Deng xiaopings former translators and director of the China National association of International Studies victor gal thanks so much for coming back on do you not believe your phone former colonial masters britain have the right to criticize human rights in china i think britain has the right to do whatever it wants by a need to really consider whats the impact on the fundamental interest of the british people and if what he comments on constitutes an interference in channels Domestic Affairs then definitely there will be dire consequences of these are arguably empty threats and youre echoing there what the ambassador said that there might be consequences even when nato destroyed the Chinese Embassy in yugoslavia china said there would be consequences china never does anything except some harsh words briefly and then are probably retire what what is chinas position going to be as sanctions are applied as individual sanctions may be applied by the British Foreign office and of course as
Going on the ground social media editor foreign element joined in that the Virtual Press briefing on the National Security law in the Chinese Embassy in london he asked about the apparent mismatch in priorities when it came to the birth johnson governments bait of passports for 3000000 chinese citizens the British Government of course is looking to give sets and ship to millions of hong kong is to escape chinese rule of course hong kong being a former british colony so why do you think it is that the u. K. Is so willing to give citizenship to hong kong as but not other citizens of former u. K. Colonies such as maybe iraq which of course suffered an illegal war in 2003 i think some of the politicians. Still. Very strong colonial mindset. If they were to recognize that. Is no more i mean it is well known who. Has returned to china. Long since for the past 23 years so thats their problem so thats why they have its a passion they have this grown man site is still regard hong kong as and it
Rate declining. Japan lifts its emergency measures in tokyo, saying theres no need for further restrictions. Scott morrison addresses the pandemic file that later. He is being told he has a once in a generation chance to reform the australian economy. Consider. S to as we get underway this Tuesday Morning in the asiapacific, keep in mind lots of markets were closed monday including the u. S. The futures, to use that is any guide, we can almost say we are in the asiapacific. We are getting this coming online. Up 30 points clear of where you last traded on the s p back on friday, in terms of the cash market. Spy futures indicating a big pop. On top of the best day on monday. Highs. March 111 philip the board and take a look at the currency markets with ecb in focus and perhaps we are getting signals and some comments from key policymakers, we could get more stimulus, probably on the way. I will be generous. The record low. The aussie offshore rate back in september. There we go in terms
The futures contract from the big gains as well. Optimism at the start of this session. A data out of the u. S. We have p. M. I. Numbers. And easing from the impact from the virus. E await that data. Good to from bill have you with us. In the end at the end of the day, it remains strong and solid. This market seems to suggest you cant fight the fed or federal banks and no bad news will sentiment. Y damp the im not sure that i would be that positive about the sentiment. The correction that we saw in march was sort of a classic correction, if you like, with all the things happening in the normal order. But the rally has been defensive in nature. A lot of defensive assets like gold have done very well. And certainly defensive sectors within equity markets, for well. E shes have done we have this massive, massive, monetary and fiscal action by the fed and other Central Banks and governments but im not sure if that turned yet sent metropolitan positive. People are still very, very carbous.
After expose corruption by allies of the president. I had already. Had conflicts of polls tomorrow prior to that. Insult it was on social media. And you were he announced that they were actually trying to encourage and me. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q a to start it with your life news update we begin with the latest figures on covert 19 as always we will pandemic is still raging with more than 2900000 cases now confirmed or 832000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has surpassed 200 in 2000. South africa has put thousands of soldiers on standby amid rising attacks on food delivery trucks the country is one of a number of around the world suffering from increasing looting and theft as the coronavirus lockdown takes its toll arches down quarter for ports. For nearly 5 weeks South Africans have been living under one of the strictest lockdowns in the world tensions are boiling point and thousands of soldiers have been put on standby. Was