Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us is the end of a long week with not just americans but everyone following the count in the United States democracy can be a messy process and the particularly intricacies of u. S. Politics have played out spectacularly in asia the country with the most at stake is china given the 2 countries rocky yet close relationship so how is china viewed and responded to the events of this week we have. In the studio to tell us more hung on any official reaction from beijing yes beijing has said that the election is the u. S. Domestic affair and that it has no position on it and thats it thats it but is there any hint that beijing preferred one key. Handed it over another well i mean in the beginning chinese leaders probably one preferred mr biden because you know because of mr trump the u. S. Sino relationship has plunged to the lowest point in decades but after seeing what from is what kind of chaos magick mr trump has caused in the us
A National Security law. After months of antigovernment protests rocked the city last year. Hong kong, semi autonomous status was originally guaranteed until 2047. But for some, the end date has already arrived. For the latest on this story in hong kong, makers have handed in their resignations. What have they been saying . Most of the lawmakers have handed in their resignation that has today and the day in fact will be today and tomorrow and some of the resignation would take effect december. Many of the resigned lawmakers who are saying that it was showing the antiwar that beijings, this is to disqualify the fall on its way. And then they also say that it shows that beijing has no respect for hong kong, basic law, which is the many constitution from now on. The Hong Kong Government could expect any lawmakers who are deemed unpatriotic all the independence as was trying to seize this most resignation as an open challenge to its authority. Can we expect any repercussions . Yes, the hon
Cases with germany going into lockdown for several months of these go schemes are on the horizon and its. A scary prospect for clubs who have already taken a huge hit in the pandemic and silent stadiums wont help the players to this kind of schedule either. Speaking of which germanys best teams usually inspire terror in their opponents but 2 back to back Champions League match days meant that they were missing key players this weekend expiring rested robert levy for their trip to cologne despite the striker being in the form of his life. Dortmund were also missing their top forward against bielefeld early in holland sneak up to the travelling so how do the elite clubs beat the rest without their goal machines well show you who stepped up. But 1st we take a look at what happened when germanys other 2 we clubs met club back versus lights they saw some of the bundesliga is finest players clash we start with the top game in munching flat back. Because. Expectations are high when she lived.
The United States and today and all this week well be looking at the impact of the vote on countries across asia one of the most important relationships for the u. S. In the entire pacific is its in gage meant with india the 2 countries together with japan and australia form part of what is known as the quad for democracies in a clear counterpoint to china the regions large authoritarian state we sat down with indias foreign secretary harshvardhan to discuss regional politics we started by asking him whether thered be any change with a biden presidency especially given president dollar trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modis great personal admiration for each other. All relations with the United States really based on bipartisan support you see it in congress you see it in public lives we do believe that weve forged a relationship that today is has been disturbed by his is very comprehensive and marcie faceted. Be not only share the same values and principles but he also i think have t
Outcome is unclear we havent seen on rest we havent seen riots and i think thats a good thing so i think as the days inch on that goes right those the potential for riots and unrest becomes less and less at least here in washington good talking to you thank you for joining us and rachel risen from the Truman National security project thank you well many of our present trumps tweets since election day have been flagged by tweets a full containing disputed or misleading content so lets take a look at his latest post it contains a headline from the far right media outlet breitbart alleging vote counting chaos in closely contested states and michigan the breitbart hospital says the Trump Campaign has been denied proper access to the counting process in the city of detroit so lets take a closer look at these claims with that d. W. Fact check and i dont have a welcome your show what have you found out. Well team debunked this story and breitbart reported on poll workers in detroit covering w