and also it affects people outside who are not asian women who wonder why asian women in that new study get the most attention online? and so, you know, that's one part of it. >> jenny, you know this must be very confusing to young asian women. >> oh yeah, of course. i mean here's the problem with this whole idea that asian women being desirable should be a good thing. i love that i can get a date. that's great, right? but the problem is, in the end i want to be loved for me as a whole person, right? and most people want that. but the problem is my round chinese face we're one fifth of the world population but it might be a mask if you are loving me if you have this fantasy of about who i'm supposed to be. >> is there some kind of internal conversation within the asian female community, when you go out on a date with someone not of this community, do you think this guy last yellow fever or? >> i got a little internal checklist a few questions just to make sure. >> what is it? >> it depends. i grew up in southern california. even if i'm dating a latino guy, what are the types of girls yo

also the asian law caucus they're getting a grant. someplace pits close to my hearty used to work that and jane as well. and then something dear to my heart which is the mayors cup and the commitment to the first key program is also getting a grant as a result of this opening. so those 3 entities are being supported by digital garage. so on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, in fact, on behalf of all of technology companies d g 717 now becomes the 1 thousand 8 hundred and 23rd technology company in san francisco. i want to congratulate them and thank you. on behalf of the city i want to present this to this gentleman. if you come forward to present this the proclamation from the city declaring today to be digital garage day in san francisco. thank you (clapping.) thank you very much. mr. mayor ed lee mayor of san francisco. now i'd like to ask the district 6 san francisco supervisor ms. jane kim to please come to the stage for a response >> thank you justin. it's actually a good reminder it's important to support our lang

not only the bonds, but what it means to be a man. >> coming from an asian family, most asian families, where the father is the head of the family, makes decisions, takes charge, and so growing up, i always had deal with a father who was pretty strict and would kind of try to make decisions for me, and it was tough for me. because as an asian american, i had to constantly balance asian values, and american values, which kind of meant being more aggressive, and be more open mined and more expressive. so growing up, i always had to deal with a father who would try to dictate my decisions, and it didn't always go well. >> well, jess, can you talk about the asian american culture, and rodrigo, as a latino, how does that culture affect the father-son relationship in creating emotional bonds this. >> in response to the video as well too, me and my father, you know, we don't say i love you to each other. i never heard that from my father, even to this day. >> rodrigo, never once in your life? >> no, never heard him express that kind of emotion, and the which he grew up, that was not done, and

asian law caucus and it was a wonderful organization. we have some members from the asian caucus here. where are you? we have some of our youth leaders from asian caucus that have done work to support immigration reform. we have so many young people that came to the i see at a young age from a convolute process don't have the same access because of their jobs in the country. they've been courageus about how they can access higher education. and i want to recognize hospitality house jamming i didn't changing is our executive director. when people ask me how we're addressing homelessness in the center it's by hospitality house. one that people go to and they have an arts center. by supporting those organizations it's going to be a wonderful partnership. and seeing people how to golf is a wonderful wonderful thing thank you. again and i want to present this accomodation on the part of the board of supervisors to the d g in our start up incubator where you're beginning our start up we what to thank you for this opportunity for the ribbon cut

you're also the chairwoman of the congressional asian pacific american caucus and you say that asiansadvantaged by the per country quota system that treats a country like belgium the same way it would with people from china. congresswoman, when we think immigration reform, why hasn't the latino american and asian american, similar situations, which ju hong was talking about, resonated with lawmakers and voters over the last year or so? >> well, i actually think that we are on the precipice of doing something about immigration reform. we've finally done a budget deal, and now is the time to turn towards immigration reform. we put our hr-15, which is our comprehensive immigration bill in the house and we already have 194 sponsors, three of them are republicans. and we also know that 26 republicans have already stated that they support comprehensive immigration reform. so we believe that it can be done if a bill is put on the floor. >> as head of the caucus, do you see those who are watching this topic, though, congresswoman chu, as equating latino and asian americans together in this su

so tapering's not necessary, but for asian market. >> reporter: what's your outlook for asian markets for 2014? >> i think the market characteristics move from the liquidity to the market to earnings market. market participants will try to focus more on the earnings, visibility or earnings improvement than based on the earnings growth rate of 2014. the market gradually going up. that's my expectation. so relative data not as high as this year next year. u.s. economy expansion and euro areas are bottoming out and the japanese economy are also growing, so economic growth to some extent contribute to the emerging markets. one wildcard is the chinese economy, if the chinese economy can maintain the stability of the growth next year. i think it's up to how they set the growth target next year. most of the people, i think, the china economic growth will not rehire next year. and since most of the emerging market like indonesia has been depending on economic growth in terms of the resource export, not your resources export, so i think current market sentiment in emerging markets is not as go

>> south asians focus on wiretapping being evidence. this was the first case where wiretapping has been used in insider trading. the circumstantial evidence was compelling >> by that you mean the timing? >> just after the board meeting. and on the day of the goldman sachs and the warren buffett investment -- >> [ [inaudible conversation] >> that is not right. there was a case in 2008, the u.s. attorney office couldn't at trial show that money had gone to the banker. there was no benefit. they were trying to allege there was a man in pakistan who may have gotten money and was kicking it back to the credit swiss banker but no display. benefit is a term that doesn't have to be money in suit cases handed over. it can be benefit as, you know, general business ties that will lead to greater business. >> there is a little description about the judge saying there were no suit cases of cash. this wasn't as an exciting trial as the previous ones. can we just have -- >> was rajat's father a financial failure and because of that he was determined t

the guy who can't get the non-asian girl. and it's something growing up, that i have always had to deal with. and i feel like for asian american men, we constantly have to fight against these stereotypes. and many of us feel that even with people like bruce lee or jackie chan, we still need to fight these stereotypes to improve ourselves, and i think that's an issue that definitely needs to be addressed among all asian american men. >> tyler, i want to get your opinion on this. we have seen a rise in feminism and a rise in the workplace. how does that affect how men are viewing themselves and their masculinity? >> i hope so. for me, i never would fit into the group, in my own convictions, that goes beyond the gay thing, that goes to any man. >> right, so coming up, binge drinking, are boys, the next generation of men coping? was -- prince william was dating kate middleton. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's

i'm executive director of asian week foundation. for the last couple of years we start the initiative for asian families. i've been following the developments on the commission and the department i think you guys are are going a good job i want to commend you for having the first meeting out in the neighborhoods. i came when you had your first go tell visions meeting. this is a right direction it's what we need to do. to make sure that all senior citizens of san francisco are served by the san francisco and we need to a reach our zero waste golds. i'm happy to report at this time not only the commission but the department is making an effort to be out in the neighborhood and the staff is coming out and meeting with the community groups to see what's going on in the neighborhood. that's definitely open the right track. the one thing you can do more you guys are on the right tackle but keep doing more on this track. today's newspaper mentioned more grants but there are more worthwhile projects we need to support more community project

or i just hope for the fourth round of asian qualifiers but really came to life at the ants with three wins to finish as group winners. it's when things didn't improve the confidence of the three time asian champions that it is well organized and physically stronger than most in the region but they'll eat a piece of top european or south american team to make the knockout stages for the first time. australias friendly defeat to brazil and from suffered tough qualifying campaign but to the coach being dismissed his advice but post a couple in the oven looking to restore the fighting spirit that once defined the team does a lot of excitement about young attacking players to get the chance to step up into international football under the new coach i eye. that day at. the isn't that good. yes going on. deceased. the end of the ah ah. while. get into it. hee hee. sea. high. says says. says. we're. eye allstate morning i think i frightened charity. and when i became a comedian i never became a comedian because i was like i have proof of the world that arabs are terrorists. the world that dis

ands a rapid credit growth asian economies. startnk asia will have to looking more towards higher- quality growth and that will not be a catastrophe. will focus more on sustainability and quality. they will be getting off as the rest of the world and developed markets start more strongly towards the regional economy. year, there is always somebody saying that there is the risk of a hardliner in china. >> i do not think we will see a hardliner in china stop will see china moving ahead with a rebalancing and a rationalization of growth that most of the guests and we have believed is necessary. china will slow down in 2014 in a way that will be better for sustainability and produce. and its slowing down means that asia will lose some of the demand from within the toion and outside the region replace the growth. >> you are talking about a bifurcation and the diversions between economies and the gap. >> within asia, i would say that you are right and that china and india are the two big economies that are said to close some unimpres

were the first asian-american on national television, is that right?> no, there were other asians, but they were usually bumbling servants like sammy tong in "bachelor father", or the evil memory, stereotypes and unattractive roles. this was the first one where i would be a regular on a series team. >> did you imagine that that impact? >> back in 1965, when i was cast, i smelt quality with that show. however, television is not known for respecting quality. all the shows that i really loved were cancel. >> so it was over. you continued on in your career, but something was boiling beneath the surface with "star trek," it would re-emerge. >> what happened was after cancellation we went into syndication. the syndicators - local stations, put it on five days a week, monday to friday. that's when we found our audience, and the popularity and the ratings skyrocketed. >> what did "star trek" mean to you, to your life? >> well, i thought gene created an extraordinary show. i mean, it's still vibrant and alive and has a huge, huge following. in three years it wi

china's decision last month has shaken up other asian countries. china's newly announced zoning partly overlaps with other nations, including japan. beijing has indicated it may set up another air defense identification zone in the south china sea, a focus of territorial disputes with countries such as the philippines and vietnam. japanese prime minister shinzo abe wants to win backing from asean nations in challenging the legitimacy of china's policy, but officials are still struggling over the exact wording of the drafts. for some countries with strong ties with china, taking a strong position may be difficult. others fear china's expanding reach and may react accordingly. members of the summit are racing to reach a final agreement, but the political stances of each country against china are different. a communique should be issued as early as friday night. officials are working around the clock to come up with a deal. mitsiko nishikawa, nhk world, tokyo. >>> engineers at the crippled fukushima daiichi plant have identified why the number 3 react

>> there's a few asian ones. >> more asians? more koreans than 15 years ago? right. for the most part things are starting to get a lot more open. if you're asking i think there will be a lot more hispanic and asian mixed babies coming up in the future. >> i ain't mad at that. >> ideal low riding is about getting appreciated by the people who best appreciate the traditions and techniques, the getting it right. for that, you head to east l.a. >> the most famous notorious street in l.a. is wilshire boulevard, because of the history of it. and then crenshaw boulevard in south central. >> and most critical audience and at the same time, the most appreciative. >> the ones you want to see your car. >> it's a slow-moving piece of art. you treat the car a piece of art, acutely aware of the dangers. cops, for whom you are a target. potholes. other cars. in east l.a. you see people ooh and ah, you see people change the expression from what is that, to nice ride. >> hopefully gang members gives us props, giving us respect, you know. first you build a car for yourself. at

>> i bunked up with asian. >> asian only? >> you've got no history of fighting blacks, hispanics, whites, you have none. you're eligible to be celled up with another race because you've got no history of anything. you understand that? >> right. >> okay. you're going to be going to level 4 gp facility orientation unit and you'll begin your property here in a minute. you'll be escorted to a yard, okay? >> okay. >> all right, gary, next. >>> even the newest inmates already know the rules that must be followed. >> on the street i was lrc, crypt. it's a new world in jail, so it's different, you know? when i come to prison, i'm an asian person. i'm a crip on the streets. i'm also asian, because that's who i am. when i come to jail, i got to be -- i got to pick, i got to choose one. if i'm a crip, i got to hang out with the crips. if i choose to be an asian, i can be with my people. 206447. >> step up over here. >> i'm just thinking about who's going to be my cellie. i was just thinking about what cell i'm going to. who's going to b

science results showing much the same kind of results that east asian. school systems scoring the highest shanghai hong kong singapore once again number one two and three friends and the uk in mid twenties and the literacy results opening much the same thing with the station systems scoring the highest france and uk also in those middle rankings in the mid twenties. that's always the asian country's top the world rankings that's pretty clear european countries such as france and uk struggling to compete france in particular sliding down the ratings and rankings despite spending more on its goals then other countries in the and today we ask how to prepare today's kids for tomorrow's world and make sure they leave school with all the right skills with both those questions the panel this evening justin long is with assistant professor of chinese culture. it's just for the double went to school in shanghai remember is very clearly that was and how that still is and will be telling us about that culture and the education system tonight's asian cup and finishe

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he is an asian man between 30- 40 years old and the woman is also asian 20-30 years old.anine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 6:47. the autopsy on movie star paul walker has been completed. the results are expected sometime today. i want to show you new video of the crash. this is what killed walker and his close friend roger saturday afternoon. the families of both men have provided their dental records. this will help identify the bodies. it will also provide the official word on who was driving. walker's publicist says walker was the passenger. >>> meantime human error may be to blame for last sunday's train derailment in new york. it left four people dead and dozens hurt. william rockefeller there told officials he lost focus and was in a daze seconds before the crash. that train derailed after hitting a curve at 82 miles an hour. which was three times the speed limit. investigators have eliminated mechanical failure as the cause. >>> bart's two biggest unions have filed a lawsuit against the transit agency. it claims that bart's board of directors broke s

. >>> the southeast asian games head to myanmar for the first time. home advantage. >>> and why a sea change off the california coast means a feeding frenzy for whales. >> this isn't a new channel, this is a watershed moment in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. >> you're watching a al jazeera. a reminder of the top stories. >>> an attempt to forbes out protestors camped outside. >>> the protestors want president viktor yanukovych to resign, after he rejected a trade deal with the eu. >>> $60 million of defense equipment for the central african republic. french president francois hollande visits the

this is also a historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in santa francisco, for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know the ed and all of us of asian-american decent feel the legacy. i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously not just about a chinese- american community or an asian american community. this is about the american dream. the idea that anyone of any background of any color from any part of the globe can come here and sunday be at the very top of what our community is about -- and someday be at the very top of what our community is about. >> on december 28, 1912, san francisco mayor stared into a sea of 60,000 of constituents that gathered at geary. the berth of the first publicly owned transit system in the city, the san francisco municipal railway. >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that f

santa is asian.even a jewish santa claus in the newsroom and santa claus is even a cnn anchorman. so there you go. thank you, i appreciate it. >> merry christmas. ho-ho-ho. >> so please don't listen to the next part. i don't want to get coal in my stock. tomorrow we will be talking about words specifically. are there some words you can't say. is the "n" word ever okay and who decided? brooke baldwin and "in case you missed it" starts right now. >> good evening i'm brooke baldwin and welcome to icymi, showcasing the best news all day. we have a lot to get to including the school shooting in colorado. for the first time we hear from the parents of the boy who brought a rifle into arapahoe high school and opened fire. >>> also day after day of stifling heat, no power and the

currency is showing strength against other asian currencies. increasing demand for the dollar encouraged market players to sell gold which is seen as an alternative safe asset. spot gold prices dropped to a level not seen since late june. japan's improving economy and rising stock market is having a positive impact on people's finances. officials at the central bank say the value of assets held by japanese households is rising. personal financial assets as of the end of september stood at about $15 trillion. that's up nearly 6% from a year earlier, and the second highest since june 2007. the value of stocks and equity investments jumped about 44% while that of mutual funds rose by a third. boj officials say this is due to a rise in share prices and an increase in the value of assets held in foreign currencies led by the weaker yen. but household savings and cash holdings rose about 2%. boj officials note these savings still make up a large bulk of personal assets. they say people have also been putting their money into riskier investments as th

my stress and aiden is on the six day asian tour that will take him from tokyo to beijing and then on to see all the trip was planned before chinese authorities announced last month. aides said that the air defense identification sound. they can all foreign aircraft must give prior notice it before entering the area. he warned the mean scores if planes don't impede their instructions. the zoning is a group of islands that japan controls and china and taiwan claim. japanese leaders have been urging china to withdraw its declaration. china's foreign ministry spokesperson said his country is not the one escalating regional tensions he said some countries keep playing on the issue for selfish gain conway said the air defense town was established to defend china's territorial and airspace security. if it's meant to safeguard flight order and security india and us vice president biden said that china and it is unacceptable he said chris and i tend to change the status quo while tom offered a rebuttal to u s criticism age of consent for the relationship between the two countries. china and t

for people from south east asian countries the government has been stepping up efforts to protect foreign persons part of its economic growth strategy. oda said the next goal is to work twenty million visitors by around twenty twenty and then host the summer olympic games diamonds of all shapes and sizes drew a big crowd in russia's far east. officials with the republic of socks to put on the event as part of their effort to lure customers from asian countries. they put one thousand euro the products on display at the fair in vladivostok. every year saga produces more than thirty four million carats of diamonds. it's almost a third of the global output the polished gems have been exported to the us and europe since the soviet union era. the local producers now make more juror the products because of the advancement in polishing technology officials of the republic say you want to diversify their exports to japan china and india. for reporting this week about the ongoing effort to deal with the radioactive fallout from the nuclear accident in to push him in japan. related story focuses on

chinese kids are our ranking their asian rivals. japanese teens are also doing better in school fifteen year old students rank higher than the international academic assessment. there is a shame for economic cooperation and development oecd evaluates reading and applied skills in math and science to be three years and urbanization on tuesday released its two thousand and twelve assessment of five hundred ten thousand students from sixty five countries and territories. japanese students did better in all three areas compared to two thousand and nine. asian students dominated the top ranks in the latest survey teams from chennai. i came first in all categories as they did in two thousand and nine. hong kong placed second in reading and science and third in that. an expert on academic testing has this to say the students in asia seem to have a strong belief that with mosley took place in a high ranking university which in turn leads to a stable future. professor for the sustenance and a balk countries tend to be less motivated to study

. >>> the southeast asian games heads to myanmar for the first time in 40 years. we'll have a live report ahead of the opening ceremony. >>> riot police in ukraine have stormed kiev's city hall in an attempt to force out protestors camped outside. earlier they fought with protestors as they tried to clear out acamp of the square. after viktor yanukovych refused to sign an agreement with eu for trade agreement. tim friend joins me from kiev. >>> it's a fluid situation and within the last half hour or so the riot police have pulled right back. they've retreated. there's not a van in sight. one of their advance have moved into the square earlier. and you can't really see any evidence of the riot police themselves. and just beneath us here, the protestors have started at least to try to build new barricades. so -- and a number of people in the skill in independence square is actually more than we witne witnessed on tuesday. here's my colleague, robin forester walker with the detail of the events. >> it's been a revolutionary movement for kiev and the government unwill

i'm hearing the muncie cutting capital of myanmar miss the kids play nose to the southeast asian games every little version of the oven bakes the sea ice will run until december twenty seconds and will include more than thirty sports. the potential audience each unit with six hundred million people living in the region this is me in his first large scale international event after decades of military rule the country the sea games were held forty four years ago the cost of psalm eighteen two thousand fourteen twenty and i will be here. the games are an opportunity for the thing seemed awfully to show that changed the progress made in the nation. take a look at how the capital is hearing for the events. there are couple of nice lady il mondo things. instead this is how rules which are considered to be blocked shots. it's a tough shot standing outside in the sunshine all day but all in all complained their parts in an important event for me in the officials and the president. during paddle sports attire. this is a chance on the market so with that but on to the world the earlier here is n

. >> the problemmer is described as asian -- robber is described as asian or pacific islanders, 130 to70 pounds. if you recognize them, police want to hear from you. >>> breaking news out of los angeles, this is how a high speed chase ended 30 minutes ago. a fire hydrant was knocked off and shooting water high into the air. we're also hearing police shot and possibly killed the suspect. he was in a corvette. it's not clear what he was wanted for. >>> we learned tonight the two b.a.r.t. workers killed on the tracks in october did not follow safety procedures. according to the mercury news, neither man served as a lookout as required. as a result, they didn't see the train coming. the coroner reportedly has ruled the deaths an accident. 's still one bi >>> we finally have some long awaited answers in the death of a missing hospital patient, but andria borba tells us there's still one big question tonight. >> reporter: when you watch shows like mci, a key part of the case is always the time of death. that seems to be missing in this case. 67 days after lynn spaulding was found dead in a s

asian markets some may provide a letter that a guy. however many traders also looking to was the year end holidays as the volume has been a little bit less than average up but so far we are speaking up of sixteen thousand for dundee cake. we've hit that level twice so far this week closed above it twice i was seething close up of accepted it and that'll be a good continuation really for a lot of investors looking at the japanese. i share price and the index's was bigger than ak which is really outperformed as if they can see a continuation of that i'm strong momentum heading into two thousand and fourteen at winchelsea. back to what sounds good many things a lot from email a guy from the tokyo stock exchange and with just a few days to go is safe to say that to get stock market showed a strong performance in two thousand thirteen. the nikkei index has risen by more than fifty percent but other asian markets showed volatility the benchmark stock index for the asian pacific region excluding japan moved like this and it's down zero point

a test of the media environment throughout the central asian region and moving beyond to london and new york is what makes this documentary so interesting is that we have a different media organizations in different countries but all starting out of the same place al the journalists come to them offer them the same type of material us government diplomatic cables and then we see what the response is publish not publish a sense of some things and document what they're thinking as they're doing to and in most cases. there are very significant as can be constraints in fact most cases resulted in no publication by the organizations concerned at all of those published some materials and not because you know how does what about you do you feel like the mission you documented in media stan was a success there were a lot of reactions i remember in tajikistan with people saying you're not going to make a difference nothing will really change. i think that if we speak about making a difference or if the mission in itself was a success. obviously when the regards to actually getting the material p

a new global report says that east asian schools are at the top of academic excellence by tackling tough classrooms and abandoning rote learning. things were not so good for students in the united states. a 15-year-old there jailed in math and were average for reading and science. france is above average in reading and writing but has reading and math, now in 20 fifth place. we leave you with that. you are watching "france 24." >> i am joined on the set by mrs. rush -- -- what is making headlines this morning? >> we start with syria and the question of bashar al-assad. i will go straight away the independent newspaper in the u.k.. bashar al-plicated assad in war crimes. you can see the piece there. the u.n. is keeping full lists of suspected war criminals. the evidence -- until the evidence is requested for an incredible -- four a credible investigation. more broadly on the situation seery, it is a story not being covered as much as usual compared to the events on the ground. when they go to this piece in "the washington post," each is saying that even if bashar al- assad is ousted, we w

mark matthews, head of asian research. to john roundup of today's big corporate stories. >> these are the company news. china's biggest search engine stopped taking local currency. they are ensuring transactions. this is not the currency. the same legaloy status. qantas may soon be given a lifeline. a group of investors are said to be mulling a bit. about $1 billion. -- reported a record first-half loss. qb is plunging the most in 12 years. this.orecasted the company now sees a loss of $250 million. it is forecasting a profit of over a billion dollars. they crashed 20%. the guidance reflects the continued issues in america. premiums fell 16%. your checking of qantas qb down by 19%. those were the company news. i am john dawson. >> the door is always open. this continues to rise. shinzo abe they said it is time to reset this between the two nations. we need each other. we should understand that. we should not let one issue destroyed the entire relationship. both of us have an understanding that will lead to a mutually benef

asian markets are under pressure. the nikkei 225 ending at some 5 1/2 year high against the yen's weakness. china markets reversed early weakness in today's trade. the shenzhen composite rebounded from yesterday's heavy losses. meanwhile, south korea's kospi ended lower by over 11 is% as automakers struggled on weak sales numbers putting the breaks on gains and pressure from the soft yen. australia's asx 200 ended lower by 0.4% as miners take a beating over renewed set tapering fears. as for individual movers, investors favored japanese exporters, financialses and heavyweights. the nikkei has gained over 9% in last month alone helped by strong earnings and the weakening yen. consumption related stocks rebounded strongly included some home appliances, automakers and producers. keeping these sectors in the green is raising domestic demand and china's structural reform. back to you, ross. >> sixuan, thank you for that. that's what's happening in asia overnight. let's bring you up to speed with where we stand on bond mark