and he and zhou had developed a relationship which was to be used for -- until zhou died. it was a very important relationship because nixon was gone within a year -- two years, i guess it was, august of '74, he was out. and that relationship carried -- our u.s./china relationship forward. rogers comes across as kind of a zeroid in this combination of personalities. but, in fact, rogers played, i think, a fairly important role in that he was -- his advice was listened to very carefully by kissinger and nixon and so forth, when talking about how to frame these issues for the public and for the congress. rogers was kind of the resident rightist on the delegation. i think he was personally humiliated by being left out of the meeting with mao. but zhou enlai made a point of calling on him secretly during the trip, partly to, i think, asa assuage some of this humiliation but also to find out whether there really was a split in the u.s. delegation, whether the kind of objections that rogers and marshall green had raised meant that the delegation was divided and that this whole t

zhou xiaochuan said they may lower the requirement ratio. the amount of cash the chinese banks must hold in reserve. >> translator: the requirement now stands at 20%. we have much room to bring it down. >> zhou said it is closely necessary to monitor the debt crisis on his country's economy. he says global economic trends recommend the policy. zhou's remarks continue as the exports continue to decline due to the debt crisis in europe. >>> this is creating social problems. some local government officials eager to speed up development have land taken. we have a report from beijing with kengo okamoto. >> reporter: discontent is growing leading to demonstrations and clashes with police. these are traveling signs for the government as it prepares for major change this fall. one recent flash point is a village in the southeastern province of guang do. nhk world has the story of what happened there. >> reporter: residents say officials did not give them enough money in selling and buying property. so the residents held protests and forced the polic

zhou's remarks come as china's exports continue to decline due largely to the credit crisis in europe>>> japan's top business leader has welcomed the yen decline helping the companies to improve their earnings the japan's business federation monitor made the announcement on monday as the yen sunk against the dollar. >> reporter: the yen's recent fall comes as a relief for japanese companies. it brightens up the mood in the world of business. >> he said concerns over europe's debt crisis are easing probably due to the reduction talks with the greek government and bond holders. he expressed concerns saying losses creditors agreed to accept could hurt the balance sheets and have a considerable impact on the european economy. >>> the country rich with resources. access is a constant challenge, especially in the winter. japanese truckmakers have found a solution. we have the report from russia. >> reporter: russia is the world's largest country. 45 times bigger than japan. in the soviet area, domestic vehicles are the lion's share of the truck market. in recent years, european and south ko

role they had played in the cultural revolution, et cetera, what the relationship might be between zhou enlai and mao and representing different factions of outlook on the world. and insofar as i could tell, they had it pretty right, yes. >> if i could add a point, the cia was quite public about briefing people on the geography and the economy and so forth. i have an atlas that was published by the cia at that time which was an unclassified document, very detailed and informative. i also know from having been an analyst for many years that 98% of the information that we got was based on basically public sources. how we got them was not necessarily unclassified. but this was pretty much public stuff, the really clandestine stuff of things was not very well developed. >> i spoke to my father on the phone and told him that i was coming here tonight and he told me to ask you that because he helped to write that atlas you referred to. he was a china analyst at that time. so -- >> who is your father? >> i'm not telling you that part. >> thank you. >> when i repeat those answers to him, he's g

governor zhou xiaochuan hinted monday that the central bank may lower the reserve requirement ratio,hat's the amount of cash chinese commercial banks must hold in reserve. >> the reserve ratio stands at 20%. we have much room to bring it down. >> he said it is necessary to closely monitor the impact of europe's debt crisis on his country's economy. he says global economic trends determine china's monetary policy. his remarks come as china's exports continue to decline, due largely to the credit crisis in europe. cutting the reserve requirement ratio would free more money for lending to businesses. >>> china's rapid economic growth is creating social problems. some local government officials eager to speed up development have evicted residents and taken their land. we have a report from beijing. >> many chinese are unhappy about the unfair ex-appropriate preagency of their property. discontent is growing, leading to demonstrations and clashes with police. these are troubling times for the government as it prepares for major redistrict change this fall. one recent flashpoint is a villa