a crispr vial from zhang's lab made its way to dr. kang zhang. he is an ophthalmologist and a professor at the university of california-san diego and wanted to see what all the hype was about. what did you think when you first heard of crispr? >> kang zhang: i was a little bit skeptical. >> whitaker: why skeptical? >> kang zhang: it worked so well. too well to be believable. >> whitaker: he decided to experiment on mice with retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic form of blindness. he conducted a vision test using a mouse with the disease. this is the blind mouse? >> kang zhang: this is the blind mouse. and-- obviously, you can see that he is ignoring the rotating stripes. >> whitaker: his researchers injected crispr into the eye of another blind mouse. the crispr was programmed to find the main gene associated with the disease and turn it off. it takes three months to see the results. >> kang zhang: now, let's see how he's responding to the light. >> whitaker: he's following it around. >> kang zhang: yes. >> whitaker: look at that. you're sure that he

president donald trump doubling down on a possible trade war with china and zhang has a clear answer they say that they will fight the measures at all costs and to the end. all that more coming up with their heartfelt verse in just a few minutes i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching have seen against. one hundred million tons of sand and. devastate everything. with deadly consequences. the storms they become a. magnet to frequency. once they start there's no stopping them. just starting april seventh on d w. a. so much for deescalation the e.c.b. warns of a one percent drop in world economic output as a consequence of a possible trade war as donald trump doubles down on threats to china u.s. officials now examining even more tariffs on chinese imports beijing vows to fight the measures to the end. trade war no trade boy konami cooperation between the u.s. and germany is alive and kicking at least on the grassroots level germany's of friendship model is making. headway in the u.s. . this is due to your business life from berlin and the office where the economic output could fal

zhang: the interesting thing is asset management.ement is the one sector in china that has never been truly developed in many ways. but given the circumstances in can bet it is a matter of time. rishaad: bloomberg users can interact with the charts we show you. we have recent charts featured on the bloomberg. you can catch up on key analysis. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: you are back with bloomberg markets. the hang seng gained, while iron ore shipments fell, while placing the blame on workers. in march, just under 39 million tons, which is in line with forecasts. russo jumbled the most on record in hong kong after the u.s. softened its position on sanctions and they discussed a path to lifting the tariffs. building on a 19% rise earlier and the moscow treasury positions said they would use positions. -- they would ease positions. during the next hour of bloomberg markets we are analyzing the rising geopolitical tensions. plus, looking at concerns tensions.g the rising that and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: a weaker yen, givin

all that the cultural competence or a joy that is much harder to find in middle-aged christian the zhanghristians have no expectation they will be accepted or affirmed as christian by the society around them. they know they are always going to be outsiders to positions of power and influence unless they keep their faith hidden. they have accepted that. i don't more that in fact they believe he fully and authentically christian they have lived through what american christians are only now beginning to move through the effective d christianization of their society. a british theologist and theologian claimed to me like this. when american christians hear about "the benedict option" they think is this guy want us to become option? but when other christians hear it they say it sounds like us. i never imagined as an american christian deeply concerned about the survival of the faith that i would look to europe for inspiration but that is what is happening. [laughter] with "the benedict option" i write with approval of the thought of a mathematician who was the leader of the anti-communist com

why america is a catalyst country but china is not this is the ironic title of a bestselling book by zhang leisure a journalist and critic who lives in beijing many americans imagine that the chinese people live miserable repressed her life these no freedom western ever that's not quite sure if you toss speak to many ordinary chinese people they will tell you that they feel that their life i quite free some five hundred million people being lifted off the poverty in some would say probably six hundred million people that's a great achievement. for many americans the yellow peril has never left and i think of the there's the fear about china of course there's the fear for china's rapid rise but it's also has lot to do. with china's. the label as the communists and states china subject of some modest compare where their weight they're not trying to run the world they're not even trying to run asia pacific i think they want to keep america from dominating the asia pacific so they have what they believe is their rightful place in asia pacific because alonso was asian long history in their size