Head over to our website, bbc. Com news, german chancellor Angela Merkel visits china, as hong kong protesters asked for her support. The corgi comeback. Why their renewed popularity is creating business opportunities. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could join us for this exciting friday edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start off with german chancellor Angela Merkel who was in china for a three day visit. She has brought with her a large delegation of Business Leaders who want beijing to open up its markets. There is a lot at stake for them, as the us china trade war drags on and the Global Economy shows signs of slowing down. In 2018, china was germanys august trading partnerfor a third year in a row, with total trade worth more than 220 billion us dollars. China isa than 220 billion us dollars. China is a big market for german semiconductors, financial services, and most importantly its auto industry. Earlier i asked a correspondent if he expects mrs mer
How this man flew 15 miles, 8,000 feet in the air with just a lawn chair and these balloons. Put your arms around me baby and we do say good morning, america. We say, say what say what. That stunt. Inspired by the movie up. As we said earlier, but i dont know if thats creative, or just flatout insane. Maybe a little of both. First new developments overnight in washington. The senate was up late. Vice president pence cast the deciding vote to repeal a rule that makes it easier for consumers to sue banks or credit card companies. And the shock waves still being felt after two republican senators blasted President Trump. Senator flake will join us in a moment. He said yesterday enough is enough. He called the president reckless and tennessee senator bob corker accused the president of debasing the presidency. Mary bruce, all the reaction coming in on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. We are witnessing an astounding public indictment of the integrity of a sitt
How this man through 15 miles, 8,000 feet in the air with just a lawn chair and these balloons. Put your arms around me baby and we do say good morning, america. We say, say what say what. That stunt. Inspired by the movie up. But i dont know if thats creative or flat out insane. Maybe a little of both. First new developments overnight in washington. The senate was up late. Vice president pence cast deciding vote to repeal a rule that makes it easier to sue banks or Credit Card Companies and the shock waves still being felt after two republican senators blasted President Trump. Senator flake will join us in a moment. He said yesterday enough is enough. He called the president reckless and tennessee senator bock corker accused the president of debasing the presidency. Mary bruce, all the reaction coming in on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, we are witnessing an astounding public indictment of the integrity of a sitting president for members of his o
Reporter san carlos has the lowest robberies, but that did not stop thieves. Stocking shelves, guillermo froze. He said you move, Something Like i shoot. So i just stayed and did what they told me to do. Reporter the men demanded bags of cash fresh from the register. They just wanted the money. Thats it. My whole crew is good so that was the main thing. Thats what i was worried about. Everybody is kind of shook up because its san carlos, guns and masks. Its just cay saeu. Reporter like this restaurant next year that cleared out. Next door that cleared out. They told us to get out of the restaurant right away. And get out. In case they came back. Reporter yes. Reporter surprisingly, the trader joes does not have surveillance. Another mistake that we made. Please do get surveillance. Reporter the store is strengthening surveillance. We noticed when it was closing time, someone locked the door and let people in and out. Today we learned the victim was 68yearold bill hoak. Witnesses say th
Easy. Debora villalon has the story. Reporter san carlos has the lowest robberies, but that did not stop thieves. Stocking shelves, guillermo froze. He said you move, Something Like i shoot. So i just stayed and did what they told me to do. Reporter the men demanded bags of cash fresh from the register. They just wanted the money. Thats it. My whole crew is good so that was the main thing. Thats what i was worried about. Everybody is kind of shook up because its san carlos, guns and masks. Its just cay saeu. Reporter like this restaurant next year that cleared out. Next door that cleared out. They told us to get out of the restaurant right away. And get out. In case they came back. Reporter yes. Reporter surprisingly, the trader joes does not have surveillance. Another mistake that we made. Please do get surveillance. Reporter the store is strengthening surveillance. We noticed when it was closing time, someone locked the door and let people in and out. Today we learned the victim was