institute of engineers, chinese american cultural association, chinese american politicalociation, citizens for better community, the memorial center, culture to culture federation of indo americans of northern california. hispanic chamber of commerce, monday goalan students nonprofit organization in america, northern california athletic association, national association of american professionals, national association of advancement of colored people, national association of independent business, national association of filipino americans, chinese americans, parent of great education. united california practitioners of chinese medicine, young filipino professional association. so a round of applause to all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. >> i'm glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressman mike honda. he has represented the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives for over a decade. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budgets committee, chair emeritus of the asian pacif

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american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing china like the controversy over the dissidents given refuge for a short time here and said this latest dispute comes while tensions continue to rise of the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. those are the headlines on that section of those sports with the union and what it seems that could be a russian union on the american basketball courts those are the rumors coming out of russia today a carry a k forty seven on one of russia's billionaires it's an intriguing story we've more in just a second. because this is plenty to head over the next ten minutes including these stories in greece this hour. army man on the move. on a ship for knowledge of the one remaining champions league qualifying spot in the russian premier league leapfrogging cross-town rivals in the process. staying or heading stateside russian media reports that one hundred current lenka will join the newly released brooklyn nets. for the euro. reinforcement the ready n.h.l. . of the russian ice hockey ahead of the world championship

got f's and then 94 african-american students got f's, it says that -- the chinese americans make up 5% and then africans make up 29%. but the difference is only eight students. am i misreading that? why is the percentage so dramatically different? >> because of the total number of students in that ethnic group enrolled -- >> that was my question. so 5% of chinese american students failed, not 5% of all f's in english? >> right. that -- >> that was my question. >> thank you. >> a quick question related to that. and maybe that's something you address down the road. but how surprising where -- were these numbers? because this is a pretty stark contrast that you're looking at. english, african-american, students are three times more likely to be failing in in english thans the rest of the population -- english than the rest of the population. and compared to other ethnic groups, like the chinese community, six times more likely. so using that example, so with this in -- was this in the range you were expecting? or is this -- >> so we had looked at some data from the past. and so it is n

american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is overshadowed by controversy over and dissidents given refuge for a short time the u.s. embassy in this dispute comes while tensions continue to rise in the u.s. military buildup in the pacific and. u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe despite russia's concerns in return moscow is building a high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to russian national security. as china's around for economic growth and political influence continues we take a look at how big a challenge this is for the world up next is our special interview with john they spit an expert on the country. well. china has great thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir thank you for having me to china has been a mystery for scholars throughout centuries why is it such a challenge for thinkers these days up till these days everything is revealed now it's now it's a good challenge they were still in charge i was still in charge of well. you know first thousands of years they w

american chinese relations all tested as hillary clinton's rice stakes visit to banking is overshadowed by the controversy over the coup dissidents given refuge for a short time in the u.s. embassy is going to dispute comes while tensions continue to rise over the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. but as china's rampant economic growth and political influence continues we take a look at how big a challenge this is for the world cup next it's our interview with john nesbitt an academic and expert on the country. john i was great thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir thank you for having me to china has been a mystery for scholars throughout centuries why is it such a challenge for thinkers these days up till these days everything is revealed now it's now it's a good challenge they were still in charge i was still in charge of well. you know first thousands of years it was such an insulated isolated place that others didn't come in and it's only been relatively in recent years that a lot of people tried to i myself have been going there for forty four years s

american chinese relations are tested at every clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is overshadowed by controversy over dissident even the refuge for a short time in the u.s. embassy. dispute comes while tensions continue to rise in the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. and the u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe despite russia's concerns in return moscow is building a high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to russian national security. as were the headlines when the sports teams with the celebrations can now begin in earnest in madrid you know this certainly can carry not too many smiles since two thousand and eight but real madrid you're right they are champions spain we're going to have a look at how they did it the rest of the day's sport in just a sec. thanks for joining us this is for today plenty head over the next ten minutes or so including the stories in. our. jump into the one remaining champions league qualifying spots in the russian premier league. in the process. russian media reports that will join the newly released bro

mayor lee was elected as the first chinese american mayor of san francisco. of applause, again. san francisco is well known for its cultural diversity, which makes this city so dynamic. we are very glad to see the chinese communities in san francisco have gotten along with other ethnic groups, taking part in the economic and social life of this city. they have made a great contribution. the have also made contributions to the friendship between china and the united states. on this occasion, i would like to extend my warm congratulations to the great people of san francisco. i appreciate what you have achieved in the past year. i believe that under the ministry of the dragon mayor, edwin lee, and the support of the first chinese american president of the board of supervisors, mr. david chiu, san francisco will maintain prosperity, and gain more achievements in the year to come. and also, integration with china. a token of our congratulations. i would like to present a dragon to my elder brother, edwin lee, the mayor. i am a younger dragon. [applause] mayor lee

they also speculate that the necessary chinese person in here is not in fact chinese but rather is african-american who is dressed up to look chinese for the purpose of taking this picture. so again there are all sorts of stereotypes here. and if you wanted to sell lithographs and pictures you would pick themes that people were interested in or were sort of notorious. >> you can see a little bit of his hair peeking out from the wig. >> yes. so this does seem to be a costume piece. >> when was this picture taken? >> it's dated may 31st, 1892. >> okay. >> the roaring 90s. the gay 90s. >> like why would you want -- who are these appealing to? >> well, people, middle class folks bought a lot of images. i mean, of really weird stuff. who bought the images of african-americans who were lynched? i mean, who bought those, too? so there was a market for -- i mean keep in mind, they didn't have cameras. they didn't have television. they didn't have movies. so you might in fact buy these images. >> well, to go into this idea of who would buy the images, a lot of the orientalist photography that was done that

more provocative than they might be but from another perspective the chinese economy is growing and are normal space and the american economy is not so it's perfectly rational for the chinese leaders to in effect except these two print pictures on america's side and just realize that another five or ten years the chinese position will be enormously stronger relative to america than it is today given their very strong economic position right now and the vast amount of dependence america has in selling its debt to the chinese from a rational point of hating america is obviously in a weak position for that reason but a lot of american leaders seem to not recognize those realities or is still thinking that america is in the position it was ten or fifteen or twenty years ago the enormously dominant world superpower and that just is not the case anymore. author john nesbit set up his own institute in china to study session economic developments that says the world is yet to see a major standoff between washington beijing and i could taste our interview with him which you can see in full in twenty five minutes. and buildin

american chinese relations are tested at every clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is a shadow by controversy and with local dissident u.s. military buildup in the pacific. the u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe as russia builds a high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to national security. with world news twenty four hours a day this is. the worst violence egypt has seen in months.

american chinese relations untested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is overshadowed by controversy over a local dissident and the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. and russia wants it could make a preemptive strike against nato as planned missile defense shield for europe if the us press is ahead with the project despite moscow's objections. its two pm thursday afternoon here in moscow wherever you're watching around the world will welcome to you this is r.t. my name's kevin now in our top story the worst violence egypt to seen in months is stoking political tensions in the country ahead of the presidential election there at least twenty people were killed and over one hundred were injured when unknown attackers targeted protestors early on wednesday sparking further fierce clashes the demonstration was being held after the banning of an islamist candidate from the election various political forces have rushed to blame the ruling military for the bloodshed to sara first looks now into the chaos religious tensions have created host revolution in egypt. taking phon

embassy harbored a chinese dissident activist china's also we're aetate over the american military buildup in the asia pacific region investment from says slow and so washington give the full day doing everything. the u.s. strategy is really trying to encircle china from all the. way from japan to philippines where now and now india is so three quarters so the u.s. is calling china an expression lead in itself china sea there you have a military exercise somewhere for philippines and so that these two smaller countries can dare to challenge china so the u.s. strategy is to. give enough backing to against neighboring countries to keep china occupied so a dead child never would not have the tired to deal with are the geopolitical things. producer was only institute in china to study social economic development is this is the world is yet to see a major standoff between washington and beijing this in fact is a quick taste of our interview with him which you can see in full in about just under twenty five minutes time in fact. they are building their military but it's still you know the u.s. h

american chinese relations are tested as head of the clinton's high stakes visit to beijing shadowed by controversy over the dissident. and should build up in the pacific. the u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe as russia builds up high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to national security. and world news twenty four hours a day this is kerry just. the west of august.

american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is ever shadowed by controversy over the coup dissident even refuge for a short time u.s. embassy this latest dispute comes of tensions continue to rise of the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. and u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe despite russia's concerns turn moscow is building a high tech case against a project that it said is a threat to national security. catches up with the president of the sochi olympics organizing committee to find out how ready russia is for the games that's in our interview show spotlight. i i i i. i. i. i. hello again and welcome to the spotlight they insist on art i'll be known and today my guest is dimitri chairing the show. two years before the winter olympics in sochi about seventy percent of the big venues and infrastructure are already built and the ski slopes are already open for both tourists and pros officials promise such will be ready long before the deadline but skeptics point out some serious problems so what's the latest from the

or able to say we have our first appointed chinese-american mayor, our first ever chinese- american president of the board of supervisors, and our first ever pilipino president board of education. in our second year, we are really here. we need to reflect upon what leadership means for the city as asian-americans take up those positions. the education team this year. the theme this year is education. at the school district, asian american students are almost 50% of our education system. we have a lot of asian americans coming up through the pipeline waiting to take new positions of leadership. i am really excited that 40 years after we fought for ethnic studies, in 2009, sfusd joined in and we now have ethnic studies in public schools. students need to know how integrated the history is in building the city. there's a lot to celebrate and reflect upon. it causes us to think about the future of the community. we are such an integrated and central part of the city. it is an honor to be here today. i will bring up supervisor carmen chiu. [applause] >> thank you. i am pleased to be here with my c

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by the way, two of those, the state department lawyer and the american ak bass dor, chinese-americans negotiating on behalf of this individual says the obama administration really put the human rights front and center. if the outcome will be the dispersal or the travel to the united states to pursue a human rights career where he'll have a platform, it's good. it also shows that backfired criticism of ambassador locke is backfiring. it shows maybe they are maturing in their attitude on human rights and saying we want this issue resolved. the american-chinese relationship is too important. we've got north korea. we've got iran. we have the global economic recovery. we have serious security council resolutions. let's get this issue resolved. in a way, maybe this outcome is best for everybody and it's best for the world that a human rights activist is basically going to get what he wants for him and his family. >> in terms of understanding the various, i guess the various motivations for the people that are on sides of the negotiation, one thing that gets described is this nyu fellowship

american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is over shadowed by controversy over the distant and the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. russia warns it could make a preemptive strike against nato planned missile the french you figure the u.s. oppresses ahead of the project despite moscow's objections. focusing live from moscow twenty four seven mrs arty the worst violence egypt has seen in months is stoking political tensions in the country ahead of the presidential election at least twenty people were killed and over one hundred were injured when unknown attackers targeted protesters early on wednesday sparking further fierce clashes with demonstration was being held off the banning of an islamist candidate from the election various political forces have rushed to blame the ruling military for the bloodshed. looks into the chaos that just tensions have created in revolution in egypt. taking phone in middle east and. this is the leading cleric a man and his film the leader is just one of a number in which he's learned it's been imprisoned se

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and american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is overshadowed by controversy over a local decided he was given refuge in the u.s. embassy this latest dispute comes while tensions continue to rise over the american military buildup in the pacific. up next maxa stacy take a look at the latest economic headlines in the cards a report. i'm max kaiser this is the kaiser report vomitorium orgy's say server tell us more x. kaiser that is the america max and i have been in the last few weeks here this is a collapsing empire you see corruption at the top from wal-mart to rupert murdoch to john chorus line there's corruption after corruption and then there's the decadence of the secret service having sex scandal after sex scandal there's no place on earth they haven't been home piers and now we have the population as you can hear outside of course rising up oh they're on the streets now that the game oh they're looking for some retribution and they're very hot under the collar and they've joined up with their global counterparts around the world that's th

american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is it a shot at by controversy over the distance given refuge for a short time in the u.s. embassy this latest dispute comes while tensions continue to rise every u.s. military buildup in the pacific. russia's army chief says it could make a preemptive strike against nato as planned missile defense shield from europe if it's deployed significant tension existed between both sides that's close to telling its opposition to the project at a major conference in the city as the u.s. refuses to curb the plans despite russian junctions. well up next election stacey take a look at the latest economic headlines that's in the kaiser report. i'm max kaiser this is the kaiser report vomitorium orgy's stacy herbert tell us more x. kaiser that is the america max and i have been in the last few weeks here this is a collapsing empire you see corruption at the top from wal-mart to rupert murdoch to john chorus line there's corruption after corruption and then there's the decadence of the secret service having sex

american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is overshadowed by controversy over a local dissident and the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. the u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe and builds a high tech case against a project that it considers a threat to its national security. you're watching r.t. a very warm welcome to you today now the worst violence egypt has seen in months stoking political tensions in the country at the presidential elections at least eleven people were killed and around one hundred injured when a group of unknown assailants attacked protesters early on wednesday sparking further fierce clashes the protesters were staging a sit in the country's ministry of defense voicing their anger at the planning of its newest candidate from the election. it's the forces have rushed to blame the ruling military for the bloodshed and while the generals say they are hundred out to civilians if the outcome of the presidential vote is decided in the first round many fear that it will do little to quell the chaos

this is the chinese-american school choir. let's hear it for them. [ trucks [singing in foreign language] [cheers and applause] [children singing] >> let's hear it for them, the chinese american school choir. talent comes in all kinds of packages. thank you, kids. i want to thank those who have contributed to the dinner you will be enjoying later. we have hot cookie from the castro donating and sweet cookies for as. we also have lucky o'toole's restaurants and sushi yakitori restaurant. and barefoot winery is providing refreshments for us as they have for the last six years. so, enjoy those wonderful streets. they donated this wonderful tree as they have for the last five years for city hall and the world tree of pope. let's hear it for them. i have a feeling that part of the size of today's crowd, because they are special guests, it is my honor and the rainbow world fund's honor to welcome writer, director, award winner peter coyote. [applause] >> boy, san francisco knows how to throw a party, doesn't it? i want to invite my y

or able to say we have our first appointed chinese-american mayor, our first ever chinese- american president of the board of supervisors, and our first ever pilipino president board of education. in our second year, we are really here. we need to reflect upon what leadership means for the city as asian-americans take up those positions. the education team this year. the theme this year is education. at the school district, asian american students are almost 50% of our education system. we have a lot of asian americans coming up through the pipeline waiting to take nesi

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