going on inside china for the last 30 years? >> fundamental changes. absolutely. the country is virtually unrecognizable today compared to what it was 30 years ago. i was there 30 years ago. >> i know. you were born there, weren't you? >> i was born there, world war ii, lived there with the communist revolution, and i went back three times during the cultural revolution. i was part of the negotiating team when we negotiated diplomatic relations. i've seen china in lots of different forms. >> it seems that when we were focused in afghanistan and iraq, china went from, say, zero to 60 in the last 10 years, especially economically. >> 10 years ago, china realized it was rising so rapidly that it was undoubtedly going to cause concern amongst its neighbors. it adopted a policy of alleviating concerns in the region -- soft diplomacy, very effective. it formed a strategic partnership with the association of southeast asian nations, negotiated a code of conduct for the south china sea. it has been undoing some of the benefits, because the results of the financial crisis has given china

the burgeoning middle class fleshpots and east asia. the coastal cities of china, south korea and japan. so the indian ocean is a geographical tool to connect political development in both the middle east and in china and east asia all at the same time. and another thing, my book is entitled month and appeared in when americans hear the word monsoon, they think of the storm or perhaps a catastrophe or disaster of some sort, but that's only a very narrow version of the truth. the monsoon is really a weather system. if the wind system that brings agricultural prosperity, development, the lifecycle. in india, when there's been a good monsoon and elections right afterward, the party in power 10 to do well because the monsoon directly affects the economy. another thing about the months to come them with another wind systems in other oceans is predictable it flows steadily for six year in the northeast southwest direction and after six months reverses the south by 180 degrees and flows in the other direction northeast southwest. and because this project will sailing distances can be cal

washington promising to be joe. china's enormous cash reserves may be just what the e.u. needs to claw itself out of economic turmoil peter lavelle's guests and cross talk discuss beijing's possible role as the euro savior here on our. hello and welcome to cross talk time peter about china's maneuvering our china's fortunes faring during the global financial crisis and the euro zone fiasco political uncertainty in the u.s. and the arab spring is china and the gainer is the world undergoes massive economic and geopolitical shifts and as the world changes will china take on a greater leadership role. in. crosstalk china's growing influence i'm joined by greg audrey in irvine he's an entrepreneur and co-author of death by china in miami we have already shankar he has to ford motor company chair in global business management at ohio state university and in beijing we cross to doris nesbitt she's the director of the nesbitt china institute all right folks you have difference a points of view on this and i want you to show my viewers ok but first marcia people say that china is set to save the worl

al and his crossed gas explorer china's position as an emerging superpower and the political and economic woes in the west. twenty years ago the largest country in the. suitcase it. was had been trying. to teach began a journey. where did it take to. keep . a low in welcome to cross talk time peter about china's maneuvering power china's fortunes faring during the global financial crisis and the eurozone fiasco political uncertainty in the u.s. and the arab spring is china and that gaynor is the world undergoes massive economic and geopolitical shifts and as the world changes will china take on a greater leadership role. in the. story. crosstalk china's growing influence i'm joined by greg audrey in irvine he's an entrepreneur and co-author of death by china in miami we have already shankar he used a ford motor company chair in global business management at ohio state university and in beijing we cross to doris nesbitt she's the director of the nesbitt china institute all right folks you have difference a points of view on this and i want you to show my viewers ok but first peopl

over the. next. few days ago. china's position. of political and economic woes in the west. wealthy british scientists are. sometimes spies for. markets so why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on r.t. . became the story. of the such. a low in welcome across town timekeeper little china's maneuvering power china's fortunes faring during the global financial crisis the eurozone fiasco political uncertainty in the u.s. and the arab spring is china and the gainer is the world undergoes massive economic and geopolitical ships and as the world changes will china take on a greater leadership role. to keep the story. across not china's growing influence i'm joined by greg audrey in irvine he's an entrepreneur and co-author of death by china in miami we have already changed cars he used a ford motor company chair in global business management at ohio state university and in beijing we cross to doris nesbitt she's the director of the nesbitt china institute all right folks you have difference of points of view on this and i want you to show my viewers

but for now china's enormous cash reserves may be just what the e.u. needs to clore itself out of economic turmoil. in cross-talk not discussed beijing's possible role as the euro's savior that's now right here on out say. twenty years ago the largest country in the. disintegrated. was how did. it began a journey. where did it take to. keep . a low in welcome across time peter without china's maneuvering our chinese fortunes faring during the global financial crisis and the eurozone fiasco political uncertainty in the us and the arab spring is china and then again or is the world undergoes massive economic and geopolitical shifts and as the world changes will china take on a greater leadership role. came. across not china's growing influence i'm joined by greg audrey in irvine he's an entrepreneur and co-author of death by china in miami we have already shankar he used a ford motor company chair in global business management at ohio state university and in beijing we crossed to doris nesbitt she's the director of the nesbitt china institute all right folks you have difference a po

between the united states and china. and we have secretary of the treasury tim geithner and the leading chinese official, the vice premier, wang qishan. >> ( translated ): the most pressing problem we are faced right now is the problem of inflation. inflation is a problem we place on importance of china. >> it would be good if we tried to take the politics out of economics. very hard to do. just listen to the fiscal debate in the united states. it's hard to take the politics out of economics. i think the most important thing we can do is just try to demonstrate and explain that we are working to address the problems that exist between us. >> rose: also this evening, francis phuc yam ma, the political scientist who's new book is called the origins of political order. >> i've never seen a period where you can have such a period of outcomes. even if two of the cases turn out good, egypt and tunisia develop into democracies. yemen could sink into a state of chaos and it's already got al qaeda there. >> rose: an exclusive conversation between the secretary of the treasury and the vice premie

tavis: good evening. we wrap up our week long look at china. tonight, have a distinguished panel of chinese americans. tonight, we will explore many issues we discussed during a recent visit to china, including the good and the bad of china's economic boom, the environment, human rights, and the complexity of u.s.-china relations. our round table conversation on china is coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street, a boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from the viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: i am pleased to be joined by a terrific and distinguished panel. first up is john chan, former chair of the c-100. cindy fan is the dean of social sciences

between china and the united states. they are are guo 3ñshuqing. >> i think the economy is doing too much and the business and education and also scientific research and other area but we have some advantages in some areas but even in that area we need some reform restructure. >> charlie: and you can say that with no fear of worrying that some how somebody else in as important as youre will object to you saying that? >> ah, we have different views it's good. >> gao ziqing. >> i've been back here and i always find myself on the defending side of the system trying to explain to my countrymen where the system is superior and now i find it more and more difficult to do that ee especially after in the economic field and political field so people start to think well maybe, you know, the reason why our system has been here for over 2500 years is the reason. >> charlie: and gao ziqing. >> the china and the united states have relation for three years and we come along way and accomplished a lot but if we want to continue t make progress i think we really need to trust the other side. >> c

>> charlie: welcome to our program. tonight the u.s.-china relationship and the context of a state visit by the president of china. first, the chinese perspective. and then two journalists and an academic. they look at the relationship and what we might expect from the meetings in washington. we conclude this evening with the conversation with garry trudeau, the creator of doonesbury. the chinese visit to the united states and garry trudeau when we continue. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. additional funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: hu jintao the president of china arrived in washington today for a very important four-day visit to

the foreign minister will, they've got a strong leadership that understands the threats from china. >> if i could say something about this. it's part of a pattern we've seen over the past two years of china being very assertive about the maritime area around the south china sea, yellow sea, this type of thing. the net effect of this has really damaged china's position in the asia-pacific region. china is weaker today than it was a year ago because of this behavior. the u.s. is much stronger and the obama government has this strategy which feeds into. is what you're doing is reinforcing america's stature and strength in asia while retaining china. if i were as calculating person in china, i would say this is a dumb policy. we have to stop doing this type of thing. and so the thing to watch after mr. hu jintao's visit is will they stop, will he stop doing this kind of thing? is done. is hurting, i think this is not u.k. detention of the chinese leaders. it cost them. i think this topic i think about, has done a very good job very quietly intervening in various ways and saying, we're

state henry kissinger and his new book "on china," the diplomat who accompanied president nixon to the communist nation presents his thoughts on the history of china's relationship with the united states and its current influence on american politics and monetary policy. he shares his perspective with former nixon aide and fox news contributor, monica crowley. >> host: dr. kissinger, great to see you, as always. and congratulations on your extraordinary new book which is called quite simply "on china" and i can't think of anybody else i'd rather talk to about china. china has gone over the last few decades from being a very important concern to the united states to an important, urgent and primary concern for the united states. and there's so many layers to the sino-american relationship and we're going to get into all of it with you. >> guest: i look forward to it. >> host: let's begin how china sees itself and how it's traditionally seen itself. as i was making my way through the book, both the united states and china both believe they represent unique values in the united states. yo

interview authors. this week former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger and his new book "on china." the diplomat who accompanied president nixon to the communist nation presents his fault of the history of china's relationship with the united states and its current influence on american politics in the monetary policy to read he shares his perspective with the former aide and fox news contributor monica crowley. >> host: . >> great to see you as always. >> congratulations on your new book which is called "on china". and i can't think of anyone else would rather talk to on china. china has gone the last few decades being a very important concern for the united states to an important urgent and primary concern for the united states and there's so many lawyers to the final american relationship we are going to get into with you. thank you for being cared. >> let's begin with how china sees itself in this traditionally seen itself. as i was making my way through your book you write the united states and china believe they represent unique values in the world. and that the united state

book, "on china," the diplomat who accompanied president nixon to the communist nation presents his thoughts on the history of china's relationship the united states and current influence on politics and monetary policy. he shares a fox news contributor , monica crowley. >> dr. kissinger, great to see you, sir. >> guest: always good to see you. >> host: congratulations on your new book called quite simply, "on china." i can't think of anyone else had rather talk to about china. china has come over the last two decades from a very important concern for the united states to an important, urgent and primary concern for the united states. there are so many layers to defend the american relationship to relocate into with you. thank you for being here. if we can without china sees itself and how it is traditionally seen itself. others make you wait for your book, he writes about the united states and china believe they represent unique values in the world can you say the united states believes that's not the case to spread its values to every part of the world were as china acts on the ba

just our toys in the bag made in china, but the image and everything else. the culture coming from china. that was the first thing that i thought. i point this out to the american people because it's going to happen and happen slowly and southerly. do we have the cartoon that is -- a chinese cartoon. you have probably seen a million times. we have had cartoons made oversees in china, et cetera. but this is chinese culture again. coming over here. so, as everybody used to watch "dallas" and "who shot j.r.?" in germany and you saw that. that was our culture being exported over seas. the second genesis for the show are the headlines. this is what happened this year. right here. "china holds line. won't commit to strategic talks with u.s." okay. we're the superpower, right? hmm. no. they are. i have a theory i'll share at the bottom of the hour and i have a couple of experts to see if it's right. but if it is, it's quite enlightening and telling. it's time for america to wake up. so the headline, but you read just this headline. and it doesn't necessarily connect to anything. what i do

with jing ulrich, j.p. morgan's managing director in china. >> i think china will continue to grow around 7 to 9% per annum. of course there are lots of challenges ahead. given the economy set aside you can't continue to grow at 10% per annum. if you look at the fundamental drivers for china's gdp, i think we can hit that growth target. >> charlie: fromcting to china went we coinue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: john mac visms here an oscar nominated author for elect particular performances. he started with th theatre company before making his film debut in places in the heart mu his most well-knownovies include dangerous liaison, shadow of the vampe beg john malkovich here's a look at some of his work. >> if i had any place elseto go night i would gladly leave righnow. when i came here all i asked was to be leftlone. i'm not some kind of freak to be here on display to the amusement of those hooligans you call children. >> i'm doingeverything i can. i'm telling you i'm doing everything i can. >> i'm

for dinner we talked to henry kissinger who 40 years ago went to china and changed the relationship. he speaks this evening about the relationship today and in the future. >> one should shouldn't protect the trade line in which china is dominant. they have a major power with its own big problems. there's no reason why we should not remain in a position of equality in some areas, superiority, maybe not. so i don't accept this. but we will no longer be as dominant as we were right after world war ii when we were the only functioning maintained country. and we have to adjust our understanding of the world into a world in which there are other countries that are capable of asserting their interests, not just because they submit to our leadership but they can make us adjust some of the things. >> charlie: a program note. we had promoted a conversation with joe schultz the former secretary of state. that program will be seen next week. tonight kissinger for the hour. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you w

that china's peaceful rise is good for the world and it's good for america. >> first of all, it's good for humanitarian reasons. the united states has an interest in seeing hundreds of millions of people lifted out of poverty. we believe part of justice and part of human rights is people being able to make a living and having enough to eat and having shelter and having electricity and the development of china has brought unprecedented economic growth to more people, more quickly than just about anytime in history, and that's a positive good for the world and it's something that the united states very much appreciates and respects. we also think that china's rise offers enormous economic opportunity. we want to sell you all kinds of stuff. we want to sell you planes, we want to sell you cars. we want to sell su software, and as president hu and his government refocuses theze[ñ as standards of living rise, they have more purchasing power. it's something i think we have to remind ourselves is that the united states is' economy is still three times larger than china's despite having one-q

♪ tavis: good evening. tonight and all this week we move throughout the country of china trying to listen and learn about the chinese people. talk about china must always be the economy but this week we will talk about the people and the social issues, environment and education. all these issues the people of china are wrestling with. we spend this week on location. that is coming up right now. >> every community has martin luther king blvd. it is the cornerstone we know. it is not just a street but a place where walmart stands with your community to make everyday matter. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer,we're proud to join him in improving financial literacy. and remove obstacl -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: i first came to china one year ago and wanted to return as soon as possible. now i have come back with doctor cornell west and more than 30 members of my staff. some of the footage you'll see struck this week was shot

meeting, and john kerry, he was a bit more upbeat. he says he believes china is slowly beginning to appreciate its responsibilities as a global power. >>> let's bring in one of the most famous names in the world of the big business community. he has big problems with china and its economic policies, we're talking about real estate mogul and tv personality donald trump, who says he's thinking of running for president. donald, if you were in one of those meetings with president hu jintao, in a nutshell what would you say? >> i wouldn't be having steak dinners, and he's the primary representative that's done nothing but take advantage of the united states. i find it amazing when i listen to some of the political leaders talking about how we're making progress. they're making $300 billion a year, probably more than that each year, call it profit, off the united states. they're manipulating their currency, intellectual property rights and everything else are a joke over there. they're making stuff that you see being sold all the time on fifth avenue, copying various, you know, whether it

, soon to pass more than $100 billion in goods and services to china this year. at the same time, we believe more must be done in terms of their currency. obviously, with inflation and there are some impacts on the real value of the currency. they have made some -- they've taken some limited steps despite the answers to revalue their currency. our police as he heard secretary geithner say in here saturday, we believe more must be done. that is an opinion that is felt not just by this country, but many countries around the world. >> okay, also a glut of big corporate deals are expected to come from the summit. a large boeing aircraft order is one of one that is where they talked about is a possibility. i expected one to come down the pike on that quite >> i would direct you to what tom said on friday. this is -- there's a little different than our trip to india in the sense that as i said the economic relationship we have with the chinese is -- is different on a scale with what we do with india, which is why some of the commercial diplomacy around the india trip is so significant. so

tavis: good evening, from china, i'm tavis smiley. we're here all this week to listen and to learn as we speak to the chinese people about the issues that matter to them. the social husband is. the cultural issues. their families. the future, education and environment and so much more as we're on location tonight and all this week. i'll have more in a moment. >> the cornerstone we all know. t inos just a street or boulevard but a place to gather no with your demoupt make every day better. community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. e working to improve financial literacy and the economic >> nationwide is on your side >> additional funding provided by -- >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] >> this is my second trip to china and i've come back with some of my staff and good friend and colleague, dr. cornel west. we're something of an anomaly in china. you don't see many african-americans. it resulted in some friendly curiosity. that same curiosity greeted andrew ballen whe

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight a conversation about china with henry kissinger, a man who paved the way from the 1970's for the most populous nation. his latest vote is called -- book is -- "on china." with his reading. >> yes. difference -- >> you h ap elivllustte ler. tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy ya time. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> dr. henry kissinger's long career includes his time as u.s. secretary of state, during which he was awarded the nobel peace prize. he made a historic trip to china, which ushered in an era end a relationship that continues toroinw importance and complexity. his new book is called "on china." thank you for your time. let me start with some basics. how much of the way we view china and the way they do business has to do with this huge and gap between the numbers of people -- 300 million americans, and 1.3 ha billion chinese people -- how m

it is the latest stage of russian china relations which as we learned in today's interview are rooted in strong social and cultural ties. thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to try to get behind the mystery in our something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said the loss of german philosopher said that most people do not want to learn something new but what took their confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't exclude myself ten years ago or eleven years ago before i went to china for the first time i had a certain picture of china which was not really matching reality but then it depends on i willing to change the picture or do you stick with what you think how is it changed ten years on for you well. i was thinking the chinese are missed m

profile detainees will remain in israel. and russia and china strengthen their partnership to balance some of the economic and political dominance of the west deals with some seven billion us dollars in energy trade in high tech industries a sign as prime minister putin met the chinese leadership in beijing. believing in the twenty first century china remains a mystery to much of the outside world sophie shevardnadze now since down with. an observer of global social economic and political trends and she's also written a book on china and sells us what lies behind the and. doris nice big thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains the greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get behind the mystery and how something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said the philosopher sherman for most of us said that most people do not want to learn something new but what to get confirmation of something the

policies stephen bosworth in tokyo on friday. bosworth visited south korea and china before flying to japan. north korea offered to allow u.n. nuclear inspectors into its uranium enrichment facility and recently called for unconditional talks with south korea at an early date. sasae and bosworth discussed the north's strategy and exchanged views on china's proposal to hold meetings of the six-party talks on the north's nuclear program. but they agreed that they will continue to urge north korea to take concrete action toward dismantling its nuclear facilities as a precondition for resuming talks. two officials confirmed that japan, the united states and south korea will continue to coordinate their positions on north korea. >>> the chinese government says president hu jintao will visit the united states for four days starting the 18th of this month. it will be the president's first visit to the u.s. in five years. the chinese foreign ministry announced details of the trip on friday. it says hu will meet u.s. president barack obama in washington on the 19th. china views the trip as one

for us and the. ancient history and close culture of china remains a mystery to much of the outside world r.t. sophie shevardnadze speaks with dory's names but author and director often a bit china institute in challenging to find out what lies behind the attic magic facade. doris nesbitt thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get to get behind the mystery in all something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said that the philosopher chairman for loss of us said that most people do not want to learn something new but what took at confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't exclude myself ten years ago levin years ago before i went to china for the first time i had a certain picture of china which was not really matching reality but then it de

maybe we'll consider our ban on selling high technology. products to china as kind of a you know a sweetener to kind of nudge the chinese along to appreciate their currency a little bit faster do you think this is the chinese will bite i mean is this just a snow job because the u.s. doesn't have a lot of leverage here. first of all clearly more and more the chinese are in the driver's seat so there can be no doubt about that actually even independent research association based in the us in new in new york maybe michael taylor to tell us something about it if you know them that's the conference board they recently came out as a projection of saying that china at the size of the chinese economy in real terms of physical production terms when you adjust the currency for the undervaluation of on the purchasing power basis then china may overtake the united states next year to become the worst number one economy and the odds are projecting if the growth rates that we are seeing are continuing for the next nine ten years you might see china making up twenty four percent of the world econ

president hu jintao's visit to washington. [chinese] >> translator: provided a voice for china's brutal rule. [speaking chinese] >> translator: in china at, prison, tens of thousands of people are being imprisoned. my husband was imprisoned for nine years and i was imprisoned for six. [speaking chinese] >> translator: one good example is mr. gao zhisheng whose wife has just spoken about his disappearance and secret imprisonment. thousands of people now have disappeared in chinese prison. millions of people in china are looking at the united states, looking for hope so the u.s. can do something about this. [speaking chinese] >> translator: just prior to president hu jintao's visit to washington, january 14th, the chinese state media reported 376 leaders were tried in 2010 by the chinese authority in terms of national security. [speaking chinese] >> translator: chinese authority put in mind -- in prison, seven and nine years. in retaliation for speaking up against chinese government violations of the weaker people. [speaking chinese] >> translator: last november, the chinese authorities t

president hu jintao arrives for a state visit, paul solman explores the pressure on china to revalue its currency. >> ifill: and from seoul, margaret warner gets south korean views on whether china can be persuaded to rein in north korea. >> they want obama to persuade president hu that china needs to pressure north korea to act more responsibly vis-a-vis south korea. >> lehrer: we examine what's next for apple, as c.e.o. steve jobs takes another medical leave. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae... >> i think it's going to work an a big scale. only, i think it's going to be affordable. >> so where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. >> we've got to get on this now. >> right now. >> for three hours a week, i'm a coach, but when i was diag

, south korea, malaysia, new zealand, the philippines, singapore, thailand, taipei, hong kong, china, mexico, new guinea, chile, peru, russia, vietnam, and the u.s.a. attendees also include business leaders and academics from around the world. aggregated, these 21 nations want to be called "economy" and not "nation." they want to emphasize that asian-pacific economic economies have no political agenda, rather, they have an economic agenda, notably, trade. these collected economies present a massive volume of power. item, apec, gross domestic product, all goods and services of 21 economies, apec constitutes more than half of the total gdp of the planet, 55%. item, apec trade. of the total trade of the planet, apec economies constitute 43%. item, u.s. ex ports through apec. apec economies constitute nearly 60% of the total of the united states' export volume. worldwide, apec may soon be repositioned ahead of the european union as world's dominant economic coalition. question, is apec at this point more powerful than the european union? >> let me talk about europe, john, is clearing sec

leader kim jong-il is home after a week-long tour of china. he traveled 5,000 kilometers on an unprecedented third trip to china in just a year. >> translator: north korean leader kim jong-il made an unofficial visit to china from may 20th to 26th at the invitation of president hu jintao. >> kim's spoke was observing china's economic development. kim's first stop was a lake near the city of mudanjang, his father had a battle against japanese forces in the 1930s. kim next visited an automobile factory, a supermarket and a solar panel factory in yangzhou and electronics factory in nanjing. he met hu jintao in beijing. >>> earlier we spoke to a reporter about the in-depth look of kim's latest visit to china. >> what can we learn from kim jong-il's trip to china? >> no north korean leader since 1950s has ever visited china three times a year. kim's latest visit was reportedly to ask the chinese government for economic aid. goal of creating what it calls a powerful and prosperous nation in 2012. its currency in 2009 ended in failure. experts say kim is becoming frustrated because th