these are funded by beijing and play by partnership beijing's rules. they were launched by no less than the head of the united front department. in 2009 politboro e standing committee member and ideologist called confucius institutes an important part of the chinese overseas propaganda setup. all told, we face a large and deliberately opaque amount of chinese communist party official, agents and cutouts seeking advantage in our society. that advantage is readily had because, again as secretary rice said, we are, we pride ourselves in being open and easily accessible. and so think in terms of this iceberg. above the water line, official prc diplomats conducting legitimate activities, for example. but below the water line, there's a far larger and murkier mix whose ties to the communist party have been long ignored or understudied. these include prc diplomats conducting activities inconsistent with their diplomatic status such as the espionage dued to the prc consulate in moussen before we -- houston before we shuttered it this summer. .. that show acade

experts agree that if beijing had reacted faster it wouldn't have become a worldwide pandemic. the coronavirus pandemic has weakened the world's trust in china. china's factories deliver products to the entire world but it's a police state that brutally beat down the democracy movement in hong kong. is it possible to do business with a country like that. how can you do business with a country that's built large concentration camps in shin junge province to attain we go to. european companies have to ask themselves who ends up paying the price for doing business in china that's also a factor in the investment protection agreement our european investments really safe even if europeans demand more fairness and support for human rights more and more people are beginning to put trade between the e.u. and china to the test. and what about europe's biggest economy germany a nation reliant on its exports the chinese make up a huge market for machinery cars and premium products made or designed by germans companies that have a lot of vested in the asian powerhouse insists there is only

experts agree that if beijing had reacted faster it wouldn't have become a worldwide pandemic. the coronavirus pandemic has weakened the world's trust in china. china's factories deliver products to the entire world but it's a police state that brutally beat down the democracy movement in hong kong. is it possible to do business with a country like that. how can you do business with a country that's built large concentration camps in shin junge province to detain wiggers. european companies have to ask themselves who ends up paying the price for doing business in china that's also a factor in the investment protection agreement our european investments really save even if europeans demand more fairness and support for human rights more and more people are beginning to put trade between the e.u. and china to the test. and what about europe's biggest economy germany a nation reliant on its exports the chinese make up a huge market for machinery cars and premium products made or designed by germans companies that have a lot of basted in the asian powerhouse insists there is only o

a decade later china crushed an uprising by tibetans opposed to reforms intended to cement beijing's control tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama fled the region and went into exile beijing later formalized its annexation of tibet doesn't needing it officially as an autonomy administrative region. china's current president xi jinping says more must still be done to bring tibet in line with communist party thinking. beijing is planning to spend billions on infrastructure projects including improving railings between the mountainous region and the rest of china. president xi also says beijing must step up its education efforts into that starting with young people he's called for teachers to plant the seeds of luxury china in the region schools. it's part of what beijing sees as a push to rein in separatism but pro-tobacco activists like the dalai lama call it cultural genocide. and someone joined in the studio. of the international campaign for tibet germany chapter of mr millet welcome chinese president xi jinping has said that he wants there to be enduring peace and stability anyo

in 20 beijing. this is some. week cost sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but even by bargain that. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10 day event points to the chinese government's confidence in having contained the carbon 1000 outbreak it also hopes will help to spur the sluggish economy china's auto industry is worth 1.3 trillion dollars employs more than $33000000.00 people nationwide cost sales plunged by almost 80 percent at the height of the epidemic in china in february but sales have recently returned to preplan demick levels electric vehicles and cars using ai and internet technology are in the spotlight this year by the a 2025 china's government wants 25 percen

in 20 beijing. this is some. week cost sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but even by bargain that. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10 day event points to the chinese government's confidence in having contained the carbon 1000 outbreak it also hopes the auto show will help to spur the sluggish economy china's auto industry is worth $1.00 trillion dollars employs more than $33000000.00 people nationwide cost sales plunged by almost 80 percent at the height of the epidemic in china in february but sales have recently returned to preplan demick levels electric vehicles and cars using ai and internet technology are in the spotlight this year by the a 2025 china's government

experts agree that if beijing had reacted faster it wouldn't have become a worldwide pandemic. the coronavirus pandemic has weakened the world's trust in china. china's factories deliver products to the entire world but it's a police state that brutally beat down the democracy movement in hong kong. is it possible to do business with a country like that. how can you do business with a country that's built large concentration camps in shin junk province to detain we go to. european companies have to ask themselves who ends up paying the price for doing business in china that's also a factor in the investment protection agreement our european investments really save even if europeans demand more fairness and support for human rights more and more people are beginning to put trade between the e.u. and china to the test. and what about europe's biggest economy germany a nation reliant on its exports the chinese make up a huge market for machinery cars and premium products made or designed by germans companies that have a lot of vested in the asian powerhouse insists there is only o

a decade later china crushed an uprising by tibetans opposed to reforms intended to cement beijing's control tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama fled the region and went into exile. beijing later formalized its annexation of tibet doesn't mating it officially as an autonomy administrative region. china's current president xi jinping says more must still be done to bring tibet in line with communist party thinking. beijing is planning to spend billions on infrastructure projects including improving railings between the mountainous region and the rest of china. president xi also says beijing must step up its education efforts in tibet starting with young people he's called for teachers to plant the seeds of love for china in the region schools. it's part of what beijing sees as a push to rein in separatism but activists like the dalai lama call it cultural genocide. and for more i'm joined in the studio by. of the international campaign for tibet germany chapter of mr millet welcome chinese president xi jinping has said that he wants there to be enduring peace instability anyone st

at the communist party's ambitious goal setting for him took place in beijing last week the u.s. secretary of state went on a so-called anti china tour with high level meetings in asia including visit to vietnam indonesia japan india and sri lanka to where china is funded major infrastructure projects the u.s. is trying to capitalize on what's seen as growing anti china sentiment in the region and it's not going unnoticed in beijing. we can tell without the risks and challenges are both from home and abroad from the global aspect unilateralism protectionism and antiglobalization on the rise unstable and i'm certain factors have increased a recognition that china's so-called wolf warrior diplomacy where it acts forcefully abroad may have won support at home but has alienated many in the region if you go palin hong kong. let's bring in our guests now in beijing and mark senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization in gutters burg maryland raised the program associate of the wilson center focusing on the u.s. china relations and they live search germany other man

in 20 beijing which is a similar. week cost sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but even by bargain that. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10 day event points to the chinese government's confidence in having contained the carbon 1000 outbreak it also hopes will help to spur the sluggish economy china's auto industry is worth 1.3 trillion dollars and employs more than $33000000.00 people nationwide cost sales plunged by almost 80 percent at the height of the epidemic in china in february but sales have recently returned to preplan demick levels electric vehicles and cars using ai and internet technology are in the spotlight this year by the a 2025 china's government wants 25 pe

beijing back to the north. samsung has pulled bts branded devices from its website in china as well as jd.com. north korea is launching a new work drive the head of the january congress of the workers party. the add campaign begin with a massive rally in pyongyang hours after a military parade showcased a new ballistic missile. kim jong-un was absent from the rally as leaders told people to work harder to bolster the fragile economy. a fragil similar drive was in 2019. equity trading in hong kong is facing disruption. tropical storm is passing southwest of the city and may bring when gusts above 100 kilometers per hour. the government says schools are closed but hong kong is warning of trading delayed canceled for the day if the signal remains enforced at noon. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. shery: softbank's vision fund will outline plans for a blank check company in the next few weeks, se

of incentive beijing. is a symbol. week cost sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but even by bargain that. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10 day event points to the chinese government's confidence in having contained the carbon 1000 outbreak it also hopes the auto show will help to spur the sluggish economy china's auto industry is worth $1.00 trillion dollars in employs more than $33000000.00 people nationwide cost sales plunged by almost 80 percent at the height of the epidemic in china in february but sales have recently returned to prepared demick levels electric vehicles and cars using ai and internet technology are in the spotlight this year by the a 2025 china's govern

in 20 beijing. this is some. week cost sales in the u.s. and across europe have forced several international manufacturers to close factories and sack stuff many are relying on chinese consumers to improve their bottom line but even by bargain that. they realize china is still a goldmine luxury cars and ultra luxury cars have a huge market in china and this is also their only international arena to show off their vehicles other auto shows geneva detroit and tokyo have all been called off analysts say the 10 day event points to the chinese government's confidence in having contained the carbon 1000 outbreak it also hopes will help to spur the sluggish economy china's auto industry is worth 1.3 trillion dollars employs more than $33000000.00 people nationwide cost sales plunged by almost 80 percent at the height of the epidemic in china in february but sales have recently returned to prepare demick levels electric vehicles and cars using ai and internet technology are in the spotlight this year by the a 2025 china's government wants 25 percen

its sprawling belt and road initiative impacting how most every country does business officials in beijing a setting the global standards in tech they drawing up their own treaties and deals and they've got the upper hand with an immense amount of financial firepower but china's also highly secretive bad restrictive the question is is china more of a partner old rival. president xi jinping has promised time and again to open his mammoth economy to the world to lead an international investment and allow for a level playing field german executives i've spoken to say it's going in the other direction they say chinese officials clamping down on foreign firms more than ever china and the european union have been hammering out a comprehensive agreement on investment for 7 years now but after multiple rounds of negotiations they've basically got no way. the skyscrapers a friend high have all been built in the past 30 years. almost all the big german companies have an office in this business metropolis but some are starting to get nervous. 5000 german companies operating in china business is good

travel season around national day most people get to recall its high point for beijing's cultural. city which hosts $40000000.00 tourists a year. it is also the 1st national day holiday since the outbreak of corbett 90 just over half a year ago beijing city center looked very different during the winter beijing's heritage sites were shut down because of the epidemic travel restrictions were in place in the whole country. this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops not shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. and this is what the same things like the late. china has brought the epidemic under control there are virtually no more domestic transmission and people are enjoying a return to a new life. so they've got. to use have that you know it's. hard to. get up there are you so right now i don't see all. the time that they're not aware that. there are still measures in place people have to use a health and scan the code to register at certain locations tourist sites have limited visitor numbers estimates put the n

officials visit taiwan in recent months and that is really infuriated beijing and beijing has responded by upping its military drills as we've said also this week interestingly beijing has been very public in all state media channels about this operation that it's conducted in recent months called thunder strike 2020 in which they've uncovered they've said espionage operations by taiwanese spies in the mainland of it they've been talking about this on state media saying that the perpetrators will be severely punished and we've also seen intensifying language from the aging when it comes to anything to do with taiwan really signaling that there will be action over the next few years and this is really an issue to to look at they've said that any efforts to for taiwan independence are a dead end of also stay in beijing military leaders saying that when it comes to taiwan anyone who is court playing with fire will get burned and lots to keep an eye on in the months and years to come the could see the you bring us all the latest from they do thank you so much. now both armenia and azerbaija

a shaky cease fire not going to care about because as our beijing and armenia accuse each other of violating a truce. just 0 life from a headquarters and you know the date also coming up. north korea's leader shows off a new intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade and threatens to remove allies his nuclear force a former president is arrested under a new prime minister is named kurdistan's leader tries to strengthen his position in a deepening political crisis. 2 weeks after hosting what's being called a super spreader event donald trump is set to address hundreds of supporters at the white house. hello armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a deal which aimed to pause fighting over the disputed nagorno-karabakh the as re military released the video on saturday showing what it says is the destruction of an armored vehicle which breached the agreement the cease fire was announced by russia on friday after 10 hours of talks in moscow it allows both sides to exchange prisoners as well as recover bodies were not spent his indoors in armenia he says it's a sha

city center looked very different during the winter beijing's heritage sites were shut down because of the epidemic travel restrictions were in place in the whole country. china has brought the epidemic under control there are virtually no more domestic transmission and people are enjoying a return to normal life. i spent the last half a year at home it's only recently that i've been going out again i feel like i've been liberated. it's great the disease can't time to share enthusiasm in china we feel the country has responded very well. there are still measures in place people have to use the health and scan the code to register certain locations tourist sites have limited visitor numbers estimates put the number of tourists in china during this season that 550000000 people that would be 2 thirds of last year's figure. you can see it on the street there are far fewer people than another year. there are fewer people so the atmosphere isn't as lively as usual and people still have to wear masks. china's economy has returned to positive growth government spending on infrastructure and

city center looked very different during the winter beijing's heritage sites were shut down because of the epidemic travel restrictions were in place in the whole country. china has brought the epidemic under control there are virtually no more domestic transmission and people are enjoying a return to a new normal life. but i spent the last half a year at home it's only recently that i've been going out again i feel like i've been liberated. it's great the disease can't time to share enthusiasm in china we feel the country has responded very well. there are still measures in place people have to use a health and scan the code to register at certain locations tourist sites have limited visitor numbers estimates put the number of tourists in china during this season at 550000000 people that would be 2 thirds of last year's figure. you can see it on the street there are far fewer people than in other years. should be made there are fewer people so the atmosphere isn't as lively as usual and people still have to wear masks. china's economy has returned to positive growth government spen

the hope i think in beijing. i want to. eventual just. in scenario 2 russia's crimea playbook inspires a shadowy takeover of outlying islands. while rushing to green then people. and so it creates a very serious dilemma for the marine and army troops that i'm seeing them that they care isn't there do they shoot or not and when do they shoot and at what point did they start shooting. and finally in scenario 3 a full scale invasion. she would have 1st initially a joint our strike campaign which would launch in all these missiles it would just be one missile or one installation in taiwan they would use or fly maybe tend to want to make sure that every defensive position in taiwan had been attacked every airfield been cratered every naval port stable and we hear warnings that deep dangers could come much sooner than we might think. and if you look at the internal situation in china at this moment the economy says being affected by cold at 19 the chinese leaders the authoritarian leaders may find taiwan us accompanying a scapegoat and therefor

experts agree that if beijing had reacted faster it wouldn't have become a worldwide pandemic. the coronavirus pandemic has weakened the world's trust in china. china's factories deliver products to the entire world but it's a police state that brutally beat down the democracy movement in hong kong. is it possible to do business with a country like that. how can you do business with a country that's built large concentration camps impinge on province to detain wiggers. european companies have to ask themselves who ends up paying the price for doing business in china that's also a factor in the investment protection agreement our european investments really save even if europeans demand more fairness and support for human rights more and more people are beginning to put trade between the e.u. and china to the test. and what about europe's biggest economy germany a nation reliant on its exports the chinese make up a huge market for machinery cars and premium products made or designed by germans companies that have a lot of vested in the asian powerhouse insists there is only one

the hope i think in beijing. if i want to. venture just. in scenario 2 russia's crimea playbook inspires a shadowy takeover of outlying island. while rocking the green then people. know. and so it creates a very serious dilemma for the marine army troops that are that they care isn't there do they shoot or not and when do they shoot and at what point do they start shooting. and finally in scenario 3 a full scale invasion. she would have 1st initially a joint our strike campaign which would launch in all these missiles it would just be one missile or one installation in taiwan they would use $45.00 maybe 10 but want to make sure that every defensive position in taiwan has been attacked every airfield been cratered every naval or disabled and we hear warnings that these dangers could come much sooner than we might think. and if you look at the internal situation in china at this moment the economy says being affected by. the chinese leaders the authoritarian leaders may find taiwan us accompanying a scapegoat and therefore taiwanese debate. a

beijing's onset the us should mind its own business. surely so with the establishment of the so-called special coordinator full tibet and is used by the us is totally out of political manipulation aiming to interfere in china's internal affairs and undermine the development and stability of tibet china has always opposed this position and has never recognized that. tibet's government has said that some 15 percent of the region's population have received locational training in just 7 months and the program is ongoing. rights groups worry that with every person that some are old tibetan culture is being further eroded. joining us is kate saunders a specialist and writer on tibet kate the report documenting this just came out but i know you've monitored what's been happening in tibet for years what have been some of your own findings. yes this that this report. important indication of the very rapid social economic transformations taking place and to bat and what we found is that this combination of intensified securitizing militarized. be

beijing doesn't have that much money on the contrary the national debt is growing and without global markets china's economy would collapse. chinese companies still need technology from abroad. becoming as party leadership has also realized that endless growth doesn't work without environmental protection the environment will also feature in the 5 year plan outgo the coal fired power plants in a bill in a g.'s. your correspondent. so a lot of this seems to be about private consumption how's that going to be featured in the 5 year plan. well you know as we have to understand that china is a unique hurdle in the area of consumption that is the huge income gap between the role and urban area the g.d.p. per capita is above 25000 u.s. dollars for $330000000.00 people in china but holden $1000000000.00 people is still under $4500.00 so even though the actual plan is not published yet by the point to get reports and other resources we know that the new 405 year plan will deal with the deep infrastructure problems like household with ration security and income increase to bridge the gap and

absolutely you know i don't think you can trust any number that comes out of beijing but. it's not like there there is an out of control condemning of the 19 in china right now and i speak to people in china every day multiple many many people all over the country and you know if the government says 100000 people die die and i tend to believe you know 300000 people died if they say the g.d.p. he has grown by 5 percent i tend to believe it's gone by one percent. nonetheless. i have enough anecdotal evidence in my personal contacts and i spend you know at least 8 to 10 hours a day talking to people in china and interacting with them that there is enough normalcy going on that the economy can in fact good people ah going to the movies that going to restaurants they are you know getting tourism in large numbers so yeah the numbers that the communist party is giving off may be off but there's no question that the economy has recovered to a much greater extent than we have say for example in united states yeah yeah we in the west we look there with envy especially when you say t

absolutely you know i don't think you can trust any number that comes out of beijing but. it's not like there there is an out of control condemning of the 19 in china right now and i speak to people in china every day multiple many many people all over the country and you know if the government says 100000 people die die and i tend to believe you know 300000 people died if they say the g.d.p. he has grown by 5 percent i tend to believe it's gone by one percent. nonetheless. i have enough anecdotal evidence in my personal contacts and i spend you know at least 8 to 10 hours a day talking to people in china and interacting with them that there is enough normalcy going on that the economy can in fact grow people are going to the movies that going to restaurants they are you know getting tourism in large numbers so yeah the numbers that the communist party is giving off may be off but there's no question that the economy has recovered to a much greater extent than we have say for example in united states yeah yeah we in the west we look there within the especially when you say

president xi also says beijing must step up its education efforts in tibet starting with young people he's called for teachers to plant the seeds of luxury china in the region schools. it's part of what beijing sees as of push to rein in separatism but protests that activists like the dalai lama call it cultural genocide. and for more i'm joined in the studio. of the international campaign for tibet germany chapter of mr millet welcome chinese president xi jinping has said that he wants there to be enduring peace and stability and he wants dream prove people's lives into bear some pretty reasonable. yes i mean today it's a day that associate with the loss of independence with the loss of self rule and autonomy and ever since what has been ensuing is systemic discrimination violence repression and human rights violations and today if we speak about stability and peace in tibet we're actually talking about stability and peace of a totalitarian police state unfortunately but you're also talking about rise in literacy rates from 5 percent to 85 percent major investment in infrastructure s

the hope i thank you beijing. i want to. mention just. in scenario 2 russia's crimea playbook inspires a shadowy takeover of adeline island. then people. know. and so it creates a very serious dilemma for the marine and army troops. that make errors in their do they shoot or not and when do they shoot and at what point do they start shooting. and finally in scenario 3 a full scale invasion. so you'd have 1st initially a joint strike campaign which would launch in all these missiles it would just be one missile or one installation in taiwan they would use it for why maybe tend to want to make sure that every defensive position in taiwan had been attacked every airfield been cratered every naval port stable and we hear warnings that these dangers could come much sooner than we might think. and if you look at the internal situation in china at this moment. he says being affected by. the chinese leaders the authoritarian leaders may find taiwan us accompanying a scapegoat and therefore taiwan needs to be constant about the chinese possible us

the hope i think in beijing. i want to. adventure just. in a scenario to russia's crimea playbook inspires a shadowy takeover of outlying island. while rushing to green then people go in. and so it creates a very serious dilemma for the marine army troops. that they care isn't there do they shoot or not and when do they shoot and at what point did they start shooting. and finally in scenario 3 a full scale invasion. so you'd have 1st initially a joint our strike campaign which would want you know all these missiles it would just be one missile or one installation in taiwan they would use $45.00 maybe 10 to want to make sure that every defensive position in taiwan had been attacked every airfield been cratered every neighbor or stable and we hear warnings that dangers could come much sooner than we might think. and if you look at the internal situation in china at this moment the economy says being affected by. the chinese leaders the authoritarian leaders may find taiwan us accompanying a scapegoat and therefore taiwanese to be. about the

watch as long as the beijing authorities are willing to solve and how can isms and improve cost rates relations parity and dignity are maintained we're willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue we are committed to up holding regional stability but this is not something taiwan can show to alone it is the joint responsibility of both sides. find gold is a political risk analyst and he joins us via skype from taipei good to have you with us one of the key details of size speech here was talks on an equal basis can you explain what that means and whether it's something that beijing is likely to accept. well for the taiwan government in the people of taiwan they don't want to be treated as if they are a constituent part of the people's republic of china a local level government they don't want to have negotiations under the framework that is demanded by china which was a framework that this government which was 1st elected in 2016 has rejected it even though the previous government that was in power from 20022016 had accepted that but the people of taiwan voted clearly in

now, the beijing slogan is won, one policy. won, one policy, makes you feel beijing doesn't have much of a strategy. like a soap bar, they take a very ad hoc strategy to operating banks. sometimes they ask banks to recapitalize them and sometimes they ask local governments to recapitalize them. right now, we are in a pandemic and local governments and even big don't have much money. and all these deals take time. it is very possible the so-called recapitalizing, restructuring and merger and acquisition deals will fall apart at the last minute. we think thisnse, one bank, one put -- one country fell flat on strategy. paul: the economy is growing again and foreign investment hasn't even been dented, but this is a moment for china. uli: we have been worried about that because investors have been buying government bonds record pace. they have a systemic risk. they account for about a quarter of the chinese banking system's assets. but the big problem is, it is going to turn out to be very, very expensive and beijing says it has a c

but as long as the beijing authorities are willing to resolve and tighten isms and improve relations while parity and dignity are maintained we are willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue we are committed to upholding regional stability but this is not something taiwan can show to alone it is the joint responsibility of both sides weren't there gopalan has more from hong kong. the taiwan presidential speech was peppered with pointed and veiled references to china many of each will not be well received from by beijing in fact one of the 1st things she did was highlight taiwan wanting to boost its a defense capability she did not particularly mention beijing but she did mention provocations from across the taiwan strait which is china she also said they wanted to improve dialogue and open dialogue but once again put the onus on beijing saying that it does rely on beijing wanting to lessen any provocations and also her exact words were to dial down the antagonism she also mentioned that taiwan standing in the world has improved countries who are concerned about china'

king who wouldn't go by when the saying as long as the authorities in beijing are willing to resolve antagonisms and improve cross street relations while maintaining parity and dignity we're willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue. president sighing whens national day speech held both failed and pointed messages for china and even the offer to start talks came with conditions that beijing should treat taiwan as an equal and listen to taipei's concerns trying to is not going to accept any concept or framework that taiwan proposes which is not identical to what china wants as as nice as it sounds for president side to say that we want her ready and might starve are reasonable to those of us outside the region for china's leadership there really isn't much room to deviate from their stated position beijing cut off official contact with taiwan up to thai was 1st elected in 2016 relations deteriorated further when she want to 2nd term with a promise to preserve the island sovereignty the president's commended the taiwanese forces and stressed the importance of stepping

they will not go so this is a time when the saying as long as the authorities in beijing are willing to resolve antagonisms and improve cross street relations while maintaining parity and dignity we're willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue. president sighing whens national day speech held both veiled and pointed messages for china and even the offer to start talks came with conditions that beijing should treat taiwan as an equal and listen to thai peace concerns trying to is not going to accept any concept or framework that taiwan proposed which is not identical to what china. has as nice as it sounds for president sides that we want her already and might starve or reasonable to those of us outside the region for china's leadership there really isn't much room to deviate from their stated position beijing cut off official contact with taiwan after thai was 1st elected in 2016 relations deteriorated further when she want to 2nd term with a promise to preserve the island sovereignty the presidents commended the taiwanese forces and stressed the importance of steppi

the king who wouldn't go by when the saying as long as the authorities in beijing are willing to resolve antagonisms and improve cross street relations while maintaining parity and dignity we're willing to work together to facilitate meaningful dialogue. president sighing whens national day speech held both veiled and pointed messages for china and even the offer to start talks came with conditions that beijing should treat taiwan as an equal and listen to thai peace concerns trying to is not going to accept any concept or framework that taiwan proposed which is not identical to what china wants as as nice as it sounds for president side to say that we want territory and might starve are reasonable to those of us outside the region for china's leadership there really isn't much room to deviate from their stated position beijing cut off official contact with taiwan after thai was 1st elected in 2016 relations deteriorated further when she want to 2nd term with a promise to preserve the island sovereignty the presidents commended the taiwanese forces and stressed the importance of stepping

beijing sansa the us should mind its own business. truly so with the establishment of the so-called special coordinator photo betten is used by the us is totally out of political manipulation aiming to interfere in china's internal affairs and undermine the development and stability of tibet china has always opposed this position and has never recognized that. tibet's government has said that some 15 percent of the region's population have received locational training in just 7 months and the program is ongoing. rights groups worry that with every person that's unrolled tibetan culture is being further eroded. joining us is kate saunders a specialist and writer on tibet kate the report documenting this just came out i know you've monitored what's been happening in tibet for years what have been some of your own findings. yes this is the this report. horton's indication of the very rapid social economic transformations taking place and tibet and what we found is that this combination of intensified securitizing militarize a show of for

saying that it does rely on beijing wanting to lessen any provocations and also her exact words were to dial down the antagonism she also mentioned that taiwan standing in the world has improved countries who are concerned about china's growing influence and she also spoke about taiwan's commitment to sovereignty and democracy another point of provocation for china which considers taiwan a renegade province and part of its one china policy. the world health organization has warned europe to take decisive action to curb soaring corona virus infection rates as asian countries to limit large gatherings or expect tough lockdowns you know it's nice not necessarily good for to people want to hear but that is it it is still sad to see many countries in europe experiencing rapid razing cases and governments do have to take decisive action in order to try and shut down the transmission. poland has reported a record rise in new daily infections with more than 5300 confirmed on saturday new research and have come into force is now mander view to wear masks outdoors at all times the prime minist

absolutely you know i don't think you can trust any number that comes out of beijing but. it's not like there there is an out of control condemning of the 19 in china right now and i speak to people in china every day multiple many many people all over the country and you know if the government says 100000 people die die i tend to believe you know 300000 people died if they say the g.d.p. has grown by 5 percent i tend to believe it's gone by one percent. nonetheless. i have enough anecdotal evidence in my personal contacts and i spend you know at least 8 to 10 hours a day talking to people in china and interacting with them that there is enough normalcy going on that the economy can in fact grow people are going to the movies that going to restaurants they are you know getting tourism in large numbers so yeah the numbers that the communist party is giving off may be off but there's no question that the economy has recovered to a much greater extent than we have say for example a new united states yeah yeah we in the west we look there with envy especially when you say the

absolutely you know i don't think you can trust a number that comes out of beijing but. it's not like there there is an out of control condemning of the 19 in china right now and i speak to people in china every day multiple many many people all over the country and you know if the government says 100000 people die i die and i tend to believe you know 300000 people died if they say the g.d.p. he has grown by 5 percent i tend to believe it's gone by one percent. nonetheless. i have enough anecdotal evidence in my personal contacts and i spend you know at least 8 to 10 hours a day talking to people in china and interacting with them that there is enough normalcy going on that the economy can in fact good people ah going to the movies that going to restaurants they are you know getting tirzah in large numbers so yeah the numbers that the communist party is giving off may be off but there's no question that the economy has recovered to a much greater extent than we have say for example in united states yeah we in the west we look there with envy especially when you say the w

coming up in the next 60 minutes a shaky cease fire not going to care about because as our beijing and our media accuse each other of violating a truce. north korea's leader shows off a new intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade and threatens to fully mobilize his nuclear force. a former president is arrested and a new prime minister is named kurdistan's leader tries to strengthen his position in a deepening political crisis. donald trump is set to address supporters at the white house his 1st public event since he was released from hospital after testing positive for a coronavirus. i'm joining us roscoe with the sports teenager. if it can end when the french open title and become partners 1st grand slam singles champ. 1500 hours g.m.t. and it's been 5 hours since a cease fire officially came into effect in the disputed region of karabakh but both armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating the truce the as a remote tree released a video on saturday showing what it says is an armored vehicle. destroyed for violating the agreements this ceasefire was ann

the hope by thank you beijing. i want to. mention just. in scenario 2 the russians crimea playbook inspires a shadowy takeover of outlying islands. while rushing to green then people go in. and so it creates a very serious problem. for the marine army troops that are that they care isn't there do they shoot or not and when do they shoot and at what point do they start shooting. and finally in scenario 3 a full scale invasion. so you'd have 1st initially a joint our strike campaign which would want you know all these missiles it would just be one missile or one installation in taiwan they would use $45.00 maybe 10 but wanted to make sure that every defensive position in taiwan had been attacked every airfield been cratered every naval port stable and we hear warnings to d.c. dangers could come much sooner than we might think. and if you look at the internal situation in china at this moment the economy says being affected by. the chinese leaders the authoritarian leaders may find taiwan us accompanying a scapegoat and therefore taiwan needs

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. we can go to seoul now and speak to dr moon chung—in, special advisor to the south korean president, moon jae—in. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you. let's talk about the issues we heard in the report, the relationship between china and the us, donald trump and his approach to china. what impact do you think that has had not only on china, but other countries in the region? south korea will be in a very difficult position because we cannot make a choice between beijing and washington. the us is our number one ally, while china is very important strategic operating partner therefore we want beijing and washington to go together and resolve the differences in our more harmonious way. we are not ina more harmonious way. we are not in a position to make a choice between the two. in that case, in that case, ifjoe biden won the election, would that put you in an easier position? joe biden will be tough on china, like trump, but he will be much more, pushing much

experts agree that if beijing had reacted faster it wouldn't have become a worldwide pandemic. the coronavirus pandemic has weakened the world's trust in china. china's factories deliver products to the entire world but it's a police state that brutally beat down the democracy movement in hong kong. is it possible to do business with a country like that. how can you do business with a country that's built large concentration camps in shin junk province to detain we go to. european companies have to ask themselves who ends up paying the price for doing business in china that's also a factor in the investment protection agreement our european investments really save even if europeans demand more fairness and support for human rights more and more people are beginning to put trade between the e.u. and china to the test. and what about europe's biggest economy germany a nation reliant on its exports the chinese make up a huge market for machinery cars and premium products made or designed by germans companies that have a lot of basted in the asian powerhouse insist there is only on

the press conference is taking place in beijing. officials saying china still faces a complex and severe situation when it comes to trade. we will continue to keep abreast of the briefing in beijing and bring you numbers when we get them. plenty more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ - [narrator] this is kate. - hey. - [narrator] she takes two prescriptions. kate's son jack, takes one too. kate works hard, and thought she had good insurance. but she still pays too much. that's no good. so kate downloaded the goodrx app. now she can compare prescription prices, to find the best discounts. she even beats her insurance price. good for you kate, good for you. goodrx, stop paying too much for your prescriptions. download the free app today. ♪ it is 10:29 in new york, and here are the first word headlines. johnson & johnson confirmed covid-19 vaccine trials have been halted after an unexplained illness in a participant. they joined a short list of vaccine members -- makers moving into late stage study. testingeca also paused after a partici

against russia and china has already altered the world order what remains to be seen is how must go and beijing will work together to confront a hostile west also well america ever being normal again. to discuss a real news i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics 1st magazine and in budapest we have george samueli he is an author and a you tuber the goggle original macross uprose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it or i was going to london marcus says you know we've been watching over the last few years a closer relationship between moscow and beijing and as a matter of fact a couple days ago when asked about the tension military alliance which these 2 countries do not know right now but this possibility putin said this the russian president theoretically it's quite possible to imagine with without any doubt our cooperation with china is bolstering the defense because capacity of china's army time will show how it will develop we can't exclude it we've never heard this before from the russian president what's

against russia and china has already altered the world order what remains to be seen is how must go in beijing will work together to confront a hostile west also while america ever be normal again. to discuss a real news i'm joined by my guests marcus papadopoulos in london he is the editor of politics 1st magazine and in budapest we have george samueli he is an author and a you tuber the goggle original macross of praise in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it or i was going to london. marcus's you know we've been watching over the last few years a closer relationship between moscow and beijing and as a matter of fact a couple days ago when asked about it the tension military alliance which these 2 countries do not know right now but this possibility putin said this the russian president theoretically it's quite possible to imagine that with or without any doubt our cooperation with china is bolstering the defense because capacity of china's army time will show how it will develop we can't exclude it we've never heard this before from the russian presi

to taiwan security and messaging to beijing. the united states in the serious about i want security. that that increases risk we would never do this with south korea which a bad teacher can be used and doesn't work we know it's destabilizing. and yet we're doing that with taiwan. a new bill in congress changed to make big changes committing future presidents to defending taiwan in the event of an attack it's also congressman ted yoho republican on the house foreign affairs committee explained the other time want to beijing prevention act does several things one it delineates if there were an attack on taiwan by china that it would authorize an a u m l of the united states congress to allow the president to go in and defend taiwan militarily in a u.n.'s that's an authorization for. use of military force and i think the biggest thing it does is it gets rid of the strategic or political or diplomatic ambiguity that's lasted since the seventy's it's been a just. a lot of ambiguity or taiwan stance but critics say this could backfire

against russia and china has already altered the world order what remains to be seen is how moscow and beijing will work together to confront a hostile west also while america ever be normal again. to discuss some real news i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics 1st magazine and in budapest we have george samueli he is an author and a you tuber the goggle original macross up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated where i was going to london marcus says you know we've been watching over the last few years a closer relationship between moscow and beijing and as a matter of fact a couple days ago when asked about a potential military alliance which these 2 countries do not know right now but this possibility putin said this the russian president theoretically it's quite possible to imagine with without any doubt our cooperation with china is bolstering the defense because capacity of china's army time will show how it will develop we can't exclude it we've never heard this before from the russian president wha

a decade later china crushed an uprising by tibetans opposed to reforms intended to cement beijing's control tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama fled the region and went into exile beijing later formalized its annexation of tibet doesn't needing it officially as an autonomy administrative region china's current president xi jinping says more must still be done to bring tibet in line with communist party thinking. beijing is planning to spend billions on infrastructure projects including improving rail links between the mountainous region and the rest of china. president xi also says beijing must step up its education opportunity but starting with young people he's called for teachers to plant the seeds of love for china in the region schools. it's part of what beijing sees as a push to rein in separatism approach about activists like the dalai lama calling a cultural genocide. we're now joined by love saying thank the president of the central tibet and administration and political success that to his holiness the dalai lama off to bed with the same guy welcome what does the anniv

and has more what's seen as beijing's aggressive foreign policies. well most of the world is struggling to overcome the kerner virus outbreak china has signalled that the country is well on its way to full recovery and the government's actions in recent months have set the stage for chinese ambitions across the globe china's foreign policy has taken an aggressive turn this year such as lashing out at australia for pushing an investigation into the origins of the covert $1000.00 virus and china's armed forces have bolstered territorial claims in the south china sea they've also stepped up patrols near japanese controlled islands fought india's troops in the himalayas and sent warplanes close to taiwan's airspace this place quite well with a domestic audience which has been fed a very heavy patriotic strongest country in the world we've got i mean i mean this goes down very well but i think also overseas there's a sort of sense in the chinese leadership we've been soft too long now is the time for the biggest country in the world's 2nd biggest economy