Posted its slowest growth in 17 years. And for more im joined by andrea hang in singapore under way are we just heard india has so far been reluctant to participate in china spent on road project could this summit be about china trying to persuade india to change its mind. I think if china wants to do that monica it has to be something of a slow downs india is very fearful of any potential detriment that china is reputed to have with other countries and as well as the territorial joblessness that china tends to display now adding salt of the war in india recently signed in joint deal with japan to develop colombo port in sri lanka all of that is more obvious strategic position rather than a political one to come to the belt and road so overall with india china needs to come a little bit cleaner about belt and road and india will be a willing partner if the terms and open where china certainly seems to try and increase sort of partnerships with some regions its economy has shown signs of slowing down factory output down to a 17 year low also due to the u. S. China trade war of course in how far is this summit a show of asias power strength. What china knows and acknowledges that india is a Formidable Force to persuade and it does have a lot of work to do in that sense because india has its own agenda of being the next top rival economy in asia so what president xi is trying to do now is rather use troops and convey the message of it with a softer approach telling people to partner with them rather than to just view them as an elder sibling of sorts now on the other side the United States companies have written a letter to the white house demanding an end to the trade war how such domestic opposition to Donald Trumps trade policy going down in asia. Well people as with everywhere else in the well are divisive over whos winning the war but in asia people are more concerned with the effects and consequences on the tree of the trade war on its economies for example in over here in singapore the Labor Ministry recently posted data from the Manufacturing Sector look posting lower numbers and thats a result the direct result of the u. S. China trade tensions but the Silver Lining does exist monika. With the end of this saying that a lot of investments are being shifted to Southeast Asia as a piece of safe haven while treat tensions begin to ease all right andrea hang there reporting for us from singapore thank you so much andrea german drugs and Chemicals Company by our house launched a p. R. Offensive to counter the growing criticism over its weak killer roundup under the controversial key ingredient for states which is said to cause cancer a round of was a top seller of u. S. 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C o 2 is a climate killer and while flying around the world may be fun its not good for the planets in fact at travel accounts for about 2 percent of manmade c o 2 emissions but there is a Silver Lining on the horizon scientists in zurich have developed a way to create fuel from thin air. Some things sound too good to be true but this many solar refinery on top of serious e. T. H. University might revolutionize fuel production in the 21st century the reactor inside the center of the parabolic mirror extract c o 2 and water from the atmosphere to create fuel with the help of the suns energy. Basically we can produce any. Fuels such as could also see in will be the chip fuel in this case we are producing make that known we can also produce. Any liquid. So is this the answer to everything well not really in the end it always comes down to money. In the Production Capacity of our power plant is still very limited we cant make more than 100 milliliters a day and that makes the process very expensive. But this is only a demonstration unit in spain theyve built a bigger reactor to test if the procedure is feasible. So this sort of reactor is 10 times bigger than the one at the e. T. H. Syrup i mean. This proves that our Solar Technology is scalable. Thats this means that we can make it bigger and eventually even me on an industrial scale which. Scientists say a solar plant spanning an area of one square kilometer could produce 20000 liters of kerosene a day 1st plans have been made to launch a commercial system by 2025. The Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea has long been a symbol of war division but the recent opening of a number of peace trails nearby is giving the frontier area a new image and its helping koreans to envision a better future. Flanked by a barbed wire fence and guided by a soldier they make their way along the peace trail. The South Koreans are taking part in the government organize hike that crosses an area that was closed off to the public for decades. The trails are part of a tourism plan that was agreed to as an intern korean summers in pyongyang last year. The meeting spurred hopes of a thaw in political and economic ties between the 2 countries. But for walkers the signs of simmering tension are impossible to miss for many this stretch is a poignant reminder of the distance they still are from peace. Although its a short distance i feel touched as i walk along the trail intercooler in relations were Getting Better but now theyve stalled again i hope that theyre reinvigorated so that we get to travel between the 2 countries freely. Looming in the distance and emblem of what such freedom could enable. North koreas. 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