address the concerns about her wellbeing. just before we go, i want to bring you a short history lesson because, in 1992, history was made when the world's first text message was sent, which simply said merry christmas. today, that text will be auctioned off as a non—fungible token — or nft — where the buyer will have exclusive ownership of the code that transmitted the text message. something quite special to own, certainly if it is in digital form. that's all the time for us on newsday at this hour. it's too early to say merry christmas, but thanks for watching. stay with bbc news. hello there. it's been a cloudy and chilly start to the week. things will change. from midweek, we'll start to see atlantic aircoming ourway. that means temperatures will be rising, but we're

. -- weibo dropped in trading. what do we know about the deal today?lder raised 385 million dollars with the resting -- listing in hong kong. they each sold 5.5 million shares in the company. stock in hong kong dropped as much as 7.6% in gray market yesterday. an indication we should see a drop when stocks start trading in a few hours. haidi: what are the broader expectations in terms of growth prospects for the company? >> it is a very interesting point to watch how investors will play the hong kong listing and the prospects for the company and growth near term. for example there was a drop in gray market in hong kong but also it was a positive session for tech stocks in asia and the u.s.. adrs in new york were up close to 5%, ending a losing streak. this could indicate there is some potential good sentiment that should boost the appetite for weibo in hong kong as soon as it starts trading. remember, the price of the shares in hong kong are still higher than the equivalent of the adrs in new york right now. so investors have to take that into account

the weibo post is my personal issue.that is the latest turn in the peng shuai story. the women's tennis association has said it's still concerned that ms peng is still being censored by the state, and although it welcomes her appearance in a public setting, it doesn't alleviate or address the concerns about her well being. hello there. it's been a cloudy and chilly start to the week. things will change. from midweek, we'll start to see atlantic air coming our way. that means temperatures will be rising, but we're also going to find some rain. but what about christmas? well, i'll try and answer that question later on. we start, though, cold in many places on tuesday morning, particularly in the clearer skies in scotland, with a frost in the north. we could see some pockets of frost across some western parts of england and wales, but the prospects of some sunshine during tuesday, which will be good news on what is the shortest day of the year. it's the winter solstice. these are the sunrise and sunset times, but, of course

group is said to be in talks with a shanghai media group about a potential deal involving a stake in weibo. sources say china's e-commerce leader is considering options that might include selling all but 30% of the social media service similar to twitter. didi global selling late trading after third-quarter results showed it lost $4.7 billion. . shares have already tumbled 8% in the regular session of reuters reporting it was planning i hong kong listing my introduction without raising capital or issuing new stock. the reports say they aim to trade in hong kong by june after a deal lists in new york. u.s. chipmaker macron says production facility in in china has been affected by covid. chinese authorities are trying to get on top of an outbreak there, effectively shutting the city down. micron says it is still meeting most customer demands. samsung has also said it's plans have been impacted. meanwhile, deaths in the u.s. are on the decline even as cases rise. they say it is may be because omicron is not as severe as a strain -- of a strain. cases have jumped 60% while deaths fell 7%. a ne

. >> meanwhile, alibaba group is said to be in talks with another company about a stake in weibo china's e-commerce leader is exploring options. . that may include selling all of its social media service that is similar to twitter. some holders of two evergrande dollar bonds say they are yet to receive coupons that were due on tuesday. evergrande owes $204 million on one note, and around $50 million on the other. the company has a 30 day grace period to deliver the payments. shares are down 8.5% in hong kong. china has afforded another 156 local covid-19 infections, mainly in one city. it comes as chipmakers including samsung and micron shut down their factories as cases were spreading. beijing says it is sticking to its zero-covid policy. u.s. virus deaths are on the decline even as cases rise according to health officials. they say it may be because omicron is not as severe as other strains. let's check the markets now. the csi 300 is 0.4% higher in the first hour or so of trade. the offshore yuan bang, the fixing was set at a weaker than expected level, the pboc also selling 100,000,0

could accelerate this china or hong kong homecoming tied with how this particular listing goes for weiboby one point when he 5%. the price swings that we've been witnessing for the energy market after the first of two days of meetings to debate a planned increase of output. are there any signs of which way they will go with this? >> the message from the energy minister who happens to be the president of opec, to arts, prudent and proactive. and that the overall tenor, although they didn't really discuss the output, the data that came out was about the planned surplus of oil in the first quarter. they had predicted that we would have 3 million barrels a day in the first quarter. they revised that number down to 1.9 million barrels per day, but they had an alternate scenario and that was four point 8 million barrels per day of surplus if omicron is worse than expected, underscoring all important production inputs will be when opec-plus meets on thursday. juliette: what would be the rationale behind some kind of surprise move from opec-plus? simone: the consensus is that opec is going to pa

quote, core socialist values so the company has had to really thread a very fine needle this year weiboeally still the place where people here can have discussions about different topics and amplify their voices, even though, of course, there's a whole lot of censorship here in china. so it has had to crack down in line with beijing's clampdowns on celebrity rankings, bitcoin influencers and then financial news accounts that are deemed illegal by the state and damaging to the economy. so the expectation now is that these crackdowns that we're seeing and these campaigns are only going to rev up from now into the end of 2022 when, as you guys well know, president xi jinping is expected to be elevated yet again and stay in power for an unprecedented third term guys >> unbelievable. unbelievable eunice yoon, thank you appreciate it very, very much. >>> coming up, dr. kavita patel will join us right after the break. news out just in the past hour on pfizer's covid antiviral drug the second phase of a study showing that hospitalizations and death reduced by 89% check out the futures and the s

why divest its stake in weibo? >> thank you for having me.ng is taking a closer look at all of the chinese tech giants, in particular, wanting to curb their influence in the media industry. this seems like the latest move. according to people familiar, alibaba right now is in discussion with a state owned conglomerate about potentially selling stakes to weibo. for people that don't know about weibo, it is like the twitter app for china, one of the larger platforms, super influential among chinese. alibaba has about a 30% ownership here. it also has a broad media portfolio including a newspaper, tv production, advertising business. that is what caught the regulator's attention. kriti: you have a 61% decline in the nasdaq golden dragon index, which holds names like weibo and alibaba. what will this to to the stock price of those companies? >> i would say today's news, the sentiment around regulatory scrutiny from beijing are not helping alibaba shares, also not helpful to the overall golden dragon index. adr shares are down as much as 4%, almos

in terms of the weibo post, it's my personal privacy.ere possibly has been a lot of misunderstanding. >> reporter: in the interview she said she's been living at home in beijing and denied she's been under any surveillance. this is a video of her talking and smiling with former chinese nba star yao ming. the wta said, quote, as we have consistently stated, they do not alleviate or address the concerns about her well-being. ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. we want a full, fair, transparent investigation without censorship into her allegation of sexual assault which is the allegation that gave rise to our initial concern. they said it was suspending tournaments in china because of her treatment. she said that a former chinese vice premiere had sexually assaulted her in the past. that was swiftly censored and it is blocked on the highly sense sort website. photos later surfaced in posts by chinese state media. the ioc said it held two video calls although it has not made the calls public. with the winter olympics less

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in terms of the weibo post, first of all it's my personal privacy.has been a lot of misunderstanding. >> reporter: that november 2nd post erased within minutes from chinese social media. the story censored on china's internet, ignored by state media inside the country. outside, state media reporters tweeting ferociously for weeks, frying to discredit concerns over peng's well-being, now saying the outside world should respect her denial. in a statement to cnn, the women's tennis association says, these appearances do not alleviate or address the wta's significant concerns about her well-being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. the wta made similar comments last month when chinese state media released these videos of peng, videos wta ceo steve simon told outfront were just as unconvincing as emails from the tennis star, supposedly walking back her claims. the wta suspending all tournaments in china indefinitely, putting a lucrative ten-year deal on the line. >> the wta knows peng. peng shuai knows the wta. why in the world with

in termless of the weibo post, first of all, it's my personal privacy.nding. >> reporter: that november 2nd post, erased within minutes from chinese social media. the story censored on china's internet. ignored by state media inside the country. outside? state media reporters tweeting ferociously for weeks trying to discredit concerns over peng's wellbeing. now, saying the outside world should respect her denial. in a statement to cnn, the women's tennis association says these appearances do not alleviate or address the wta's significant concerns about her wellbeing and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. the wta made similar comments last month when chinese state media released these videos of peng. videos wta' ceo steve simon told out front were just as unconvincing as e-mails from the tennis star, supposedly walking back her claims. the wta suspending all tournaments in china, indefinitely. putting a lucrative ten-year deal on the line. >> the wta knows peng. peng shuai knows the wta. why in the world with all these interviews is sh

. >> your morning movers first up weibo down as chinese giant begins trading in hong kong raising 385o down two and two-thirds percent, one to watch the stock up posted better-than-expected third quarter results on track, for three days of gains cloud computing company forecasts fourth quarter fiscal year 22 revenue above expectations up 9 1/4% capital markets says in good position to benefit from post-pandemic tailwinds from, p.d. the symbol market good to have best of the morning we should say, we've got -- well off the highs up about 200 points an dow now dow up 57 points s&p 500 up 9 1/2 the nasdaq higher by 42, that is a quarter of one percent higher as investors await the federal reserve meeting that happens next week, the central bank is expected to speed up its tapering of asset purchases we will likely see the beginning of that soon, joining me right now ironsides macro economics managing partner director of research, dagen mcdowell, joe concha great to see everybody thank you so much for joining the conversation what are you expecting from the fed meeting next week? >> well

one month ago she put this post on social media — on weibo — alleging that a former senior oficial inven people on the politburo standing committe who basically run china. after that — peng shuai disappeared from view for two whole weeks — raising huge concern. the approach taken by the olympic committee towards china here, has come in for criticism. listen to pam shriver — winner of 22 tennis grand slams and an olympic gold medal. well, first off, peng shuai is a three time olympian so they should be doing all they can to ensure that she is safe and free to speak up about sexual abuse allegations. but when you think about the ioc placing the olympic games there in 2008, the summer games so that would've been six or seven years prior to 2008, now they're going back for the winter games in 2022, i'm not sure quiet diplomacy has really helped human rights in china. so not quite sure how they can hang their hat on the quiet diplomacy has worked in the past it will work in this situation. i think what steve simon has done which is not to be so quiet but to speak out bravely and to pull th

shares you tell your custodian, it's not just alibaba's relist, you have bado, billy billy, net ease, weibos are saying i can take potentially a loss in the individual names, give that money to k-web to crane shares, allow them to do the conversion if we see a strict enforcement of holding foreign companies we're going to move out of the u.s. names if in two or three years we see a strong enforcement. we're not going to stand idle and watch the companies go to zero we're going to protect our investors' capital and move to hong kong. if not given a choice that's the path we'll take. >> right fascinating. obviously a big story as we repeatedly come into the office to see a wave of headlines out of china appreciate it very much. good to see you. >> thank you likewise. >>> we just talked the economic and financial dynamics of the u.s./china relationship. national security is also forefront and needs to be factored into the macro picture for investors. china was perhaps the most pressing topic this weekend at the reagan national defense forum in southern california gathering of 700 ceos, top pen

starting with china-based social networking company, weibo.ying some of the content violated various laws. and beyond meat getting an upgrade, saying a nation-wide launch at mcdonald's could happen in less than three months the stock is down. and we're going to end on gamestop, because why not? after dropping to the lowest close since march and it's a mean stock wreckage in this market environment it's not just gamestop amc was down for all of the talk, diamond hands and all that, certainly it's seeing a big slide in recent weeks >> and in a year, it would seem on a weaker note butted as you pointed out both amc and gamestop shares are up amc we've seen significant selling from the ceo and cfo, selling anything that was left in his account and they're not going to make money at amc potentially for years to come. which is something we've been talking about but that hasn't stopped the stock and those who like it from sending the market cap to as high as 25 billion at one point. >> amc is still 10 times more valuable than it was in twenltd 20 gam

after friday this particular topic was trending on weibo, chinese social media platform.. a topic attracting tension on both sides of the pacific. david: 170 million. that is like my twitter account, 170 million followers. lydia, thank you very much. >>> taiwan is bracing for more even more chinese military patrols after air force fly-bys by the island doubled in 2021. republican congressman pat fallon joins us to discuss. pulling back, congressman, looking at the big picture, there is an article in "the washington post" by hugh hewitt china is the free world's biggest threat. the technological, military, economic might of china is greater as 2021 comes to a close than the ussr was at the height of its power. is china a bigger threat to the world than the ussr was during the cold war? >> oh i think, david, thanks for having me on. there is no doubt about that. i mean currently right now china has five times the population of the united states. their gdp is pretty much on par with ours. soviet union never came close in that regard to ours. china has standing military, 3 mi