beijing has. beijing's has a political problem because on one hand it is trying to maintain the one country 2 system in hong kong and that the hong kong system runs itself and on the other hand it's trying to control things on the mainland but everybody whether you meant land in hong kong chinese citizens so this disparity is becoming. is presenting problems governance in china to a large extent. the freedom that has been accorded to hong kong people has any but then to go on the streets to protest every year and of course the all it's not just the wall that is watching it's also the people in mainland china that watching so you can understand how this might actually cause some concerns in china regarding the repercussions or if you like the following effects for political governance in mainland china itself. right now hong kong is still very valuable to mainland china. perhaps not as valuable as one would as it once was 25 years ago but nonetheless hong kong is a very valuable part of china so i

beijing has. beijing's has a political problem because on one hand it is trying to maintain the one country 2 system in hong kong and that the hong kong system runs itself and on the other hand it's trying to control things on the mainland but everybody whether you meant lan or in hong kong chinese citizens so this disparity is becoming. is presenting problems governance in china to a large extent. the freedom that has been accorded to hong kong people has any but then to go on the streets to protest every year and of course the all it's not just the wall that is watching it's also the people in mainland china that watching so you can understand how this might actually cause some concerns in china regarding the repercussions or if you like the following effects for political governance in mainland china itself. right now hong kong is still very valuable to mainland china. perhaps not as valuable 'd as one would as it once was 25 years ago but nonetheless hong kong is a very valuable part of china

beijing has. beijing's has a political problem because on one hand it is trying to maintain the one country 2 system in hong kong and that the hong kong system runs itself and on the other hand it's trying to control things on the mainland but everybody whether you meant land in hong kong chinese citizens so this disparity is becoming. is presenting problems governance in china to a large extent. the freedom that has been accorded to hong kong people has any but then to go on the streets to protest every year and of course the all it's not just the wall that is watching it's also the people in mainland china that watching so you can understand how this might actually cause some concerns in china regarding the repercussions or if you like the following effects for political governance in mainland china itself. right now hong kong is still very valuable to mainland china. perhaps not as valuable 'd as one would as it once was 25 years ago but nonetheless hong kong is a very valuable part of china so

beijing has. beijing's has a political problem because on one hand it is trying to maintain the one country 2 system in hong kong and that the hong kong system runs itself and on the other hand it's trying to control things on the mainland but everybody whether you meant lan or in hong kong are chinese citizens so this disparity is becoming. is presenting problems for governance in china to a large extent. the freedom that has been accorded to hong kong people has any but then to go on the streets to protest every year and of course the all it's not just the wall that is watching it's also the people in mainland china that watching so you can understand how this might actually cause some concerns in china regarding the repercussions or if you like the following 'd effects for political governance in mainland china itself. right now hong kong is still very valuable to mainland china. perhaps not as valuable 'd as one would as it once was 25 years ago but nonetheless hong kong is very valuable part

in beijing many thanks for that. to the us now new york state has recorded its largest single day death toll in the pandemic so far officials there reported 562 deaths on friday the state now accounts for nearly half of all virus related fatalities in the country as hospitals continue to face critical shortages of medical equipment governor andrew cuomo has issued an executive order to seize critically needed supplies across the strait and bring them to where they're needed most. new york city is struggling as a crap was with skyrocketing infections and a severely strained health care system friday mocked its single deadliest day yes in its battle with coronavirus. new york is in crisis helping new york and then pick up the camp and then go to the next place as this road for across the country it comes a day after governor cuomo that the city only had enough ventilators to get through the next 6 days with supplies already scarce it raises new concerns about how well the state is equipped to combat coronavirus. inside

in beijing china appears to be over the worst of its outbreak what's it like where you are in beijing is life essentially returning to normal. i wouldn't call it normal but yes it's going back to everyday life. again and as you mentioned the virus suppressed right now but there's a big a 2nd wave of infections the spread is far from over the threat is constant because they are silent carious of the virus there's also the important cases coming from foreign countries i mean many for example overseas chinese students are returning back here so of course yes also a sense of alertness and today when i mean also this minutes 3 minutes of silence it was quite impressive people were mourning also performing morning rituals here on the street in beijing because usually it's. people would visit. the family and now they cannot do it because public gatherings are not allowed so of course this is not normal and many things actually don't feel like normal but the current rules here that anyone who least beijing income spec has to go to a centralized parenting hotel for 14 days so that the city its

this situation i mean catch me in beijing thank you very much. it's time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today speculation continues over the health of north korean leader kim jong il and reports say doctors have been sent from china to advise on people's health and that he's recovering from a heart operation satellite images now appear to show his personal train of the coastal resort town of one son. in israel thousands of people observing physical distancing rules have protested over a coalition deal that leaves prime minister benjamin netanyahu in power is set to go on trial on corruption charges next month's ukraine and ends a 16 month political deadlock in israel. salvadoran president naive to kill has ordered a 24 hour lockdown of prisons holding gang members gang leaders have been sent into solitary confinement after a sudden spike in killings. more and more nations are beginning to ease lock downs including germany several 100 people have demonstrated against the current restrictions here in the capital

in beijing china appears to be over the worst of its outbreak what's it like where you are in beijing is life essentially returning to normal. i wouldn't call it normal but yet it's going back to everyday life. again and as you mentioned the virus suppressed right now but there is a big a 2nd wave of infections the spread is far from over the threat is constant because they are silent carry us off the virus there's also the important cases coming from foreign countries i mean many for example overseas chinese students are returning back here so of course yes also a sense of alertness and today when i mean also this minutes 3 minutes of silence it was quite impressive people were mourning also performing morning rituals here on the street in beijing because usually it's thom sweeping day and people would visit. the family and now they cannot do it because public gatherings are not allowed so of course this is not normal and many things don't feel like normal but the current rules here that anyone who least beijing income spec has to go to a centralized parenting hotel for 14 days so th

or for the very latest i'm joined now by correspondent poppy on cuts in beijing from be on with beijing and other municipalities loosening restrictions is the credit virus outbreak in china largely defeat it. well i think it's too early to say that but i mean it's remarkable that actually beijing has east the rules and restrictions because it had one of the strictest karen team rules in the whole country and also i mean you have to consider that you know the president lives here and also the political leaders so they the government actually put an extra effort to keep buyers free but now citizens can basically leave the city come back without having to undergo a parent for most parts of the country and but there are some high risk areas still for example in the north in being there in a pile way from the russian border there is this growing fear that the 2nd wave of infections might appear tool class of some of the infections that he broke out notably 187 year old man he infected more than 80 other people it set you up and there are also many a lot of cases from the border to russia and

i think that clearly that is what they did you know we saw for instance beijing tell the world health organization that there were no community transmissions and the w.h.o. put that out on a tweet on january 4th or keep become infamous and i think the beijing did that because it wanted the international community to sort of keep links with china but what they did of course was by keeping those links at a time when they knew about community human to human transmission they help spread the virus around the world so. you know i don't know what's in the minds of chinese leaders but if they wanted to spread this virus. they would did exactly what they would have done so there's got to be some real questioning of beijing's motives here. a national review article posted online tuesday asserted that china has to be held responsible for this pandemic you agree. i do agree larry it's unfortunate but this really was gong to should have only been a local epidemic in the center of china but because of the secrecy because of misleading the world health organization and the united states and others

if that's a great question larry and i think it has to do with beijing trying to give the impression that china has recovered and because of that they want businesses to return to china they want congress inside the country to go back to normal levels they're just trying to get back to where it was before the virus hit and that is the only explanation i can come up with you know the other thing of course is that they want to show that their system is subpoena or to our s. a so they want to be able to demonstrate that they were able to lift the virus. but it is really to figure out why because you know as this progresses we're starting to learn a lot more about what's going on and the inconsistency is don't do china any good. to how gordon chang would you describe the united states chinese relations at this minute. i think they're tense there's a my sense is that there is anger at the top of the american government for what beijing has done it deliberately hid the virus it then tried to tell the world that there was no human to human transmission that led to the epidemic becoming a pa

president donald trump said that beijing could have prevented the pandemic suggesting washington plans to seek damages from beijing when how and how much oil that will be determined later i'm burnt gulf berlind this is the day. we are not happy with china we are not happy with that whole situation. i would like to stress that us politicians are ignoring the facts on lying repeatedly. and there are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable we're doing very serious investigations as you probably know who sits with the sole purpose of deflecting attention responsibility for the insufficient response and becoming prevention and control of his home as we believe it could have been stopped at the source it could have been stopped quickly and it would have spread all over the world and we think that should have happened we would have been attempts by u.s. politicians to shift the blame to china for not denigrate china's response to the virus and would help the u.s. . also coming up tonight the u.k. health system is being hit by the full force of the corona virus outbreak tonight we'll hear

beijing gets back to business we'll see how chinese firms are changing to cope with the coronavirus. and pandemic measures claim a victim down under as ferg an australian airlines files for bankruptcy. this is your business report i'm sure. it's good to have you with us now the crash in u.s. oil prices is reverberating around the globe pushing stocks toward losses and driving commodity prices down major oil producing nations could be hit hardest with lower prices carving chunks out of their budgets they're now hoping that demand rebounds in the months ahead. demand for oil has plunged amid the worldwide lockdowns lentil cough in 1000 pandemic and that coincided with a surge in oil supply the result of a route between saudi arabia and russia over oil production cuts now storage facilities affordable prices and now below 0 for the 1st time in history but russia says it has what it needs to weather the storm. approached. our government has all the necessary reserves at its disposal to soften the blow all negative consequences of this kind of international volatility for our economy . bu

the story let's bring in the journalist fabio encrypts mose in beijing and is following developments for us fabienne you spoken to many african the migrants there in china how common is this kind of treatment. well i mean 1st of all i saw the social media poll stay mostly a curate in the southern chinese city where most of the african community lifts so i actually spoke to many migrants here in beijing because it's really highly restrictive travel in china and i was very shocked and also surprised to see that also in beijing most of the migrants told me very similar stories 141 year old man for example told me he was evicted from his home he was basically homeless now since february and 1 of his friends also said that now he's been getting 3 days off time to leave and the reason is that african community there were some cases off. $1000.00 cases and now there's almost a witch on so basically among the population that's a lot of folks and a phobia saying that the african community they are carrying the virus so the people are afraid so what about africans who have overstayed their vis

they all just as they express train to beijing santa. doesn't want the international air travel has been suspended. except for flights operated by the chinese airline. these are very strictly controlled also. this training. foreigners are no longer allowed to enter china with the exception of diplomats otherwise the borders are completely closed and chinese citizens returning home from abroad are forced into quarantine no exceptions are made the people are taken to pre-designated court is under police escort. who returned to taiwan where lucy bubble has already spent several months the island nation anticipated the coronavirus crisis early on and in contrast to europe hardly anything changed in terms of public life once a week you see it meets with a time when you student for a language exchange where they practice mandarin and french. impressed me with a new vocabulary how about a corner of your house. in order to reduce the risk of infection all the public water fountains have been turned off so i did the opposite because when people d

has beijing. what we are seeing on state media instead are very reassuring messages the government really want to calm the public to reassure them that the government has things under control and that the economy can get started i'll just give you an example this is the front page of the china daily today and i don't know if you can see that picture but it's a picture of. touring jodan province which is a main manufacturing hub here in china people without masks clapping very happy in stage and paying himself not wearing a mask and i think that's very representative of the message that the chinese state media want to tell the public here in china restrictions on burying the dead in iraq or traumatizing grieving families having to break muslim traditions and wait for the days to bury relatives because some cemeteries are refusing to accept the dead iraq and 52 deaths and more than 70 confirmed infections 1st 100000 workers in spain of lost their jobs since the lockdown began almost 3 weeks ago soci

and so sudden pressure in beijing thanks much for that. there are now more than 300000 confirmed cases of corona virus in the u.s. where than anywhere else in the world in hard hit regions like new york state and california medical supplies have started to run low the death toll already stands and over 8000 speaking to the american public on saturday president donald trump warned the coming weeks would likely see that number climb even higher this would be probably the toughest week between this week and next week and they'll be a lot of death unfortunately but a lot less death and if this wasn't done but there will be death. we're looking for an obvious focus and the hardest hit regions some of them are obvious and some aren't so obvious they spring up they come and they. they hit you like you got hit by a club. speaking to the american public earlier on saturday with a strong warning that things will get worse before they get better journalists. and has been covering this story for us in new york we asked her to describe what it's like t

sebastiaan it is a french journalist has been living in beijing for 10 years. it's been mandatory to wear a mask in public for the past 2 months. and now the gloves. until recently it was only possible to get out once or twice a week it's like suiting up for combat. to do. let's go but. the guy says. there is your stuff normally we would leave the housing complex this way this cage is just 50 metres from the door but it's closed off. miles. because you just it's easy difficult to pass parcels over the barrier. is going on because you know you know it's you don't know you don't know how to walk all the way across the housing complex. constantly under surveillance. there are cameras everywhere. it's best not to circumvent the checkpoints or guard posts . otherwise you'll be reported. residents must have permission to leave their homes local communist party committees have set up guard posts at all the housing estates they're manned 24 hours a day. here in front of the housing complex they have put up shelving for all the deliveries. every package has to be picked

there's the express train to beijing is have got. just the same international air travel has been suspended. except for flights operated by the chinese airline. these are very strictly controlled on. this train is usually full. foreigners are no longer allowed to enter china with the exception of diplomats otherwise the borders are completely closed and chinese citizens returning home from abroad are forced into quarantine no exceptions are made the people are taken to pre-designated quarters and the police escort. returned to taiwan where lucy baba zines has already spent several months the island nation anticipated the coronavirus crisis early on and in contrast to europe hardly anything to change in terms of public life once a week you see it meets with a timely student for a language exchange where they practice mandarin and french. impressed me with a new vocabulary how about corner of your house. in order to reduce the risk of infection all the public water fountains have been turned off so i did the opposite because when peopl

i think that clearly that is what they did you know we saw for instance beijing tell the world health organization that there were no community transmissions and the w.h.o. put that out on a tweet on january 4th were to become infamous and i think that beijing did that because it wanted the international community to sort of keep links with china but what they did of course was by keeping those links at a time when they knew about community human to human transmission they help spread the virus around the world so. you know i don't know what's in the minds of chinese leaders but if they wanted to spread this virus. they would did exactly what they would have done so there's got to be some real questioning of beijing's motives here. a national review article posted online tuesday asserted that china has to be held responsible for this pandemic you agree. i do agree larry it's unfortunate but this really was gong to should have only been a local epidemic in the center of china but because of the secrecy because of misleading the world health organization and the united states and others

reporting from for us from beijing thanks very much. turning to lebanon now and the coronavirus pandemic is compounding longstanding economic problems the lebanese pound has lost half its value in racing wakes sending already high prices soaring and bringing up to a country that's been grappling with months of financial turmoil the lockdown measures have been extended now until night 10 but protest is our ignoring the restrictions taking to the streets to vent their anger. scenes of popular anger have returned to the streets of beirut despite an ongoing lockdown and a curfew protesters have gathered outside the lebanese central bank to demonstrate against the worsening economic conditions. we think that got all of this is not the only pandemic was suffering from heat in lebanon for 11 years that meant they either had a choice to die from hunger or to die from it but i know with the increased traffic of the president that the flag and the face of the idea of occurrence of. people here tell us they have nothing to lose levanon one of the

to seek damages from beijing when how and how much oil that will be determined later. gulf berlind this is the day. we are not happy with china we are not happy with that whole situation. i would like to stress that us politicians are ignoring the facts and lying repeatedly. until there are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable we're doing very serious investigations as you probably know to secure the sole purpose of deflecting attention responsibility for the insufficient response to epidemic prevention and control this home because we believe it could have been stopped at the source it could have been stopped quickly and it would have spread all over the world and we think that should have happened we would have to have times by u.s. politicians to shift the blame to china not denigrate china's response to the virus and i would help the u.s. . also coming up tonight to the u.k. health system is being hit by the full force of the corona virus outbreak tonight we'll hear from the doctor on the front line so trust that even. if you get people about this if you fin

i think that clearly that is what they did you know we saw for instance beijing tell the world health organization that there were no community transmissions and the w.h.o. put that out on a tweet on january 4th or keep become infamous and i think that beijing did that because it wanted the international community to sort of keep links with china but what they did of course was by keeping those links at a time when they knew about community human to human transmission they help spread the virus around the world so. you know i don't know what's in the minds of chinese leaders but if they wanted to spread this virus. they would did exactly what they would have done so there's got to be some real questioning of beijing's motives here. a national review article posted online tuesday asserted that china has to be held responsible for this pandemic you agree. i do agree larry it's unfortunate but this really was gong to should have only been a local epidemic in the center of china but because of the secrecy because of misleading the world health organization and the united states and others

beijing gets back to business we'll see how chinese firms are changing to cope with the coronavirus. and pandemic measures claim a victim down under as virgin australia airlines files for bankruptcy. this is your business report i'm steve. it's good to have you with us now the crash in u.s. oil prices is reverberating around the globe pushing stocks toward losses and driving commodity prices down major oil producing nations could be hit hardest with lower prices carving chunks out of their budgets they're now hoping that demand rebounds in the months ahead. demand for oil has plunged amid the worldwide lockdowns linked to the cough in 1000 pandemic and that coincide with a surge in oil supply the result of a route between saudi arabia and russia over oil production cuts now storage facilities affordable prices and now below 0 for the 1st time in history but russia says it has what it needs to weather the storm. approached. our government has all the necessary reserves at its disposal to soften the blow all negative consequences of this kind of international volatility for our economy

president donald trump said that beijing could have prevented the pandemic suggesting washington plans to seek damages from beijing when how and how much will that will be determined later i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we are not happy with china we are not happy with that whole situation. i would like to stress that us politicians are ignoring the facts and lying repeatedly. there are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable we're doing very serious investigations as you probably know to this with the sole purpose of deflecting attention responsibility for the insufficient response to epidemic prevention and control his home as we believe it could have been stopped at the source it could have stopped quickly and it would have spread all over the world and we think that should have happened we would have too many times by u.s. politicians to shift the blame to china not denigrate china's response to the virus and would help the u.s. . also coming up tonight the u.k. health system is being hit by the full force of the corona virus outbreak tonight we'll hear from the docto

president don't trump said that beijing could have prevented the pandemic suggesting washington plans to seek damages from beijing when how and how much will that will be determined later i'm brant go from berlin this is the day. we are not happy with china we are not happy with that whole situation for that i would like to stress that us politicians are ignoring the facts and lying repeatedly. until there are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable we're doing very serious investigations as you probably know to this with the sole purpose of deflecting attention responsibility for the insufficient response and becoming prevention and control this home because we believe it could have been stopped at the source it could have been stopped quickly and it would have spread all over the world and we think that should have happened we would have been attempts by us politicians to shift the blame to china will not denigrate china's response to the virus and won't help the u.s. . also coming up tonight to the u.k. health system is being hit by the full force of the corona virus outbreak t

beijing gets back to business school see how chinese firms are changing to cope with the coronavirus. and pandemic measures claim a victim down under as virgin australia airlines files for bankruptcy. this is your business report. stephen there's a in berlin it's good to have you with us now the crash in u.s. oil prices is reverberating around the globe pushing stocks toward losses and driving commodity prices down major oil producing nations could be hit hardest with lower prices carving chunks out of their budgets they're now hoping that demand rebounds in the months ahead. demand for oil has plunged amid the worldwide lockdowns linked to the cough in 1000 pandemic and that coincided with a surge in oil supply the result of a route between saudi arabia and russia over oil production cuts now storage facilities affordable prices and now below 0 for the 1st time in history but russia says it has what it needs to weather the storm. approached. our government has all the necessary reserves at its disposal to soften the blow all negative consequences of this kind of international volatil

this is the express train to beijing was having lunch. with an international air travel has been suspended. except for flights operated by the chinese airline. these are very strictly controlled on. this train. no. foreign is there no longer allowed to enter china with the exception of diplomats otherwise the borders are completely closed and chinese citizens returning home from abroad are forced into quarantine no exceptions are made the people are taken to pre-designated quarters and the police escort. returned to taiwan where lucy baba zines has already spent several months the island nation anticipated the coronavirus crisis early on and in contrast to europe hardly anything changed in terms of public life once a week you see it meets with the taiwanese student for a language exchange where they practice mandarin and french. impressed me with a give ok having mary how about a corner of your house. in order to reduce the risk of infection all the public water fountains have been turned off so i did the opposite because when people drin

and so sudden crash there in beijing thanks much for that view. meanwhile china has started supporting virus stricken countries around the world with equipment even sending medical teams is it international solidarity or is china seeking to extend its global influence here's a quick look at a d w special. it's late march in serbia and a plane has just landed at belgrade airport. this is no ordinary flight on board a medical teams and tons of equipment to help fight the coronavirus they flown in from china and they get a hero's welcome the president himself is here. with . serbia isn't the only place welcoming to liveries like days. chinese supplies of will so been arriving in hungary as well as the czech republic slovakia. austria greece spain canada even the u.s. has been turning to china for supplies. so what's going on just a few weeks ago china was the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis the place where the outbreak began as it suddenly going from fit to me to say via that special report from our chief international editor richard walker comin

secretary of state mike pompeo has also said beijing will pay the price. i want to bring in from the state department's book spokespn ortega. he said in the interval of 50 days, what was the u.s. government doing? he was talking about the date they shut down wuhan to the date the united states had a number of cases, aware of those 50 days gone? your reaction to the comment from beijing first. >> one of the things that we were doing recently, was evacuating american citizens. so, while americans were enjoying the super bowl and watching that game, our foreign service officers and wuhan were working on getting the planes of americans out of china and off of cruise ships. we continued that effort and we now have 70,000 americans that we have repatriated. secretary pompeo said something this morning that i think is really key, that communist party

that includes forceful testing quarantine and victualling so is this just another form of racism or is beijing just trying to curb the pandemic this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm richelle carey they are china's key trading partners but some african leaders have been angered over beijing's reporters from a nation against their citizens and demanded answers from the chinese government over reports africans are being targeted because of fears they could spread coronavirus a recent rise in covert 1000 infections in china has been linked to people from abroad the chinese government is worried there could be a 2nd wave and has stepped up its scrutiny of foreigners african students and expatriates have reportedly been a victim from their homes tested for chronic virus several times and are being shunned in public the incidence of sparked a diplomatic route with the african union african governments and the united states and chinese ambassadors have been summoned by african officials in different countries and a rare open critique of beijing the speaker of house of representatives

reporting from for us from beijing thanks very much. and in the motor racing germany's maximillian good to has won the 1st round of the formula a race at home challenge on a virtual hong kong circuit driving for b m w e n t the 22 year old not stop his 2nd straight virtual victory after he won a test race around the monaco straight layout a week earlier all electric formula is following formula one and others in using virtual racing to fill the void left by the coronavirus and demick. to reminder of the top story we're following for you around a 1000 people have protested against coronavirus restrictions he in the german capital beilin the demonstrators say the measures in place limit their freedom police arrested more than 100 people. you're watching data over the news we're back with more news headlines in 45 minutes until then you can stay out today on our web site that's data dot com and also show me your channels at d w news i'm rebecca it is thanks for watching. ruins are always a. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. bet

reporting from beijing thank you very much. well now let's look at some other covert 19 related stories around the world the state of new york has seen its deadliest day of the corona virus pandemic 562 people dying from covert 19 within just 24 hours with nearly $3000.00 deaths the state now accounts for nearly half of all virus in the private virus related fatalities in the u.s. . a new coronavirus testing facility has opened on the border of germany and the czech republic to test czech workers returning home previously workers needed to quarantine for 14 days at home when they came back from germany. the head of russia's influential worth the dogs church has taken an icon of the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in a bid to ward off the coronavirus patriarch kirill convoy traveled over 100 kilometers of the capital before bringing the icon to cathedral more than 4000 covert 1000 cases have been confirmed in russia. the corona pandemic is now affecting a beer brand with the same name as the mexican government orders no

reporting from beijing thank you very much. to the u.s. now a new york state which had its largest single day death toll in the pandemic so far officials there reported 562 deaths on friday alone the state now accounts for nearly half of all virus related fatalities in the country as hospitals continue to face critical shortages of medical equipment new york's governor andrew cuomo has issued an executive order to redistribute medical supplies and equipment from hospitals that are not currently using them and to bring them to where they're needed most new yorkers in crisis helping new york. and then pick up the camp and then go to the next place as this rolls across the country the peak hasn't yet hit and new york's governor is warning the state could run out of ventilators in days cuomo has ordered the machines to be redistributed to overwhelmed hospitals. with many overcrowded this convention center in manhattan has now been turned into a makeshift hospital. funeral homes and crematoriums in the country's most populous city are also stru

that includes forceful testing quarantine and a vixen so is this just another form of racism or is beijing just trying to curb the pandemic this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm richelle carey they are china's key trading partners but some african leaders have been angered over beijing's reporters from a nation against their citizens and demanded answers from the chinese government over reports africans are being targeted because of fears they could spread coronavirus a recent rise in covert 1000 infections in china has been linked to people from abroad the chinese government is worried there could be a 2nd wave and has stepped up its scrutiny of foreigners african students and expatriates have reportedly been a victim from their homes tested for chronic virus several times and are being shunned in public the incidence of sparked a diplomatic route with the african union african governments and the united states and chinese ambassadors have been summoned by african officials in different countries and a rare open critique of beijing the speaker of house of representatives

or for the very latest i'm joined now by correspondent holly on cuts in beijing from be on with beijing and other municipalities loosening restrictions is the coronavirus outbreak in china largely defeat it. well i think it's too early to say that but i mean it's remarkable that actually beijing has east the rules and restrictions because it had one of the strictest karen team rules in the whole country and also i mean you have to consider that you know the president lives here and also the political leaders so they the government actually put in extra effort to keep buyers free but now citizens can basically leave the city come back without having to undergo parent for most parts of the country and but there are some high risk areas still for example in the north in being there is nothing away from the russian border there is this growing fear that the 2nd wave of factions might appear tool classed as an infection that he broke out notably 187 year old man he infected more than 80 other people it's setting up and there are also many in a lot of cases from the border to russia and many

and russia rather so beijing has beijing has made a very clear that it's not interested in a trial actually cautions on nuclear arms control since it sees itself as being a position where it's significant weight then the other 2 eating nuclear weapons powers and there's does every incentive for china to actually excel or a nuclear modernization program so not a priority. beijing certainly not a priority for the trump white house untrue do you see a connection between the increase in sort of nationalist rhetoric from many governments perhaps from the u.s. from some in eastern europe a little from china from other parts of the world as well as a correlation with that increase in military spending i do i think that randomly here more national stretch or can we see more nationalist chauvinism on one stage i think what that fuels is very often fear and there's a difference one industry which drives on thier it's the arms industry isn't an industry which is entirely based on their feeling of conflict and they're at a feeling of war and diffract of war and conflict and when we see governments who

beijing is life essentially returning to normal. i wouldn't call it normal but yes it's going back to everyday life. again and as you mentioned the virus suppressed right now but there's a big a 2nd wave of infections the spread is far from over the threat is constant because they are silent carry us off the virus there's also the important cases coming from foreign countries i mean many for example overseas chinese students are returning back here so of course yes also a sense of alertness and today when i mean also this minutes 3 minutes of silence it was quite impressive people were mourning also performing morning rituals here on the street in beijing because usually it's thom sweeping day and people would visit. grace yard and the family and now they cannot do it because public gatherings are not allowed so of course this is not normal and many things don't feel like normal with the current rules here that anyone who least paging income spec has to go to a centralized parenting hotel for 14 days so that the city itself is isola

i think that clearly that is what they did you know we saw for instance beijing tell the world health organization that there were no community transmissions and the w.h.o. put that out on a tweet on january 4th or keep become infamous and i think that beijing did that because it wanted the international community to sort of keep links with china but what they did of course was by keeping those links at a time when they knew about community human to human transmission they help spread the virus around the world so. you know i don't know what's in the minds of chinese leaders but if they wanted to spread this virus. they would did exactly what they would have done so there's got to be some real questioning of beijing's motives here a national review article posted online tuesday asserted that china has to be held responsible for this pandemic you agree. i do agree larry it's unfortunate but this really was gong to should have only been a local epidemic in the center of china but because of the secrecy because of misleading the world health organization and the united states and others

algiers cameraman can move the story of his journey back to beijing. hello there still feeling pretty warm across much of the arabian peninsula to the north we have got a fair amount of travel want to shine as are coming in with cloud and in fact as we go through tuesday the rain really beginning to get a little bit heavier across the northern areas of iran the low voice just coming down there from the caspian sea so a wet day in tehran in just 15 celsius same temperature in kabul but it should be dry and brighter more there in the way of sunshine i want to you scott a child along the southern and western areas of turkey and then by wednesday that rain really still sitting on those northern shores of iran but beginning to work their way east was pushing across into areas of afghanistan little bit cooler to the east and to the med just 17 jerusalem but the heat is on certain across into saudi 37 in riyadh and 35 celsius in. talk about the rather cool air in place across southern portions of south africa and that's still the case is to go through choose

that includes forceful testing quarantine and victualling so is this just another form of racism or is beijing just trying to curb the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey they are china's key trading partners but some african leaders have been angered over beijing's reporters from a nation against their citizens and demanded answers from the chinese government over reports africans are being targeted because of fears they could spread coronavirus a recent rise in covert 1000 infections in china has been linked to people from abroad the chinese government is worried there could be a 2nd wave and has stepped up its scrutiny of foreigners african students and expatriates have reportedly been a victim from their homes tested for chronic virus several times and are being shunned in public the incidence of sparked a diplomatic route with the african union african governments and the united states and chinese ambassadors have been summoned by african officials in different countries and a rare open critique of beijing the speaker of house of representati

reporting from for us from beijing thanks very much. singapore was being praised as a coronavirus success story having acted quickly and effectively in containing the pandemic but infections have been spiking in recent weeks with hundreds of new cases diagnosed the majority are among the city states low paid migrant population who can afford to take the same precautions as as in society. this is a dorm in singapore a crime time to ideal place for the coronavirus to spread physical distancing here is practically impossible. for now but i had the virus please pray for me i'm trying to stay away from the opposite as best i can for whatever gallacher. foreign workers many from india bangladesh and indonesia work on construction sites in singapore many are in less than $300.00 euros per day and those low wages mean more than $200000.00 foreign workers can only afford to live in dormitories in the city state. you know there is no easy solution but all or all i would say that i go to seek. warning well it's taken too seriously because obviousl

reporting from for us from beijing thanks very much. until recently singapore was being praised as a coronavirus success story having acted quickly and effectively in containing the pandemic but infections have been spiking in recent weeks with hundreds of new cases diagnosed the majority are among the city state's low paid migrant population who can afford to take the same precautions as others in society. this is a dorm and singapore crime time to ideal place for the coronavirus to spread physical distancing here is practically impossible. to learn about i have the virus please pray for me i'm trying to stay away from the op as as best i can provide to god for. foreign workers many from india bangladesh and indonesia work on construction sites in singapore many are in less than $300.00 euros per day and those low wages mean more than $200000.00 foreign workers can only afford to live in dormitories in the city state. you know there is no easy solution but all or all i would say that i go to speak. warning well it's taken too seriously

there's the express train to beijing is have got to. just walk the international air travel has been suspended. except for flights operated by the chinese airline. these are very strictly controlled on. this train. foreigners are no longer allowed to enter china with the exception of diplomats otherwise the borders are completely closed and chinese citizens returning home from abroad are forced into quarantine no exceptions are made the people are taken to pre-designated court is under police escort. who returned to taiwan where lucy bell was asked has already spent several months the island nation anticipated the coronavirus crisis early on and in contrast to europe hardly anything to change in terms of public life once a week you see it meets with a taiwanese student for a language exchange where they practice mandarin and french. impressed me with a new vocabulary how about call one of your hosts. in order to reduce the risk of infection all the public water fountains have been turned off. every day that's because when people drink t

recently he returned to the area 1st a beijing is almost like he used to be. one of the porters you. know small who knows the traffic they don't piss off. people out shopping all going to work i mean what are you. i could pick a good up or destroy both fields of the air pollution alone indicates that life is slowly returning to normal. in dazing life is regaining some of its color not all establishment have reopened for business but this restaurant has. what we serve cantonese cuisine roasted fowl was my specialty like duck goose. and i wanted hash no prize for this recipe. this enterprising restaurant owner has kept his customers satisfied by offering takeaway dishes. susan waterford i'm very optimistic the statistics are very promising now and i think we're over the worst of it. you know why the country did such a good job at leaving its people under control i will look at how we were able to contain the epidemic in the. people's water with each passing day more and more people are returning to the commercial districts all the stores are open. we're in sunda

for another 2 weeks of cornton katrina you al-jazeera beijing it's been another developing story. they're not related to corona virus this is in australia where the high court has overturned a senior catholic cardinals conviction for child sex abuse cardinal george pill has been freed from jail he was convicted in 2018 of abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. hell was once the treasurer at the vatican taken the gauges in sydney with more on his release from jail. well this has been one of the most high profile cases in australia's history and it's ended with a unanimous ruling by a strongly is highest courts the full bench of 7 justices they acquitted george pell of all of his convictions of the shops the sexual abuse of 2 choir boys in the late ninety's so after spending one year in prison george pell is now a free man shortly after the high court made this ruling he left victoria's barwon prison now because of coronavirus social distancing measures there were only a handful of people in the court to hear this ruling it was posted online afterwards and the judgement was really base

well beijing. certainly not a priority for the trump white house untrue do you see a connection between the increase in sort of nationalist rhetoric from many governments perhaps from the u.s. from some in eastern europe a little from china from other parts of the world as well as a correlation with that increase in military spending i do i think that's right and me here more national stretcher can we see more nationalist sureness among the world stage i think what that fuels is very often fear and there's a difference one industry which drives on thier it's the arms industries and industry which is entirely based on their feeling of conflict and they're at a feeling of war and refract of war and conflict and when we see governments who are preaching this be agenda we've got it has theater china rivers of russia they are also government see they are very cruel military don't tend to get nationalist right wing populist governments who are taking a less militaristic line and i think that is very conc

let's go to beijing. eunice yoon joining us from china. they've got some economic data talking about life returning to a semblance of normal. what does economic data look like >> it didn't look very good. there are two surveys that come out. unofficial and official one. it showed that china's factories didn't fair as well as many had happened pmi activity showed that it had expanded slightly. looking at small and medium sized companies contracted showing net or new export orders shrinking. that was really important because it shows how global demand has dried up as people have been holed up in their homes. services and construction have perked up to offset the weakness gaining momentum though a pick up in demand is still a big question mark because of the concerns of unemployment here. hopes are rising because leadership will be announcing more measures ahead of the congress an event that usually happens every year it was postponed we have a new date for that. may 22 >> for the past couple of months, we'll been bringing users data from tom

what's happening in beijing but now actually maybe interfering and imposing their directives to hong kong locals affairs thank you for that d.v. upon a night for us in hong kong. and still ahead on al-jazeera as the coronavirus crisis deepens in north america canadians come together to help society's most vulnerable we'll tell you about its. hello there we've had a very unsettled picture across much of the middle east really this past week and in particular we have had some very heavy rains across into yemen now the law as things have been drawn but the streets are still flooded in some areas some dog storm clouds looming over has there is some more rain in the forecast now through saturday you can see across into southern areas of iraq a q ways and again 3 will central east and as a society we could be seeing some heavy amounts of rain that could also work its way across fields again into council and also the showers back in the forecast into the far west of yemen but radio where it is a fairly quiet picture temperatures across not doing too badly a torn in fact really quite nice a