as the number of killed in the drawn out conflict exceeds three thousand. and as covered earlier in the broadcast prime minister vladimir putin's visit to beijing saw some massive deals signed off for social watcher doris nesbitt it's no surprise as she tells r.t. about the long standing relationship between russia and china. 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 a philosopher sherman for it also first 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 think exclude myself ten years ago levon 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 you willing to change the picture or do you stick with what you think how is it changed ten years are for you well. i was thinking the chinese are mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today

have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you talk about innocence where does that come from in your opinion does it have anything to do with the fact that china's been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with the with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you were always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of the city part of

a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival and that's that's when they when you get to know the chinese and when they embrace obey i'm not ashamed of having you or we love you and we admire you and and it's so sweet that openness i'm not saying that every chinese is sweet there is a lot of competition that can be very very. fierce fighting but in general they are willing to embrace you and talk about their feelings so is china socialist or capitalist. fighting or. making their dreams come true and the fight is something sometimes a little fierce because for a long time they couldn't make their dreams come true they couldn't lift the life they wanted and now specially for the generation that's one and the nine hundred

ninety s. who has not to live through all the hard shift and the changes they've they really demand that they can do whatever they want to do and that's going to be a new situation in china with a china ration that has grown up with communication systems with western. with information about everything that you can achieve in life and they're going to fight for achieving that they have goals they want to they want to be the best your husband john and i spit argues that china is a country without ideology do you agree with that it doesn't have any it's in search for an i be all that she and i would replace the word there's a lot of search for meaning because. when you are starving making an income that's enough you know you don't need any other goals but once you have your basic income once you make konami dreams come true to

a certain degree. then you realize that's not everything in life and i have a column in china you stated the second largest newspaper and i get a lot of emails in reaction to the column and many of the questions are. you know what is really the sense of what's really the meaning of life what can i do with my life and how can i serve my country that's something that you wouldn't hear from the west so botch you know how could i serve my country it's much more how can i so how can the country serve me and that search for meaning for spirit. that that we can increasingly feel could be that they're searching for self identification in twenty first century. there are quite communists but now there are so strong economically they are searching for acknowledgement for

a position in the world they do not have enough self-confidence including the china as a as a country they have achieved so much but but they don't really. care to look at themselves and say well what we did why is there a i don't know maybe because they are attacked. much more than then. and it's not that everything is great in china lots of things that we don't agree with that need to be improved but the west is very much focusing on the radios and on the flaws and i think we should have a fallon's that. there is a lot of good things and of course they have to work on the not so things do you think china is striving to be number one country in the world to be this huge superpower or is it just happening. i i hesitate because deep

inside i think china wants to be the middle kingdom and once you have to pull session at it once head that's in the in the in the you know the history of china as really an empire is not out of the chinese head but they are not fighting to dominate the world but they they they want to play the role in the world that they slowly growing into simply. kaname the growing size of the economy and by the number of people say i asked your husband whether china was trying to read become an empire and be emerge into an imperialist state because if they're not fighting for it but they're fighting for it economically because they're building ties with weaker countries. could it be that . we become an empire that dominates the world by growing economic ties with other

countries i don't know whether we're live in the world where you really well really one nation can become a. dominant empire like the roman empire and all the other and pious and fall of. i don't think it's in this way and also i think that there's quite a ways to go and you know america is a fourteen trillion economy and you're. only once or one fourth of it so they have a ways to go and also you know think of the role that the u.s. plays culturally i mean the influence that the louis has in the culture of the globe is a much higher one and i think that's one of the things that china is really really has to establish what is its cultural identity in the twenty first century and when we have a chinese armani when they do not call peak. or are you

know the. when they have their own people who stand for and then one of their own. which let's say and i'm not very good on the pop bands but you know what i mean they they have to create the chinese brand the cultural leadership that still is in the hand of the u.s. in many ways but right now in china is about one third of the u.s. for in-depth and dollar is at a very vulnerable situation i mean people are even talking they could devalue their future. what is the smartest way out of this impasse for china i think you know economists are correlated or are having different opinions so i really would not claim that i have the answer to that so when the u.s. will hit rock bottom it will also have found a solid ground and then rise because it's not that the capacity of the u.s.

is gone the capacity is still there and the chinese are very smart to the situation and invest with let's say we can in dollars or not so i think they they are going to work it out in the smart enough to do so also one more question china is more and more a search. with the south china sea do you think china is a country that actually could envisage a conflict well it's a but but it wouldn't i mean it's too smart to you can't win wars anymore so why would china really start a war which would be destructive for china itself so while there's a lot of posturing on the political side economically you know it's it's much too much integrated to really start a war on on either side so no the last posturing the us a lot of. posturing because of internal reasons to show strength to its people

but but you know we don't we don't think this thing china strategies for russia they've been very good friends some they've been not so good friends so i think they are seeking an ally they are seeking. they are very close neighbor so i think china in general wants to optimize relationships whether it's russia or america or europe tourists thank you very much for this and to make you. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the. street they have. to. leave.

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anti-corporate protests in new york face a fierce response from the police as the manhattan standoff leads to more than seventy arrests. america's rallies inspire worldwide action scuffles break out in. several european cities as people there lash out were bearing the brunt of the cuts while banks continue to profit from. the week's other top stories ukraine's former prime minister facing new charges soon after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abusing her power when citing gas deal with russia. and signs of change in the face of civil war syria's president promises a new constitution as the number killed in the drawn out conflict seen three thousand. you know neil joins us now with all the latest from the world of sports and it looks to be a war of attrition at the rugby world cup yeah at the moment new zealand on the

street they're going for a place in the final there i'm out and i tell you what it's the hardest hitting much i've seen and i've seen a few games out there world cup so far very tight we're going to get the latest in just the second groet. good to have your company this is sports day we have got plenty ahead this hour in these stories and pretty. missed opportunity c.s.k. moscow fail to move level with premier league leaders and meets after giving up a two goal lead at home to. make a double the texas rangers secure their second street american league pennant blasting their way into baseball's world series with victory over detroit's. dreams we take a look at how the city of milan is rediscovering its love of ice hockey after being

given the films up to john mckay chel next. fall first were dramatic loss of form shows little signs of improving in the russian premier league that once a long time leaders now with just one win from their past half a dozen games after collapsing against f.c. tariq things are looking bright for the army men with free kick fun wagner love in the area five minutes from the break the host then doubled their lead straight after half time to say do do them on heading home. no. but tara could head back their first goal coming from a lightning break so fast that the cameraman barely caught alex on their public getting to the nets point was secured with their very next attack margaret c.-o. the scorer with the sask it shall stop or fall outs to the final score c.s.r. remain a couple of points adrift of leaders zinn says. that's because the leaders from

st petersburg played out a draw themselves at home to two now moscow in the weekend's big game it was the host who looked the more dangerous early on but who could boast four wins from their past five games soon from the rhythm forcing plenty of. anxious moments in this in the penalty area the second half and follow a similar pattern former pared down and forcing a good save soon after the restart. should have done better after finding himself in space twenty minutes from time but that was to be the final score meaning it's a neat stay top three. x. across the door also off their points tally at the expense of rushed off while. they were forced to settle for a point which. in the english premier league manchester city have taken sole control of the summit following victory over aston villa that's because their city

rivals on the joint top team heading into the weekend manchester united three one one zero down field in saturday's opener. the lights are turning the visitors. seem gerard opened the scoring for liverpool city taking advantage of develop draw a full one beating of villa ensuring that they'll finish the weekend on chelsea are not just a point behind united after a three one win over everton while still full to so much week eight weeks. now it is the biggest game in new zealand and australia robey for eight years and it's on their way in auckland the all blacks on the wall bees going out for a place in the final of the twenty eleven world cup final half time whistle blowing a few moments ago at eden park with the school for team six to the hosts the spikes going into every world cup as the team to beat new zealand only tasted success once thought was in the inn or tournaments which they also posted in one thousand nine

hundred seventy pulis truly wanted all four years after the game in one nine hundred ninety the winners will meet fronts next week. there to stick gymnastics world championships are fast becoming and. dreama vent for victoria calm of the russian folding up a silver medal winning performance during the week with the golden one in tokyo yesterday this sixteen year old classing the field in the women's on even barge jordan weaver was fourth two days earlier the american had edged comma by just thirty three thoughts on some point in the competition one placing this time i felt touching that not by over the gymnast climbing onto the second highest spot on the podium chinese hawaiian question was. just a goal for michael thompson is the man to catch after three rounds of them a glass break classic webb simpson though is just two strokes behind on sea island

the american with the race for the p.g.a. money title very much on his mind twenty six year old thompson showing his approach game is very much to spec his second shot on the ninety or finished for a birdie. billy horseshow got out of the sand on the eighteenth hole made a putt for par to finish one back in second here while simpson and trevor immelman are tied for third simpson seeking a third tour leading third win of the year he and world number one luke donald are vying for the p.g.a. tour money title this season with both set to tee off win a vista next week in the final p.g.a. event of the season. on the baseball diamond the texas rangers have become the first team to reach the world series this season the detroit tigers only able to watch as nelson cruz set a playoff series homerun record in the rangers fifteen five when the corner tigers who trailed three two in the series lashing arched right away amid

a hostile environment rangers park six time all star miguel cabrera making it one nothing with the big individual home run. by another before the rangers got back in the saddle michael young's double time the game at two sparking a huge run young card another double in the third putting rangers nine to cruise though he was the mom who had set a record with six home runs in a single playoff series in the seventh inning of the march fifteenth five how it ended the rangers now hoping their second straight world series meeting results in the title this time around. the same louis cardinals meanwhile are one win away from joining the rangers in the biggest baseball showdown all of the year a sloppy defense costing a berthing game five of their series for milwaukee errors among two three runs for the opposition the cardinals taking a three nothing lead out for a mistake by third baseman terry hurst and junior your sil is shaking off a slow start to the form by the fifth inning albert to hone citing a r.b.i.

single in the sixth but made it five one my holiday event making sure the cards could begin the tastiest of the seven one the finals for st louis could not wrap up a world series berth on sunday. finally the kontinental hockey league is busy continuing its expansion across europe slovak inside leg where the latest side to join the cape shell ranks this season on the league isn't finished yet robert for daniel reports. these game moments are twenty years old the goal scored with no windows. skills in the game. played in a high level the surprising part it's not canada. or russia it's italy. it's the players claiming one of their numerous domestic titles in style from the early ninety's. when all was famous as

a britain i mean we have a very long history about hockey and in milan or in milan or at the very very long because we started when. nineteen twenty three the first. was built in milan and when we were one of the first in. europe the hockey fans here in milan love the game we're excited by this game and probably there's some people being fired a bit sick of football for other reasons there some kind of research for new motions and i believe i saw case it's perfect for that nevertheless ice hockey is still some distance from topping football in terms of popularity here a sentiment echoed by a person from the moment of the game canada. home it's played would love but because it's it's still very under preceded you don't get the same emotion

you know and so you can be mad for a minute but it passes very quickly as opposed to a canadian hockey match it's talked about for you know for months if not for the whole season and so it's that is a huge difference in watching a canadian game versus an italian game this is the standard olympic dream one of the main venues for the two thousand and six weeks or olympic program five years own and there is barely a reminder of the epic hockey battles that to place here the ice rink was removed soon after the games finished allowing the stadium to become the new home for the. event and three no football club's one hundred miles east however things brighter local outfit no longer so blue are set to join the kontinental hockey league in twenty twelfth i believe they are a group that we have been agreed that we have a couple minutes in terms of the organization to join the league of course it is

not going to be a very open field but. we have time to to develop the company sequel to two thousand and six winter olympics didn't affect the popularity of hockey the country and all of course the games were a great event for the telling people stadiums are renovated and a lot of infrastructure developed so some local clubs did get a lot then but not the italian game as a whole in this respect the kitchen is another chance for us not only for milan but for the entire country to take a significant step forward you know the only beautiful couple the addition of versus blue may seem like a small step for the kid but for the club itself it is quite simply and massively. robert ford r.t. milan italy. and roberts report part two all thought reports on ice hockey in milan will be coming up in a few hours time and all the sport for now whether it's next. anti-corporate

protests in new york face of fear for response from police as the manhattan standoff leads to more than seventy arrests. america's rallies inspire worldwide action scuffles breaking out in several european cities as people there a lash out over bearing the brunt of the banks continue to profit. week's other top stories ukraine's former prime minister facing new charges soon after being sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing her power when signing gas deal with russia. signs of change in the face of civil war syria's president promises of new constitution as the number killed in the drawn out conflict exceeds three thousand.