Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us is the end of a long week with not just americans but everyone following the count in the United States democracy can be a messy process and a particular intricacies of u. S. Politics have played out spectacularly in asia the country with the most at stake is china given the 2 countries rocky yet close relationship so how is china viewed and responded to the events of this week we had only in the studio to tell us more hung on any official reaction from beijing yes beijing has said that the election is the u. S. Domestic affair and that it has no position on it and thats it thats it but is there any hint that beijing preferred one candidate over now. Other well i mean in the beginning chinese leaders probably preferred mr biden because you know because of mr trump the u. S. Sino relationship has plunged to the lowest point in decades but after seeing what miss what kind of chaos mr mr trump has caused in the us i think beiji
Have held a Memorial Ceremony for the victims. Germanys Health Minister says the Health Care System could be overwhelmed if the covert caseload is not brought under control and was speaking as germany top 20000 new infections for the 1st time the virus is hitting many european states even harder now than when it was 1st arriving here. A new somber record for germany the highest number of 1000 cases ever registered in the country germany is in its 1st week of a new partial lockdown restaurants bars and leisure activities are shut down travel for tourism is strongly discouraged while shops and schools are allowed to stay open. Germanys Health Minister yes spahn said the countrys Health Care System is not currently overwhelmed but hard times are ahead if the rise in cases isnt stopped. The situation is serious the number of people requiring support in intensive care units has doubled in the past 10 days from as of today our Health System is still coping but even the best system in the wor
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We will take you live to that debate via the german broadcaster a rd. Accompanied by interpreters to bring you the debate. In english in real time. Alright lets focus now on the candidates. Chancellor Anglo American has both admirers and some bitter detractors at home and abroad but she has been in the job for twelve years. And then you got Martin Schulz on the other hand he has a career in european politics to look back on. He spent years as the president of the German European Parliament german politics. Is new terrain for him. A german cannot cast a vote to directly. Elect the chancellor but if they coul. Hear the numbers for you and they are very telling. So opinion polls indicate that mariko would get forty nine percent of the vote. While thirty seven percent a german voters say they want her conservative cdu csu block. To lead the next government. Alright were gonna take me out to Martin Schulz and see what hes dealing with tonight. The numbers for him on this debate night are no
Thank you for your introduction. Its a great privilege to be here. Inviting the it council, in many cases the of many people here and heritage for very long time. And also admired the way that heritage works across policy areas so that you really do here and integrated message. Not least among which, i think, is the attention of the Heritage Foundation to the power of culture, by which i mean people of beliefs, ideas, habits, expectations, and the way that these achieve some form of institutional expression. On this issue of culture and how it relates to the economy, the heart of my book, becoming europe. Because the becoming europe is certainly about what has happened to your and why it is now regarded as the sick man of the global economy. But my book is also about how some of these cultural and Economic Trends are starting to manifest themselves in the United States, particularly over the past five years. And in some respects i think its rather ironic that america is seemingly drift