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france's government now says that talks on a ceasefire to end the crisis in eastern ukraine will begin in a few days this is afternoon the first face-to-face meeting between the russia president vladimir putin and the new ukrainian leader petro pair shiancoe. the two met in france where leaders from around the world are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings barnaby phillips was there and sent us this report. >> reporter: he was a significant outsideing in the gathering the mainly western regions, vladimir putin whose country did more than anyone to defeat the nazis but is now in a bitter dispute with the west over events in ukraine. in fact he met briefly you crane's president elect petro poroshenko and even discusses a ceasefire. it will take much more than this to resolve the crisis in ukraine, but any contact between

these two men must count as good news. it was the german chancellor angela merkel who has been working hard to bring russia and ukraine together. germing any's central role in this ceremony a tribute to the peace and prosperity western europe has enjoyed since the second world war. the focus on today's ceremony is remembering those who fought at d-day. of course there are big differences between the west and russia over ukraine. but western forces door toying make sure those disagreements don't overshadowed the memory of d-day. earlier dawn on the beaches of nomady. 70 years ago, then amidst the guns, today a serene calm. in the cemetery where 10,000 young americans are buried in points cenwouldn't next same ter

president paid tribute to them and their cause. >> our claim to freedom and the inning hair inter dignity of every human being. that claim is written in the blood on these beaches. >> reporter: one of the biggest cheers of the day for britain's queen elizabeth. one of the few leaders here with vivid first hand memories of 1944. they watched a dramatic montage on the fall of flashism. there is much to celebrate. but the leaders here know that the continue meant's eastern fridge have once again fallen to to violence and inning that ability. barnaby phillips, normally. despite the possible talks there is no sign of the end of violence in ukraine. let's go there now. and suggestions that a mentioned at the top of the program that a plain has beeplane has been sho.

>> reporter: i can confirm that we have seen a line from the head of the anti--terrorist operation against the separatist fighters. he said the plain has been indeed shot down it was a transport planes soviet era transport plane, it's propeller driven, very slow and they say it was carrying humanitarian supplies for the people who have been internally displaced by the fighting. i have watched the video that's been leased by the separatist fighters. we talked to the separatist fighters inside there and she confirms that it was downed by a surface to-aramis ill. i have seen the footage, you can see the explosion, i have also seen a still taken at the scene which shows that the pilot and the copilot managed to get out. you can see their parachutes being deployed. you can see them coming down. so, yes, a surface-to aramisal

has brought down a trans important play, propeller-driven transport plane in the area. and we understand and have been told by the separatist fighters which is a town of about 30,000 people which have been inside and the heavily defended by the separatist fighters that they were being attack during this day by something like 20 armored personnel carriers and tanks, it was the checkpoints that i have been through there, the check point before you get in tart mortared from a church inside the town and one ukrainian soldier killed and two injured. owe zoe a fierce battle going on there at the moment. >> how hard will it be to pull these sides apart if a ceasefire is talked about and agreed upon?

>> reporter: the more this happens, the more blood spilled, the more difficult it will be for any talk of a peace deal or a ceasefire. there is a major anti-terrorist operation being launched by the ukrainian government in this area, in and around luhansk where i have just come back from. and there is no indication yet, even though they have had a 15-minute talk, petro poroshenko, who will be inaugurated as the new president of ukraine tomorrow. and president putin. they have shook hands, but there is much more to deal with. and the point is that the fighting is now intensifying. it's escalating. try and pull back from that military intervention will be difficult. because who is actually in charge of those so-called volunteers inside the self selfd

self-declared republics. i have been with them and talking to them, they believe that they are fighting fascism and this whole history of the soviet union, winston churchhill said, actually crushed and broke the back of the nazi war machine. and they believe that they are still fighting fascism. and it's very hard for me to persuade them otherwise. it will be very hard for anyone to persuade them otherwise. they believe that the area is now being controlled by fascists and it's almost impossible to see how they can be persuaded otherwise, even by president putin. if he tried, will he succeed? we simply don't know. the only person that can really make a breakthrough here is the new president who is about to be inaugurated in ukraine. petro pou poroshenko. will i stop the fighting. will he hold back to the point of almost breaking through? we'll have to see. yes, we will, david chater, thank you very much indeed.

now to afghanistan where the front run never that country's presidential run-off race has narrowly escaped death after on bomb attack on his can vo. three of his bodies guards were killed and another 16 people hurt. paul brennan has more. >> reporter: a busy schedule of campaign events was always going to present ample opportunities for bombers to strike. and on friday morning in kabul, that risk became a reality. there were two bomb blasts, though the exact circumstances remain unclear. police said the explosions were cal cause booed i two separate suicide bombers. other reports suggest that the second blast may have been a roadside device. either way, the result was deadly. >> translator: we suddenly heard a huge sound of an explosion when we were coming downstairs. the blast shattered the windows and stirred up the dust. we couldn't even see each other. let alone figure out the situation at that time.

i fell on dr.' abdullah and his body guard piled on me. there was another attack when we were about to get up. >> reporter: at another campaign rally shortly after the attack. the intended target of the bombers, abdullah abdullah said he himself had not been harmed, but that his security guards had been a think month th among the. >> thvictims. >> translator: the enemies of afghanistan failed in their plot today but unfortunate there we have lost a number of our country men. three of my companions, three of our countrymen were martyred in today's attack. i express my sincere condolence to his their families and may god rest their souls in piece. >> reporter: doctor abdullah is the front runner for the second round presidential vote on june the 14th. having won 45% of the first round ballots. the first round of the afghan elections was praised as an unexpected success. after the taliban failed to cause major trouble. but the security picture looks far more challenging ahead of the second round run off. paul brennan, al jazerra.

three people have been killed in egypt after police tried to disburse a protest. in alexandria, at least a dozen protesters were hurt when police fired tear gas at an anti coup rally. hundreds have gathered to denounce the a lex of abdul el sisi to the presidency. in a number of districts of the capital tie row. reporters without borders has written a 11 to egypt's president elects urging him to free all detained journalists three al jazerra journalists accused of supporting the out loud muslim brotherhood have been held for 160 days. on thursday egypt prosecutors demanded the maxim penalty for them. he wants seven years in jail for feet peter and 15 years each for the other two. al jazerra refutes the allegations against them and is demanding their immediate

release. at a press conference peter's father said he had done i don't go wrong. >> what people did, what peter reported, what he wrote for his current agency, would not be any different if he had been reporting for the bbc, or the abc, or the cnn, or any other news organization. his bad fortunate, if you like, was that he simply found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. the italian navy says that it's rescued at least two and a half thousand payin migrant in 4 hours. 21214 well, 157 children and a number of newborn babies. more than 40,000 migrants have crossed from north africa to italy so far this year. well, 60 migrants are thought to

have died off the coast the yemen last week. many of them were from somalia. and neighboring ethiopia. the u.n. says it's the worst loss of life off yemen's coast this year. the migrants use that in order to oil-rich nations in search of work. at least six people from the minority have been killed in the double car bombing in the northern iraqi city as fighting between government troops and fighters from the islamic state of iraq have left at least 20 people dead there. >> reporter: the early hours of friday and the city of mosul turned in to this. armed mena taxed a military base, checkpoints and other posts in and around the city. witnesses reported heavy fighting and suicide bombing in at least 12 districts. dozens of people have been killed or injured. there are different armed groups

operating in mosul, but the strongest is the islamic state in iraq and the isil. on thursday government made another show of force in the city scurry forces say they entered the city and controlled at least eight districts and public buildings the government was quick to sends helicopters. they say its jets destroyed a number of targets. >> translator: isil were trying to create sectarian unrest by innininfiltrating the shrine, br air force pilots destroyed them and their foreign-led scheme. we carried out 82sortis. >> reporter: people there say the situation remains tense and fear of a renew sectarian strive. it's home to a muslim shrine.

al qaeda fighters destroyed that shrine in 2006, which led to a wave of second tear general violence that killed tens of thousands of people. another reason to worry is the attack could be link today the government's military campaign in anbar province. the government says it's battling isil fighters who took refuge in fallujah. the army launched a name or offensive in january which killed hundreds and displaced more than 140,000 people. but the armed men there say that they oppose their ideologis ided only defending their city against the policies and security forces. the attacks in mosul could be an effort to widen the battle and open new front with the government. or it could be a tactic to ease the pressure from the fighting in a anbar. either way the people of iraq remain far from having security and stability.

still adhere on al jazerra more fighting in libya between supporters and opponents of a remember gate. also an exhibition that takes a fresh look at how we live from the homes we live in to the last tories we use.

♪ ♪ these are the top stories this hour. russia's president and his ukrainian counterpart have agreed to hold talks on a possible ceasefire. vladimir putin and petro poroshenko met in fraction where leaders from around the world have been commemorating the

70th anniversary of the d-day landings. inside ukraine a plane carrying humanitarian supplies has been shot down over the city of. separatist fighters have claimed responsibility. the crew are said to have escaped. afghanistan's leading presidential candidate survived a bomb attack on his convoy in kabul. although six people were killed abdullah abdullah himself was unhurt and continued campaigning. and to libya now where we are receiving reports of fresh fighting in downtown tripoli before supporters of the general and the government. stephanie decker joining me now life from tripoli. tell us what has happened and give us an idea of who this man is and why he's upsetting the government there. >> reporter: well, the situation in the square seems to have calmed down in the last area but shows how quickly things can change in lib ya. everyone was alarmed. there was a study done that it

says everybody household has up to six weapons, we did see shots fired, we are hearing no one injured but a lot panic when people ran away from the square. both camps were in there, those support and who are against him. context of the man himself. the former general known to libyans, he was in g go qaddafis army. fought in chad. went to the u.s. for 20 years and returned during the revolution, many libyans who might support his campaign which is to what he says rid this country of terrorist and extremist groups, they don't actually trust the man himself. they don't know what his actual aim in. >> in terms of battles themselves are they concentrated mainly in tripoli. we are hearing of attacks on benghazi that the general was, he said trying to tackle? >> reporter: benghazi has really been the flash point if you want to call it, of this operation that he's launched started a

couple of weeks ago he's been carrying out air strikes on a couple of bases of two groups mainly february 17th brigade. these are groupings he accuses of being extremist. we have seen on over the last few days a backlash against him. there was fighting with his people in benghazi. there was a suicide attempt, a all side car bombing against his farm which is really the heartland where he feels protected. he escaped with minor injuries, but it goes to show that what he has done, if you agree with his operation or not, as he has polarized this country even further. the issues that have happened here. the acts of violence has escalated and the problem is he especially in benghazi when the fighting goes on it's in civilian areas. so people there will tell you they are very worried about how this will play out. >> we'll leave it there for now, thank you very much, stephanie in libya. police in canada have arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of killing three police officers.

justin, but was found hiding in the city of new brunswick. more than 300 officers took part in the manhunt. 26 year olds gunman in the u.s. city of seattle has been arrested after he opened fire at a university campus, killing one person and hurting three more. police say there could have been more fatalities had it not been for a student who managed to pepper spray the shooter when he was reloading his gun. 29 gums ar29 governments ars network to intercept phone callings without their knowledge. the world's second largest mobile phone company says six agencies are legally allowed to tap in without a warrant. while they didn't name any countries its report is based on assessments made in europe, asia and africa. job growth in the united states has been pretty strong this year, but take a closer look at the numbers and it appears there is still cause for concern about the economy.

as kristen reports from bristle in rhode island, fewer well-paying jobs and stagnant wages are taking a toll on working people. >> reporter: downtown bristle, rhode island appears to be thriving, home to historic buildings, quaint boutiques and fancy restaurants. but some residents here say this picture-perfect seaside town is becoming a community of extremes. those who can afford stately mansions and those who visit what was once a factory to get free food at the local food pantry. michelle has been looking for restaurant work for three months. her husband, a construction worker, has been getting less work at lower pay. >> it seems like every year it's a little less, you know, little worse, winters seem a little longer. a lot of competition out there, waiting for the same jobs. >> reporter: judy works two jobs making under $12 an hour at each. >> the prices of everything is going up. >> reporter: last year she got a

raise of 10 cents an hour, sometimes she needs help to make end meet. with a number of manufacturing, fishing and construction jobs shrinking here in recent years, many have resorted to low-wage jobs in the service industry. reflecting a national trend and trouble for the middle class. a recent study found that there are 2 million fewer jobs in well-paying industry since the recession. and 1.85 million more low wage ones. >> there is really a one-two punch that workers are facing. job growth has been disproportionalitily con straighted in low wage industries, but jobs across the board have been stagnant over the post recession recovery. >> reporter: this food bank provides three meals to counties all along rhode island. in the last few years the number of people they serve has ducked. that idoubled. that in a time when unemployment

has gone down. the food bank is taking part in a national study that will look at how many people receiving assistance here are work full time. >> we know that it's over half. exactly how many is hard to tell. many are families with children where the adults are working but at low-wage jobs so they can't afford rent, utilities and food through entire month. >> reporter: when working people are struggle to go make end meet. it's the american middle class that suffers. kristen, al jazerra, bristle, rhode island. in india there have been violent clashes on the 30th anniversary of a raid on separatists. separatists they fought each other with sword and spears after the leading of one group was prevent today making a speech. 30 years ago military raid demanding their own state left about a thousand people dead. severe pollution in india's rivers is threatening the health

of millions, it is a byproduct, many say, of the country's massive growth and it is also damaging the economy. from new delhi, a report on the challenges of clean can go up the waterways. >> reporter: the river as it flows through new delhi, all kind of waste gets dumped here without being treated. but like other polluted waterways in india, it doesn't start out this way. this is the river as it enters the city from the north. north. it provides people with a livelihood and they come to enjoy the cool water. he has been documented the river for the past year. he says the have i ever always clean at this point. >> translator: it's mostly villages doing agriculture that live upstream, they know the value of the river and respect it more than urban people do. >> reporter: that becomes apparent just a few kilometers downstream. industrial waste from inland

areas and untreated sewage pours in to the river here. in may, the government shut 112 illegal drains. despite that, for the next 22-kilometers, the river starts to die. >> translator: zero. thathe oxygen is zero. that means the water is dead. >> reporter: but regenerated the waters comes second to improving the economy. india has seen a slow down in growth for the past few years. but this water policy experts says not cleaning the rivers also has economic consequences. >> for example, the agriculture, the cost of treatment of water because of the enhanced pollution level. the real problem is the burden of disease from the water pollution. >> reporter: those liver near the river at the south end of the city where the river is the dirtiest say the pollution attracts mosquitoes that carry malaria and should be cleaned up. >> translator: people living

here should realize that they themselves are make the river dirty. and stop blaming politicians. if people have the will to keep it clean, then politicians will act. >> reporter: but even the small step of stopping percentage waste going in to the river seems a long way off. as this polluted and stinking water flows out of new delhi. it travels past where the taj mahal is and eventually in to the began gees. this amount of pollution is normal for many of the country's water ways. in the recent he collection there was a major emphasis on reviving the economy, the worry here is that means revival the rivers will be ignored. al jazerra, new delhi. the world's biggest architecture exhibition opens in venice on saturday about 40 countries are taking part in a show that has a little bit of a twist. rather than showcasing the latest buildings, they have been asked to reconsider the past. nick spicer takes us on a tour of the event which happens every

two years. >> reporter: they are gazing in to the past through windows hundreds of years old. in the background machines test the ones we used to. this is not your usual architecture fair featuring the latest gee whiz sky escape he isers. architect true and curator wants this to be a rethink of the very fundamentals of the buildings we live in the began gees. there is a vast amount of information, beauty. of intelligence of tradition, technology, future potentials that we forgot or any collected and that is there for the taking. >> reporter: a new prospective then, on glass and everybody the historical evolution of the toilet since roman times. ceilings are also on display. notably the false ones filled with the air-conditioning,

electricity and data cables which all inning visibly make our modern lives livable. a history of heating from the fire pit to the modern kitchen to a ceiling with heat lamps that follow you as you walk through the room. and an exploration of secure doors, from the midevil fortress to the modern airport with security agents and metal detectors. six months long this is presented as a place for architect and the general public. and a place for academics to think again about the fundamentals of how we make shelter for ourselves. >> architecture you not going with idea still know -- still should know the knowledge of it. this knowledge is based on research and history of things, it cannot create directly from your mind you should have knowledge of it. >> all the walls and the floors and you know everything together it's like you really are going to think again about your own

house. >> reporter: a chance then to tear down some walls. old or new, and take a fresh look at just why we live the way we do. nick spice, he al jazerra venice. and you can take a look behind the scenes at aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. >> new dawn in beijing, the ancient capital of the world's fastest growing country, home to the 2008 olympics. it's the vibrant centre, the super power, where the old wrestles with the new. communism clashes with capitalism and a new global economy is born, swallowing all in its past. but one thing about its people

never changes... the chinese love their food, and now with their new found wealth, they are indulging their stomachs more than ever. as a child, i'd grown up with the food of southern china where my father was born. in my first visit to beijing 18 years ago i realized that i'd been missing out. today the food here is as varied as it is plentiful. traditional or modern, chinese or western, china's capital caters to all tastes and needs. that's a lot of rich food, and a lot of calories too. as china's economy has exploded, so has its waist lines. today 200 million chinese are

listed as being clinically obese, and that's because of changing dietary habits. in many ways, the story of how food has changed here is the story of china in the last two decades. so we are going to start our journey in beijing's streets to see how it all happened. my first stop is wang fujing, the biggest night market in beijing, right next to tiananmen square. this is a new government business development and tightly controlled by the police, but it's also one of the most popular tourist hotspots in the capital. and i'm here to meet 'crazy chef', a chef turned beijing rapper who rose to fame with his song 'chinese food'.

>> and here comes my first treat. silk worm cocoons. >> it's kind of very soft in the middle, the shells quite tough, it's actually not bad at all. >> as if silk cocoon is not enough to wet my appetite, we move onto the sea horses >> yeah this is pretty good >> the food here's definitely not for the faint hearted or the healthy. deep fried star fish, deep fried swallow's spit, and certain parts of an animal which i

thought i'd never eat >> i think there are some things i wont do, particularly not on tv >> for dessert, we settle on a plate of deep fried ice-cream. thought by many people to be a tradition chinese dish. while the ice-cream actually doesn't taste that bad, i can't help feeling a bit like a culinary tourist >> well this has been an interesting evening with crazy chef, and we've been eating a lot of crazy things. it says much about modern china, an ancient civilization going global. >> in the old beijing, street life and street food was intricately linked to the narrow alleyways unique to the city, known as hutong, where snacks used to be sold on mobile trolleys. today, as most of the hutongs here have been demolished to make way for new skyscrapers,

and food vendors kept off the street to keep the city tidy, it's hard to find anything of the past, except in one of beijing's tourist areas. >> jiumen snacks is a collection of beijing street stalls, many of which have been around for generations, they've come together in recent years under one roof, in this traditional chinese courtyard. >> walking inside the courtyard is like going back in time - here you can find all the old favorites that beijing's streets had to offer, rice cakes, pig's intestines, fermented soy milk, stuff that people don't normally eat these today.

>> he just told me there's a sauce that goes with this which is; the principle ingredients are garlic, a sort of sesame paste and soy sauce, so lets give this a try. >> and onto the next...

>> in china the decline of traditional streat food political reason as well as an economic one. 50 years of communism means that all private businesses were closed down during the mao years.

and street food, taken off the streets. but no-one here wants to tell me this on camera, as the chinese are still cautious about speaking to foreigners. today, it takes a charismatic businessman to bring these families together again for a capitalist culinary experiment. >> houjia is the founder of jiumen snacks. 20 years ago, he was selling western clothes in beijing's first free market, today he's selling traditional chinese street food and the culture that goes with it.

>> judging by the number of his customers, houjia has been very successful in reviving a lost culture. looking around me though, i can't help feeling that this is museum food, far removed from the taste of modern china. even houjia admits that he has some big rivals. >> since china has opened up for economic reform, it has also opened up to western influences. as western fashion and western music have bombarded the chinese market, a new generation of chinese are growing up with coco-cola and big macs. the arrival of fast food in china answers the need of million s of chinese who live life in the fast lane, but while it has helped drive forward china's economy, experts fear that it's driving up the nation's cholesterol level too. >> one in four teenagers

in big cities are overweight. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news.

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giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> 21st century china is growing at a breakneck speed, but so too is the nation's weight. as china goes global, street life has given way to modern life, and street food to fast food, much of it rich with fat and sugar. 21% of restaurants in china today sell western style fast food; in china's 8 largest cities including beijing, 50% people eat fast food regularly.

but is too much unhealthy fast food the only reason that many chinese are becoming overweight? >> i've come to a traditional wet market in beijing to meet prof li liubai, a nutritionist at beijing university. over the last year or so, the chinese government has closed down many street markets like this, because the chaotic scene here is considered unflattering to the modern image of the olympic city. but many locals like prof li still shop here for its fresh produce. >> i do shopping here for my

family, for my son whose a 15 year old boy, and my husband he is a vegetarian... >> oh he's a vegetarian? >> yeah >> which is quite rare in china? >> no, increased. because many people worry about heart disease. >> prof li is a government adviser on dietary management, and she believes changing diet in china has contributed significantly to the nation's weight gain. >> 30 years ago we only eat meat, pork or mutton during festival, now everyday we can eat meat. >> you've got a lot of milk here, dairy produce, but traditionally that wouldn't have been part of a chinese diet would it? >> before we feed our child with

soy products, porridge, rice, now with the economic development, so the milk increased. >> and what about the old diet? >> you've got tofu here, it's very traditional bean curd... >> traditionally chinese eat this to supplement some protein. >> so this is protein but no fat? >> some fat, some healthy fat. >> after all the hustle and bustle, it's time for a rest. i've seen so many simple but healthy foods the chinese traditionally eat, does a richer diet actually serve them better? >> 20 years ago our three meals mostly consisted of carbohydrates, now we have so much animal products. more than 10 percent of adults in china are obese now, and 15%

teenagers are overweight. >> china has this problem with obesity. but to be frank, when you look around, ordinary people don't look that fat, why is that? >> our body composition different from that in western countries, so even if we are very fat, from outside you cannot tell... whether we are fat or not. >> but how exactly is a rich and modern diet affecting the health of the next generation of chinese? >> i have come to an elementary school where they've started a program to get overweight kids to do more exercises, so everyday they come to school early to go through exercises to help them loose weight...

>> this is stretching places i haven't stretched for a very long time.. the teachers has now given us the 4th set of 25 dips, and it's really starting to hurt. my knees certainly aren't as flexible as those of my young friends. i think i have to give up, i have a stitch..., this is pretty hard work too! >> and if such vigorous exercise

is not going to keep their weight down, i wonder what's keeping it up? >> alright now, i want you to do me a big favor...i want you to take a piece of pen and paper and write down your favorite foods, and i want you to be honest tell me the things you really like to eat...okay?

>> with the children's food wish list, it'stime to go and do some shopping. >> here we've got some sweet bread... some biscuits... we've got some fatty pork and some steak... some nice healthy yogurt, but this is full of sugar... traditional chinese dumplings...straight out of the factory. we've got a whole row of chocolates... deep fried chicken... hamburgers and sugary soft drinks... well we've got our shopping now, and i'm going back to prof li and see what she's got to say about this. >> i'm not surprised about it...

>> the children's favorite food proves prof li's point as a nutritionist, that the nation is gaining weight on a sugar and fat heavy diet but as a mother herself, she confesses the reason behind teenage obesity in china is a social as well as economic. >> we only have one child, and all our hope is added onto his shoulder. >> over the last three decades, china's one child policy has produced a generation of spoilt little emperors who have too much to eat and too little time to play. >> many parents push children to learn more things and more skills from a very young age. generally from 4 years old they will learn piano or something. some parents reward children with food.

when the child asks for it, we generally don't know how to refuse. >> if we don't do anything about this problem now, how serious will it be in the future? >> now, one in four teenagers in big cities are overweight. if we do not do anything to control the situation, after ten or twenty years, we will reach the high level of obesity just like western countries >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried

to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. r

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> and china is fast catching up with the west in influence and prosperity, but it's also paying a price for its own success as millions of chinese have fallen victim to a rich and

often unhealthy diet. but is there a future for traditional chinese food, be it a street dish or a family meal, that is fast, tasty and healthy too? i've come to a chef's training school in for the answer. master chef li here has revived an old street dish, stir fried rice noodle, with less oil and lots more vegetables. >> the heat here you can really feel it coming off the flames...watch your eye brows... and now the aromatic herbs; the garlic, the spring onions, the chili again you can smell that coming off as incredibly rich flavor, and it's amazing how quickly it cooks... and there goes in the cabbage, giving it the quick stir, never letting it stop for one

second...and in with the rice noodles, again swirling it all up, mixing it together so that all the flavors combine...and now the sauce is a mixture of salt, sugar, chinese wine and some soy sauce of course and a little bit of oil... and the smell is incredible, really rich and coming off so quickly from the dish...just a little bit of oil to finish it off and the chef was just telling me now, that it's also important for the sauce, to remember the color of the dish this is all about a visual feast not just a feast for the stomach. and there it's done and that's all in a matter of a minute, a minute thirty and master chef is going to give me the honor of tasting this and it looks very good too, lets see how it tastes....

this is fantastic, i'm going to have to continue on eating >> and now it's my turn. >> i've now realized one of my ambitions, and that is to become a chinese chef, and it's something i've always wanted to do since i was a kid, and that's why i learnt chinese, cause i always wanted to be able to order chinese food in a chinese restaurant, now i can cook it as well! we've pretty much come to the end of our journey through chinese street food, and it's been a journey through which we've seen an awful lot of change. china is a country gone from famine to feast, in less that 25

years. some of the changes have been good, some have been bad, but one thing remains constant...the chinese people love their food even if it comes at a cost. >> tomorrow on the stream. the superstars. >> i love the underdog role, it's us against the world. we have this fight and this pride to play for the country. >> pushing for success. >> we've gone so far forward, the game's really really grown. >> gaining popularity. >> people are crazy for it. >> is now the time for u.s. soccer? >> anything is possible. i believe that this u.s. team, we can beat anybody. >> the stream, tomorrow 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america.

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