in his beijing apartment he was now living under house arrest. you know there's no i'm completely controlled my telephone my computer etc. they follow me all the time . nowadays it's not like it was in the ninety's in the ninety's when they followed you they hid themselves so that we didn't see them if you turned around suddenly you could catch them trying to hide. but today they do it openly good they want you to know that you're being followed you know that we are sometimes even there right beside me you could almost have a conversation with them they are going to. i on the 8th of august 2008 beijing seemed stronger than ever i the city had become the center of the world i would subject to the world protests the end lympics would be the crowning glory of the soft i. was. you shall bow to what advantage he could from the olympics to that he met foreign journalists and more and more regularly he organized discreet meetings on the streets of the old city university professors and even officials more or less close to the party could be found that.

he knew he looked for a new role among beijing's intellectuals. will mean he has our specialty at that time with new shop boys petitions we love petitions he wants he never stopped writing political petitions which were often more or less about the tiananmen square massacre and at that time there were no computers everything had to be sent by fax you another you may get all the time so there are often not all that many signatures on the petition. obviously i never knew exactly how many hundreds but many are not there were not enough to stop us from being systematically arrested the following day though genes are coming you are about to get so out of. so you shall both found himself implicated in a host of disputes in the ninety's his activism won him several periods of detention or reeducation while. in 1995 he was arrested while preparing a new petition to recognize the tiananmen square massacre another 6 months deprivation of freedom. in 1906 he was sent to a reeducation camp for 3 years in the north of china. it was in the canteen of the camp t

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metropolitan city there's simply no comparison so i don't think that beijing's. could be used at the example even though beijing could be satisfied with that how things are going because of the one country 2 system but the letter to the very very different struck from cheese steve saying nearly half of the population of macau were born in mainland china and you compare that to just over 20 percent of the population in hong kong do the people of macau turn to mainland china more when it comes to the purposes of identification. i think people in macau accepted the unification and with china they have i think as one of your other guests say some people who also want to develop democracy in macau but they are the minority and they know that and therefore they are much more willing to work with the chinese government i think is . a slightly dubious assumptions that eve somebody were born going to mean and of china and then to relocate us to i don't call all know how they would necessarily continue to simply support the chinese communist party system i think you have v

first american fast food outlet came to beijing you shall both left china. he moved on to oslo but this early contact with the west soon turned sour he was bored to death and angry with the sign knowledge ists whom he called usurpers. in the autumn of 1908 he wound up in new york andrew mason the deacon of chinese studies at the prestigious university of columbia offered him a post there as visiting lecturer i don't think the university at that level or. much less the u.s. government or anybody had any plans for this guy was just that somebody asked me to invite him and he was curious and wanted to come over. many young chinese intellectuals were living in new york in early 1989 including the young and i way way now world renowned for his contemporary art. but also the current day living who had come to new york some months earlier and agreed to put up you shall be. in my are part of every night in new york have so many chinese distant so we always can see each other i'll send out all you my ranting apartment leaving. this small community of chinese intellec

metropolitan city there's simply no comparison so i don't think that beijing's. abuse of the soil even though beijing could be satisfied with that how things are going because of the one country 2 system but the that attitude a very very different strop from cheese steve saying nearly half of the population of macau were born in mainland china and you compare that to just over 20 percent of the population in hong kong do the people of macau turn to mainland china more when it comes to the purposes of identification. i think people in macau accepted the unification and with china they have i think as one of your other guests say some people who also want to develop democracy in macau but they are the minority and they know that and therefore they are much more willing to work with the chinese government i think is. a slightly dubious assumptions that eve somebody were born going to mean and of china and then to relocate us to i don't call all know how they would necessarily continue to simply support the chinese communist party system i think you have very mixed p

>> this comment would not go down well in beijing. this is not the first time for washington to make similar allegations, accusing beijing of economic espionage. i expect that beijing will reject the notion that china was to be the dominant force of the world, at the same time, there may not be any substantial retaliation. china is closely and patiently watching the u.s. government transition. although beijing may not expect a complete reset of the relations under the biden administration, there is hope that biden and the new white house may approach the china issue with less direct confrontation. laura: how about these visa restrictions on the chinese elites. how much will those hurt? >> it is going to hurt greatly. the new visa rule is targeting chinese communist party members and their family. right now if you have a chinese passport and you apply for aqs tourist visa, you get a 10 year visa with multiple inches. this is the usual case. but the new law has proposed changes visa to a one-month, valid, single entry visa. it will hurt

it was in beijing in the middle of the 80s that you show made his 1st public appearance. the 1980 s. where a period of incredible freedom for the chinese as they turned the page on maoism. the country began to open up to the world and saw what a modern world had to offer. on the campus of the prestigious normal university in the capital you shall board was a young chinese man doing literally research. his colleagues knew about his frank nature but for his american translator perry link it was a convention in 1906 that the young intellectual 1st became more strident. there was a conference in beijing to celebrate the 10 years of the new period so-called in tiny's literature to show that we improved so much and small to the it was a good idea and a good conference but it was held or was one of the young participants there and that's the 1st place in which he sort of threw a fireball oid i remember one of my colleagues was at that conference when he returned. he told me a dark horse has appeared. that you answer imitating his typical stammering over the code he described sha

margaret cho and was a statement of intent by beijing the w.h.o. was a prime objective in its international strategy. the new director general had a new and extremely powerful instrument at her disposal to reinforce her independence the newly composed international health regulations revised and consolidated in 2005 by the member states of the w h o you've done a good which was assume. they authorized the w.h.o. to issue alerts about health emergencies that might occur. to the members also committed to reporting certain events to the w.h.o. . not doing so or responding too late could result in the w.h.o. holding them publicly accountable. for them but the w.h.o. is also part of the system of the united nations whose fundamental rule is non interference in other country's affairs on the one hand w.h.o. is told to monitor developments and if need be intervene in the politics of sovereign nations while on the other hand it is to in general refrain from such action which it does it. look what happened at the world trade organization at the w t o one a

deal 7 years old talks it opens up the chinese market to european investment while giving beijing in wrote to some strategic european projects taking up the story for us this hour r.t. charlotte. this deal is almost been several is in the making between the e.u. in china and they've really pushed the boat out to get it done before the end of 2020 essentially it means that there is the opportunity for the e.u. for investment in certain industries this is companies within the e.u. to be able to invest in areas of china before it had barriers around them such as the financial sector and the health sector for china it means that there is this possibility of investing in renewable energy so this is something on the table for each side in this and this deal has been described by many as being the most ambitious deal that china has ever struck with a nation country tomorrow's post covered world needs a strong e.u. china relationship to build forward better but this requires cooperation reciprocity and trust especially in our trade and investment relationship but this deal comes with a huge

metropolitan city there's simply no comparison so i don't think that beijing's. abuse that it's all even though beijing could be satisfied with that how things are going because of the one country 2 system but the that attitude of a bit different as chalk from cheese steve saying nearly half of the population of macau were born in mainland china and you compare that to just over 20 percent of the population in hong kong do the people of macau turn to mainland china more when it comes to the purposes of identification. i think people in macau accepted the unification and with china they have i think as one of your other guests say some people who also want to develop democracy in macau but they are the minority and they know that and therefore they are much more willing to work with the chinese government i think it is. a slightly dubious assumptions that eve somebody were born on a main end of china and then to relocate just to i don't comb all know how they would necessarily continue to simply support the chinese communist party system i think you have very mixe

to beijing. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us lawmakers in u.s. congress have moved to block president donald trump's order to withdraw u.s. troops from germany it's a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together these days to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on boyce's support for the continued presence of u.s. forces in germany and it would require an impact assessment before any troops are pulled out in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the $36000.00 troops based in germany. well stefan simmons is standing by for us in washington stephanie how likely is it that u.s. troops will not be droll withdrawing from germany no. i think the likelihood just increased actually it is very likely that there won't be any withdrawal at least not on the reins of this administration of the trumpet ministration as you pointed out the budget defense budget package which is 4500 pages that is a double whopper they're. saying that they 1st want congress s

and beijing and what we're missing. the lack of a strategy in china and. trying to you know. we don't get one table on the ground and think. we've. got a. lot. uganda has an election coming up next month and president yoweri museveni who's been in power for more than 3 decades is up against an opponent with a significant following for philips has been tracking the story for us speaking with journalists in com paula flo how was most 70 been dealing with this trial in short richard by clamping down on the opposition candidate robert gallon in known as bobby wine on the journalists covering wines campaign and targeting some of his supporters wine is a different kind of opponent to the president he's a musician turned member of parliament a singer who's used his music to power his campaign as well as connect with young voters and broaden his support base last month dozens of wine supporters were killed at the hands of the ugandan security services and there be multiple reports sense of police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at them check out this video wine posted on twitter f

metropolitan city there's simply no comparison so i don't think that beijing's. could be used as the example even though beijing could be satisfied with that how things are going because of the one country 2 system but the that attitude a very very different strop from cheese steve saying nearly half of the population of macau were born in mainland china and you compare that to just over 20 percent of the population in hong kong do the people of macau turn to mainland china more when it comes to the purposes of identification. i think people in macau accepted the unification and with china they have i think as one of your other guests say some people who also want to develop democracy in macau but they are the minority and they know that and therefore they are much more willing to work with the chinese government i think is. a slightly dubious assumptions that eve somebody were born want to mean and of china and then to relocate us to i don't call all know how they would necessarily continue to simply support the chinese communist party system i think you have ve

military and dual use technologies for beijing's benefit. we are targeting -- targeting entities peddling products with goods made from forced labor. seizing products originating in region home to the ethnic minority, millions of whom have been forced to work in factories. we've had several successes on that front, including the seizure of 13 tons of product made with human hair, presumably taken from these camps. issued a hold and release order to contain shipments containing cotton originating njianghe xi production core. this is the beginning of our abuses.n on the ccp's looking forward, we hope to issue a regionwide wro for products made with forced labor. theook measures to protect election from chinese interference. in august, the intelligence community notify the public the chinese communist party has been expanding its efforts to shape policy in the u.s. and manipulative politicians to favor chinese interests. in response, dhs partnered with local election officials to make sure our elections were as secure as possible. these partner

that report from a correspondent yes banana and he joins us from beijing for more hina ts a you have just returned from shin jang what was it like to report there so it's very difficult to report from there you're being followed around cones constantly in most places it depends a little bit on the location the local authorities seem to have different approaches in some places you followed by these plainclothes policeman from a distance and they into if you feel once you approach for example a prison or account like we've seen in that case sometimes they even want to let you take pictures off the streets and of course anybody you talk to risks being interrogated by them i had one situation where i was filming on the street and then a man shouted something to me he touched a chinese flag and said he was a patriot and then asked me inside his shop i went in there took a few pictures inside his shop then i walked away and when i turned around i saw my mind just coming out of his shop so under these circumstances of course reporting is very different from other places you cannot freely ta

has more from beijing. it definitely seems like the relationship between china and australia has hit the lowest point but it's ever been at and that's clearly manifest in the trade relationship but it pours far beyond that now tensions between the 2 countries really ratcheted up when a strongly demanded an independent inquiry into an origin of the current 19 outbreak earlier this year but they've been souring for much longer than that really one clear point was in 2018 when the previous australian government imposed this law against political interference and china wasn't specifically named when that was announced but china definitely was implied as the target of that more and since then the government has taken various steps that have really good beijing culminating in what we saw last month in a 14 a list of 14 grievances released by the chinese embassy a basically expressing to australia all the things that it wasn't happy with including the fact that australia banned huawei china's iconic telecom giant

and beijing and what we. lack of it. in china and. we don't get one table on the ground. and i think right. uganda has an election coming up next month and president yoweri 70 who's been in power for more than 3 decades is up against an opponent with a significant following for philips has been tracking the story for us speaking with journalists in com paula flow how it was 70 been dealing with. in short which by clamping down on the opposition candidate get any known as bobby wine on the. journalist covering winds campaign and targeting some of his supporters wine is a different kind of opponent for the president he's a musician turned member of parliament a singer who's used his music to power his campaign as well as connect with young voters and broaden his support base last month dozens of wine supporters were killed at the hands of the ugandan security services and there be multiple reports scents of police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at them. check out this video whine posted on twitter from this past tuesday showing police targeting him and his campaign team

i got based in beijing china in august chang laid on australian citizen of chinese descent based in beijing for china c g t n t v disappeared from the airwaves and into custody allegedly for endangered in national security the following month 2 other australian journalists based in china were questioned about the channel a case spooked at the prospect of getting arrested they turned to a central you know officials for help got a diplomatic escort to the airport and fled the country you know relate to that to a stranger. and mark well rushed out. a couple of months ago. what their connection to china they were questioned by chinese security about back next year. and i mean when they returned to australia that they try and buy agency had executed search warrants on chinese in australia the chinese journalist were right. in connection with the foreign interference investigation of a politician about outing in here already and. in the twenty's all been khoja. but not right was not reported at the time and all the most. real battles was russian. or chinese general as the australian or shortly af

and beijing and what we. lack of a strike. in china. we don't get one table on the ground and. we've. got a. lot. uganda has an election coming up next month and president yoweri 70 who's been in power for more than 3 decades is up against an opponent with a significant following for philips has been tracking the story for us begin with journalists in com paula flo how is my 70 been dealing with this in short which by clamping down on the opposition candidate get any known as bobby wine on the. journalists covering ones campaign and targeting some of his supporters wine is a different kind of opponent for the president he's a musician turned member of parliament a singer who's used his music to power his campaign as well as connect with young voters and broaden his support base last month dozens of one supporters were killed at the hands of the ugandan security services and there be multiple reports scents of police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at them check out this video whine posted on twitter from this past tuesday showing police targeting him and his campaign team as

anchor based in beijing china in august chang laid on a stray citizen of chinese descent based in beijing for china's c.g. t.n. t.v. disappeared from the airwaves and into custody allegedly for in danger in national security the following month 2 other australian journalists based in china were questioned about the channel a case spooked at the prospect of getting arrested they turned to a central unit fishel for help got a diplomatic escort to the airport and fled the country you know really just happened to a stranger. and mark me well rushed out. a couple of months ago now we. know it cases what their connection to china they were questioned by chinese security about back next year. and i mean when they returned to australia that the try and buy agency had executed search warrants on chinese journalists in australia the chinese journalists were right. in connection with the foreign interference investigation of a politician give out of any. teacher in the twenty's or been co-op. but the raid was not reported at the time and all the most. real battles in my book was a russian. or chines

trying to understand just how much money beijing has lent the world has been a challenge for many but the kill in situ for the world economy has managed to cut through the opaque lending practices it says between 2 $12017.00 the world's debt obligations to china rose from $500000000000.00 to a staggering 5 trillion dollars that's about 6 percent of the world's economic output most of that has been bought on international debt markets beijing and its subsidiaries of lent $1.00 trillion dollars directly to $115.00 nations that makes china the world's biggest creditor overtaking the i.m.f. and even world bank or beijing has also made unreported loans worth $200000000000.00 which is wiring as other investors and international lenders can't make accurate investment decisions over recent years washington has grown reluctant to bail out ations time to china's initiatives through the i.m.f. and world bank let's bring in the author of that report 1st of christoph trash good to have you with us 1st of all one kind of lend is beijing is it fair to describe it as private trying. i wouldn't use th

the insistence of beijing -- at the insistence of beijing, it is a global investigation and starting in china. the who has tried to do what xi jinping did in march and go to the streets of wuhan. a team came in july but not make it beyond quarantine and beijing. the full 10 person team hopes to gather samples and interview some of the first known people infected. much will depend on working with their chinese counterparts. >> i think it will be important for the chinese government to have transparency, so the scientists can look at everything. i think it will be important for everybody to have open, transparent communication. >> the uk's ambassador to china has spoken about her government's desire to have a shared understanding of the origins of this virus grounded in sence, but i have heard from foreign diplomatic voices who express a deep pessimism about an investigation that they fear will be tarnished from the outset by political interference from beijing. >> the signs from china state media are not encouraging, they are reporting contested claims of covid in other countries befo

margaret cho and was the statement of intent by beijing the w.h.o. was a prime objective in its international strategy the new director general had a new and extremely powerful instrument at her disposal to reinforce her independence the newly composed international health regulations revised and consolidated in 2005 by the member states of the w.h.o. . live which always assume. they authorized the w.h.o. to issue alerts about health emergencies that might occur. with the members also committed to reporting certain events to the w.h.o. . not doing so or responding too late could result in the w.h.o. holding them publicly accountable. for them but the w.h.o. is also part of the system of the united nations whose fundamental rule is non interference in other country's affairs on the one hand w.h.o. is told to monitor developments and if need be intervene in the politics of sovereign nations while on the other hand it is to in general refrain from such action was to. look what happened at the world trade organization at the w t o one a country is out of

anchor based in beijing china in august chang laid on a stray citizen of chinese descent based in beijing for china c g t n t v disappeared from the airwaves and into custody allegedly for india injuring national security the following month 2 other australian journalists based in china were questioned about the channel a case spooked at the prospect of getting arrested they turned to australian officials for help got a diplomatic escort to the airport and fled the country you know relate to that to a stranger. and mark well rushed out. a couple of months ago now we. know it cases for their connection to china they were questioned by chinese security about back next year. and i mean when they returned to australia that the strained by agency had executed search warrants on chinese journalists in australia the chinese journalists were right. in connection with the foreign interference investigation of a politician give out of any. teacher in the twenty's or been co-op. but the raid was not reported at the time and only in most. battles was a russian. or chinese general as the australian or

not rich and was a statement of intent by beijing the w.h.o. was a prime objective in its international strategy the new director general had a new and extremely powerful instrument at her disposal to reinforce her independence the newly composed international health regulations revised and consolidated in 2005 by the member states of the w.h.o. . which always assume under most. they authorized the w.h.o. to issue alerts about health emergencies that might occur. with the members also committed to reporting certain events to the w.h.o. . not doing so or responding too late could result in the w.h.o. holding them publicly accountable. for them but the w.h.o. is also part of the system of the united nations whose fundamental rule is non interference in other country's affairs on the one hand w.h.o. is told to monitor developments and if need be intervened in the politics of sovereign nations while on the other hand it is to in general refrain from such action was to. look what happened at the world trade organization at the w t o when the country

trying to understand just how much money beijing has lent the world has been a challenge for many but the kill in situ for the world economy has managed to cut through the opaque lending practices it says between 2 $12017.00 the world's debt obligations to china rose from $500000000000.00 to a staggering 5 trillion dollars that's about 6 percent of the world's economic output most of that has been bought on international debt markets beijing and its subsidiaries of lent $1.00 trillion dollars directly to $115.00 nations that makes china the world's biggest creditor overtaking the i.m.f. and even world bank or beijing has also made unreported loans worth $200000000000.00 which is wiring as other investors and international lenders can't make accurate investment decisions over recent years washington has grown reluctant to bail out ations time to china's initiatives through the i.m.f. and world bank let's bring in the author of that report 1st of christoph trash good to have you with us 1st of all one color of lend is beijing is it fair to describe it as private trying. i wouldn't use t

trying to understand just how much money beijing has lent the world has been a challenge for many but the kill in-situ for the world economy has managed to cut through the opaque lending practices it says between 2002017 the world's debt obligations to china rose from $500000000000.00 to a staggering 5 trillion dollars that's about 6 percent of the world's economic output most of that has been bought on international debt markets beijing and its subsidiaries of lent $1.00 trillion dollars directly to $115.00 nations that makes china the world's biggest creditor overtaking the i.m.f. and even world bank or beijing has also made an reported loans worth $200000000000.00 which is wiring as other investors and international lenders can't make accurate investment decisions over recent years washington has grown reluctant to bail out ations time to china's initiatives through the i.m.f. and world bank let's bring in the author of that report 1st of christophe trash good to have you with us 1st of all one color of lend is beijing is it fair to describe it as private trying. i wouldn't use the

trying to understand just how much money beijing has lent the world has been a challenge for many but the kill in situ for the world economy has managed to cut through the opaque lending practices it says between 2 $12017.00 the world's debt obligations to china rose from $500000000000.00 to a staggering 5 trillion dollars that's about 6 percent of the world's economic output most of that has been bought on international debt markets beijing and its subsidiaries have lent $1.00 trillion dollars directly to $150.00 nations that makes china the world's biggest creditor overtaking the i.m.f. and even world bank or beijing has also made unreported loans worth $200000000000.00 which is wiring as other investors and international lenders can't make accurate investment decisions over recent years washington has grown reluctant to bail out nations time to china's initiatives through the i.m.f. and world bank let's bring in the author of that report 1st of christoph trash good to have you with us 1st of all want kind of lend is beijing is it fair to describe it as private trying. i wouldn't us

he works at a university in beijing. he's like so many in academia, and a servant of his country's government. this video was deleted from chinese social media soon after being uploaded. there's a reason for that as you will see. >> [speaking in a foreign language] [laughter] >> tucker: there's a lot of garbage floating around, and a lot of fake things. that video is real and those subtitles are accurate. checks in with two different chinese speakers and they confirmed it. but he just said, when you read on the screen tells the story. this is close to a smoking gun as we've ever seen. "we have people at the top of america's core inner circle of power and influence. according to the man you just saw, that's been true for decades. how many people work in media and government? he didn't say precisely. at one point of the video he described a chinese agent working as a top wall street financial institute. i can't say more without making political trouble. he did tell his audience that one agent in particular was especially u

a few days later on january 27th the streets of beijing which is really empty. the director general of the world health organization was afforded an official reception by the chinese president with the 2 men insisting the situation was under control. so that i personally directed the provision of containment measures to keep the epidemic in check. she said. ching our political decisions will ensure a victory against the epidemic. so that. each. this is very very important and really proud that. the other 40 gentlemen. is the political will be your personality to which we have for. 48 hours later the w.h.o. delegation were back at the head courses in geneva some 15 governments have now confirmed that the virus had spread to their countries in asia and europe concern was growing as was criticism of the w h o's chief who had still to publicly acknowledge a health crisis of global proportions this speed with china said to be outbreak isolated the virus sequence of the genome and shared it was doubly join the world out of very impressive and beyond words so is china'

a trade route between china and australia escalates amid reports beijing has restricted imports of the stray and cold. and turning day into night thousands gather in chile and argentina to view a rare total solar eclipse. u.s. democracy has prevailed and that was the message from president elect joe biden shortly after the electoral college 4 way validated his victory in the election it was a crystallized donald trump's multiple attempts to overturn the result she had reports from wilmington delaware. but you also are biden of delaware a democrat i 65 knows the real. california is electoral college vote made it official joe biden is the president elect and in the end the formal tally of the states joe biden won in the november election was the procedural affair it normally is across the country electors in states that biden flipped from the republicans cost their states votes for the president elect joseph r. biden has received $16.00 votes under the u.s. constitution the president isn't chosen by the popular vote but by the $538.00 electors of the electoral college however usually the

trying to understand just how much money beijing has lent the world has been a challenge for many but the kill in situ for the world economy has managed to cut through the opaque lending practices it says between 2 $12017.00 the world's debt obligations to china rose from $500000000000.00 to a staggering 5 trillion dollars that's about 6 percent of the world's economic output most of that has been bought on international debt markets beijing and its subsidiaries of lent $1.00 trillion dollars directly to $150.00 nations that makes china the world's biggest creditor overtaking the i.m.f. and even world bank or beijing has also made unreported loans worth $200000000000.00 which is wiring as other investors and international lenders can't make accurate investment decisions over recent years washington has grown reluctant to bail out ations time to china's initiatives through the i.m.f. and world bank let's bring in the author of that report 1st of christoph trash good to have you with us 1st of all one color of lend is beijing is it fair to describe it as private trying. i wouldn't use t

meanwhile, tokyo, seoul, and beijing will continue to see sunny skies. further to the south most wet weather will affect taipei. there is a chance of heavy rainfall. in india we have a depression over the bay of bengal. this may be the next storm system to hit southeastern india in a week as a cyclonic storm. the previous storm caused major floods and deadly landslides last week. unfortunately, we are expecting more heavy rainfall and storm surges as it moves closer and pushes into southeastern india and sri lanka over the next couple days. total rainfall may reach 300 millimeters. the ground is already saturated. so additional rainfall could cause further flooding and landslides. finally, in north america a strong winter storm known as nor'easter is creating destructive weather in the northeastern u.s. and eastern canada on tuesday. heavy snowfall will be seen in the eastern great lakes region, as much as 30 centimeters. in addition, strong winds could produce blizzard-like conditions in places like toronto, causing some -- that's all for now. stay safe

the world health organization says beijing has welcomed the prime visits by international investigators next month to look into the origins of covert 19 most experts believe the virus originated in a wet markets in the city of han. and the southern pacific island nation of fiji is bracing for severe tropical storm category 5 cycle yasar is on course to hit the main islands in the coming hours. well 10 years ago a fruit seller in cinesias set far as himself in a desperate and face all process. actions taps into frustration and fury at home and across the region they didn't see who became known as the arab spring cinesias the only country that transition to democracy but many say things have only become worse when a smith reports from cd. revolution began. looking for a way out of city boozy the specially choreographed dance is being staged to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the tunisian revolution its performers hope that their skills will get them work outside tunisia the revolution has failed them the eldest here is $24.00 but young to be disillusioned. they called trees goin

the insistencef beijing -- at the insistence of beijing, it is a global investigation and starting in china. the who has tried to do what xi jinping did in march and go to the streets of wuhan. a team came in july but not make it beyond quarantine and beijing. the full 10 person team hopes to gather samples and interview some of the first known people infected. much will depend on working with their chinese counterparts. >> i think it will be important for the chinese government to have transparency, so the scientists can look at everything. i think it will be important for everybody to have open, transparent communication. >> the uk's ambassador to china has spoken about her government's desire to have a shared understanding of the origins of this virus grounded inence, but i have heard from foreign diplomatic voices who express a deep pessimism about an investigation that they fear will be tarnished from the outset by political interference from beijing. >> the signs from china state media are not encouraging, they are reporting contested claims of covid in other countries before it

tom mackenzie joined this from beijing. tom, last-minute push to keep the pressure on beijing? [no audio] back: we will try to get to tom mackenzie, talking about tensions between china and the u.s.. we will have more of that and hear exclusively from the chinaan of the u.s. economic review commission, robin cleveland. first, vaccine news, the u.k. is the first western country to approve a covid-19 vaccine. it has approved the pfizer and aheadch shot i hear that of decisions in the u.s.. we got an idea of when to expect the first doses. >> including the 50 million from this year, we anticipate 1.3 billion in total. i don't think we can disclose what we will be providing in the first half, but i can say we are ramping up production extremely quickly so we can get the vaccine to everyone as quickly as possible. care: bloomberg health reporter michelle cortez is on the line. michelle, how does the fact that the u.k. has approved the shot owed for other governments and regulators approving other for other bode governments and regulators approving other vaccines? michelle: u.k. regu

intelligence chiefs beijing the greatest threat to war. criminal court drops a probe into alleged war crimes by u.k. forces in iraq despite having a reasonable basis to believe the atrocities actually took place. and he stresses the need to develop vaccine passports to encourage people to get immunized from the world health organization about why it's against pressuring people into having jobs if you know how. much. more difficult that is to ensure that everybody gets. and as the u.s. struggles with the pandemic and its economic consequences the nation's 1000000000 as i think. more than a trillion dollars to cover a major relief bill i guess teeth into the issue. it's a. story of the system spinning out of control so then it's just one of the giving. people some sort of refuge from these heavy handed government policies which never had to be so heavy here. thanks for joining us this morning this is international. top u.s. politicians are calling for heads to roll after a member of the u.s. intelligence committee was targeted by a suspected

he works at a university in beijing. he's like so many in academia, a servant of his country's government. this video was deleted from chinese social media soon after being uploaded. there's a reason for that as you will see. >> [speaking in a foreign language] [laughter] >> tucker: there's a lot of garbage floating around, and a lot of fake things. that video is real and those subtitles are accurate. we checked in with two different chinese speakers and they confirmed it. but he just said, when you read on the screen tells the story. this is close to a smoking gun as we've ever seen. "we have people at the top ofme america's core inner circle of power and influence." according to the man you just saw, that's been true for decades. how many people work in media and government? he didn't say precisely. at one point of the video he described a chinese agent working as a top wall street financial institute. i can't say more without making political trouble. he did tell his audience that one agent in particular was especiall

joining us for nor for more from beijing is journalist fabienne cresc fabia china appears to have done fairly well in combating covert 19 but today 27 new cases have been reported how is this being handled. well i mean international comparison those numbers are low but for china they are really concerning and even more so since the infection plus the spread mostly through beijing and that's the capital where the government has put extra efforts to keep it cool but 3 and how they. react it is quite fast and efficient so the districts that are affected. the residents are getting must tested the residents in the compounds where infections have been resistant really locked down shut down but on the other hand the rest of the city life goes on pretty much as normal even the boss are still open theatres are running at 70 percent capacity and that's quite surprising and it shows that the authorities are quite confident that this infection cluster will not spread and lead to a 2nd wave. next month and a stand 10 international experts will finally travel to china as part of a study on how and w

it's important for beijing. their first contact with him is when he was a council member in dublin city, california. they identified him as someone that can work through the american system and worked with a lot of people. some of their bets have not panned out. shows you that this is not just a question of senators or representatives or cabinet officers. they go down to the district level, they go down to the municipal level and they identify people that they think that one day will be important. >> bill: gordon, how common do you think this is? >> it's extremely common. china has done it for decades. china's attempts to influence and infiltrate is not just the federal government. it's institutions. so media, ngos, colleges, high schools. it's just almost every institution in american society. they've been doing this for three decades. >> bill: 30 years, you said. so i think the way i understand it best from your words is talking about 1,000 grains of sand suggesting what about the information that you collect

many colleges are bought by beijing. jesse: bought by beijing. secretary of state mike pompeo warning about china infiltrating college campuses. the chinese spy linked to swalwell came as a college student and infiltrated democrat political circles, targeting up-and-coming politicians all while feeding intel to the hostile regime of china. >> the leadership for his form from a chinese person were made to members of congress when made known to the members of congre congress, it was over but i don't know that means they come to the capital. jesse: joining me now to contribute, a former administration in the reagan administration, it seems like a gaping hole the chinese are exploiting. you can be accepted into one of our universities and just work your magic on politicians and we don't know what's going on until they slip up. how do you deal with something like that? >> that is great question. first of all, pay attention and give credit to president trump and secretary pompeo because they made us pay attention for the first time in a long time. now

well given the covert restrictions on gatherings and beijing's hardening stance is. the movement likely to continue what do you think when it should turn things may look bleak because as cheryl is a social restrictions on it and gentleman you come to the street approach. i don't want to go to you but democracy which is what we're fighting for democracy is humanity and humanity will always win so we will. i should think thank you very much claudia mo one of the former opposition legislators in hong kong thank you. and now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. justice department says it's found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the presidential elections a statement from u.s. attorney general william barr as a blow to president trump these challenging the election result and still refuses to concede to joe biden. hungary a member of the european parliament has resigned after breaking lockdown rules by attending what's been described as a gay sex party in brussels yourself who has previously backed antigay legislation in hungary

beijing leaders know that many untries ve becom economically reliant on china, and they can use this as leverage to pursue their domestic agenda as they want. but i think it's important to maintain pressure on china to show these types of actions are not acceptable. it also sends a message to the people of hong kong that the international community stands with them. ♪ >>> the united nations chief has urged the world to work together to cut carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. he made his comments during an online speech wednesday at columbia university in new york. >> humanity is waging war on nature. this is suicidal. >> gutierrez called for immediate global action to store ecosystems and address what he called a planetary emergency. >> it is time to flip the green switch. we have a chance notply to reset the world economy, but to transform it. the sustainable economy driven by renewable energies will create new jobs and a resilient future. >> gutierrez proposed holding international meetings next year for all u.n. member states to expedite efforts to cut emissions. he al

it has had an impact on what beijing is saying about the comes they used to say there were no camps now they say that the area education centers we've also seen them decent cura ties a little bit but overall i do not think that the all pression against you week is is ending in any way correspondent mathias been reporting from beijing thank you for sharing that reporting with us. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world the boko haram jihadist group says its fighters carried out friday's kidnapping of hundreds of students from a school in northern nigeria days after the raid the government said it was negotiating with the armed men boko haram was also responsible for abducting hundreds of schoolgirls in the town of chibok in 2014 an explosion in afghanistan has killed 3 people including the deputy governor of the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown assailants attached a bomb to my. vehicle no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. ivory coast president of the senate with tata has been inaugurated for a disputed 3rd term in office ami

there was a government in beijing, but it was very make. -- very weak. shikai had been a strong leader but with his death what came afterwards was weak. then the overreaction, the beating of the students, the arrests. what you saw, it is hong kong in 2019, 2020. students in the street are a problem for the government of china, for the ccp. and they were for the weak government in beijing, the b ayong government. the may mao wrote that in theent was a stage communist road and china. and he calls the working class, the student masses and the new bush wasi, the pillars -- new sie, the pillars in china. mao's second from the mid-1930's until they died in 1976, during the same year, was this guy, joanne lie -- jo enlai. he wente deng xiaoping, from china to europe right after the first world war. enlai.zhou he has a founding member of the party and part of the intellectual elite from china, that went to school in europe. you can see from the wonderful picture on your left, this is a westernized bunch. you're going to see other pictures, where they go back and

if we are not honest about what is taking place we will get schooled by beijing. we cannot allow this to radical regime to steal our stuff, to build their military might and brainwash our people are by our institutions to help them cover up these activities. shannon: mike pompeo saying beijing as bought some of our colleges, infiltrated our higher education. what is going on here? >> that certainly is true because we have seen on college campuses, not just the two that he named the china really controls the narrative, college administrators do beijing's bidding and give a hard time to students who want to talk about china, to that perspective, this is throughout american academia because they are interested in chinese money, interested in chinese students and they move against academic freedom which is a core support for the united states. we have to be concerned about what is happening on college campuses as well as in high schools and secondary schools. neil: is pervasive. pete buttigieg being considered as ambassador to china. this is clearly going over the nex