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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Im filled to hell welcome to the program joe biden is edging closer to the white house as final votes are still being counted 3 days after the u. S. Election the democratic challenger has extended his late in the key state of pennsylvania in the last hour President Trump has insisted that he will press ahead with his legal challenges and says he will never stop fighting so lets take a look at the picture so far joe biden has 264. 00 an actual College Votes donald trump has 214. 00 according to the a. P. News agency biden leads by more than 13000. 00 votes in pennsylvania around 98 percent of the vote has now been counted now thats worth 20 electoral College Votes and is the biggest prize still up for grabs. On to georgia with its 16 electoral votes biden has pulled ahead of trump here with most ballots now counted joe biden has a lead of just over 1500 votes but with such a slim margin a recount is expected the race is also tightening in North Carolina where donald trump has a lead of
Im phil gale welcome to the program joe bidens edging closer to the white house as final votes are still being counted 3 days after the u. S. Election the democratic challenger is narrowly ahead in the key states which have yet to declare their results so lets take a look at the overall picture which hasnt change for quite a while now so far joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes and donald trump has 214 according to the a. P. News agency remember they need 270. 00 votes to win pennsylvania would be a massive prize with its 20 electoral votes joe bidens lead that is currently more than 15000. 00 with that 98 percent of the vote counted georgia with its 16 Electoral College votes also exchange be close biden has pulled ahead of trump here but there. Only about 1500. 00 votes between them so its likely to go to a recount overall Donald Trumps path to victory is looking increasingly narrow states in red or blue have been called by a 4th trump all bible states in light to blue or in pin