would you characterize what's going on between china and its neighbors and all of these disputes in particular the one that's going on in the pacific right now well i'd like to begin by locating it within a series of territorial disputes in the asia pacific seeds this means we're not just talking about it trying in japan dispute we're also talking about a japan korea dispute over duck though we're talking about japan and ongoing disputes with russia over the northern islands as the japanese call them we're talking about disputes in the south china seas between china vietnam the philippines and others so something is going on very large and significant around territorial issues in in the asia pacific and i'm going to come back to talk about why this is and why now but secondly we're talking about the the rise of nationalism as a response to these issues nationalism that's driven by competing territorial claims yes but is also driven by historical memory issues centering on war. and colonialism this is why the issues are so fraught in both trying to argue i could jump in here and i sa

this conversation and these discoveries with our friends in china. thank you and welcome back to the old gold mountain. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i would like to welcome our consul general of the people's republic of china. [applause] good morning, everyone. for the sake of my fellow countrymen from china i will speak in chinese. he will have to -- you will have the translation. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> thank you. i would like to invite our hon. japanese and -- hon. gavin newsom up to the podium. >> thank you, darlene and vice minister. an honor to see you again. we had the opportunity yesterday in sacramento to visit. thank you for your stewardship and strong support of our efforts here not only in san francisco, but across the state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordin

course in his capacity as not only the vice ministry of commerce, but also the china investment and promotion agencies and to the many companies are here in attendance, you represent that cross-section of companies from diverse backgrounds and discipline throughout the bay area. i want to welcome you here to this great seminar to wish you a great conversation and an intelligent one, and one that hopefully will discuss the many more ways that we can not only do business, but to work together to solve the world's problems. this is what happens here in san francisco. we cannot just talk about the problems. we will try to discover ways to solve them. this is, i think, the essence of why this ministry is here today. i want to also congratulate and thank the state of california for its investment in the bay area and in our city and to know that we want to and we wish to help lead this conversation and these discoveries with our friends in china. thank you and welcome back to the old gold mountain. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i would like to welcome our consul general of

china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordinary job to demonstrate our commitment not just rhetorically but substantively in terms of engaging in defiance -- advancing our collective efforts to focus on trade and exports. to the entire team that have been at the helm for decades now, here in san francisco supporting our efforts to reach out to china on behalf of them, dianne feinstein who established our sister city our protocol chief, i am honored to be here. a 12 take a brief moment to say a few things on behalf of the state of california. like san francisco, california has always been a state of dreamers, and doors, and entrepreneurs. a state head -- that has prided itself of being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas. we're one of the most diversity's, san francisco is the largest per-capita chinese population of many in the united states in the most diverse state in the world's most averse democracy. the delegation will appreciate this as you walk the streets of san fra

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print everyone's talking about how will china turn out will be some kind of soft landing or is it in the we don't know area right now. as you're watching financial media they don't. have to have something to talk about. what you have to review. what do you have to understand what well i would tell you what's going on in china what's going on in some parts of the chinese are going to have a very hard parts of the chinese. property you're probably going to suffer badly if you deal with the west you're going to suffer but if your water treatment or agriculture or pollution you're going to boom. i think. consumer good consumer sector is still actually fairly. fairly healthy because income growth in china is still holding up. fairly well i think i think where where i would. possibly defend financial media is that. i will tell you this jim i have been one who have been. taken aback a bit by by the death of this love that i didn't expect i thought i thought when they said seven half seven percent that they meant it and had the policy tools to achieve that now i'm not so sure but what does it me

the father boyle khan does well and oil crime because of the stimulus measures from china so let's have a look at lasik to send if we cannot it will stay because they have indeed closed as i say swiss who they think is where we are to sound them i say should call them that yes it's that territory so now we're also talking about a court battle going on there and lot more to come in that it's fifteen minutes but the lady in red. thanks katie i love the fact that you always reference to my outfits which is nice i always like to get things up from the business. right up next we focus on the future of moscow's beijing relations in our interview with dr. dr john cool you're the director and research fellow of the center for arms control of china institute of international studies and it's great to have you with us today. so russia and china have found themselves recently in this same camp trying to prevent a possible military intervention into syria do you think it's a short lived partnership or maybe a greater strategic vision that could actually cost and quickly affect the distribution

director and research fellow of the center for arms control of china institute of international studies and it's great to have you with us today. so russia and china have found themselves recently in the same him trying to prevent a possible military intervention into syria do you think it's a short lived partnership or maybe a greater strategic vision that could actually cause so quickly a fact the distribution of power worldwide says we share the same responsibility we're facing the same challenges that for example the lessons from you know last year michel. intervention by the western countries give us lessons can be safeguard the peace on the stability. in the region the affairs so this time i'm sure of the two countries. can exchange the ideas to word the region the dispute to prevent any conflict the war well you know one occasionally still here is that the western countries still may invade syria going around the un resolution like it has happened in iraq for example what instruments to china and russia accept their common stand point on syria what other instruments do th

jumpstart global economic growth of apac summit in russia with developing giants russia and china of building a closer bond. yuri over crippling caught spreads from athens to the country's second largest city as thousands of people including homes are to protest against a fresh sturdy package. canada cuts diplomatic ties with iran over its nuclear program and support for the syrian regime and unexpected move seen as part of the u.s. led campaign to increase to iran's isolation. this was top stories here on our t.v. and the next algren off and go player a speaker at the apec summit discuss russia's role in the asia pacific region spotlight is next. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v. i'm andrew robb and today my guest is michael clear one of the key speakers at the apec summit expert on energy and world security but first here's a seasonal course for. what's the capital of russia right now and i'm sure most of you got that question to trash and city just call the northern cap some might know that st petersburg russia is a gateway to your final question w

here and i said earlier if i go to brian piece and i go to brian it sounds like china has a lot of problems with its neighbors if we just going to consider what mark just said go ahead. oh yes china has problems with its neighbors it also has problems with the united states which just went to japan and to announce the creation of a second missile defense shield that china interprets to be a threat to china as it should interpret it i think what we see here in this case with these islands is that the japanese government the federal government under pressure from right wing nationalists in tokyo and elsewhere has engaged in a provocation buying the islands from japanese businessmen who don't own them and then trying to create a fait accompli for the chinese and obviously the chinese people with strong anti colonial sentiments recognizing that these islands were seized at the same time as taiwan was seized in one thousand nine hundred five are up in arms in protests around the country but i think it's from below it's from the masses of people but obviously it's also from the chinese g

instruments to china and russia except their common stand point on syria what other instruments do they have to actually prevent this from happening you know china has been very active in negotiations in finding peaceful solution not only syria dispute but also you run nuclear you see you china this time actually is a mitigator all caught in age or i think china is acceptable to all the parties concerned to iran to russia to the united states i to my knowledge you know there were several rounds of dialogue you know they. related to the iranian you can be used to and china change a huge to be more active and this time record of china's position china's policy toward their regional affairs more support more gets up to go to all the parties concerned and other issues. that china and russia are commonly worried about is of course the american anti-missile defense system we are hearing about the united nations united states plans to actually feel it's an early warning radar in south japan and at the same time russia is increasingly worried about you know states plans to enhance its missile d

asia encompasses three subregions: japan; north and south korea; and china, mongolia and taiwan. the late 1900s saw the reemergence of east asia as a world political, economic and cultural force. nearly 1.3 billion people reside in the region's largest country, china. the province of guangdong is on china's southern coast. this area has sustained extraordinary growth in recent decades, thriving as a base of manufacture for a global economy. advancements in communication and transportation facilitate globalization. containerized shipping is a cost-effective means of transporting a variety of goods. guangdong's relative location to hong kong's ports and financial infrastructure is key to determining its position at the epicenter of chinese economic development. through guangdong, we see the forces of globalization at work in the pearl river delta and beyond. many observers argue the costs and benefits, but few dispute that globalization is the most profound reorganization of the world since the industrial revolution. the driving force of globalization is economic, and at the core of th

prescott privas in china, not okay. president obama's stimulus plan reportedly sending u.s. tax dollars to china is okay? is this another case of hypocrisy. we report. you decide. >> he's been talking tough on china. he says he's going to take the fight to them. he's going to go after these cheaters. i've got to admit, that message is the better -- is better than what he's actually done about thing. it sounds better than talking about all the years he spent profiting from companies that sent our jobs to china. >> david: president obama attacking governor romney over private investments in china, but what about sending taxpayers' dough, your money to china under his watch, like the $1.8 million stimulus money spent on this federal building that reportedly used solar panels from china, or more money from the stimulus that reportedly purchased wind turbines from china. mike, you say the definition of high accuracy. how so? >> president obama is being a huge hypocrite. he's taking taxpayer money, throwing it over to china, and criticizing romney for using private capital and investi

you china this time actually is a major all cotton major i think china is acceptable to all of the parties concerned to iran and to russia to the united states i and to my knowledge you know there were several rounds of dialogue you know among the parties concerned really to today you're on a new committees too and china changes. to be more active and this time because of china's position china's policy toward their regional affairs more support more gas have to go to all parties concerned and the other issues that china and russia are commonly worried about is of course the american anti-missile defense system we're hearing about the united nation united states plans to actually feel it's an early warning radar in south japan at the same time russia is increasingly worried about you know states plans to enhance its missile defense capabilities in europe do you think that china and russia could maybe come up with a joint reaction to this plan or each country should deal with that on their own yeah i'm sure that this is the question to your foreign minister where the china and russi

university and author of what the u.s. can learn from china in cambridge we have william overhauled he is a senior research fellow with the ash center for democratic governance and innovation at harvard's kennedy school and here in the studio with me is the of on as easy as a professor of economics at cornell university right cross talk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and only one of us stuck in the end why should people know something about this why is it important it's important for a number of reasons. well and this is an organization that has been growing and clout. and it is a sum it was a number of asian countries represented and many americans are not aware of this and with more and more activity going on in asia pacific and as you were posing a question is it the pacific century and i would say yes because you know the pacific region is growing in wealth and whenever you have growing wealthy a growing influence and power and you're going to start to see more as these countries join the world making classes and this is going to create changes throughout the

this is all to the headlines. today in china's plans to step up their military exchanges has the west wary as the world's two largest on these unites the efforts to boost influence in the region. they do arseholes training of a bulk of going forces ultra spike in deadly inside out times as nato admits negligent on to choose to the vetting process has led to recruits turning that guns on them and turns. on the new no way to protect kids in russia from home for t.v. clinton faces criticism points and vigorous language that threatens to deprive children of programs on to call soon great cultural divide and. that is the headlines here now stay with us for peace a lot on crosstalk. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle forward to blot of our stock on the eve of the meeting of the asia pacific economic cooperation regional group to what degree is the global economy now centered in the east and south are we living in the pacific century and if we are which isn't really me. to cross not the apec group i'm joined by and lee in new york she's an adjunct professor at new york un

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>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." representatives of japan and china are trying to highlight the harmony and friendship between the two nations despite the divisions that exist. the countries are at odds over territory in the east china sea and as leaders trade bashes over the dispute, people from both sides are meeting to focus on the benefits of the ties. delegates include representatives of japanese associations promoting friendship with china and japan business federation and japanese lawmakers and met thursday with the chairman of the chinese people's political consultative conference. he is a member of the communist party's bureau and holds the fourth most p >> translator: we welcome you, our friends from japan. >> the chairman of the association of the promotion of international trade of japan responded. yohei kono said islands. china also claims the territory. the chairman of the association of the promotional of international trade responded he said the country ares an important part for asia and the rest of the world. they will attend a dinner party hosted by the chairm

>> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. from china and japan to europe, fresh signs of slowing economies raise new worries about global growth. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. the american government borrows billions from china, is it a threat or smart business? we continue our focus on the national debt. >> tom: and on capitol hill, new questions about the role of high frequency trading and u.s. markets. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> tom: there was more evidence today of the struggling global economy. stocks around the globe sank on weak japanese trade figures, as well as a drop in chinese manufacting activity for the eleventh straight month. the news here wasn't better. the conference board's index of leading economic indicators edged down a 0.1% in august, suggesting grough will stay sluggish in the second half. so, it's no surprise that the international monetary fund announced today it plans to cut its global growth forecast by a few decimal points when it releases its report next month. the i.m.f.'s currently forecast calls for growth of 3.5% this

invest in each other's countries china has said that they will continue to buy euro bonds. buying jet airplanes and what not i think is that they recognize that. the world economy can't afford for the eurozone to disintegrate and so i think that china will play a role in trying to maintain a stable world order. whether the growth rates will continue to stagnate or rebalance down the road remains to be seen. but i think. what we're seeing is that the global economy is extremely integrated it's really impossible to isolate them at this point and in regards to the asia pacific you may call the china club but frankly it's the asia club because all these countries have companies that have such enormous investments in each other's countries that. usually you can you say you are an asian go but there are countries in the western hemisphere that are in it also but you're saying they're not going to play much a role absolutely this is why i'm saying that the world is very integrated to try to isolate them and say well is it's just the asia pacific region or the european region or the ameri

>> live from berlin, this is the "journal" on dw. demands from beijing -- china calls on europe to lift its arms embargo and to treat the world's second-largest economy as a market economy. >> a nationwide strike in india to protest against forms of the retail sector which would allow in foreign supermarket chains. >> fresh restrictions ahead of belarus' parliamentary elections. belarus ones -- berlin warrants belarus not to send negative s ignals. they are clear signs china is more comfortable than ever flexing economic and political muscle. >> at the european union-china summit in brussels, the chinese premier laid out two demands. he wants to -- he wants the european union to lift its embargo on trade. >> he says he wants them to look at the country as an economic equal, saying it is time for them to recognize china as a fully fledged market economy. >> they were all smiles, and indeed, the first part of the speech to the participants was cordial. but then came the criticism. >> i must be very frank in saying this -- we have been working hard on lifting the arms embargo and rais

conditional use authorization to allow construction of china town stations above grade building as the head house on stockton street at the southwest corner of washington street. specifically the conditional use authorizations being sought are to allow a public use in a building with frontages greater than 50 feet within the china town commercial district and china town transit fgd. the entitlement of china town transit station is an essential implementation component of the city's larger subway project. the next step in progressing in the china town transit station is conditional use authorization before you today. the site has already been identified and approved as the location for the station by the fmta board of directors and board of supervisors. there are certain milestones of the fmta must meet to secure federal funding, one of which is full entitlement of the head house building. we are requesting commission approve head house as proposed. design has been reviewed and approve bid the arts commission and has been review bid the department's preservation staff for compatibility

terms of most of all between the u.s. and china rather than cooperation what makes you think that. you know when you look at history when you have a dominant power that's been put in place for a very long time. in this case the united states and you have a rising power like china there's always going to be friction and conflict now that doesn't mean it will lead to war a conflict does not always have to lead to war but certainly there will be rivalry and competition are you talking about a possibility up a cold war between between america and china a cold war across the pacific. well tao i remember the cold war very well as you say. and there are ways in which the situation is similar and ways in which it's dissimilar it's dissimilar i'll talk about that first it's dissimilar in the sense that the u.s. and china have many economic bonds that wasn't true between the united states and the soviet union they didn't have economic ties very much at all but the u.s. and china have many economic ties they're very close trading partners american corporations do a lot of business with china chin

lists extraordinary progress during his time in office. while the world war is about china's slowdown, the premier extols the virtues of policies which transformed a nation. welcome to "gmt." i'm david eades. coming up of the program -- pakistan's intelligence agency brands the u.s. as the worst enemy, according to the doctor that guided america's military to osama bin laden. never carry a murray -- andy murray wins his first grand slam final and the first by a british men's tennis player in 76 years. it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in the morning in washington, 7:00 in the evening in beijing where premier wen jiabao has been outlining the scale of china's transformation since he came to power. what a change of leadership looming amid signs of a slowdown in china's own economy, the premier extolled the massive strides forward, and through the years of global economic crisis he said this is do it to his government policies that they managed to avoid businesses failing, workers from becoming unemployed and farmers from returning from their bulges. the growth, which as fallen from

the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs for the american people." mitt romney? tough on china? romney's companies were called pioneers in shipping us manufacturing jobs overseas. he invested in firms that specialized in relocating jobs to low wage countries like china. even today part of romney's fortune is invested in china. romney's never stood up to china. all he's done is send them our jobs. i'm barack obamna and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] this is america's manufacturing when president obama took office. this is china's. under o obama, we've lost over half a million manufacturing jobs d for the first time china's beating us. seven times obama could've stopped china's cheating. seven times he refused. it's time to stand up to the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. [ male announcer ] barack obama: failing to stop cheating. failing american workers. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> the company is making progress toward addressing concerns of the lgbt community. chick-fil-a has amended -- will amend its policies. >> a

china. stimulus measures it's not a day or two or a tabby i'll be back in about fifteen minutes or so have a round up of all today's activity. looks like a good day in the markets today will catch up with you in an hour thanks for that update right up next we focus on the future of moscow beijing relations in our interview with dr tang. dr john chua you're the director and research fellow of the center for arms control of china institute of international studies and it's great to have you with us today and me too so russia and china have found themselves recently in the same camp trying to prevent a possible military intervention into syria do you think it's a short lived partnership or maybe a greater strategic vision that could actually cost and quickly affect the distribution of power worldwide since we share the same response pretty well facing the same challenges that for example the lessons from that would be a case you know last year the military intervention by the best in countries gave us lessons all came to be safeguarded peace and stability. in the region no affairs so thi

nationalize the islands two weeks ago. china and taiwan claimed the territory. that has put relations in an unprecedented situation. one of the japanese delegates says tension in the room was extremely high. the former speaker of japan's lower house says japan should take measures to correct the current circumstances. >> translator: what is needed most is leaders of both nation talk in a diligent and calm manner. >> he said he stressed the importance of getting business between the countries back to normal as soon as possible. >>> a man who helped shape a u.s. foreign policy are asking both sides to take a step back. he was a senior advisor to george w. bush. we sat down to get his views on the situation. >> reporter: former deputy secretary richard is an expert on security issues in the asia pacific and the japan-u.s. alliance. his art is to bring calm to the situation. >> i think japan should do what japan can do to cool tempers, to explain to our public what's at stake here. i realize this is a difficult time for japan because of what will be impending elections but it's also difficul

yesterday. the announced action against china, filing a complaint with the wto about -undermining u.s. auto suppliers, the u.s. alleges. we will focus on the world trade organization in our last hour of today's washington journal. back to the phone calls and your take on this a leak video of governor romney and its impact on the 2012 campaign. now to pennsylvania, republican. what do you think, steve? caller: good morning. i have been watching the news for months and months and the web. the media tries to control the dialogue. every headline talks about the problem with mitt romney. so many things are prefaced it with mitt romney's problem, which controls the dialogue, in my opinion. early this morning on msnbc there were talking about the video and made reference to president obama when he was talking with people clinging to their guns and their religion. then one of the panelists went into great lengths to further explain what the president really meant. and that is legitimate to an extent. it is legitimate to an extent because these leaks videos are taken out of context in so many

and china unveiled plans to work more closely live in western countries on edge over their growing influence in the pacific. thanks for being with us this morning stay with our d. to see peter lavelle and guests take each other on as they discuss the upcoming energy gathering in vladivostok on crosstalk. live. and. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle forward to blot of our stock on the eve of the meeting of the asia pacific economic cooperation regional group to what degree is the global economy now centered in the east and south are we living in the pacific century and if we are which isn't really me. and you can. start. to cross out the apec group i'm joined by and lee in new york she's an adjunct professor at new york university and author of what the u.s. can learn from china in cambridge we have william overhauled he is a senior research fellow with the ashe center for democratic governance and innovation at harvard's kennedy school and here in the studio with me is the of on aziz he's a professor of economics at cornell university right crosstalk rose in effect

>>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." communist party officials in china have answered questions that have been swirling for weeks by making two key announcements. they've set a date for when their transition of power will begin. it's november 8th. and they've also decided on their punishment for a once-rising political star. they stripped bo xilai of his party membership. his case exposed the darker side of china's power structure. the state-run xinhua news agency is reporting the communist party will transfer bo's case to judicial authorities. he's accused of taking large bribes and abusing his power. bo was the highest ranking communist party official of the inland city of chongqing. he was expected to join the party's top brass this year, but a series of incidents led to his downfall. his former aid etemporarily pled to the u.s. consulate in february. officials cited bo for violating party discipline. they suspended him from the post he held in the political bureau. then in july, police charged bo's wife and her aide with murdering british businessman neil haywood. a chinese

"gmt." also coming up in the program, angry protesters in china call for a declaration of war in japan in the biggest flare-up of anti-tokyo sentiment in a decade. nato short -- sharpens after the sharp rise in attacks by afghan colleagues. is it the failure of nato policy? it is midday in london, 7:00 in beijing in the evening, 1:00 in the afternoon in france, where a french court has ordered the magazine to hand over topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. the magazine, of course, had already published the photos. the publication was told to cease immediately in publishing the images. hugh, from paris. round one to the duke and duchess of cambridge? >> definitely and predictably. this civil court has found in favor of the royal couple and issued an emergency injunction banning the magazine from any further publication of these intimate photographs. the case was argued yesterday in court, putting their points of view of, saying that the judges filed their decision and it is as, one of the predicted, in favor of the royal couple, meaning that the magazine cannot republish the photo

break down the results who has a sneak preview. also, trade with china reaching over $174 billion this year. we have a ceo who is hoping to change all that by making it easier than ever for u.s. businesses to sell their products in china. the domestic market is booming. is that the place to be? he will tell you how to get in. first, today's data download. all three ending in the green. the s&p breaking a losing streak. technology and energy were top performers. utilities did lack of it. today was the biggest for stocks in september, the fed announced its money program. u.s. weekly jobless claims fell to its lowest level in two months last year, 26,000 to 359,000. it was revised up, which happens to show 3000 more applications than previously reported. long-lasting durable goods plummeting in august, posting the worst job, the decrease was led by aircraft orders that fell more than 500%. covering all of these issues, we have larry with the cme. telling us why this market is overextended and brian jones breaking down the most important economic data point. you have to watch. he will tell

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