Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Status check. The Banking Regulator in china wants a report card on overseas acquisitions. Kazakhstan is strapping in for what could be a fast ride on chinas one belt, one road expansion. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a friday. Im sharanjit leyl. Chinas Banking Regulator has ordered a group of lenders to assess the exposure to offshore acquisitions by a handful of companies on a buy spree overseas. They are some of chinas largest, like hna and fulson. I spoke to our shanghai correspondent asking why authorities are so worried. There are two elements to this. They see the acquisitions, a vast 235 Billion Us Dollars last year, they see it as giving a risk to the currency. They dont want that level of capital out of there. And they are worried about big chinese conglomerates raising money in this country. There is a big worry about debt overall in china. Wealth ma
The morning in london, 9am In Singapore and p. M. The morning in london, 9am In Singapore and p. M. In San Francisco where a federal Appeals Court has refused to reinstate the travel ban from seven mainly muslim countries entering the us. The ban was suspended last week by a judge in seattle after two us states argued it was unconstitutional. Soon after thejudgement was it was unconstitutional. Soon after the judgement was released, President Trump responded defiantly tweeting. That was President Trump responded defiantly tweeting. That was his reaction on social media. Within the past few minutes he had this to say about the ruling. It is a political decision. We have a situation where the security of our country is at stake and it is a very, very serious situation. As i havejust said, we look forward to seeing them in court. Thanks, guys. This Isjust A Decision that came down but we will wind the case. Have you confirmed with your new Attorney General . No, i havent. We just with you
The morning in london, 9am In Singapore and p. M. The morning in london, 9am In Singapore and p. M. In San Francisco where a federal Appeals Court has refused to reinstate the travel ban from seven mainly muslim countries entering the us. The ban was suspended last week by a judge in seattle after two us states argued it was unconstitutional. Soon after thejudgement was it was unconstitutional. Soon after the judgement was released, President Trump responded defiantly tweeting. That was President Trump responded defiantly tweeting. That was his reaction on social media. Within the past few minutes he had this to say about the ruling. It is a political decision. We have a situation where the security of our country is at stake and it is a very, very serious situation. As i havejust said, we look forward to seeing them in court. Thanks, guys. This Isjust A Decision that came down but we will wind the case. Have you confirmed with your new Attorney General . No, i havent. We just with you
As I've been blogging about "the great dechurching," I was reading a book that I was asked to review with a more encouraging message about the future of Christianity: Justin Brierley's "The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God." He chronicles how the New Atheists crashed and burned and how serious thinkers are changing their attitudes about God and Christianity.