Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with china where often weve looked at how beijing polices its own citizens online activities but the country has growing Digital Power beyond its borders we saw that recently when pro china bots and users campaigned against american basketball executive who tweeted his support to hong kong protesters we know china is actively trying to influence the Upcoming Elections in taiwan and a few weeks ago facebook and twitter announced they took down thousands of state coordinated china backed pages accounts meant to influence Public Opinion Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg pledged to be vigilant this week he said we face increasingly sophisticated attacks from nation states like russia iran and china but im confident were more prepared. Beijing was asked about these accusations including whether china might be influencing the u. S. Elections the Foreign Ministry deny doing anything wrong but would you that you know that i think t
A crime school. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with china where often weve looked at how beijing polices its own citizens online activities but the country has growing Digital Power beyond its borders we saw that recently when pro china bots and users campaigned against american basketball executive who tweeted his support to hong kong protesters we know china is actively trying to influence the Upcoming Elections in taiwan and a few weeks ago facebook and twitter announced they took down thousands of state coordinated china backed pages accounts meant to influence Public Opinion Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg pledged to be vigilant this week he said we face increasingly sophisticated attacks from nation states like russia iran and china but im confident were more prepared. Beijing was asked about these accusations including whether china might be influencing the u. S. Elections the Foreign Ministry denied doing anything wrong but what you that you on
Heavyweights cat cuts earnings outlook. Boeing sticking to the timeline for the return of the 737 max. Softbanks massive wework bailout. The latest deal details and the golden parachute for adam neumann. Mark zuckerberg goes to washington were going tostart with that pair of dow components, boeing erasing earlier losses despite a big earnings miss. Revenues slightly above consensus. Company still sees the 737 max getting back to service in q4. And then there is caterpillar, missing with quarterly results, cutting full year guide, hurt by weaker demand in china the first decline in quarterly profit since 2016. As they had sales down in every region which you just talked about. My travel trust owns it does that mean im an idiot . No it means you have to take pause and say they continue to buy back stock, they said would no longer be episodic cash flow remains really good. I didnt think i could make this much money with this decline in revenues all that said, so what 400 other companies i
Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Zuckerberg grilled on the hill. Us lawmakers challenge facebooks boss over his crypto currency plans. The rise of the robots. What they be helpful mechanical friends or just steal ourjobs . It isa it is a thursday. Good morning asia and have a world. Glad you could join us for this exciting addition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon, lets start with critter currency because Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg has tried to reassure sceptical us lawmakers over the safety of their proposed Digital Currency libra. At a testimony in congress, us lawmakers attacked plans for the pay system warning it could be abused by criminals and terrorists. He told the hearing he understood the reservations about libra but was determined to persevere. The idea behind libra is that sending money should be as easy as sending a message for some it will be a global Payment System fully backed by a reserve of cash and highly liquid assets. And i believe
A crime school. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with china where often weve looked at how beijing polices its own citizens online activities but the country has growing Digital Power beyond its borders we saw that recently when pro china bots and users campaigned against american basketball executive who tweeted his support to hong kong protesters we know china is actively trying to influence the Upcoming Elections in taiwan and a few weeks ago facebook and twitter announced they took down thousands of state coordinated china backed pages accounts meant to influence Public Opinion Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg pledged to be vigilant this week he said we face increasingly sophisticated attacks from nation states like russia iran and china but im confident were more prepared. Beijing was asked about these accusations including whether china might be influencing the u. S. Elections the Foreign Ministry denied doing anything wrong but what you this Young