Policy adviser, former high ranking Government Official and author of numerous books and reports on china. I know dish can tell you definitively that mike has really changed the u. S. Militarys thinking back a number of years ago he was sent to china to collect Chinese Military writeings and was the First American official who reveal what the chinese were telling themselves behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public but how they wanted to be friend with the world, and it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the militarys view of the peoples republic of china. His book is a landmark book, most recent book is the hundred year marathon chinas secret strategy to replace america as global super power. This book is really a fascinating look and is probably one of the only places in public where youll find information about chinese defectors, people from within the Chinese Communist party system who reveal what is going on there. Before mike speak is
Still but i dont think that the local Law Enforcement system is to stand there clearly racist i understand that distrust however of the Africanamerican Community given the history in this country because i think we have to recognize that for most of our history our institutions were explicitly racist protest marches are starting in new york as well christian salumi is there. Yeah demonstrators continue to come out in force weve seen all day thousands taking to the streets like what were seeing behind me here would happen here in manhattan its happening in brooklyn and rallies in parks all over the city. You notice behind me some of the stores are still boarded up from what happened a few nights ago some looting the last few nights have been very peaceful and weve seen some victories for the demonstrators as well with. The mare and the governor announcing steps towards Police Reform that they are valid to take in the wake of this outpouring of support i should also point out that as wev
Sudan after its Prime Minister survives an assassination attempt on his motorcade. Italy is extending restrictions on movement to the entire country after another spike in deaths from the coronavirus 463 people have now died from the virus initially an increase of 97 from sunday 60000000 people are already under lockdown in the north of the country but the Prime Minister does epic want to says the same restrictions will now apply to the rest of italy from tuesday all public gatherings will be banned in schools and universities closed until april 3rd. Which is that a few there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be as a lawn and zone 2 in the country there will only be its really a protected zone so across the whole peninsula people should avoid all movement unless they are for 3 specific reasons for work emergencies or Health Reasons stephan a very generous any talent journalist based in milan he joins us now via skype stephan of edge and i thank you for joining us we jus
Afghani as he and. Are sworn in as afghanistans president rival. And celebrations in sudan after its Prime Minister survives an assassination attempt on his motorcade. May have played its last match behind closed doors for a while as the countrys. Plunge into oil prices triggered by a dispute between saudi arabia and russia has sent stocks plummeting on Global Markets already spooked by the coronavirus billions were wiped off the value of Major Companies on monday londons footsie 100 suffered its biggest one day 4 since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 the index closed 7. 7 percent. Hong kongs hang seng index fell 4. 2 percent thats its biggest one day fall in 2 years and that spilled into other asian markets trading was hold. On the New York Stock Exchange for 15 minutes when the dow jones tumbled more than 7 percent shortly after it opened then it closed almost 7. 8 percent that. Wild crazy barrage wiley is a professor of International Business strategy at the university of surrey
Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We begin in asia. Chinas economy stabilized last quarter, showing greater than expected strength if december. Fourth quarter g. D. P. Rose from the year earlier. Joining us now on the phone from beijing is james, bloombergchina economy editor. Walk me through the details and where the question marks are still Going Forward . Reporter looking at the data that came out today, it really was a surprisingly strong finish for 2019, for chinas economy. I think if we look past the g. D. P. Numbers, chinas g. D. P. Is more a political target than a real indicator of whats going on. If you look at the retail sales, Industrial Production and fixed investment numbers, there was a bit of a rebound in december. Sort of ending the year on a high note. A part of that was, i think, the chinese numbers efforts to sort of support companies is working and also i think the optimism you may have seen in december from the signs that the t