Relationship between china and taiwan. From the Global Taiwan Institute this is just over hour. All right. Okay. Well good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Global Taiwan Institute. My name is russell hsiao, im the executive director here at gti. Gti is a 501 c 3 thinktank dedicated to taiwan policy research and analysis. Our mission is to enhance the u. S. Taiwan relationship through public education. We undertake several major programs that include a weekly publication called the global taiwan with brief, where we invite experts to contribute timely articles. We also have a Seminar Series that you are all participating in today where we invite practitioners as well as scholars to focus on current developments related to policy issues that affect the u. S. Taiwan relationship. Coming up very shortly we will be hosting our inaugural annual symposium on september 14th and this is going to be our flagship event. Were expecting a large turnout of people within government as well as acad
Dont forget ill be asleep during my presentation, too. Can i sleep too, by prior arrangement . Good morning, everybody, thanks for coming. Im ellis miller and i play rhythm guitar at the Hoover Institution and im the leader of the china leadership monitor. Im grateful to doug paul for agreeing to host and set this thing up and to the Carnegie Institution and alex taylor for all his logistical support. Im grateful to michael and to allen for their contributions to the monitor from very early in its inception. And im sorry that james got pulled away. He was a founding contributor and still rights for us. He would have been the guy to talk about the reconfiguration of the Central Military commission coming out of the congress. We hope to have barry notten he who has been a primary contributor. But barry has backloaded his classes to the end of the week and couldnt rearrange his schedule to come. Im sure Everybody Knows who joe f f fusmith is. Hes a founding contributor to the china leader
Sydney. Welcome to daybreak australia. We are in our away from the opening of the markets. Good morning. For thegood morning japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, and looks like he might get a super majority going into the elections. Upsaw nikkei futures going half a percent. The yen at seeing the lowest in half a month. 114, getting close to the 113. 90 is where were at. Abesexpectations that gamble has paid off, and looks like he is secure the super arerity, and the markets interpreting continuity when it comes to this ultraloose Monetary Policy, as well as flexible fiscal policy. Lets get over to yvonne man, who is in tokyo. Victory byis is a default. Were there any surprises . Pretty much deja vu again. Forcing a split to what we saw in the 2014 election, but it is a potential come and looking more likely to be a landslide for shinzo abe, with the 465 seats for grabs. We are seeing the ldt and its Coalition Party coming out with 460 five. Out of the a close second, a little bit of a
This Cardboard Box maker in leamington is in one segment of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago. Manufacturing. The orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further growth, like finding enough staff and materials to meet those orders. That is where the economists think inflation can become a risk. But growth, compared to last year, has slowed down. Last year we had double digit growth. We had a fantastic year last year. This year we still have growth but organic growth from existing accounts. And we have been lucky enough to win some new business. But not of the scale of last year. Our sales team have been distracted in negotiations, price increases and things like that. So this year is not quite as good, but still very positive. Construction was easily the worst performing sector of the economy. Its shrunk now for six months, that is technically a recession. And in the last quarter it was down by 0. 7 , that is its worst
With the weather chris, parts of the uk are going to see Something Special tonight. Yes, uk are going to see Something Specialtonight. Yes, its uk are going to see Something Special tonight. Yes, its a decent night for spotting some of this. The Northern Lights, i will be telling you how they form and perhaps more importantly where the best places are for catching a glimpse of this dazzling astronomical display. Also coming up, dont try this at home. The british adventurerflying high ina home. The british adventurerflying high in a camping chair strapped to helium balloons. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. The uks economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september, increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase Interest Rates next week. According to the initial assessment by the office for National Statistics, the economy expanded by 0. 4 , with strong performances in the services and Manufacturing Industries. The construction s