the xi jinping of 2012 would have welcomed opening up the chinese economy more, would have welcomed a liberalization of the investment regime to foreign companies. we are trying to find out who should jinping is. yvonne: is this a push toward capitalism, then? are are we veering toward a command economy still? much more there is demand in china that were direction reform is going. unbalanced reform over the last three or four years has been rather more statist, more biased against state unowned enterprises. what the u.s. is trying to do essentially is to force xi jinping to implement the kinds of reforms that we and they and most people in 2012 thought he was committing to. yvonne: i thought your chief china economist had a really important point and a very good one. we have the quote here. she basically was saying chinese production is serving the rest of the world, it's five times more important than the supply times -- supply chain serving the u.s. the house view seems that it will not he or china can essentially supply to the rest of the world and be ok. >> i think the focus for t

it shoots for xi jinping's vision for a high-tech megalopolis. mean for hong kong and for china? bridge is going to connect hong kong much closer to china and literal sense, the 3.5 to july used to be hours and now it will be 30 minutes. china, it is very significant. it is xi jinping's vision of the greater bay area to california's bay area. this is thetime, 40th anniversary of china's reform and opening up. if you think of the bigger picture, this is definitely an injinping's mine to bring -- xi jinping's mind to bring the economy to a next level. haidi: is also a political implication and how they view ma cao and hong kong in relation to beijing? >> we are expecting xi jinping at the opening ceremony today at about 9 a.m., in about 20 minutes time. hongitely this is bringing kong and china closer but this is really -- this really has a lot of economic implications for the area. if you think about the trade war now, this area also used to be the world factory -- the world's factory. -- they're going into financial and technological development.

there were reports today that xi jinping and donald trump would meet face-to-face.the g20 olive the pboc has keep the best-kept the yuan -- kept the yuan stable. they think maybe this is a signal the central bank wants to give stability in the yuan, especially when you see market pressure. of the see any kinds u.s.-china stall yet? srinivas: i think it is too early -- talks yet? shery: i think it is too early. . the last talk was mike pompeo are going to meet about north korea. that last exchange did not do well. on how therustrated relationship was evolving. that much.ring also the fact that you have the new nafta 2.0 deal which was led by ambassador light heiser who is a china hawk. people say if he gains the upper hand in negotiation, with china that would not be a good signal. romaine: let's turn to tencent, this is a stock everyone talks about down 10 or 11 days in a row. the wallave news from street journal saying they might be pulling their music ipo they were planning. shery: what is really interesting, back in hong kong, we were saying we should have bought

historic turning point he's on a three day visit to china that is due to meet china's president xi jinping in the coming hours relations between the two countries have been somewhat strained since the second world war. the f.b.i. has sent search teams to mail sorting centers in the u.s. to try to trace who's been sending bombs to high profile critics of president donald trump so far ten suspicious passes have been found among those targeted the former president barack obama his vice president joe biden and trump's democrat opponent in the twenty sixteen election campaign hillary clinton i was there as patty culhane reports. another day another shot of a crude bomb being carted away to be deactivated on thursday in full open pipe similar to this founded a business owned by actor robert deniro two more devices found in delaware addressed to former vice president joe biden the targets are a who's who. of the president's critics the very people the president has personally attacked many say this is proof the president has gone too far this has come from trump trump has used you know describe p

both are for shinzo abe and xi jinping.jinping does not have a great relationship with japan as a having better japan as a better relationship when it comes to potentially trade -- caroline: what do they sell into each other? shery: the trade is great. china is japan's biggest trading partners. we know the u.s. has tried to push japanese carmakers to produce more within the u.s., but even then, local media reporting toyota wants to increase production in china by 20%. joe: quickly, on the markets, are we seeing this whatever we do and asia does we do? what is your rate on today? shery: we kept asking who is leading. comes back with new stimulus measures, tries to boost the markets and wall street comes over and pulls the down. we have three losses for the asia-pacific and we have not seen this you'd plunge since the financial crisis. things don't look good. we had a good day and wall street but it does not look back at fraser. caroline: we want to stick with shery ahn. you cannot miss her at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. the ecb presid

countries have signed a series of trade agreements they will hold talks with china's president xi jinping in the coming hours despite growing trade ties in recent decades japan and china have had something of a strained relationship since the end of the second world war. two a choice from competition to cooperation relations between japan and china are in the process of entering a new era we agreed to move forward towards realizing peace cooperation of friendship this includes taking measures towards averting maritime accidents in the east china sea and working towards establishing a hotline as soon as possible between maritime an aerial communication mechanism steven knight is an associate professor at the christian university he says that both china and japan can gain from warmer relations as china deals with trade hostility from the u.s. . both countries would like to move their relation race relationship back to focusing on economics focusing on trade and to push aside some of the difficult political issues that really is a division between the two states who has the most to win this

is washington underestimating how much xi jinping can be resilient to the pressure? fred: perhaps.s not a democracy. our presidents have to face the voters. tell -- donald trump has made the midterms a mandate on his administration. having a fight with germany or britain, the voters are concerned. less so with china. therefore, this is a much more tricky situation to try to decipher. shery: we are now seeing the u.s. having a trade deal with mexico and canada, the new usmca. we are seeing ongoing talks with the eu. they have started trade negotiations with japan. are we getting closer to a point where we have a united front against china? the transpacific partnership was the perfect united front. we had 11 other countries, many of them in the backyard of china . we may move forward with japan. that remains to be seen. the u.s.-mexico-canadian agreement makes some steps forward. it is somewhat of a replica on a smaller scale. what is not clear is what is the real agenda. it is still not clear even who is leading the trade negotiations with china. 2.0, theeen nafta ambassador burnish

you know easier to to to grab and to to use him as a tool against him and what about xi jinping what sort of resistance do you think he is facing if indeed he's facing any resistance or tool from elements within the communist party i think he is facing a lot of resistance there are lots of people concerned because the catholic church is known to be a friend of the west and to have. hidden agendas are and that really a hidden agenda is really to topple the communist party in a stumbling garden of what but he must have seen you know what happened in poland more than more than thirty years ago when he sees the power of the church could have this potential risk here for xi jinping is in the yes there is and then there is been talk about this issue. a lot of talk about it and i think correctly so all the vatican said yes we had an objective role not a subjective role but the issue in poland and in the former soviet union was the. that the system was broken and fraud trial and therefore it brought down however they said we helped. cuba to survive cuba is still a socialist country so there

president xi jinping signature economic policy the so-called one bold one road initiative japan hasn't yet committed on that later today shinzo rb will be meeting president xi jinping will be a dinner this evening as to how this visit is being reported by state controlled media it's actually been quite subdued it sort of right down the running order much more emphasis is being given to president xi jinping xnu call for deepening reform to continue and the fact that the united states is going to be selling more arms to taiwan those are the issues which are dominating the news agenda here in china today not so much the visit by shinzo of ok adrian brown and beijing adrian thank you former malaysian prime minister najib razak and has top treasury bonds are facing new charges in a widening crackdown on corruption both men pleaded not guilty to six charges relating to the looting of more than one and a half billion dollars from the government and that's meant as he has already facing dozens of charges over the case including money laundering and abuse of power he denies any wrongdoing or fr

influence in the asia pacific region where as president xi jinping once shinzo rb to do what he can to limit the impact of the escalating trade war between china and the united states he also wants shinzo abhi not to be drawn into a strategy which seeks to contain china so shinzo abi has a difficult job here it's something of a balancing act yes he wants to have improved relations with china but he doesn't want to upset president donald trump because of the end of the day the united states is the main security guarantee for japan adrian thanks very much stephen naggy is senior associate professor of the tokyo christian university he says both china and japan can benefit from improving ties both countries would like to move their relation relationship back to focusing on economics focusing on trade and to push aside some of the difficult political issues that really is a division between the two states who has the most to win this is very difficult question to ask but i think we can clearly understand that beijing is concerned about the sino u.s. relationship they're concerned about the

a year o ar there, xi jinping, leader for life if he chooses to be, committed china to becoming a worldr in influence, and in military power. what he didn't add is that china is also becoming far more authoritarian. my local producer sh what happens if you try to text the name of a government critic on social media. >> iould like to say we are going to arrange an interview. that goes through. john: ok, now put in a name and see what happens wheyou do that. >> let's try th. john: we sent it, but it does not come through. it is blocked. yet, even though he is constantlyma monitored, ged to meet up with another journalist wh recently wrote an open letter strongly criticizing president xi. >> currently under xi jinping, power is becoming more and more concentrated. the country will be more a tyranny. there will be more stepping on the rule of law. the outlook is completely pessimistic. : the problem is that china's values are so different from the west's. it demandsotal obedience to the state and resents any outside criticism, though china insists it is no threat to the west. what does it a

it means anyone can be next. >>> for china's president xi jinping, the country's most powerful leaderdecades, and the man donald trump calls a good friend, there is no celebrity too big or human rights lawyer too small who can't be taken down as a threat. matt rivers, cnn, beijing. >> we could miss use the word epidemic, but that's what the spread of misinformation in a digitally small world often feels like. and we will look at just how contagious it's become. back in a moment. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done! at first slice pizza lovers everywhere meet o, that's good! frozen pizza one third of our classic crust is made with cauliflower but that's not stopping anyone o, that's good! heyi'm craving somethingkin! we're missing. the ceramides in cerave. they help restore my natural bar

believe has strengthened president xijinping's political believe has strengthened president xi jinping'sng's political power. this is the first time china has targeted one of its citizens with such a high international profile. the government has accused mr meng of accepting bribes and doing things his own way but there is also speculation that hisjob his own way but there is also speculation that his job here at interpol might have brought him into conflict with the chinese authorities. his wife said she received threats that day she reported her husband missing and that they haven't —— she hasn't yet told her children the truth. told them he has been on a long trip. for three days, they haven't known this kind of question, mummy, when is daddy back? i want to talk to daddy. we wa nt daddy back? i want to talk to daddy. we want his voice. that's why i must stand up and i don't want any other wife and children like me. mr meng's career at interpol appears to be over. a new president has already been appointed. an international profile, a global role and a communist party position no matc

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we may have this meeting at g20 between president trump and president trump xi jinping that seemed toa boost along with technology what's the story from your perspective in london? >> i mean, i think any dialogue between the u.s. and china is going to be welcome. i think this quite clear with a major headwind for the market and it is something that contradicted to the clients this week. by the way we expect anything to come from another thing but anything really that takes some of the heat away from markets from past couple of days is seen as a good thing so far markets have gained marginally in comparison to decline so we need to be a little bit careful on reading into into today moves. >> again it is how we close not how we open so reminding viewers that have. but at the same time todd if you look at what happened in the interday with dow yesterday there was this 15 minute piece of a market that was 2:30, 2:45 eastern time with a 4 point drop that was one big sell order, the average investors wonders am i really left out of this market is it all about traders and fun managers and he

a heavyweight in the ring when president trump meets china's president xi jinping next month? fox business will be there covering this event. michael pillsbury helped define our country's economic and military relationship with china by working with various administrations including the current one. the markets were already down, let's be very honest about that, but when larry kudlow, the chief economic mouthpiece for the government, came through and said to the detroit group that he was speaking with, the chinese are uncooperative, boy, did we drop. i think we dropped to session lows of about 470 points to the downside. what did he mean by that? >> what did larry kudlow mean? i think he misunderstands the president's true views, and the president's strategy. larry kudlow should correct his statement, in my view. president trump has been very clear he wants a deal with china. they have been uncooperative in the sense up until now but they are certainly going to come around given all of this pressure. frankly, i can tell you, you can buy and if you go into a bookstore in beijin

facility operated by the charity oxfam international in two thousand and fifteen chinese president xi jinping has unveiled the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to the chinese mainland the hong kong you are in macau bridge is part of a larger plan to bring together more than a dozen cities to a high tech hub it's been controversial in hong kong though where residents are wary of attempts by beijing to restrict their autonomy it's also been criticized over its high costs and for endangering local wildlife cameroonian president paul beer has won reelection by a landslide extending his thirty six year rule that meant opposition claims of voter fraud and eighty five is the oldest leader in sub-saharan africa it's counting the cost now stay with us. on behalf of her majesty's government i apologize reservedly a historic apology for one of british intelligence his darkest episodes there's a growing agreement that the libyans could be quite useful to the west seven years after the death of gadhafi al-jazeera world investigates western collusion with the libyan security services.

we also heard the president say earlier that we could see a meeting taking place between him and xi jinpingcomments may not have come from the president. let's get now to the battle of the charts. if you like these charts, you can find them on your bloomberg. hit gtv . >> you know i am going with a chart today because a lot of ink has been spilled trying to see why we are seeing the selloff area you can see a reason within the plot. that is the value buying cheaper shares have been outperforming growth and momentum shares. yesterday, and outperformed by 1%. this is the fourth time in the past nine years that this is happened. you can see how much this volatility has kicked off over the past couple years. we are seeing this again today. this is something we will want to keep an eye on today. we had some big qantas unwinding. will wecontinuing or see this translate into broad-based selling? you can see that a gtv . mine is also a very pleasant chart. i am showing you the reaction of hedge funds. goldman sachs hedge fund industry, this jibes with what was said earlier about it being th

or japan's prime minister shinzo is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping he's also met premier league kick yang it is the first stand alone visit by a japanese leader and seven years analysts say it signifies a warming of relations between ages two largest economies adrian brown is live for us in beijing so aging why is this visit happening now. well has and i think it's fair to say that a japanese prime minister was not always welcome here in beijing certainly a visit by shinzo of a would have seemed unthinkable just six years ago but now the leaders of asia's two largest economies have agreed to basically put their differences aside to sit down and talk to one another as opposed to threatening each other which is what was happening not so long ago i think what has changed things what has changed the dynamic in the relationship is the election of president donald trump because both tokyo and beijing have been feeling the heat from the white house president from pursue also been threatening japan over its trade practices and of course tokyo is worried that president

chinese president xi jinping has unveiled the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to the chinese mainland hong kong's why macau bridge is part of a larger plan to bring together more than a dozen cities into a high tech hub it's been controversial in hong kong where residents a wary of attempts by beijing to restrict their autonomy it's also been criticized for its high cost and for endangering local wildlife so a clock has more from hong kong. this is certainly an extraordinary infrastructure project ten years in the making almost sixty kilometers long six point seven kilometers of tunnels and two manmade islands today with the official opening. tomorrow it will be open to the public and this bridge is designed to connect three major cities a jew high in china mainland china hong kong and macau and while there be a limited number of private vehicles allowed to take this bridge the main mode of transport will be shuttle buses and trucking companies. companies trucks. items from mainland china through to hong kong the airport and the port until now the main mode of

chinese president xi jinping is unveiled the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to the chinese mainland hong kong. bridge is part of the law. your plan to bring together more than a dozen cities into a high tech hub it's been controversial in hong kong where residents are wary of attempts by beijing to restrict their autonomy it's also been criticised over its high costs and for endangering local wildlife sec a closer look at the bridge itself the twenty billion dollar project spans fifty five kilometers and took nine years to complete the bridge connects the city of joy on the chinese mainland with the semi autonomous regions of hong kong and macau with i think ludes and on the sea tunnel more than six kilometers long designed to avoid disrupts in shipping lanes well sarah clarke joins us now live from hong kong so it's a bridge in more than one meaning i guess how much of a game changer is it expected to be the relationship between hong kong on the mainland. well the bridge is designed to ease the commute the transport system between the mainland pick out and hong

what really changed, president xi jinping talking about this unwavering support for the private sector talks of an income tax cut. it is flying here this morning because we were expecting something like this but not as broad-based. might get a tax reduction on your mortgage, rent, health care and even child's tuition, like some of these education stocks. one is flight 11%. and brokerages doing the very good after concerns seem to be tapered off a little bit today. how sustainable is this really is? another guest we talked about see we did not see beijing deliver on concrete policy measures. citigroup is focusing on terms of the infrastructure coming through beautifully. the very latest on the asian markets. let us get you first word news. good day. >> good day. progress on brexit in the parliament. , after organizers estimated 700,000 people attended a weekend demonstration demanding a set the vote on any final don't. -- demanding a second vote on any final exit. >> we closed the resolution of almost all issues. the main issue is the bridge between the future relationship. if you liste

countries have signed a series of trade agreements they will hold talks with china's president xi jinping in the coming hours despite growing trade ties in recent decades japan and china have had a strained relationship since the end of the second world war more now from our beijing correspondent adrian brown. the leaders of asia's two largest economies have agreed to basically put their differences aside to sit down and talk to one another as opposed to threatening each other which is what was happening not so long ago i think what has changed think what has changed the dynamic in the relationship is the election of president donald trump because both tokyo and beijing have been feeling the heat from the white house president from pursue also been threatening japan over its trade practices and of course tokyo is worried that president trumps america first policy could lead to a scaling back of the u.s. military presence in asia and i think the message from china's leaders to shinzo abi is going to be this you know china can be a stable alternative to the united states already the value o

the chinese president xi jinping officially opening the bridge two years behind schedule the structure includes a seven kilometer long underwater tunnel and was built to withstand earthquakes typhoons and collisions with ships but the project is not without its critics especially in hong kong some point to the project going fifteen billion euros of a budget while the territory has a deficit of affordable housing for others it symbolizes beijing's ambitions to further integrate hong kong into china and erode the city's autonomy and freedoms if not exactly necessary because hong kong is connected to mainland china in every way already by land by air by sea the pearl river delta economic zone comprises eleven cities which now have hopes of a tourism boom. similar to that enjoyed by casino hope macau the mega bridge opens to traffic on wednesday complete with possible controls the number of vehicles using it well initially be restricted leaving many locals having to take a bus to cross it. isin business with you. on the roadways you're a mass joyous find the most populous countries to visi

chinese president xi jinping has unveiled the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to the chinese mainland hong kong to high bridge is part of a larger plan to bring together more than a dozen cities into a high tech hub but the fifty five columns of crossing has been controversial in hong kong has been criticized for its high cost for endangering the local wildlife . there with al-jazeera these are top stories takis president is vowing to reveal what he calls the naked truth about jamal khashoggi killing. is expected to give a statement in the next couple of hours on the evidence uncovered by the three weeks investigation in his latest comments the us president has called the killing of the saudi journalist a plot gone awry donald trump and sent the heads of the cia to turkey to clarify information on the case that says a new report is adding to the growing weight of evidence linking the saudi crown prince of the case goes into intelligence sources the reuters news agency reports that a key aide to mohamed bin solomon gave real time instructions over skype to the h

monk found himself on the wrong side of the political divide in china at a time when president xi jinping is intensifying his anti corruption crackdown. protests have been organized across france and elsewhere in europe in support of a migrant rescue vessel the crew of the aquarius is trying to renew the ship's documentation last say off of panama revokes its registration last month credited with rescuing almost thousand people at least fifteen thousand migrants refugees have drowned whilst trying to cross the mediterranean in the past four years. when those protests in paris france russia was seeing people coming out from the streets a petition tell us what people there are saying. we see the protests behind me wearing orange hats to symbolize a life jacket and the equerries itself it's called is orange making yet to cool on europe while any country great to try and read. the aquarius that is most it's black it's white to be in the sea but we were only aquarius meeting the crew on friday in the port of mass and i can tell you those real sense of frustration amongst the people i spoke to

chinese citizen ever to hold up pose down no one could monks disappearance be linked to president xi jinping ongoing anti corruption campaign. well yes it's important we get some context here because the man who was ultimately his boss three years ago joe young kung who was basically the j. edgar hoover of chinese politics was jailed for three years for life for corruption in two thousand and fifteen and another vice president of the public security bureau was jailed in two thousand and sixteen and mung of course was also a vice president of the public security bureau before he took up his position with interpol so you can see there is a pattern emerging here almost certainly daryn this is to do with politics i think it's possible the mung has found himself on the wrong side of the political divide president xi jinping has been carrying out an anti corruption campaign that began more than six years ago injuring that time more than a million low ranking and high ranking party officials have been detained interesting to note daryn that monks name still appears on the public security website to

condition will continue with me visiting china next month to be followed by my inviting president xi jinping to japan, thereby adding to our bilateral relations and to the entire region another definitive axle for stability. when the confrontation, confrontational structure is cleared out of northeast asia the maritime corridor running from the arctic ocean to the sea of japan to the pacific ocean to the indian ocean would become increasing important. japan located directly above and also possessing vast exclusive economic zone hopes for stability and peace in these waters as well as in the air spaces about them. the countries of asia by at the confluence of the two seas, the pacific and indian oceans, and it was the forerunners living in what we now call the pacific island countries who in error is long past crossed these two options to introduce products too far away eastern africa. but i called the free and open indo-pacific strategy drives from our desire to reserve the blessings of open seas together with these very countries as well as the united states, australia, india and others and

more government stimulus boosted chinese stocks for a second straight session chinese president xi jinping had vowed to support the country's private sector beijing's plans to cut personal income taxes have also improved investor sentiment following signs of slowing growth the shanghai composite index is now on track for its largest gain in two years after surging more than four percent today. budget carrier ryanair logged a seven percent fall in profit in the april to september period summer is a key season for europe's largest budget carrier but it took a hit from rising fuel costs and lackluster bookings caused by strikes and they also warns it will have to keep short haul ticket prices low this winter meanwhile the carrier is bracing for more reputational damage ryanair cabin crew failed to remove an irate passenger who held racist insults at a woman fellow passengers from situations so unpleasant that they felt they had to intervene a video showing the incident on a flight was posted online. let's bring in our financial correspondent brits from frankfurt. paul ryan has come up with so

hopefully xi jinping will listen to the people at the people's bank of china.at's needed now. if china slows, the currency weakens, and the trade war escalates, will the u.s. remain immune? bill: eventually, no. right now we are the outlier, fortunately, but over time we are still a global economy and we are into related to such a degree that over time we can't. what thisy administration has in mind, but i think what they are hoping for is that if they can get some sort of an arrangement on intellectual property going forward, that's going to be the tough one. i think that on trade something to be worked out. i'm more concerned about the intellectual property side, which is really between the united states and europe. europe should be very concerned about that. i recently came back from france and i talked to a series of senior people in the financial area, past and present. they basically said that trump has got it right. in the eu and the eurozone the have it wrong because at the end of the day we should be as concerned as the u.s. about intellectual property

however ranking leaders on doing the right thing and trump is well down the list lower than china's xi jinping. ojo sure. shake loose. but that's not to say that trump and doesn't have those who hang on his every word taze huge in the philippines it seems most people there love nothing more than an outspoken well to mention provocative man in control and you don't even have to be able to hold a chew. the. food you can. use the minute you leave and in israel forget about it trump is the man pulling out of the iran nuclear deal and moving the us embassy to do. roussillon has earned him serious brownie points and alienated a whole bunch of people to we have i would say probably the best relationships right now with israel that we have or had the who's close you know is maybe ever before. with the term say and netanyahu on his side chant passes the pause but it's with china's when a son's coupled with america's decline does trump really have what it takes to remain at the top of the world pedestal how likely to think you he's to succeed so i want. one. i don't think it's possible the three zero sc

a local tv station in hunan province is airing a game show about xi jinping, including questions aboutresting. markets, as i have mentioned, the money is flowing to the united states. we have bond yields going up in time, so this is our shares are doing in asia. it falls again. today it. it has been a big theme of the week. we had a strong japanese yen hitting exporters in tokyo. —— big falls again today. the paris auto show opens its doors to the public on thursday. it's one of the biggest car exhibitions on the calendar and attracts automobile enthusiasts from around the world. the latest models will be on display, including one very unusual vehicle that's not as fast as it looks. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. this is a car show, this is a car. so far, nothing out of the ordinary. but look closely, this car is not quite what it seems. it may appear to be a bugatti, the high—powered favourite of petrolheads the world over, but it's actually an exact replica made out of little plastic bricks. more than one million pieces of lego technic put together to achieve this model. it's 1.5 ton

the chinese president xi jinping officially opening the bridge two years behind schedule the structure includes a seven comments along underwater tunnel and was built to withstand earthquakes typhoons and collisions with ships but the project is not without its critics especially in hong kong some point to the project going fifteen billion euros of a budget while the territory has a deficit of affordable housing for others it symbolizes beijing's ambitions to further integrate hong kong into china and erode the city's autonomy and freedoms it's not exactly necessary because hong kong is connected to mainland china in every way already by land by air by sea the poll river delta economic zone comprises eleven cities which now have hopes of a tourism boom similar to that enjoyed by casino macau the mega bridge opens to traffic on wednesday complete with possible controls the number of vehicles using it were initially be restricted leaving many locals having to take a bus to cross it. sounds force for years now at tennis in the w c a finals in singapore were kicking barrington's the number

in the relationship between the two countries are based you to meet with the chinese president xi jinping later today. joining me now from beijing is deed of the correspondent. welcome what is from your perspective how significant is this meeting and why do you think it comes now. historic is a big word but for himself this is probably is torek he has been unwelcome all socially unwelcome in beijing for most years that's because of his nationalist retore x. and his unwillingness to address japan's wartime on the other hand japan also is very unhappy about china's military behavior in the region its assertiveness so post the ties have been very tight very. restrained during the last five years and so this is really a step forward and both sides have to overcome a bit of their of their restraints so. both countries still remain very important economic partners so it's a natural step for them to try to get to back together again and it is as you said i mean they are economic bought doesn't create is a always they big on their agenda when they talk but me on that given the differences it just

and talking about distance officials have opened the world's longest sea bridge chinese president xi jinping inaugurating the fifty five kilometers of cement which today a cow with hong kong and the chinese mainland it cuts a fully four hour journey to just thirty minutes construction took nearly a decade and cost twenty billion dollars critics say the project which has been dogged by safety issues and delays will never recoup its construction costs the bridge is set to open to regular traffic on wednesday. business with a. woman . cutlery. global becoming a city of a nice nation it's a mecca a numbers of people living in cities across soaring and the challenges are growing so how do you plan to make a long list. future transportation concepts mean life is affordable living space for everyone on a table. for example. sleep . carefully. don't suit me. to be a good. match. and discover how much. illegibly. subscribe to a documentary on you tube. indeed the new magazine on w. . graphic books hijack innovation. big ecological challenges legs india a country that's always changing. with the peopl

turning point in the relationship between china and japan abbay is due to meet with chinese president xi jinping later today. somewhere let's bring in correspondent mathias ball into who is standing by in beijing is this indeed a historic store a turning point mathias. it certainly is for mr harvey just a few years ago he has been labeled unwelcome by beijing mr are behind the. creasing in nationalist politics and his reluctance to address the country's wartime past has made him not very welcome in beijing on the other side japan is wary of china's new assertiveness and its military expansion in the south china sea so both sides have been increasing nationalistic ties have deteriorated and both had to swallow quite a bit of their pride in order to make this meeting possible how much this china's relationship with the united states weigh in here. well donald trump might not be the only reason for this meeting but he says sure is a major reason. china is of course anxious about what is going to happen to international trade so it's trying to strengthen its ties with other countries and japan might

. >> reporter: china state television, chinese president xi jinping is ordering forces in the regiono make concrete preparations for fighting a war and at the white house preparations for further economic confrontation. the trump administration planning to announce tariffs on all remaining chinese imports into the united states according to bloomberg which reports the us would impose those tariffs if discussions fail between donald trump and xi jinping. the two leaders are planning to meet next month at the g 20 in buenos aires. >> we will make a great deal with china because they drained our country. we really helped rebuild china. they have taken out an average of $500 billion. not going to happen anymore. >> reporter: the president said he had $267 billion tariffs in chinese products ready to go if he fails to strike a deal. the us at $250 billion in chinese imports with tariffs. the justice department announced indictments against chinese intelligence officers and hackers who officials say repeatedly sold sets to aerospace companies and hackers stole information on a type of airp

there is a report the donald trump and xi jinping meeting is on and they are working to set an agenda. could they compromise on tariffs? it is possible. if not, look for more trade growth as companies try to get ahead of the 25% tariffs. there's also the china team, the rumored intervention in the markets from the chinese when they get a plunge. thoughts they were in the markets today and helped the composite in higher -- end higher. david: thank you. alessandra, there has been back-and-forth on the italian budget and how much the e.u. objects to it. where are we now? >> the e.u. still objects to it pretty much. i think markets are celebrating a little because they are exhausted. they are beginning to understand this is a slow process. the e.u. has sent a letter to italy saying this is an unacceptable budget, that the spending by the you tying government is too high, the debt is too high. the e.u. commissioner was in rome. his language was conciliatory. the e.u. is waiting for a response from italy on the letter. we will get a response from italy by noon on monday rome time, and then

the two countries have signed a series of trade agreements they will hold talks with president xi jinping in the coming hours three journalists have been released from detention in myanmar after the country's president intervened the man who worked for the country's largest private newspaper were arrested earlier this month following the publication of a story alleging that officials in yangon that mismanaged public phones they've been facing two years in prison painted over here that he is a little over twenty five but it's on zero after one or one east thanks to. if inscribed at the west bank if a west average path couldn't touch and tell if a pipe had been set on height or if not why does this updated nafta have the kind of support that it needs we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. there the children with nowhere to go and no one to care for them. in china the sons and daughters of jailed criminals are often left shocked and alone for some a shelter in beijing is the closest they'll get to a place they can call home. i

hugh of get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world chinese president xi jinping has officially opened to the world's longest sea bridge the fifty five kilometer bridge connects macau and hong kong with the chinese mainland construction took nearly a decade and cost some twenty billion dollars drivers will need a special permit and will be monitored for tired. tired mess excuse me as they make the thirty minute crossing. in mexico with already these are calling on residents to seek refuge in temporary shelters as hurricane years the country's pacific coast throughout the region people are preparing for the worst the storm has weakened overnight but meteorologists warn that it will likely batter coastal regions with wind speeds in excess of two hundred kilometers per hour. so it's only two weeks until midterm congressional elections in the united states and an unprecedented number of women are running for office it's being called the pink wave and is in the thick of a. it today we profile a republican vying for a seat that her party must win if it's going to keep i

the verbal support coming in from xi jinping over the weekend.to see what will happen today. haidi: you take a look at what is going on with meetings at the moment, the lack of traction from tokyo and seoul stocks. is there a sense that this is painting a picture of a dead cat? mark: certainly. over the weekend we got a reminder of how bad geopolitics is. the u.s. will pull out of a nuclear agreement with russia. we have seen continuing saga was saudi arabia. donald trump still insists is not ready to lift tariffs against china. there is a deluge of reasons for people to be negative on financial markets. when you hear all that going on, how can you get excited about the outlook for global growth? when the imf downgraded their outlook for next year, they may be the first of many to do that. right now it is very difficult for people to be optimistic on what is going on. current earnings may not be too bad, but what will happen next year? the outlook is not great. ramy: it does seem there is more pressure than lift. one other source of pressure is s

the us is preparing to add tariffs to all chinese imports if talks between president trump and xi jinpingn see it was not a great day on wall street with the s&p 500 falling over 2% before bouncing back to end still lower and the tech heavy index the nasdaq was just shy ofa heavy index the nasdaq was just shy of a correction, that's for the second time this year. now, our new york business correspondent gave us the rundown of the hardest—hit stocks. correspondent gave us the rundown of the hardest-hit stocks. well, it would come at no surprise that boeing was one of the hardest—hit stocks because they export 80% of what they manufacture in the us and much of those exports go to china so unsurprisingly the idea that these imports could be subject to tariffs means that many investors are worried that boeing products sold to the chinese market could be subject to retaliatory tariffs. in any case it is not good for the aerospace giantand it is not good for the aerospace giant and that's why we saw boeing shares plunge over 6%. that is their biggest fall since 2016. but of course it wasn'tjust

does xi jinping believe in private capital do you think >> xi jinping believes in keeping control ands in his hands firmly if he thinks the business side is not helping him, i'm sure that he's not ideologically wedded to free markets in that sense. for him i guess the calculus is if we destabilize the private sector does it reflect badly on me i don't think he's ideologically underpinned with it. some members of his government, the phrase, however it translates in chinese, the state advances, the private sector retreats we've had a lot of people not thinking this is the policy, it will be temporary. we've refloated back to the private sector >> i read another piece that talks about the word opportunitily is made up of risk and -- two characters, i'm going to scream. that's my personal bent. >> the budget's going to do more to wall street today 120 pages. >> i'm going to be pulling my hair out, no doubt. >> get a chance for will hammond to give its final budget statement before brittain leaves the eu hammond is one holding the pursestrings and ushering in a decade in austerity. speakin

possible that mom's demise is in somehow a sort of warning shot to potential rivals to president xi jinping this is what could happen to you if you dare to take me on i think it also demonstrates adrian that the that the arm of the chinese state is very very long and i think you know if you were a chinese official in a major international organization based overseas you'd be feeling a little bit nervous right now because you know china has demonstrated that if it wants to bring you home it can do we don't know whether mung was was summoned ordered to return to beijing when he left leon on september the twenty fifth but it's fair to assume he must have known what fate awaited him you know he will now as i say be held in an undisclosed destination it's possible we may hear more on monday the foreign ministry hold their regular briefing for the foreign media three pm local time so it's possible we might have a another statement i probably doubt that the media here in china has not been reporting this case that'll probably change now they'll begin to report the fact that monk has been brought b