Buildings that resemble mystical creatures. Spectacular futuristic skyscrapers adorned with greenery and a 300 metre high rooftop garden. Singapore set its sights high. It evolved from a developing country to one of the richest nations in the world within just a few decades. Here east meets west and the past meets the future. The airport features the highest indoor waterfall in the world so singapore also has the Worlds Largest orchid collection a unesco World Heritage site. And people live in spectacular Building Block architecture. And ultra modern city yet the jungle and its animals are never far away. And that poses a constant challenge. In park the day begins while it is still pitch black bird cages are carried back and forth william has been unloading his birds here for 25 years. He only takes time out for the chinese new year. Breeds songbirds and here they compete to sing the most beautiful song song bird competitions are very popular zebra doves are particularly skilled singer
Look at the problems there. First i would like to introduce our Panel Including myself. Doctor pills very the foremost china expert in the world. Currently senior fellow and director of the chinese strategy at the hands Hudson Institute. Distinguish policy advisor. I can tell you definitively it has changed the us militarys thinking only a number of years ago. The First American official that revealed what they were telling themselves militarily is quite different than how they wanted to be friends in the world. And then to have a tremendous impact on understanding the military his book is a Landmark Book the 100 year marathon. Is one of the only places with the chinese defectors. And then reveal what is going on. And a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and as a distinguished china expert to spend time as a bomber pilot and has been inside of china as a Defense Attache to track down the inside story of china. His book is called stealth war. Im National Security correspondent for th
Dispute between the u. S. And china intensifies. On the 1st friday prayers at istanbuls after its controversial change of status from the museum to a mosque. Helo more than 6 months since the corona virus was 1st detected in china the pandemic is still ripping through the world at record rates more than 284000 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours thats a record rise according to the World Health Organization nearly 10000. 00 people have died in that same period the biggest spike since the end of april in europe kovan 1000. 00 is resurging in spain and france french citizens are now advised not to travel to the spanish region of catalonia which has recorded more than 8000 cases in the past fortnight and france is warning that its own outbreak may be accelerating reporting a fellows of 130. 00 cases in the last 24 hours alone. Well the outbreak in the us continues to worsen with more than 8100 new deaths on thursday alone florida is one of the worst hit states and its r
Hit florida moves elderly into covert 99 solutions and as. China vacates it shuttered culture that in houston was after ordering the us to close its mission changed due. To. The 1st friday prayers of istanbuls sophia after its controversial change of status from museum to mosque. So then the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as Coronavirus Infection spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insist it is safe for children to return to classes its unlikely they say that they will contract or transmit the virus now states and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools with President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that the White House Press secretary reiterated that call. It is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here a
Yesterday, were up the inflation rate as well. They saw exports came in at 13. 3 contraction. The headline number, 16 point 60 contraction. 16 contraction. Tom the question is whether on the fiscal side they will need to do more. The markets. N with a mixed picture in terms of sentiment from investors. You have got some significant southgs in japan and korea. The asiapacific almost back to the prepandemic levels. 169 is what you are looking at. Over on the mainland we have got red on the screen. The shanghai composite is down. Mike pompeo talking about attempts to really divide the internet and the tech space between the u. S. And china. The foreign minister saying he wants to avoid a cold war with the u. S. Got earnings now, looking at those shortly. Seeing gains of. 3 . Looking ahead to jobless claims. The private numbers were a big mess. Jobless numbers later in the u. S. And then the perils friday. Atcan move it on and look the individual stocks. It is earnings season. We have had