president xi on the stage.t one country, two systems within macau, saying hong kong and macau issues do not need more interference. china will not allow more interference. david: those comments are being audience,by the taking a lot of these comments that we understand, just wrapping up. making his way through the crowd as well. to reiterate, china will not allow for an influence both in hong kong and macau. it was met by applause. there we go. the chinese president. yvonne: shaking hands with carrie lam. elected by the newly chief executive of macau as well. watching the movements in the hong kong dollar fall into the week half of the trading. led inty issues, but has the last couple of days. david: there we go. it is time for the battle of the charts. friday version. from singapore. they will pick their best -- they will pick their best charts against one another. access --oomberg can bloomberg viewers can access the charts. you can see a simple chart with a strong narrative behind it. fromrday, the bank cros

city xi jinping. china's governance but is that really a message for its next door neighbor hong kong that. was trying to topple the government of president. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us the chorus of protests against a new citizenship law in india is growing stronger protesters have clashed with police in cities across the country despite authorities banning protests in many areas at least 3 people have been killed protesters say the law which grants of indian citizenship for religious minorities except muslims from neighboring countries is non secular and goes against the indian constitution there are also fears the law in combination with a possible nationwide citizenship produced will strip indian muslims of citizenship here's more on what people are saying. and the other museum will be able to get into the citizenship of india over duties nor the muslim word is this is there is this is something this is a discrimination over act on the basis of the leader of hamas or your de

trade front but if you think if the security front if you think of the changes in chinese society under xi jinping there are sources of tension that extend well beyond the trade deal whether they are technological whether they are political whether they have to do with systemic change the idea that china is a rising power in the us a status quo power that the 2 sides at least for now have decided to you ex change small deals and we're yet to know. who benefits from more because i mean some could argue that on the on the eve of the christmas sales and in the light of the overall dacor of domestic politics both in the united states and in china a temporary deal would be better for both than no deal at all do you agree with that. i would agree with that a temporary deal politically at least it's in trump's interest certainly given that the electorate potion of the electorate that suffered under this was farmers many of whom were critical to his success for xi jinping facing all sorts of trouble at home whether it's over hong kong whether it's over whether it's over disagreements on environmen

president xi made a series of speeches calling for a crack down on separates, shows no mercy. what's happening. men with their hands bounded and heads shaved and blindfolded at a train station. cnn is not able to verify this video or where it was taken. two former detainees told cnn the same thing happened to them. they described being herded together with other inmates, moved from jail to jail. the chinese government initially deny the camps exist. now they call it voluntary vocational training, teaching people how to integrate into chinese society. >> xi jinping's dream is one nation and one country. >> what happens to people who don't fit into president xi's dream? >> they have been tortured or starvati starvation. their lives are unimaginable. >> this uighur journalist now in the united states says her brother has been mising for msi more than a year. she bursted into tears as soon as the interview ended. someone they love, vanished and no message and warnings, gone. >> the report is overwhelming and the chinese communist party committed human rights violations and abuses

of the electorate that suffered under this was farmers many of whom were critical to his success for xi jinping facing all sorts of trouble at home whether it's over hong kong whether it's over shin jiang whether it's over disagreements on environmental politics some sense of achievement would be important over here so yes a temporary deal is better than none at all and the other thing about a temporary deal is if it holds it allows you a platform for communication that can be used to talk about the other areas we were discussing now the trumpet ministration began its 1st term by essentially repudiating the use china policy over the last couple of decades and at times it sounded as if it wanted to undo the entire system of state. after all as i mean. 9 people like steve down and present to china as waging a war on the industrial democracies of the west is that still how china is see in washington are at least within the trumpet ministration in your view whether one thing that's worth noting is that this wasn't just the trump administration you can actually if you look at articles in for

also coming up he has her back chief executive carrie lamb gets full support from chinese president xi jinping despite the demands of pro-democracy protesters that may i'm sure to resign and demonstrators in the indian capital delhi towards vehicles in clash with police as they condemn a new law offering amnesty to refugees but not if they're muslims and the car sized satellite that will explore planets beyond our solar system and search for a possible life in outer space. i bring it off it's good to have you with us we begin with a story of death squads who allegedly silenced voices of dissent in the name of the president known as europe's last dictator in the former soviet republic of belarus 3 opposition politicians disappeared without a trace 20 years ago now bella ruse has been ruled by president you see him right there. alexander lukashenko for more than 2 decades his tight grip on power enabled by his pro russian stance and his 0 tolerance for dissent the missing men include a former interior minister this man you see right here yuri go there was speculation at the time that the

that may be a narrative president xi is changing.id: there is the headline -- president xi likes gambling in macau. [laughter] central banks in the united states and europe are getting ready for the new year with their decisions. we stopped to state street global advisors senior economist. ons is "balance of power" bloomberg television and radio. ♪ [ electrical buzzing ] [ dramatic music ] ahhhh! -ahhhh! elliott. you came back! >> looking ahead we will be monitoring the effects of our recent policy actions. it as we assess the appropriate path for the federal funds rate. cause aents emerge that material reassessment of our outlook, we will respond accordingly. policy does not run on a preset course. that was representative jayapal yesterday saying they will keep a close eye on the economy. so far so good. our guest is a senior economist. what was your overall take away? my impression was he was saying we were doing well we don't need to do much on the upside or downside. i think the same thing. i think the fed is comfortable where th

it comes as the chinese president xi is in the cap.ony bringing attention to the differences between the two cities. macau as a gambling hung. best hub. gambling hub. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. bloomberg. anna: thanks. let's get to our stocks to watch. dani burger is looking at commerce bank. anne-marie is on that news release from shale. filter fino is talking about nmc. dani: apollo is interested in buying commerce banks polis unit. it is not just apollo. a polish state back bank might be interested. there is potential for ing to get into the mix as well. commerzbank has asked for the bids to come in by january. one thing is clear. there's lots of interest here. perhaps a little bit of price war. anna: that's the story out of germany on banking this morning. let's come to you on shell. an early announcement from shell with regard meant best regards to impairment. annmarie: they are blaming it on macro problems. $2.3oks li

jinpingprices and xi will make a speech -- president xi jinping will make a speech in macau, to markand the unrest in hong kong across the pearl estuary. the president prays to for implementing measures such as patriotic education in schools and colleges. new south wales has declared a state of emergency. bushfires are burning out of control amid record summer temperatures. the last such declaration ran for a week in mid-november and was the first implemented in the state since 2013. six people have died in the fires and more than 800 properties and destroyed. sydney is also taking an economic hit with tourist groups being redirected to other parts of australia. 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 am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. a quick checket up on how markets are trading in the asia-pacific region. we are seeing a bit of a mixed picture with the nikkei falling .2%. for a third consecutive session. we are seeing communication and industrial stocks leading the decli

xi's vision is called "one belt, one road."wants to create a modern-day silk road, improving roads and ports to form a gigantic economic bloc stretching all the way to africa and europe. one country is set to play a particularly important role in this initiative. that country is myanmar, led by state councilor aung san suu kyi. a key part of xi's plan is this route linking southern china with myanmar's rakhine state. completion of this route would link china to the indian ocean without passing through the malacca straits, a development that would have significant strategic and economic benefits for china. in 2010, work began on construction of two pipelines along the new route. one for natural gas was completed in 2013. the other for crude oil was completed the following year. they pump these fuels 770 kilometers from the indian ocean to the chinese border. the pipelines start from an isisland in rakhine state. a port for offloading crude oil from tankers has already been n constructed d here. planans are movoving fward to n. c

chinese president xi jinping has praised mco as a shining chapter of the one country 2 systems model of governance she's in moscow as it celebrates 20 years since to form a portuguese colony to chinese. common. being viewed as a rebuke to pro-democracy activists in hong kong who have been staging protests in the city for more than 6 months now on kong like marco also comes another one country 2 systems form of government but that's where the similarities end with just one hour ferry ride separating aboard these places marco has proved to be more receptive to chinese than hong kong. for china it's time to embrace macau more than ever and like its rebellious brother hong kong the city has displayed much more obedience to beijing 20 years after being handed over from political for the anniversary is more than just a celebration it's also a chance for beijing to emphasize sovereignty over both former colonies or to. sense hong kong and macau retired to the motherland dealing with these 2 special administrative region is entirely china's entero affairs are none of the business of foreign

countries around us, singapore, southeast asia, obviously xi jingping is the most searched leader.uschina rendering, if you look at numbers, apart from donald trump, if you look at the leaders who have been around since 2014, angela merkel, xi jingping and modi, modi is globally the most searched but on country by country basis, if you said who is the most searched leader in this country, merkel wins in both countries. in fact, country, merkel wins in both countries. infact, not country, merkel wins in both countries. in fact, not that it's a competition... where you look at where modi is most searched, often in countries where there is a lot of expat indians living abroad, another credit to the fact the internet allows you to take your culture with you wherever you go. robin moroney speaking to me a little earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: another christmas in makeshift churches. we report on the plight of christians in the indonesian province of aceh. also on the programme: a safe landing for boeing's starliner space capsule, after its f

you can check out live go if you want to see more of president xi speaking in macau.updated on any important headlines. let's get you to annmarie hordern in london to walk us through the big stock stories in this early session. annmarie: a lot of corporate's to keep an eye out on, peterson up 3%. a change at the helm with the ceo stepping down. they are shutting the remaining stake in random house. has lost nearly two thirds of its value this year. 0.8%, another sign of consolidation. olson plunging down 14%. it is the fourth profit warning for the company in a year. no doubt why it is down. they are ending the year on a bad note. thank you to annmarie hordern. we are still watching live pictures of president xi speaking in macau talking about future developments, and it is a activity in protest hong kong. that is what we do not see in macau. , cio emea,o dan kemp morningstar investment thoughts on the chinese economy and what they need to do to stimulate or not at this point in the cycle. challenge facing the chinese economy is the ongoing transition from being an ex

i think that xi, everyone thinks xi is a genius mainstream immediate yarks loves xi 100 million people in concentration camps, we love xi. xi's major miscalculation, because if he's looked at the democrats, first of all, do you need 67 guys to find a guy guilty because in 2020 and you get warren, i know she peaked. they hate coal so much that they will hate xi more than trump >> i want you to, i don't want you to say phase one u for the rest of the time >> you're war barred from phase one. >> yeah. >> we overdid it on phase one. >> would you rather talk about eli manning or phase one. >> we're on phrase three, my dividend stocks. eli lilly. >> manning >> i'll give you a quick answer because i know you want to get focus back i'd rather be in merck pfizer eli lily is fine, but i think the pipelines in some of what's going on at the high-end of the management of those two, they're going to deliver disney is another name great dividend, buy back the stock. i could go through the list of the stocks i own, scott, when i'm looking at them. pepsi, coke. they're eququality names that g you a di

let's take you live to macau now where china's president xi jinping is attending a ceremony to mark thethe southern city's handover to the chinese. the visit is widely seen as a reward for the former portuguese colony's stability and its loyalty to mainland china. security has been tightened between macau and the neighbouring territory of hong kong where pro—democracy protests continue. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is in macau. tell us more. it has been days of celebration and a real sense of pride here in macau, the skyline of this city really tells the story of prosperity, this has been called the las vegas of asia, you consider glitzy buildings and casinos, this is really the gaming hub of the region and it has been the story of political stability and more crucially, of loyalty to mainland china that president xi jinping has been praising macau and as you say he has been presiding over the swearing—in of the new ceo, but really xijinping has been swearing—in of the new ceo, but really xi jinping has been trying to sell macau on this anniversary as a success story of the one coun

just this week. >> i have a very good relationship as you flow with president xi.throws of a very important deal. >> reporter: china's human rights records has been six months of protests in hong kong and they passed a bill supporting human rights in the chinese territory. the president signed the bill on wednesday. cnn examined other secret chinese government documents leaked by an investigative consortium. guards are told never allow escapes. detainees may not contact the outside world. china's ambassador to the u.k. calls the mounting evidence pure fabrication. >> there is no so-called labor camps. the government gave them opportunity to learn language, mandarin, to be a good citizen and effective worker. >> reporter: this carefully woven narrative unraveling with each new revelation. shining light on a dark secret. what many believe is the chinese president's plan to erase an entire culture. tonight china ministry of foreign affairs is categorically denying to cnn they were involved in any issues in the area and saying what is happening there is counter-terrori

but xi jinping will not accept a one-sided deal.has a lot of political capital, but not infinite amounts, and if he takes a deal that look at china is giving too much and not getting much in return, he will not have very much political capital. matt: what are the next steps here? they sign the phase one agreement, and then what? lighthizer, the u.s. trade rep, said a few weeks ago he and vice premier li hue will sign a deal in early january. all signs point to that still being the case. there was some talk after president trump said he would go to davos, that xi jinping would as well, but we reported recently president xi will skip davos, still waiting for january, probably in d.c., mr. hue sunny and mr. deal. matt: how likely is a complete trade deal in 2020? >john: with an election in the u.s. and what looks like a ilization in the chinese economy, you could argue it looks harder to make a phase two deal. buting is impossible, phase one looks like it will happen, and phase two looks a lot more difficult given the remaining issues

and xi jinping shows extremism he likens to thought viruses and contagion.basically what they're saying is the uyghur population has a disease that require cure through a painful treatment for invention. four. the chinese government tried it hide what they were doing in uyghur region. the government knew they would be horrified and looking for their missing family. and they knew they would face worse torture if they were to complain. the government also tried to hide what it was doing from the world because it knew the world wore horrified to find out what was happening. as early as may, 2014. xi jinping anticipated international criticism and told officials to ignore it. he said don't be afraid if hostile forces complain or if hostile forces malign the image. and the documents use the words meaning concentration. showing that the communist party intended to detain individuals for the purposes of collective punishment, transformation, because of their race, ethnicity, religious practices and political beliefs. this makes it reasonable and appropriate for us

we always hear that president xi is invincible. they have taken to calling him the king according to the ceo of a big time american industrial company that just came back from china. but food inflation, that's how kings get dethroned. that's right the chinese need to buy american pork regardless of what is happening in washington today. that's why i like tyson foods that stands to make a fortune if pork prices surge. why is that? because they sell pork themselves but we'll also be eating more beef and chicken it's going to become more affordable versus pork that's right in tyson's wheel house. i'd buy it right here. with or without the big chinese ag purchases if a thousand american flowers are blooming in china then you probably want to own nvidia that just had a ton of deals with chinese companies for its tips used in autonomous driving and artificial intelligence and gaming it's a prelude to finally giving them permission to acquire them. be i the way, the ceo told us when we went out there would close the deal would be immediat

for xi jinping comparisons to mallard's agung as well as deceive.he quotes the words of conscience call is to see new the virtues of legalism a nod to times authoritarian. and all the while he promotes confucius as a national brand across the world. the whole idea of pain is grounded on the sense of. success prosperity. the mandate of heaven i would take the country forward china triumphant in the glow of. an emperor need to have a leech intimate mandate to rule and anyone has the right to challenge the legitimacy of the apparatus if people believe he no longer has the mandate to rule. hello the heat is on yet again across much of australia we have. a route into more sudden sections of western australia but there's no real rain in the 4 calls instead it is about the hey look at these how much is 40 celsius in adelaide 30 degrees across into melbourne when we put the actual temperatures behind of the numbers you can see where all this red is so what we have across much of southern australia is severe heat warnings in place and in fact extreme heat wa

for xi jinping comparisons to mallard's a gong as well as deceive. he quotes the words of ancient scholars to see new the virtues of legalism a nod to times of thora terri and her and all the while he promotes confucius as a national brand across the world. the whole idea of pain is grounded on the sense of. success prosperity. the mandate of heaven i would take the country forward china triumph and in the glow of. an emperor need to have a digit to mitt mandate to rule and anyone has the right to challenge the legitimacy of the apparatus if people believe he no longer has the mandate to rule. col we got some rather lively weather pushing up the eastern seaboard of the u.s. at the moment we've seen some very heavy rain into parts of florida into georgia this area clapp looks like it's developed into something of a nor'easter as you go on through the next couple of days what weather pushing right out through the mid atlantic states down poles with some snow in the northern flank liaison nor'easter as we go on through sas day centuries should be genera

president trump and president xi-jinping speaking over the weekend, moving closer to the signing of the phase one trade deal. markets pointing to another record high. we've got gains across the board with the major indices once again in unchartered territory. dow futures up 23 points, s&p up 2, and nasdaq futures higher by 9. impeachment standoff, that continues this morning. congress is headed home for the holidays. but democrats are holding up sending the articles of impeachment to the senate. the battle focusing on witnesses now. what happens now? we are digging in. then the force not so strong this time around. star wars, the rise of skywalker number one at the box office in

for xi jinping comparisons to mallard's agung as well as to see if.he quotes the words of ancient scholars to see new the virtues of legalism a nod to times of thora tarion. and all the while he promotes confucius as a national brand across the world. the whole idea of pain is grounded on the sense of. success prosperity. the mandate of heaven i would take the country forward china triumph and in the globe. an emperor need to have a digit to mitt mandate to rule and anyone has the right to challenge the legitimacy of the apparatus if people believe he no longer has the mandate to rule. how the weather is desperately trying to quiet down across the middle east we've had some very heavy rain flooding rains falls on the west weather now in the process of pulling across iran towards afghanistan towards pakistan brought the skies will gradually come back in behind so there's that cloud then as we go on through thursday temperatures just about getting up to 26 celsius in karate father will couple tops off at around 10 degrees in a couple agrees more than th

for xi jinping comparisons to mallard's agung as well as to see if. he quotes the words of ancient scholars to see new the virtues of legalism a nod to times of thora tarion. and all the while he promotes confucius as a national brand across the world. the whole idea of pain is grounded on the sense of. success prosperity. the mandate of heaven i would take the country forward china triumph and in the glow of. an emperor need to have a lead you to mitt mandate to rule and anyone has the right to challenge the legitimacy of the apparatus if people believe he no longer has the mandate to rule. hello there we've had some rather welcome rain across some portions of queensland and new south wales not a lot really showing up on the brighter both the cloud that is where we have seen also some thunderstorms and they have indeed led to some very localized flooding so touches have come down as well 23 degrees expected in sydney on friday 29 inches but again in both places because the thunderstorms but the heat really is on into western australia 41 celsius in p

its grimmest and most complex years since its return to chinese rule for the 2 years ago president xi went on to say that ms lam had beijing's and wavering support despite her government's poor showing in recent local elections and this month's huge pro-democracy rally. we will continue to firmly support you and your leadership of the hong kong government in exercising government policy as mandated by law we will firmly support the police of hong kong in strictly enforcing the law all. people of all walks of life in hong kong will unite and work together to push hong kong's development back onto the right track. straight to hong kong where we joined journalist laurel cho a welcome so when present gives carry law he's full backing his other diplomatic nicety how does it actually carry weight i think it does carry it shows that the beijing government hasn't changed their stance they are still fully supporting not only carry on but also the police trying that they do can down everything they've done so are showing off that they are continuing to not address the protester demands it also

president xi has the expression of extremism and contagion. so the population has this disease from intervention. and the chinese government tried to hide what it was doing. they knew they would be horrified and desperate to find their missing or detained relatives. and that they would say if they were to complain. what they were doing from the world. and then president xi anticipated criticism and told officials or if hostile forces aligned those forces and since then they use the word meaning concentration and for the purposes of punishment transformation because of their race and ethnicity and religious practices that makes it reasonable and appropriate for concentration camps so what the international response has been and with those methods and that government and rational organizations have the consequences to annoy the communist party. the turkish foreign minister to stay silent on the issue the united kingdom and germany and eu and australia have spoken up with unfettered access to the camps. no country has announced sanctions nobody h

not that you would see that in the reporting of the chinese president xi jinping demands loyalty in the communist party he leads. and the media outlets the state control they have helped beijing sell its version of the sin jang story to domestic audiences through the pictures that whitewash what goes on in the prison camps stories of dance classes and vocational training. when questioned by international news outlets on the leaks chinese officials need to get their story straight denials from some like china's ambassador to the u.k. have been categorically. telling you what the documents you're talking about is a. fabrication but that was contradicted by a foreign ministry official in beijing who admitted the documents do exist but accused the new york times of sensationalistic reporting. these leaks may have revealed more than what is happening in synch the timing of the disclosures could reveal a thing or 2 about what is happening in beijing the president she does not tolerate leaks meaning that someone took a big risk in getting the documents out and she jumping took over 2012 made h

. ♪ jinpingse president xi calls of the project of the century.d. dollars, ittoday's has artie cost more than the u.s. marshall plan that rebuilds world -- europe after world war ii. world bank estimates that $575 been in the works. signedure's -- nations bills of interest. it is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in human history. ♪ project areor the astronomical. spending willy, total $1.3 trillion by 2027, and for china's global image on the world stage. >> china would like to make a deal more than i would. >> president donald trump skills back u.s. involvement. xi is positioning himself as a champion of global cooperation and free trade. the project is not without its critics. there are accusations that china is lowering porter countries into debt traps with some countries even downsizing or canceling projects even as new deals are being signed. several countries have had to rethink their involvement after popular backlash or change of government. sri lanka borrowed $8 billion to build a new port, could not repay the loans, and

. >> chinese president xi jinping calls it the project of the century.prawling belt and road initiative. sometimes called the new silk road. measured in today's dollars, it has already cost more than the u.s. marshall plan to rebuild europe after world war ii. the world bank estimates that $575 billion of energy plans, railways, ports, and other projects has been in the works. with 130 nations signing bills of interest, it is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in human history. the stakes for the belt and road project are astronomical. both monetarily, as morgan stanley estimates spending will total $1.3 trillion by 2027, and for china's global image on the world stage. >> china would like to make a deal more than i would. >> as president donald trump scales back u.s. involvement, xi is positioning himself as a champion of global cooperation and free trade. but the project is not without its critics. there are accusations that china is lowering poorer countries into debt traps with some countries even downsizing or canceling projects even

is, crackdown, if president xi is responsible, would you negotiate with xi jingping? >> again, i won't negotiate right now on this stage but i think he should be much firmer in his stance on this, and that we have to keep pushing them and i think eventually we will triumph but not if we lose or moral core. >> and u.s. military officials who work in europe and ukraine, ukrainian officials who i talked to say that the increased assistance since ukraine, including traveling missile, money for anti-sniper systems, more money for ukraine, has successfully deterred any russian incursion in eastern ukraine. so is that proof that the trump administration on policy, the trump administration policy on ukraine, is working? >> i think that this is a long-standing policy that a lot of people have been involved in. i actually personally advocated for sending more assistance to ukraine, when president obama was in, after trips that i took with juror durbin and then another one as i mentioned with senator mccain and senator graham. i don't attribute any one policy to some stabilizati

xi jinping is in neighboring macau.tention to the differences between the two cities. macau has built itself into a gambling hub. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: thank you very much. throughout 2019 investors have been putting cash and private public companies. it has made market participants concerned about peak private equity. here is dani burger joined by a manager from one of europe's largest private market firms which oversees 10 billion euros. dani: it is alleged in time and private equity markets, there is no shortage of interests and haven capital management, a household name and private debt started capital solution products for capital equity. joining me is a lead of that solution. , md &lehmler-brown partner, hayfin capital management. of 2019 has been remarkable. risk on optimism, a phase one trade agreement, the u.k. election out of the way. does this give you confidence for

china's president xi jinping is attending.ly seen as a reward for the former portuguese colony's stability and its loyalty to mainland china. its people have been much less politically active than their counterparts in hong kong, something that the chinese government has been keen to publicise. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is in macau. alton, what is the chinese president been saying there? he was full of praise for the people of macau and the leadership, he praised the wealthy casino hub's prosperity and their loyalty to beijing. and every speech he made the point and hammered home the message that macau has successfully implemented the one country has successfully implemented the one cou ntry two has successfully implemented the one country two systems principle, which is the same principle and formula under which hong kong is being governed with a very different political reality. unlike hong kong that has been rocked by these protests for more than six months now, anti—ageing sentiment really high, here in macau it is

back u.s.cales involvement, president xi is positioning himself as a champion of global cooperation,elopment, and free-trade. there are accusations that china is luring poorer countries into debt traps when they're canceling projects even as new deals are being signed. several countries have had to rethink their involvement. sri lanka borrowed $8 billion for newport, couldn't repave the roads and gave a state on chinese company a 99 year lease in exchange for debt relief. provides china a strategic birth along key shipping lanes. deal struck under its previous military regime. pres. trump: china would like a rollback. >> the trump administration has thought to capitalize on the doubts with mike pence telling the southeast asian nations that the u.s. would not offer a one-way road. in the face of criticism, president xi is doing damage control, calling it a road for peace. 2018, it will extend to the caribbean and the arctic and in between 19 israel became the first of seven nations to sign up brushing off warnings from american allies. these are the countries that approve of the belt

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xi urged them to come back. jodi schneider joins us. see xi jinping still backs carrie lam. it is interesting. this is after more than six months of unrest in the city. carrie lam has historically low approval ratings in hong kong had ae city last month record turnout, 70 1% of the populace of the citizens who ,ould vote voted for largely overwhelmingly, pro-democracy candidates with a local election . at the same time, it really did show the populace is still yetnd this movement, and carrie lam has not really responded in a meaningful way yet continues to have the full support of beijing. this is coming as we continue to see protests. we saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets as well. it seems there's a large divide here. much of the populace of hong kong sees her as part of the problem. the money doesn't particularly support carrie lam. we've got the back of england saying that $5 billion has left hong kong during all of this turmoil. what more do we know? reporter: we are seeing that. it has been a thought early on that there would be capital up flows for

xi jinping's administration has modified the religious text to reflect core socialist values. sensors will be able to flag paragraphs they want to see amended or re-translated. beorter: could there soon two different bibles, one validated for catholics around the world by the pope, another different one for the people of china -- reviewed, approved, and corrected by xi jinping? china's number one revealed in november his intention to strengthen control over the texts of all religions. 10 million chinese currently practice catholicism, but the communist party appoints the priests of the official church. the sermon is checked beforehand for references. a culture under surveillance. it is according to a vatican specialist. even this form of control may not be enough. >> the main principle of the church is contained in the goodwill of the 10 commandments. the premise is considered in the communist party as a criticism of the death penalty. reporter: in rome, chinese tourists arrived by the tens of thousands every day. most of them are not christian. in their eyes, a re-created bib

for xi jinping comparisons to mallard's agung as well as to see if. he quotes the words of ancient scholars to see new the virtues of legalism a nod to times of thora tarion. and all the while he promotes confucius as a national brand across the world. the whole idea of pinney is grounded on the sense of. success prosperity. the mandate of heaven i would take the country forward china triumph and in the glow of. an emperor need to have a digit to mitt mandate to rule and anyone has the right to challenge the legitimacy of the apparatus if people believe he no longer has the mandate to rule. a. day or 2 for afghanistan and iran as the cloud dissolves but building around turkey at the moment is the next system which i think will affect at least part of the levant the pictures a cloudy one on sunday but maybe just cloudy the shower or 2 up in syria and again north turkey for the most part it looks fine beyond that but don't let this 40 this massive cloud here in the gulf and the other one coming in from the east of it i think would effectively interact i

for xi jinping comparisons to mallard's agung as well as deceive.he quotes the words of ancient scholars to see new the virtues of legalism a nod to times of thora tarion. and all the while he promotes confucius as a national brand across the world. the whole idea of pain is grounded on the sense of. success prosperity. the mandate of heaven i would take the country forward china triumph and in the globe. an emperor need to have a digit to mitt mandate to rule and anyone has the right to challenge the legitimacy of the apparatus if people believe he no longer has the mandate to rule. i got some lovely warm sunshine for northern parts of argentina with me but to the north of that a lot of cloud around that pushes right up to the southeast of brazil just around east and posit paraguayan central and west and possibly still saying the heaviest showers as we go on through the next couple days and they will be some big ones to a slight all the way down from bolivia and all the possibly via down to the southeast and kona all brazil nudging a little further

xi jinping met with abe yesterday and brought up hong kong.us through the conversation. >> abe did bring up those issues. it's not the first time. i would expect he would continue to do so but i don't think those issues are likely to bring warming between china and japan. president xi jinping is expected to make a trip next year and it will be the first time that a head of state has made a trip to mainland china and a long time. >> how much improvement has there been in terms of relations and where will it go from here? >> in terms of china and korea the relations between countries have slowed down after the u.s. deploy a highd to altitude area of defense act to tackle missiles from north korea and deployed it in south korean territory and that led to a lot of not only the chinese government but chinese companies as well which has really taken a toll on chinese and south korean relations. when he met xi jinping yesterday he said that despite some , they said that they will overcome certain differences. an attempt to get over some issues and pu

to answer that question of who would xi jinping like to see in the white house next year?ow, our thinking is he would probably prefer the trump administration. what they see is, it is a devil you know. he is not, it is -- as effective as the messaging would lead one to believe. if you got an elizabeth warren, that is a wildcard from a china perspective. to your point earlier about how this sentiment has come across congress and the aisle with respect the parties, the democratic party could be much tougher on china. human rights for example. the republicans might be. we think xi jinping and china in general might prefer to deal with trump 2.0 rather than somebody new they have to figure out all over again. rishaad: thank you very much. india's market just open. let's get to mumbai. we may be looks like seeing this holding pattern happening in india, similar to what we have been seeing across asia today. >> that is absolutely right. so far, it has been flat. yesterday, we swung both ways paid we opened in negative, and there was some buying coming in at lower levels. this we