and i m wondering, how important is china for your business today, or have chinese companies become your competitors? and i say that because china s crc corporation is by far the world s biggest train manufacturer today. we are present, as you said, in china for a long time now. we are operating through a number ofjoint ventures on rolling stock like metros or various speed trains as well. we have also joint ventures in signaling, so we are quite present on the chinese market. if you account for all our employees within the joint ventures, we are close to 8,000 employees in china. so, quite remarkable. and, indeed, crc a chinese competitor is present not only in china, of course, but also in a number of emerging countries. in particular, in latin america, in middle east and africa.
is in india, where we see a number of cities acquiring metros forjust tackling the basic need of mobility within the cities. so, we have a large market. but, to be fair, driven on one hand by the urbanisation, on the other hand, on the need to favour transportation over the other modes of transportation. you ve been present in china for almost 60 years. in fact, you were one of the first western companies to start business in that country. and i m wondering how important is china for your business today or have chinese companies become your competitors? and i say that because china s crc corporation is by far the world s biggest train manufacturer today. we are present, as you said, in china for a long time now. we are operating through a number ofjoint ventures on rolling stock like metros or various speed trains, as well. we have alsojoint ventures in signaling, so we are quite present on the chinese market. if you account for all our employees
their headscarves when you got actual security forces visiting their schools, chasing them away with phrases like get lost, a huge markup protest, thatis lost, a huge markup protest, that is going to be a big threat as it should. it is is the biggest threat the islamic republic has faced so far. thank you very much indeed. let s get some of the day s other news. north korea has released stills of leader kim jong un overseeing his latest missile launch, when two ballistic missiles were fired in the direction of the sea of japan. state media says all of the seven recent missile tests were tactical nuclear drills and personally supervised by the leader. the latest launch came after the end ofjoint military exercises between the united states and south korea. us broadcaster cnn has apologised for filming inside a thai nursery that was the scene of a mass killing on thursday. a cnn reporter and cameraman have had their thai visas revoked and could face further charges.
north korea has released stills of leader kim jong un overseeing his latest missile launch when two ballistic missiles were fired in the direction of the sea of japan. state media says all of the seven recent missile tests were tactical nuclear drills and personally supervised by the leader. the latest launch came after the end ofjoint military exercises between the united states and south korea. us broadcaster cnn has apologised for filming inside a thai nursery that was the scene of a mass killing on thursday. a cnn reporter and cameraman have had their thai visas revoked and could face further charges. a spokesperson for the broadcaster said it regretted causing offence, and admitted that the film crew did not have the proper permission to enter the crime scene. emergency services in pakistan have put out a large fire that broke out at a mall in the centre of the capital, islamabad. the fire spread rapidly up the building to a hotel and apartments above. everyone was evacuated saf
including people. i know longer know who to believe or not to believe. we just want silence, peace, peace and electricity, at least. help is slowly coming. here, a couple of volunteers are spraying over the pro russian graffiti, but it ll take much more to erase the recent past. and russia is still at their doorstep. jonathan beale, bbc news, lyman. let s get some of the day s other news. north korea has released stills of leader kim jong un overseeing his latest missile launch, when two ballistic missiles were fired in the direction of the sea of japan. state media says all of the seven recent missile tests were tactical nuclear drills. the latest launch came after the end ofjoint military exercises between the united states and south korea.