The day or thinks. We dare to ask. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle 70 years ago this week china started down the path of communist rule over the past few decades china has emerged or rather really emerged as a leading world power rivaling the us the communist party can rightfully claim a string of stunning successes but. And his remains whats next for chinas extraordinary revolution. Cross talking chinas revolution at 70 im joined by my guest fred tang in new york he is president of the american China Public Affairs institute in hong kong we have andrew he is an international and independent china strategist and in knoxville across the same issue she is c. E. O. Of china Rising Capital forecast a Research Technology company all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate sarah let me go to you 1st in knoxville the 7 do they honor verse 3 of the. Communist china the advent of establishme
Four other aid workers were killed. Otherforeign nationals four other aid workers were killed. Other foreign nationals are amongst the seven aid workers killed, came from poland, australia, canada and the us. Metropolitan Police Say Three men suspected of being involved in the stabbing of an iranian tv host in south london have left the uk. Pouria zeraati was stabbed outside his home in wimbledon on friday afternoon and has since been discharged from hospital. At least 29 people have been killed and one injured in a fire in a nightclub in turkey. The fire broke out just after midday. Istanbuls governor has said the cause was unclear. A School Shooting in finland leaves one child dead and two seriously injured. Police say the suspect and all three victims were just 12 years old. The suspect initially ran off but was eventually detained In A Calm Manner in the northern siltamaki district of helsinki. We start in gaza, where one of the key aid agencies supplying food to people there has s
Imports plunged almost 20 on falling Commodity Prices and week domestic demand. Hello. Welcome to countdown. Also coming up today, australias Prime Minister with a threat to his leadership. Will it be tougher for tony abbott to address his countrys weakest economy in a generation . We start with our bloomberg exclusive this morning. The governor of the central bank of russia has told this channel that russia will not inflate its way out of the financial crisis. In her first ever interview with an International Broadcaster, Elvira Nabiullina told Ryan Chilcote the bank is unlikely to reverse last months surprise rate cut. Inflation is set to slow, having accelerated its fastest in almost seven years. Ryan is here now. Fascinating conversation. We started with the ruble. I asked if one of the worlds worst performing currencys last year, if we can expect more collapses. There is talk of that. She said, no. Have a listen. We are not expecting any massive decrease in the rubles Exchange Rat
Currently deploy at sfmta for the security will be paid the prevailing wage we wanted to address jufshlg concerns in the armed areas the result that some of the services is are no longer necessary as a more streamlined revenue collection process is in place that requires fewer personnel in the unarmed area certainly not described that situation as ideal, however given our budgetary concerns it is a decision we have to make to pay for the serviced we have, however, im certain the discipline and springs well provide condition to those continue to serve the agency over the last couple of years weve had improvement not video system and the evaluating assessment made will several recommendations we anticipate be able to pay for with a u. S. Grant from the state this includes additional intrusion protection and surveillance so what is a seat protection were in line with the sfmta to secure the assets patrons and staff i welcome our questions. We have can you quintessential revisit the histor
Good afternoon, everybody welcome to the San Francisco budget finance subcommittee for march 25, 2015, simons i my name is to mark farrell ill be chairing the committee and joined momentarily by commissioner eric mar thank you clerk linda wong and thank you jonathans completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the march 31st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated okay. Thank you madam clerk both items will be continued at the request of the mta madam clerk kauldz call items 10 and 11. The resolution for the Funding Agreement with the air Quality Management for the sfmta project in the amount for a term for 10 years following the board approval and item 11 resolution for the sfmta 3w4r57k9 approval for a Grant Agreement for the air Quality Management agreement for the bicycle project in seizing excess of 10 years. Continue item for one anyone who wishes to speak and then to the call of the chai