Being on our show weve heard about china and india there which other economies in asia would you single out for urgent action. So much can you hear me. It seems were having problems with that line to paris and we might come back to thomas a bit later in the show our next topic chinas trade surplus with the us burst wide open today as beijings Customs Authority published fresh important export figures chinas imports from the u. S. Plunged 31. 4 percent in june from the year earlier amid the tile floor with washington as a result the trade surplus with the u. S. Widened by a whopping 12 percent to 138000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars chinas exports to the us also dropped during the 1st half of this year. Now china is pouring millions of dollars in aid and low interest loans into the South Pacific many think because they are looking to keep Australia New Zealand in check in the tiny kingdom of tonga there are signs that a battle for power and influence among the much larger nations is heating u