you're from shanghai? >> thomas: yeah, i was born and raised in shanghai. >> anthony: at least in modern times, it's hard to imagine that any place has changed as profoundly and is changing as quickly as it is changing here. >> thomas: we, we, we really feel proud. we do feel proud. our qualities of life is improving really, really fast. >> anthony: in a poll, 85% of chinese who are asked the question, "do you feel that your life will be better next year?" 85% said, "yes, it will be better next year." this is an extraordinary -- >> thomas: number. >> anthony: -- number. i don't know a lot of other countries that would say that. >> thomas: uh, yeah. >> anthony: well, that looks great, those are famous. >> thomas: they are chicken. >> anthony: chicken. >> thomas: chicken, uh -- >> anthony: mmm. so good. >> thomas: not bad. >> anthony: you know i'm finding this food really, really delicious and you're -- you're saying it's just -- it's okay. >> thomas: it's so-so. it's really so-so. >> anthony: it's so-so. [

shage spent his childhood in a small village, just outside shanghai. the internet filled the gap. that is when he met the woman that he describes as his online goddess, and started showering her with virtual gifts. over the years, shage has spent a lot of money on lele. but still, for him, it is a real relationship, and for lele too. it's lele. lele has called shage to tell him about a problem she is having with her manager, max, who wants her to sign a new eight—year contract. to try to get her to sign the new contract, he promises to make a big investment in her, to help her record albums or get into films. but to get out of the contract early would cost lele over $1 million. but lele isn't happy, and the situation soon escalates. behind closed doors, a huge fight breaks out between lele and max. he storms out and orders her channel to be shut down. a few minutes later, she rushes home in tears. he blames her mood. but later, max admits lele is upset because of the contract. nothing is resolved, but neither side wants to push things too far for the moment. still, the super fan

exactly what is driving this growth in shanghai. anybody who has been following asia pretty closely could probably see this happening, right? so because shanghai is already a big city in terms of economic output. the government does not want the number of people to rise much more, but productivity in china and shanghai is still rising. further increasing productivity will lead shanghai higher in the rankings. betty: is this the case of a rising tide? other cities in china, perhaps around asia, they following in the footsteps? louis: for sure. if you are a city in a rapidly growing country, then you are likely to also do well. that is why we see many chinese cities, and other asian cities rising in those rankings, pushing down some of the incumbents from europe and the u.s. betty: i also thought it was interesting that this is not really an emerging markets story, it is more of an asia story. there are several cities in latin america that are dropping out of the ranking. louis: yes, that is something that we also noticed what we look

robert kelly joining us there out of shanghai. 20 more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ -- plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we are back. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: a quick check of the business flash headlines. celgene is buying impact medicines for $1.1 billion upfront and payments contingent on approval for new medicines. impact is developing a drug for treating blood cancer and bone marrow disorders. so jean has been under pressure to replace revenue -- celgene has been under pressure to replace revenue. pressure mounting on deutsche bank ceo after profit slumped 22%, taking a $1.8 billion hit from trump's tax overall. whether the same problems plagued u.s. banks will be with j.p.his week morgan and wells fargo kicking off earnings. a large plane order from china this week. sources say talks are focused on aisle and wide-body jets. its jetschases collectively before distributing them to airlines and accounts for a quarter of all airbus deliveries. rishaad: chinese airline stoc

so the next day, shage orders a taxi to take him to shanghai to meet her in person. but he is adamant his intentions are not romantic. halfway through the journey, he pulls over to a service station and checks in on her. he discovers that, despite the unsigned contract, lele is back on air. as usual, shage requests a song, and then sings along with her. it took shage four hours to get to the bund, a romantic and iconic waterfront area in central shanghai, where they have arranged to meet. but by the time he arrives, it is past midnight and all the lights have been switched off. lele is still at work live streaming and shage doesn't want to wait here. they head off to a cafe near lele‘s apartment, but the conversation is really awkward. it is rare for streamers and fans to meet in person, and they are both anxious. they celebrate their one hour together with a selfie. though they had arranged to meet up the next day, they don't. shage takes a taxi back home, and lele goes back to her on—screen life. hello, we have a very different feel to the weather as we head in

when you want to learn what is going on, i would be tempted to tell you to go to shanghai as stay in new york. david: how do you market? we are used to going in a fast food restaurant, and coca-cola is there. it is on the menu. you don't have that when you are on your app. james: no, but you have to get it. if you went back two or three years in china when a lot of the apps and the mobile payment systems came in, we were not on the menu. even worse, we were probably trying to sell a returnable glass bottle to the restaurant that had no way of being in the delivery system. we had to reengineer our business system very quickly to be present on the apps. what is the virtual representation of what you normally see in the store, and how do we change the packaging portfolio so we can be part of the delivery system? you have a lot of places in shanghai where food orders on apps delivered are 30% of restaurant sales. david: that is the relationship with the consumer. talk about coca-cola as coca-cola. how is technology changing your business and your workforce? james: in lots of profound way

you have a lot of places in shanghai where it is about 30% of restaurant sales. david: talk about coca-cola has -- as coca-cola. how is technology changing your business and your workforce? james: in lots of profound ways. in simple terms, go back 10-20 years. we were a large company and one of few that could invest in expensive i.t. systems and do our own stuff. today, that is no longer the model. we had to move to the cloud, to standard programs that the whole industry is using, and mobile. the one thing i always said the i.t. department is, just put it on the phone. let's move everything to the phone. in the old day, i.t. had training budgets. why? everyone knows how to use the apps on the phone. i think it will continue to flow through the organization. david: does that translate into fewer employees because of the efficiencies from digital? james: it changes into a different profile. people adapt to do things in a different way. we have made a lot of changes in our i.t. departments to move to different skill sets, so it is changing the nature of employment a

shanghai thank you very much for that. francis president in money and my call is on the second day of his official visit to china his toward the forbidden city in beijing and address business leaders michael wants china and the european union to increase trade ties and work on issues such as global warming is expected to sign bilateral agreements with the chinese president xi jinping later this choose iraq on fridays following the day's events in beijing. it is being treated here very favorably some media even calling it a milestone in franco chinese relations macron has met with xi jinping monday evening here in beijing with their respective wives it was a very amicable meeting so amicable it seems that mack brown is now stated that he wants to make visiting china and annual events during his presidency coming here once a year it gives an indication of the importance of china to your of the e.u. is china's biggest trading partner now and macron is arguably the most influential european leader right now and gillum urkel of

we hope to go to shanghai shortly to speak to our correspondence. we will do that in 80 minutes. —— a few minutes. let's move to the us now where facebook, twitter, and youtube owner google have once again been facing criticism. policy makers for the social media platforms were in front of a senate committee to explain what they are doing to tackle extremist content, propaganda and fake news. 0ur north american technology reporter dave lee was following the proceedings. we have seen tech companies face the senate as recently as last november, but this time the cast has changed about the lawyers and instead the companies have sent their policy bosses. but besides getting access to some real decision—makers, senators achieve little with their questioning. it seems this session was simply about keeping up pressure on the companies while making waegemans to do more to stop extremist content and propaganda. the basic questions that we want to ask is what have we learnt, what are we correcting, what is going to happen in the future, and how can we g

say there is no evidence that this activity is affecting traffic going into or out of the port shanghai of course is one of the world's busiest port officials also say that an exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel can sail to within ten kilometers of the accident site but it's possible business rescue operation continued that exclusion zone. out sign a support group that disappointed by drug giant pfizer as decision to end research into the disease. at the pharmaceutical company has also stopped funding parkinson's for he says between them they illnesses affects more than fifteen million people john hendren hassle the decision by drug maker finds or to end its expensive high risk research into all timers and parkinson's disease marks a devastating blow for tens of millions of people around the world in a statement pfizer says this was an exercise to reallocate spending across our portfolio to focus on those areas where our pipeline and our scientific expertise is strongest the oldtimers association says it's disappointed that pfizer is ending its investment in neuros

around 160 nautical miles east of shanghai. it has collided with a cargo ship carrying grain. 21 crew members from that ship have been rescued. that chip is in not such a bad way. the oil tanker went up very quickly and has been burning, for many hours. the attention right now is trying to rescue any crew members they can find. beyond that, this is going to bea find. beyond that, this is going to be a quite large environmental problem. they will have to stop the oil spreading. we are talking 1 million barrels of oil. this is going to cost iran some $60 million. it is going to be an environmental and economic impact. and there are going to be questions asked about how this collision could have happened in this day and age. it is not in the middle of nowhere, we're talking off the coast of shanghai, lots of ships go through there. how is it this terrible accident has been able to happen? theresa may has been defending the government's record on the nhs, insisting it is properly funded and coping with the pressures of winter. the

word before going to beijing and shy shanghai later in the week. shy shanghai later in the week. with president xi and she will meet with business leaders and students. with business leaders and students. what this trip is mainly about, post—brexit. post—brexit. this is what isn't in those paragraphs. paragraphs. politicians, should be pointing to their human rights abuses. their human rights abuses. that massive infrastructure project led by china heading west. led by china heading west. would like to see her mention that to give it added credibility. to give it added credibility. terms of theresa may's dealings with president xi and china's premier. president xi and china's premier. book on global free trade —— capacity. capacity. but she will describe them as partners going forward. partners going forward. can ignore china now and theresa may is in that position. is in that position. earlier losses, down by 13 points for the nikkei 225. for the nikkei 225. thanks for watching, i'm rico hizon, by bye for now. —— for now. —— goodbye for now. of the union address in ab

his thoughts coming up next from shanghai. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." in officials have penciled three hikes this year, but the atlanta fed president says the central bank should be patient as it continues to high-speed let's get back to shanghai, our correspondent is standing by with our next guest. first question to ask him, three or four rate hikes is the assumption. is that more or less likely? tom: thank you. i will put that question to our next guest, a noble laureate and professor of economics at london school of economics. the studio was asking about a question on the minds of many viewers, around the federal 2018,e and rate hikes in proposed three, but we have a question of a lack of inflation, soft wage growth. in terms of monetary policy and what you seen from the fed, is it time to rethink the way tykes given what we've seen -- re-think way tykes given what we have seen? the time to bek raising rates across the global economy. seeing some inflation because of currency movem

movers in the early part of the shanghai and hong kong session. let's get to the first word news with paul allen. has saidmier league that chinese economy expanded by 6.9% in 2017. confirmed by official figures on january 18, it would be china's first full year acceleration since 2010. atreportedly told delegates a conference in cambodia that the economy performed better than expected. catalonia's two main asked thece parties president to serve a second term in office. he remains while in belgium but could be sworn in remotely as he tries to mount a new challenge to the spanish prime minister. returns torest if he spain for illegally attempting last year to declare catalan independence. following independence -- eds will allow citizens to access services with a virtual id to avoid sharing their unique identity numbers. this follows a news report that personal details of up to one billion citizens enrolled in the program could be illegally accessed for eight dollars. indian authorities say there has been no breach. youtube is moving to distance its

at the chinave conference in shanghai today. no doubt when of those themes will be front and center. don't miss our exclusive interview 2:40 monday afternoon here in sydney, 10:40 sunday night in new york. over the next hour we will be speaking to paul donovan. betty: up next, dovish views on the u.s. labor market. are they wrong? chuck lieberman thinks so. we will ask him to explain in just a moment. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. betty: and i am betty liu in new york. more on the december u.s. jobs report we had last friday. unemployment holding at the lowest level since 2000 even jobs were148,000 created last month, well below the estimate. but gary cohn says we should not get used to numbers this low. >> i do not think we should get used to numbers below 200,000. seeing is a continuation of a trained we have seen in the retail industry and that is something that we have got to get used to. betty: i want to bring in chuck lieberman, it advisor -- managing partner from sarasota, florida. you have w

bbc news, shanghai. a politician from a german right-wing party was blocked on twitter after she tweeted anti-muslim remarks. she lashed out on twitter after police posted a new year's eve greeting on social media in several languages, including arabic. she accused the police of appeasing what she called barbaric, gang raping, muslim men. they say it broke anti-hate speech rules. investigators in australia say it might take months before they seaplaneac plane -- a carrying a businessman and four members of his family crashed on new year's eve. reporter: the wreckage of the seaplane lies beneath the surface of the river. one of the victims was richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's largest catering firm, compass, who was due to retire later this year. the company confirmed his death in a statement. mr. cousins, who was 58, died alongside his fiancÉe, emma bowden, and her 11-year-old daughter. he had more than 10,000 flying hours, 9000 of which were on seaplanes. the pilot that collected mr.

in universities based in their home province they dream of a brighter future in starts that is the shanghai or beijing hundreds of thousands now migrate every year to big cities. but the chinese economic system isn't quite ready to absorb all these young graduates. dong is one of them he studied bioengineering for four years in a college from his province today he makes a living from odd jobs he dreams of working in the film industry he belongs to this new class of people that are educated but paul. you hold live bait you. know you're reaching to do or our. part only on knowledge in that you. actually hire our younger and see that you are. going to hard it is when your son or and she got on the whole you can go. to leper you know holiday or and go to the house. and your shemale change on the. plane you know it's. there she's in the home for you you know. you're a woman. and you. and your. group once. i was going on. to do the. oh boy. oh you're. quite. true that. wasn't as i remember you moved you were called. rule one called you know hide your. room link or you know. that. despite disencha

yet places in shanghai where all food orders is 50% of restaurant sales. relationship with the consumer. talk about coca-cola, how does technology change how you're doing business? >> it is changing and a lot of profound ways. in simple terms, you go back 20 years, we are one of the few to invest in expensive i.t. systems and do our own stuff, our own programs. we have to move to the cloud, we have to move to standard programs that the whole industry uses, and refuse mobile. the one thing i tell the i.t. department is to put it on the phone, let's move everything to the mobile phone. knows how to use apps on phones, so it is profoundly changing the way we work, and it is going to continue to flow through the organization. we have a program of digitizing the company. >> does that translate to a fewer employees? >> people are having to adapt to doing things in a different way. we have actually make a lot of changes in our i.t. departments to move to different skill sets, so it is changing the nature of employment and the source of profiles you want. whether

the east china sea alternate oil tanker collided with a cargo ship and caught fire it happened off shanghai where the yangtze river meets the east china sea search teams are looking for the missing sailors from iran and from bangladesh who work for an iranian shipping company rescue is save the twenty one crew of the other ship involved robert bright has more now from beijing. the cause of the collision is unknown but it led to a devastating fire on board the tanker that has burned for hours the tanker the senshi carrying one hundred thirty six thousand tons of oil was headed north to a port in south korea the other vessel involved is a bulk carrier that was carrying grain would seem to be heading south to a port on china's southern coast when the collision occurred some three hundred kilometers east of china's coast of shanghai a big international rescue and recovery effort is underway with vessels being sent by china's maritime or thora t's they've also been helped by the coast guard from south korea sending a vessel and an aircraft in what is an international operation but it is being ha

let us get more on our top story from our corresponded in shanghai,

we will talk global growth with paul donovan in shanghai. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ the ubs greater china conferences getting underway in shanghai, executives for more than 200 leading companies across china and asia pacific are there to discuss investment trends and development. our china correspondent will be there throughout the morning. with our first guest, talking about chinese growth and how it will play into the global road picture this year. yes, thank you very much. i am joined by paul donovan. yvonne was touching on the chinese growth picture. you are forecasting growth of around 6.4% for 2018, but you are pointing out the property sector is likely to slow. what are the elements that will kick in to play to ensure we get a relatively solid growth picture? paul: there's been a solid amount of them for structure spending going on in china. we have to recognize a lot of the infrastructure picture of the last 20 years has not been of good quality and its to be replaced. there is new infrastructure that chinato come through, as is doi

in many respects -- it is advanced in places like shanghai and western europe as well. the penetration of e-commerce is even higher in some of those places that even the u.s. when you want to learn what is going on, i would be just as tempted to tell you to go to shanghai than to stay in new york. >> how do you market? you don't have that when you are on your app. >> no, but you have to get it. if you go to china for example, a lot of the apps in the mobile payment systems came in, we weren't on the menu. even worse, were trying to return a glass bottle to the restaurant, and there wasn't a delivery system. that advance very quickly to be present on the apps, so what is the virtual representation of what you normally see in the store -- and how do we change the packaging portfolio so we could be part of the delivery system. yet places in shanghai where all food orders is 50% of restaurant sales. >> that his relationship with the consumer. talk about coca-cola, how does technology change how you're doing business? >> it is changing and a lot of profound ways. in simple t

the bbc‘s robin brant is in shanghai. he says the rescue operation is ongoing. we have a rescue operation under way with numerous vessels and aircraft, being co—ordinated by the chinese ministry of transport. there are also south korean planes involved and also an american plane. essentially, there are two sides to this operation. one is search and rescue. it's now 38 hours since the collision happened late on saturday night. the news is increasingly grim for those 32 crew members of sanchi who remain missing. the vessel, sanchi, as andy moore referred to, remains afloat, but it remains burning 165 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai, from where i'm talking to you now. the other part of the operation is containment, trying to contain the oil spill. as you heard in that report, if all1 million barrels aboard sanchi were to spill in the ocean, it could be one of the biggest spills ever. the water depth is 50 to 60 metres. there is a concern that it doesn't have anywhere to go. it is a long way off the coast. at the moment, the chinese authorities, their mai

the bbc‘s robin brant is in shanghai. he told me more about the rescue operation. we have a rescue operation under way with numerous vessels and aircraft being co—ordinated by the chinese ministry of transport. there are also south korean planes involved and also an american plane. essentially, there are two sides to this operation. one is search and rescue. unfortunately, it's now 38 hours since the collision happened late on saturday night here. the news is increasingly grim for those 32 crew members of sanchi who remain missing. the vessel, sanchi — as andy moore referred to — remains afloat, but it remains burning 165 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai, from where i'm talking to you now. the other part of the operation is containment, trying to contain the oil spill. as you heard in that report, this has the potential, if all1 million barrels aboard sanchi were to spill into the ocean, to be one of the biggest spills ever. the water depth is 50 to 60 metres. there is a concern that the shallowness means it doesn't have anywhere to go. it is a long w

robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: women have been talking about their experiences of sexual harassment after scandals in hollywood. now, a bollywood actress speaks up. also on the programme: a month after the australian parliament legalised gay marriage, some of the first weddings have taken place. we will hear from our correspondent in sydney. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer, paul simon, starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago

robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. air investigators in australia say it may take months before they know why a seaplane carrying a british businessman and four members of his family, crashed on new year's eve. richard cousins who ran the global catering giant compass, was killed along with his two sons, his fiancee, her daughter and the pilot. phil mercer reports. the wreckage of the seaplane lies 13 metres below the surface of the hawkesbury river. one of the victims was the british businessman, richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's largest catering firm, compass, who was due to retire later this year. the company confirmed his death in a statement. mr cousins, who was 58, died alongside his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11—year—old daughter, heather. also on board the seaplane that crashed intojerusalem bay, the pilot, gareth morgan, had done more than 10,000 flying hours, 9,000 of which were on seaplanes. the pilot had collected mr cousins and members of his family from an exclusive waterfront res

robin brant is in shanghai. what is the latest? we have a rescue operation under way with numerous vessels and aircraft being co—ordinated by the chinese ministry of transport. there are also south korean planes involved and also an american plane. essentially, there are two sides to the operation. one is search and rescue. it is now 38 hours since the collision happened late on saturday night. the news is increasingly grim for the 32 crew members of sanchi who remain missing. the vessel, sanchi, as andy moore referred to, is afloat, but it remains burning 165 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai, from where i am talking to you. the other pa rt where i am talking to you. the other part of the operation is containment, trying to contain the oil spill. as you heard in the report, if all1 million barrels a board sanchi were to spill india ocean it would be one of the bigger spills ever. the water depth is 50 to 60 meteors —— 50 to 60 metres. there is concern that it doesn't have anywhere to go. it is a long way off the coast

robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. it's called the loony dook — when more than 1,000 people who've paid for the privilege — dive into the freezing waters of the firth of forth to celebrate new year's day. many of the revellers at south queensferry wore fancy dress while others stuck to more traditional swimwear. the annual fundraising event has been taking place for more than 30 years. has been taking place the participants were rewarded with a bowl of porridge for taking the plunge. with a bowl of porridge there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at 10.30 — now on bbc1 its time for the news where you are. at 10.30 — now on bbc1 its time goodbye. at 10.30 — now on bbc1 its time the authorjim naughtie talks with the writer francis harding about her historical fantasy skinful of shadows. the english civil war, and a country governed by rivalry and suspicion, by turmoil. in francis harding's novel a skinful 0f suspicion, by turmoil. in francis harding's novel a

robin brant reports from shanghai. since saturday night, the fire has burned, dark black smoke feeding off the cargo of almost a million barrels of oil inside the sanchi. the intense heat and the threat of an explosion is hampering an already difficult sea rch—and—rescue operation. it is not clear at this stage how these two huge vessels collided. the cf crystal, carrying grain, was damaged at its bow, but all on board were rescued. translation: the chinese government takes maritime accidents like this very seriously, and has already despatched many sea rch—and—rescue teams to the scene. shanghai's port is the busiest in the world, and the coastal waters to the east of this city are vast. but, in the last decade, china has had eight reported collisions similar to this, involving foreign ships. the chinese authorities are leading the sea rch—and—rescue effort, but there is help from south korea and the united states. the focus, though, is increasingly turning to the environmental threat to the ocean, about 2

but we have seen some snow fall in shanghai snow there into central and pushing down towards will south and central parts of china but that snow will nudge a little further north as percents day five in shanghai not too bad in hong kong temperatures getting up to around twenty degrees celsius we got some wet weather some very heavy rain making its way towards the philippines over the next day or two central and northern possibly take to seeing the heaviest of the downpours southern parts of india china could see some lively showers and it stays wet into a good part of malaysia more showers there into indonesia to cart over the top temperature thirty. it's the school election and the candidates are pulling out all the stops so looks like i knew i could make you happy we came. out in some same time in his telling me as a society i vote for the vote at this time. again the top stories this hour on al jazeera the new military front opened by turkey of the syrian war could further complicate un backed peace talks in vienna turkey's trying to push y p g kurdish forces out of the african regio

a pretty grim picture around 160 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai. the latest reports we're getting from the south korean coast guard and the chinese transport ministry is that this oil tanker is still on fire, that emergency teams are battling their way through a large oil slick. there are large, black plumes of smoke pouring from this tanker. it has gone nightfall, making it even more difficult. and by my calculations, this fire has probably been going for now more than 17 hours, with all the crew missing. as i say, around 160 nautical miles east of shanghai, it has collided with a cargo ship carrying grain. 21 crew members from that ship had been rescued, and apparently, that ship isn't in such a bad way. but the oil tanker went up very quickly and has been burning for many hours. so the attention right now is still on trying to rescue any crew members they can find, but beyond that, this is going to be quite a large environmental problem. they're going to have to somehow stop the oil spreading. reportedly, we're talking i million barrels of oil.

robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. cricket, and england captain joe root got out of his hospital bed where he was being treated for dehydration to bat but he couldn't save them from defeat in the fifth ashes test. australia won the series 4—0 after winning the last match by an innings and a 123 runs to retain the ashes urn. andy murray has undergone surgery on a troublesome hip injury. the 30—year—old withdrew from the australian open and went under the knife in melbourne. he says he hopes to be back in time for this summer's wimbledon. english football took a step into the unknown tonight. a video assistant referee was used for the first time in a competitive club match with brighton hosting crystal palace in the fa cup third round. richard conway was at the game to find out how it all works. after over 150 years of relying on their ownjudgment, tonight help finally arrived for the man in the middle. a global experiment with video assistant referees has been ongoing now for nearly 18 months. the fa cup game betw

a pretty grim picture around 160 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai. the latest reports we're getting from the south korean coast guard and the chinese transport ministry is that this oil tanker is still on fire, that emergency teams are battling their way through a large oil slick. there are large, black plumes of smoke pouring from this tanker. it has gone nightfall, making it even more difficult. and by my calculations, this fire has probably been going for now more than 17 hours, with all the crew missing. as i say, around 160 nautical miles east of shanghai, it has collided with a cargo ship carrying grain. 21 crew members from that ship had been rescued, and apparently, that ship isn't in such a bad way. but the oil tanker went up very quickly and has been burning for many hours. so the attention right now is still on trying to rescue any crew members they can find, but beyond that, this is going to be quite a large environmental problem. they're going to have to somehow stop the oil spreading. reportedly, we're talking 1 million barrels of oil.

say there is no evidence that this act it is affecting traffic going into or out of the port shanghai of course is one of the world's busiest port officials also say that an exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel can sail to within ten kilometers of the accident site if possible business rescue operation continues that exclusion zone will be wiped. thailand's foreign minister has confirmed that former prime minister yingluck shinawatra had been in london since september photos purporting to show young look were posted on social media she seemed posing with a woman wearing a red cow town signed london's harrods department store the former prime minister left thailand to avoid being jailed for a rice subsidy scheme lost billions of dollars. thailand's current prime minister appears to be a little more camera shy finding a novel way to dodge or quick questions from the media after making his statement for thailand's children's day. asked his aides to bring out one of several life sized cobbled cutouts prepared for photos with children invited reporters to direct any fo

robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather now. a lively weather picture for the week ahead. we will have strong wind for much of the week and gales for a time. often some intense spells of rain as well. ahead of that it spells of rain as well. ahead of thatitis spells of rain as well. ahead of that it is quiet outside at the moment. showers are starting to clear and the winds are light. getting quite chilly, actually fall early risers heading back to work on tuesday morning. that could be a patch of frost to contend with. perhaps you may need the deicer and the scraper. clear skies and find whether a short word comment lived with a front coming in from the west or tuesday morning. a frosty start for eastern scotland but cloud and rain is already coming into the west of scotland. a soggy and windy rush—hourfor northern of scotland. a soggy and windy rush—hour for northern ireland and wales. a dry start from northern england, the midlands and eastern england, the midlands and eastern england for the south—west of england, that

thirteen crew members are still missing their affairs of an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai as the tank i was carrying about a million barrels of oil products. at least two people have been killed in protests in sudan over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student who was killed during protests in the city of kenya police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a bid to clamp down on the on rest demonstrations began in the southeastern city of san are on saturday off to bride price is that doubled. the greek government has won a temporary injunction that will suspend the asylum status given to a turkish soldier the soldier whose initially granted asylum in december fled to greece on a military helicopter with seven others following a failed coup against turkish president. in two thousand and sixteen. french president emanuel has vowed to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century his first state visit to the world's most populous country michael met chinese president xi jinping in beijing aft

say there is no evidence that this accident is affecting traffic going into or out of the port shanghai of course is one of the world's busiest ports officials also say that an exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel can sail to within ten kilometers of the accident site and it's possible there is this rescue operation continued that exclusion zone will be widened. syrian government and russian air strikes have targeted several towns in eastern go to any of the capital damascus twenty three people were killed and the rebel stronghold has been under heavy bombardment on monday government forces reach a military base in the city of herat freeing two hundred troops the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says ass strike on eastern go to have killed one hundred twenty six people since december twenty ninth go to has been a target of government forces because of its close proximity to the capital damascus the area has been under control by loyalists to the free syrian army which are backed by the u.s. and turkey eastern go to is among four so-called deescalation

shanghai composite also in red. yuan is a little bit stronger. again, strength in the yuan probably more about a dollar story. it is always with you to look at it with a basket of currencies. david: absolutely. lots of things to consider. the headline coming up earlier, the chinese set to order its to be profitable. as we come out of lunch break, life pictures out of japan. the reopened comes up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ we use our phones and computers the same way these days. so why do we pay to have a phone connected when we're already paying for internet? shouldn't it all just be one thing? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you can get 5 lines of talk and text included at no extra cost. so all you pay for is data. choose by the gig or unlimited. and ask how to get a $150 prepaid card when you buy a new lg x charge. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money.

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markets in hong kong and shanghai getting underway. we are watching the hong kong markets of course after the most recent record high milestone. all of the opening numbers right after this break. this is bloomberg. ♪ i had the time of my life. >>do it all again. 65%.e up to it is great when you see 100 orders come in but then you realize, i have 100 orders i have to ship out. everything is seamlessly put into ship station. when we put the label, everything is done. . is so much easier now we are ready. gobuild a better website and unr an hour. ♪ haidi: it is 9:29 here in hong kong. in hong kong we are counting down to the markets. we had a superstar performance when it came to the hang seng reports. carrying over from the best ever close to hit the highs breaking records. shares have further to run. this is a market that has been languishing behind its global peers. as such, at the end of 2016, it was at its weakest level in 13 years. she -- chief evaluations compared to most of the developing markets as well. it is still low hangi