The u. S. Imposes visa bans on chinese officials in retaliation for beijings policies and called the un and the e. U. Have also called for action to defend human rights in china but will the International Pressure lead to change this is its own story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the United States is taking its 1st steps in response to beijings National Security law to hong kong secretary of state mike pompei it is imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party Leaders he didnt reveal any names but he says they current and former officials believed to be responsible for undermining human rights and on kong which china says the law is needed to restore order after months of protests that have turned violent at times its bypassing hong kongs legislature to push through the measure the law would ban socalled axis of the asian and terrorism and for the 1st time allow beijing to set up a Security Office in the territory the Chinese Embassy in washington is urging
And accompanied by months of denial and coverup by the Chinese Communist government. As of this hour, neither the white house, nor the Statement Department will reveal the agenda of those talks, nor exactly who is attending the meeting. This kind of secrecy is outside American Government tradition. That is, transparency and forthrightness in u. S. Foreign policy. The meeting is more in line with totalitarian states like china that dont recognize the right of the public to know what their government is doing. The Chinese Government wont acknowledge that a meeting is even being held, let alone what is under discussion. But the meeting comes at a time of heightened hostility between the United States and china. Brought on by beijings coverup and their dispatch of the deadly china virus pandemic, their aggressive military posture in the South China Sea, their recent takeover of hong kong and, of course, that aggressive Disinformation Campaign against the United States. One of this countrys
And accompanied by months of denial and coverup by the Chinese Communist government. As of this hour, neither the white house, nor the Statement Department will reveal the agenda of those talks, nor exactly who is attending the meeting. This kind of secrecy is outside American Government tradition. That is, transparency and forthrightness in u. S. Foreign policy. The meeting is more in line with totalitarian states like china that dont recognize the right of the public to know what their government is doing. The Chinese Government wont acknowledge that a meeting is even being held, let alone what is under discussion. But the meeting comes at a time of heightened hostility between the United States and china. Brought on by beijings coverup and their dispatch of the deadly china virus pandemic, their aggressive military posture in the South China Sea, their recent takeover of hong kong and, of course, that aggressive Disinformation Campaign against the United States. One of this countrys
Tweet us cnbc fast money. Lets start with a strong start to the week for the markets. In fact, recordbreaking close for the nasdaq tech leading the way it has done so often guy, your take on todays rally. If we snapshot today, guy, Half Way Point of the year, the dow is down 8 or so the nasdaq 100, up 21 , almost a 30 differential will that be repeated in the second half of the year . Well, first of all, its great to be with you you know, im a huge fan of yours. Ive mentioned that number of times. So. Thanks for hanging out with us this evening. Thanks for having me, guys. Im hard pressed to believe that you can come anywhere close to having that same kind of out performance in the second half but i have to say, i didnt think it would happen in the first half of the year so who am i to sort of speculate on that. What i will say in terms of the s p 500 with its move basically within a whisper of its alltime high if you assume 130 worth of earnings for the s p 500, which is a pipe dream,
A good sense of. The literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see as the kids. Growing up. My objective is to share work afraid. To be books on youtube. Protesters in hong kong are scrubbing their social media accounts Facebook Whatsapp and google say theyll suspend providing user data to all fours hes there in support of the territorys freedom of expression. Also on the show german industry picks back up as the country loses its lock down europes largest economy still has quite a ways to go. And the spanish region about a lucy a reconsiders an economy based largely on tourism. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin welcome to the show Facebook Twitter and google have all said they will no longer respond to requests from the Hong Kong Government and Law Enforcement authorities there for information on users of the pause pending further assessment as facebook put it also applies to whats out which the company owns and the Tech Companies are among the 1st to respond to ch