Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as the United States counts its ballots asia watches across the region people have their preferences rooting for trump or buy in one of the most possibly the most consequential election for the world in decades who wins will determine asias regional stability in the context of a rising china and in terms of trade and Climate Change. Welcome back to our its the everything from thailand to a struggling to china and japan the race for the white house is dominating News Coverage and asia. So well tell you who will be the next leader in this superpower america continue to be coming to. Governments and people in the region are watching the u. S. Election closely and like in the u. S. Theyre divided on whether donald trump all joe biden would be the better winner. I think definitely the election of president crumb is better for taiwan. I support joe biden because like him im a centrist in politics. It seems. In new delhi india if india rightwing group photo inspired divine intervention to secure a trumpet tree with prayers and a fire ritual. Youre certain that u. S. President dont come along when with a bigger mandate then before there are conspiracy theories doing the rounds in the us that you lections may get rigged however we are performing this fire ritual all these obstacles to the victory of donald trump will go away when we have. This in Southern India prayers were held to support the democratic ticket and specifically the Vice President ial candidate kamler harriss grandfather lived in this village i really need to be says i would also and i share ancestral history we are praying here and offering food to the public and i hope that she wins. In india the support for either president ial candidate can be as fervent as in the u. S. So to you and other Asian Countries. The incumbent u. S. Administration has changed the way that washington deals with Asian Countries and the question of whole occupy the white house for the next 4 years will be a real consequence to governments and people on the continent. Joining us is Richard Mcgregor of the Lowy Institute in australia he was formerly based in the us china and japan. So well suited to speak to us about the regional impact of the u. S. Elections today richard we still dont know who is going to be u. S. President so lets just talk this through there have been many takes about what abiding in ministration might mean when it comes to china some observers say he will be softer on china do we have a sense of who china prefers. Its a very hard question obviously in such a large country there might be many. People obviously want to know who was formerly only she knows that it even if you understand what it means i think in general that china would prefer it treat in this respect i think they see trump increasingly as a agent and accelerants of american the climb of course he has made life very difficult to china during his 1st term. And at some stage is trump going great leverage with china but i think they feel their heavy heavy is measured now and i think they feel that they can for you know do little deals with iraq but forge ahead generally because under trump theyll be you know tails corruption. And you know general pandemonium in the political in a very divided political system and that means us will be mystically focused not focused on the rest of the world including asia right my 1st question had to be on china but there are other countries in asia and japan often gets overlooked its a massive economy a democracy and a major ally of the United States same question does tokyo prefer one candidate over another. Its also an interesting question you know i think many japanese have been surprisingly supportive or were surprisingly supportive of trump i think that they thought the a bomb or ministration particularly a bomb of mach 2 was fired 2 week on china was far too interested in focused on focusing on multilateralist issues like Climate Change and got played by the chinese you know took their eye off the ball in the South China Sea its certainly true that a bomb in a 2nd particularly spinal office is much tougher on china but the japanese in a funny sort of way kind of like the sort of noise and toughness that the machismo the trump exuded because they thought it china on the back foot i wonder now whether they think that thats run its course and they want something more stable and predictable but of course with biden they worry about him they worry about him he might appoint as secretary of state if you can particularly like him in the ministration less if he didnt like susan rice very much she could and could possibly still be secretary of state and other countries similar to japan in terms of their concerns about china for example is australia a very close ally of the us a member of the 5 Intelligence Alliance what are the areas of cooperation australia would like to see more of with the United States. Well the stranger is similarly conflicted in a kind of a same way as japan and you know i think that had enough of trump they worry about him sort of bringing america down but theyre not sure about biden a straight who wants a tough america or a Strong America or an america thats very engaged in the region and in the very predictable fashion australias have the right pressure from china at the moment which is taking a whole host of trade sanctions against australia basically a political disagreements and a us that is either domestically focused or sort of gradually retiring retreating from the a specific isnt some was respects australias Worst Nightmare so im not sure who astray it wants to win in many respects it is a partisan response depending which particular and certainly a strident Prime Minister as well trumps been in office been pretty good at forging a Good Relationship with him and forging off heading off you know the worst that trump could have done to australia but you know were pretty worried about america as well Richard Mcgregor thank you. One major thing that might get lost in all the news but is very critical Climate Change the United States formally exits the Paris Agreement today wednesday by when would it reverse that the vast majority of countries in asia are overwhelmingly committed to the green meant china along with japan and south korea recently went further pledging to cut Carbon Emissions to 0 china by 2060 japan and south korea saying they aim to by 2050 quite a few countries in asia are deeply vulnerable to Climate Change including india or the philippines entry lanka. For more were joined by Isabel Hilton the c. E. O. And editor in chief of China Dialogue isabelle your organization reports on the environment and Climate Change how bad is the u. S. Withdrawal in terms of the impact it would have on countries in asia well its not good for the climate process and its not good for the United States actually but its been a while coming had had there been a decisive victory in the us election for the us would not have left in fact its left today still rejoin whats lost is the us is diplomatic energy deployed if you like on the right side of the balance and it sends a negative signal to countries that are being less responsible in their Climate Action so its going to slow the process and it makes it more difficult but fundamentally its not going to stop the Energy Transition its going to put in the end the United States at a disadvantage compared to countries that are Going Forward with their Energy Tradition more proactively i want to talk more about chinas somewhat of a surprise pledge that the country would reduce emissions and be Carbon Neutral by 2060 environmentalist welcomed it a Foreign Affairs experts who follow china and sees what it promises versus what it actually ends up doing not so much what are your thoughts. I think its best to look at chinas climate page in the context of chinas own industrial economy and then it becomes more convincing frankly because since the 12th 5 year plan that 2 plans ago were about to do the fourteens china has made a major commitment to a low carbon transition in vestments all the technologies that are required for that transition so china has positioned itself as a major supplier of low carbon goods and services to a world that is contemplating a transition it therefore has a direct interest in that transition what you can complain about is is the speed of chinas domestic action and china honestly shares that with pretty much every other country china made it harder for itself because it committed so heavily to coal and theres a lot of unraveling that has to happen there on the other hand i think that if you look at how Climate Action is now increasingly integrated with the basic planning that drives chinas development in the end china will get there and the fact that it sent this very powerful signal of that transition is extremely important we cant fix Climate Change without china chinas commitment is fundamental and chinas commitment to serious not just in terms of getting out of high Carbon Development but also its activity pestilent in enabling low Carbon Development in the rest of the world and my understanding is that the Paris Agreement has an end now on its own to combat the Global Climate emergency so what more needs to be done. But what the paris of agreement does is it invites countries to pledge reductions and their inductions that were pledged in the 1st round take us to 3 degrees that 6 true really dangerous we are it about one degree now and were already seeing very very serious threats and consequences of that warming but what paris did build in was that countries would come back to the table with increased pledges every 5 years that was supposed to happen this year thats what we need is about helton thank you. Thats it for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com for slash asia or on facebook and twitter well have more election coverage as it relates to asia tomorrow thanks for watching and goodbye. Why are people forced to hide in trucks. There are many reasons. There are many answers. The phone. And there are many stories. To. Make up your own. Joke you made for mines. The United States of america and nation a culture deeply divided amid a president ial election thats been like no other well talk to a bestselling american novelist and a former white house videographer about this years fight for power and later on arts and culture how these past 4 years of trump turned hollywood political. Welcome to arts and culture my 1st guest is literary heavyweight and bestselling american author geoffrey eugenic hes his books include the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Middlesex Jeffrey jetties thanks for joining me how are you. Coping im holding up all right this morning ok i wanted to start syrian part because i really believe that novelists are some of the best experts that we have on the human heart and mind and im wondering how you understand these 2 clashing realities in america do trump and biden voters really have different core values. Yeah i used to feel that as a novelist i understood my country but im sort of waiting to see what happens in the selection to to see if i if i do or not im from michigan and michigan is one of the states in play right now and the 1st time that trump prevailed there unlike a lot of my friends in new york i understood what was going on with the people who had voted twice for obama and then switched over to trump because of a feeling of being left behind and if you grew up in michigan and you saw what happened to the factories and what happened with the loss of jobs you could understand why a certain amount of the populace might decide universe in 4 way just to strike out and vote for trump now if if it happens again im a little bit at a loss to say that i understand my my my countrymen are a large part of them. Do i think theres different i think its just become this is a common place but i think its become tribal its an identity issue where you think you will or a conservative you cant be a liberal you cant be a democrat those are those are terrible people and you just cling to to your side of the fence in that way and its almost not about issues anymore its just a sense of identity you know just briefly before trump was elected the 1st time you told us to go where you are that you thought he was a little bit like this literary figure the wizard of oz this figure who seems to have all the power but hardly has not been are you sort of i can 2016 do you still feel that way. I guess i dont think its a terrible comparison i mean right now hes saying that hes going to stop the voting in co go to the Supreme Court he is acting like he controls things controls the levers of power lets lets see if he does that i dont think ultimately he does i do think obviously hes a charlatan and you know thats not what he says he is and at some point its going to be revealed the question is when now i know that a lot of americans who are talking about this all are talking about this election with their therapist thats what a lot of my friends are telling me youve talked about seeing a therapist before is this something that you think you would talk about unfair. No not not at all i fairly optimistic about the country as a whole there he is a personal thing i dont i dont cost too much money to talk about politics and there Jeffrey Toobin thanks so much for coming on arts and culture my pleasure raw nerves all over about this election american rapper carty be as they say an internet speak all of us she posted this video of her Election Night experience relieving stress the Old Fashioned way. Right or t. C. Boyles dark poetic response to the evening he tweeted yes the night wears on and i feel we can cord out to some wong dead creature washed ashore from an ancient see. Here actress Kirstie Alley sends out a prayer before she goes to sleep and john q 2nd response to trump screwy election when call is frustrating saying he thinks hes. In just 4 years weve seen hollywood and the Music Industry go from being more or less buddies with the Obama White House to becoming a bastion of the opposition since trumps went in 2016 american artists have become more political than ever theres a look back. Lights camera the stage and drama in his element he likes to play the starring role after all for years he was a t. V. Star in the reality for much the apprentice but he has attitude to past being problematic even before he was sworn in celebrities are lined up against him. Being inclusive being diverse country built on immigrants. Fairness these are the things that americans want to be what we resonate to. Trumps presidency began with a Culture Shock the president announces the abolition of cultural funding americas artists sound. At the Golden Globes awards so many Actress Meryl Streep spoke out foreigners. Disrespect invites disrespect violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose the list of prominent opponents for music culture in show business is long but donald trump also has some support clint eastwoods. Chuck norris and kids who wrote back to join the voice also voiced support for. Bidens evil. Trump must win hes real he will bring back the peoples trust. And celebrity by doing support says include swift. Bruce springsteen. And single lady gaga. The rift between the and to tell human wont and dont trump is. He does have supporters but most artists who spoke out back to changing direction for the us. My next guest is political filmmaker a run chowdhury his book 1st camera man tells about the years he spent as the official white house videographer under president barack obama and then Vice President joe biden around chatter he thanks for joining me i just want to share a video that you shot and recently posted its one of the most talked about videos this election cycle footage of democratic candidate joe biden can you just tell me a little bit about what were going to see and what made you tweet it just before the election sure this was footage i had the honor of working a lot with Gabby Giffords who was a congresswoman from arizona who had been shot but by a gunman and sort of the recurring poverty was a very public thing in the u. S. And when the march for our lives happened after the Florida School shooting in washington d. C. She was having a greet with the students and she invited president along by me who was a friend of mark kellys who actually just won the senate race in arizona extremely recently and. I was just there covering this event and the Vice President greeted a bunch of people and then this moment happened that youll see but it was sort of a very private and special moment that i knew was a very potent and actually about a year ago when it when things started to become clearer i guess less than a year ago in the democratic primary i actually set the alarm calendar alarm it was like 2 weeks before the election like deploy the biden footage so you know level when a plan comes together when you have something that is meaningful as in greeting this young mans young mentally handicapped man at the event. You dont want to push it out right away right and its so and i think it was so powerful too because it just is so the opposite of the tone of what were seeing now just briefly youre obviously not a bite in fan but you have visited youre not a trump fan but you have visited trump rallies youve talked about what makes them powerful can you just clue a sense of that. Yeah i mean trump i think a lot of times people are like oh hes letting down his supporters hes doing this hes doing that they dont understand the message is simple and its very compelling and hes very good at selling it which is prove them wrong all of the you know the experts the elite the scientists your boss whoever it is just proves them wrong and his sort of ability to keep doing that over and over again in elections is what his people like more then filling a policy here and there he is sort of the evidence of their wrongness and it fills people full of something i mean he has these very long rallies where hes you know speaking extemporaneously for sometimes an hour and a half and yes sometimes a little bits dont necessarily make sense when you pull them out but the whole thing pates a picture ok and he even really is an entertainer around choudary thanks so much for coming on the show. Thanks. Donald Trump Presidency during his time in office weve seen ongoing violence against black americans notably at the hands of Police Officers one major phenomenon during term time in the white house has been the rise of the black lives Matter Movement both on the streets and on movie screens our film correspondent caught up with leading African American filmmakers black lives matter protests existed before trump but the Trump Presidency has energized the movement before the election films by in about black people films that look at themes of racism and Police Violence have taken center stage. After the killing of george floyd director spike lee post the film editing real life footage with the similar chokehold death of eric garner in 2014 and scenes from his own 1909 film do the right thing do the right thing was based upon their will of chokehold murder. And then again. You know not just by strangulation while i was being shot dead with guns. Ringback ringback. In the documentary time a woman struggles to get her husband released from a 60 Year Prison Sentence for robbery. Monday. Night waiting on a ruling regarding my husbands always when any of you might have any information like. M. L. K. F. B. I. Looks back the government attempts to suppress the civil rights struggle of the 1960 s. The director sees a parallel to trump today when shoppers out. For claiming that the suburbs will be. Those people who call are going to come destroy you. So williams has also spent a career looking at what it means to be black in america in a kill is a scape which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival williams plays a drug dealer looking to break out of a life of crime. A slam poet a rapper and a filmmaker williams was and is always an activist 1st whether you can look at you know the history of lynching in this country through the history of Police Violence or the history of policing and ordering laws and all of these things and. This is not civilized. This is barbaric. Artists and filmmakers continue to draw strength and inspiration from black lives matter. For more on the state of us culture and the culture seen here in europe you can find us do you know where you dot com slash culture by for now. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. The nurnberg trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime of mortgages by the allied forces. Were the 1st criminals to be held accountable for their crimes we. Found them on. Going good ill pay a. Price for. Our 2 part series the 3rd reich dog starts nov 12th on d w. What secrets lie behind things was to discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. W World Heritage 360 get the maps now. In the army of Climate Change. Those most of. Them stood. The dears do they have their future. Deep blue dot com megacities the multimedia. Clicks church. 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