Im melissa chan youre watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us well it might be fridays for a future but its wednesdays for women on the program today our stories all feature women as a theme in some way we start with Climate Change in china how the country decides to tackle its environmental problems will determine the direction of the Global Climate crisis correspondent Mathias Bolinger tags along with one student there who understands the urgency. Whenever she can how we know this its the flower market in her home city of we need who conquered money she buys trees seedlings to plant in the surrounding areas. Its his contribution to the world wide fridays for future protests how he joined the movement 4 months ago chinas 1st climate strong. I dont feel planting trees is something thats easy to do and something thats possible to promote in china was a while fossil it inspired by young people around the world how you started demonstrating in front of the local government offic
A Thai Energy Company the day im officially went into operation tuesday with animated videos and other p. R. Moves like newspaper advertising developers have touted this is a a very as a win win for both countries one thats fish friendly and a blueprint of Renewable Energy but images of dried out affected areas downstream are now causing an outcry tens of millions of people live along the banks of the me kong and many rely on the river for their livelihoods they say theyre already feeling the effects. In the old days there were plenty of big and small fish in the river but now even small fish are hard to find a p. D. F. And yet this year is the worst the water is too low i have to cast my nets over and over again just to catch one. The mekong passes through 5 countries on its journey from the highlands of the Tibetan Plateau to its sprawling delta in vietnam and its dotted with hydroelectric plants along its course china has completed 11 of them so far in its quest to meet the countrys
We have world coverage here on daybreak asia. We will have the latest news from sydney. Betty and, follow from firing of theps fbi director, that stunning news earlier this week. We are live from our u. S. And asia headquarters. I am in new york, it is just after 7 00 p. M. Yvonne it is just after 7 00 a. M. In hong kong. A soggy day in asia, not just the weather. The markets, as well. Earnings at a retail with the biggest disappointment. Consumer staples were one of the better performers today on the s p. As you mentioned, that risk off coming into the market, we did fight back from the low of the session to close near the high of the session. Still on the red. S p down 2 10 of 1 . Losing. That makes it all the more poor and important to see direction in the market. An upside to the retail scale numbers tomorrow to see where the economy is headed. Numbers suggest a big rebound. Here is how asia is keeping things kicking things off in new zealand. Cautiousness, stocks down 1 10 of 1 .
Groups of people in asia and africa. And in facilities its a business is something in the water as we seek to harvest more energy from sustainable sources hydro power is growing in importance especially along major waterways like the mekong river in Southeast Asia there are already dozens of dams in its basin and plenty more planned a big plant has just gone online in laos but opponents say the ecological and social costs are too high the 4500000000. 00 a year brewery mega dam seen here under construction and 2016 is just one of many hydroelectric projects being planned along the mekong river in laos the landlocked asian country has set its sights on becoming the battery of asia almost all the power it produces will be sold to a Thai Energy Company the day im officially went into Operation Tuesday with animated videos and other p. R. Moves like Newspaper Advertising Developers have touted as a a very as a win win for both countries one thats fish friendly and a blueprint of Renewable E
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