It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 2 00am in the morning in the swiss resort of davos, where president xijinping has told a gathering of elites from across the world that china wants to be a champion of free trade and stability. Mr xi made no direct reference to donald trump, but his comments are in stark contrast to mr trumps America First vision. The chinese leader warned against a trade war with the us, saying there would be no winners. 0ur Economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. He arrived with full security detail. The president of china, here to speak to an eager audience of political and business leaders. Mr xi didnt actually mention President Elect donald j trump. He didnt need to. The message was clear. Translation pursuing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room. While wind and rain may be kept outside, so are light and air. No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war. He also said that countries should redouble their commitment to the paris Climate Change agreement, which mr trump has threatened to quit. Translation all signatories should stick to it, instead of walking away from it, as this is a responsibility we must assume for future generations. The debate about globalisation is truly a through the Looking Glass moment. The leader of the Worlds LargestCommunist Party here at the home of capitalism, arguing for free trade and open borders, at the same time as donald trump is saying that he doesnt like free trade, and is accusing china of raping america with cheap imports. President xi jinping said he didnt want a trade war, but he sounds like he might be preparing for one. After the tough words of the President Elect, today a slightly softer tone from america. I think the chinese and americans have common cause, and we have to have a very strong bilateral relationship. I also believe that the United States and the new administration does not want to have a trade war. President xi is determined to lead the push for greater free trade, as the us turns inwards. The tense relationship between these two economic superpowers will define the global economys performance over the next decade. Now, some of the days other news, and within the past few hours President Obama has commuted Chelsea Mannings sentence for leaking documents to wikileaks in 2010. The 29 year old Transgender Us Army private, born bradley manning, will now be freed on 17 may instead of her scheduled 2045 release date. She was sentenced to 35 years in 2013 for her role in leaking diplomatic cables to the website. The leak was one of the largest breaches of classified material in us history. I spoke to our north america reporter rajini vaidyanathan, who has been following the story. Effectively, it means that Chelsea Manning, according to the white house, is due to be released in may this year. Now, this comes as part of a wave of communications and pardons that the president issued today. It is one of his last acts as president. It is usual for an outgoing president to issue pardons and commutations, but of course the commutation of Chelsea Mannings sentence is most high profile. Now, there was a Huge Campaign ever since 2013, when she was convicted, for her sentence to be commuted orfor her to be pardoned. And even before the white house made this announcement, earlier in the day the White House Press secretary, josh earnest, was asked questions about whether or not the president would pardon Chelsea Manning. And he made the contrast with Edward Snowden. Now, Edward Snowden also applied for clemency. His name isnt on the list. But the white house made the distinction that Chelsea Manning owned up, faced responsibility, and faced up to the hack and what she had done. 0n the other hand, Edward Snowden simply left the country. So that was a distinction that was made, but certainly Chelsea Manning wrote to the president in november and said that she didnt want a pardon, but said she wanted a commutation. She said she wanted to take responsibility for what she did, and that she never intended to put any us Military Personnel in danger through the information that she leaked. More than 700,000 classified documents of the us army, including classified videos, and of course those diplomatic cables, which caused huge embarrassment, plus much of the words of us officials, that should have been private, became public. Also making news today the Heir Apparent of samsung group, south koreas largest conglomerate, jy lee, is to appear in court. A judge will decide whether to issue an Arrest Warrant over his alleged role in a Corruption Scandal involving the administration of President Park geun hye. South koreas Finance Minister said he would wait until the courts decision before commenting on the impact on south koreas economy. Vladimir putin has dismissed allegations that russia had gathered Compromising Material on donald trump as total nonsense. The russian president said the leaked information which appeared last week in the us media was an obvious fake. Translation first of all, he is a grown up man. And secondly, he is a person who has been organising Beauty Contests for many years, who communicated with the most beautiful women in the world. You know, i can hardly imagine that he went to the hotel to meet with our girls of reduced social responsibility. Undoubtedly my girls are the best in the world, of course, but i doubt mr trump took this bait. And people who order such fakes, which are now being spread against a new president of the us, they fabricate them and use them in the political race, they are worse than prostitutes. They do not have any moral limits. A study of babies born in south korea, who were adopted by dutch speakers and raised in the netherlands, suggests that Language Skills acquired in the first months of life are never lost. Scientists say internationally adopted children who think they have forgotten their birth language actually retain information. The researchers say the findings underline the importance of talking to young babies. Lets take you to georgia, in the United States, where a sinkhole has swallowed up the Cargo Container of this 25,000 kg truck. It seems the truck was parked up with its load of 60,000 litres of water when the sinkhole opened. The rescue teams have been trying to pump the water out of the container, to make it lighter, before pulling the truck out of the hole. The good news is no one was injured in this incident. In the last few hours, australias Transport Minister said he would be willing to restart the search for mh370 if new information came to light. But he said, until then, the underwater effort is being suspended. The Malaysia Airlines flight, carrying 239 people, went missing after taking off from kuala lumpur in march 2014. Debris from the plane has been retrieved, but the boeing 777 itself has never been found. Its an extraordinary aviation mystery, as it stands today. I am hopeful that well have a breakthrough in the future. We need to prepare ourselves for the sad and tragic reality that in the foreseeable future we may not find mh370, but that doesnt rule out future endeavours, or future breakthroughs in terms of data and technology, that help us solve this extraordinaire puzzle. Earlier we spoke to the Aviation Industry analyst geoffrey thomas. He has been making a series on the search for mh370, and we asked him what he made of the comment that the australian Transport Secretary that they may restart the search if new information came to light. Well, i find this statement quite extraordinary, in actual fact, because that new evidence has come to light, in the form of the debris thats turned up on the east coast of africa. And, with some amazing Reverse Drift Modelling done by the australian csiro, thats been lauded across the world as groundbreaking, theyve identified a new area of 25,000 square kilometres, just adjacent and to the north of the current, or the previous search area, of 120,000 square kilometres. Now, this is a this new area has been identified, as i said, by the csiro, and also an International Team of experts from the United States, the uk, france, and also an independent group called the independent group of experts in satellites and physics astronomy. Theyve all concurred that this area is where it is. So to walk away from it now is extraordinary, and i dont believe this is an australian decision. This is a malaysian decision. So in your view, there are good chances that the plane could be found 7 absolutely, i mean, theres 30 pieces of debris that have now washed up in various locations in the west indian ocean, on the east coast of africa. Reunion island, madagascar, south africa, and other places. And that debris tells us secrets. It tells us a lot about what happened with that aeroplane in its final few minutes. Combined with continual analysis of the inmarsat data, and that inmarsat Satellite Data is not in dispute by anybody, it is absolutely accurate. It is known and understood. So the play must be on whats called the seventh arc. It is a matter of where on the seventh arc. The debris is the smoking gun, if you like. The analysis of that debris has told us an enormous amount about what happened to the plane. But the Reverse Drift Modelling has really honed it down to this small area, again, slightly north of where we have been looking up till now. And the analysis of that 120,000, that original 120,000 square kilometres, that was done almost two years ago. Weve moved on a long way since then, and for the Transport Minister for australia to say we need new, credible evidence, well, we have it. Its just a matter of committing and doing it. The European Union has been reacting to tuesdays speech by britains Prime Minister, in which she made clear that the uk intended to leave the european Single Market. Theresa may said britain would seek a Free Trade Deal with the eu, as part of its plans for brexit. But the european parliaments main Brexit Negotiator said it was an illusion to think britain would be allowed to keep the advantages of free trade without accepting the obligations. Damian grammaticas reports from the european parliament, in strasbourg. Good afternoon, mrjuncker. A very big day for brexit, isnt it . He wasnt commenting, butjean Claude Juncker and his eu commissioners were today listening to theresa may, keen to hear her vision for brexit. The response from the european parliaments Chief Negotiator it doesnt add up. It creates also an illusion that you can go out of the Single Market, that you can go out of the Customs Union and that you can cherry pick that you can have still a number of advantages. The eu today was busy with its own affairs, electing a new president of the european parliament. Many here are sceptical the uk can get all it wants in a Special Trade and customs deal. Wed all love to have a Europe A La Carte cherry picking, as they call it, eh . It is a ridiculous idea, but this is serious. We have a lot of countries here, a lot of people and we have to take care of everybody, and this is not, you know, a Europe A La Carte. 0utside, an Italian School group on an eu tour. Quitting the Single Market and shunning its freedom of movement will, some here believe, be a painful process for the uk, something they say theresa may did not address. I expect many businesses from the uk to move to europe. I expect, also, some Financial Companies providing services from the city will also move to europe. So there will be some significant losses. Theresa may hasnt mentioned a word about these potential costs and potential losses. And as for the threat mrs may might walk away, choosing no deal if she isnt satisfied, that hasnt gone down well, even with the uks closest neighbours. But no deal will also be bad for the United Kingdom. So it isnt as if they hold all the cards. The United Kingdom will look after its own interests. We will look after ours. And here, today, one mep summed up reactions to me, saying he thought theresa may was overselling to the british people both what she could achieve in trade deals with other countries and how much access she would get to the Single Market. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, strasbourg. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme putting a new twist on an old narrative. How one Chinese Company isnt stealing americanjobs, but creating them, in the us. Also on the programme something fishy. Why one of the worlds biggest markets is heading for a new home, and not everyone is happy about it. Day one of Operation Desert Storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait the people of saigon have just heard there is to be a see is via. The prediction of american servicemen was predictable. Im going home a ceasefire. Demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his Rebel Cricket Team we re gatting and his Rebel Cricket Team were attacked with teargas and set upon by police dogs. Anti apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. They called him the butcher of lyon. Clouds altmann is being held on a formal charge in bolivia but the german courts want to extradite him for crimes committed in france. There he was the gestapo chief clouds barbi. Millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity which is believed to have broken all records. This is newsday on the bbc. Im mariko 0i in singapore. And im kasia madera in london. Our top stories speaking at the World Economic forum in davos, the chinese president xi jinping says globalisation should not be blamed for all the worlds problems. President obama has commuted most of the remaining Prison Sentence of Chelsea Manning, who was behind one of americas biggest ever leaks of classified information. And could this be a solution to rising sea levels . French polynesia has signed an agreement that supporters hope could pave the way for autonomous floating cities around the world. That story is popular on bbc. Com across asia. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. We start with a story which is on almost every front page. This is the Straits Times here, covering theresa mays speech on brexit. It says her speech triggered a surge in sterling, giving the pound its best day since the Global Financial crisis in 2008. The South China Morning Post shows a photo of chinas president xi in switzerland. It also has this story about a former Us National Security adviser, stephen yates, who has defended Donald Trumps comments on the one china policy. Hes reported saying american policy towards taiwan needs a recalibration. And the japan times leads with Prime Minister shinzo abes Whirlwind Tour of pacific rim nations. The paper says he worked to cement ties and reaffirm the importance of free trade amid concerns that donald trump will shift to a more protectionist us trade policy. Now, what stories are sparking discussions online . Yes, this is a story that has gone viral on social media. We know donald trump is a prolific twitter user. Well, one of his latest messages was meant to be in praise of his daughter, ivanka. This is the twitter feed of the President Elects daughter. But because of a simple typing error by the author of the initial tweet, that was re tweeted by donald trump, the President Elect ended up directing his 20 million followers to the t