as swing through asia is just the latest in a string of u.s. taps as it builds up or tries to build up its military presence in china's backyard why is the u.s. so openly challenging china which of course is the biggest holder of its debt. the real reason is that because the u.s. fears china which is the sort of montreux that we hear in the media it's because the united states wants to exercise had gemini in the asia pacific when it says it's pivoting towards asia which president obama announced in australia in january that should be considered a dangerous thing for asia the united states invaded the philippines in one thousand nine hundred in one thousand nine hundred eighteen and it invaded the asian part of russia to stop the russian revolution during world war two it for most of the war in asia then it went to korea vietnam the united states is for many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent of amazing is also boosting its military spending how do you think

we have so many stories to tell in asia pacific heritage month. when i was in the classroom, stories of his struggle and how he empowers young people to turn their lives around are so inspiring. we need to count. to keep telling those stories. we need to keep telling those stores. my daughter is now the same age as a number of other kids of our families. part of asia pacific heritage month is making sure she knows about them and a dancing justice in the asian-american communities. i first met mayor lee when he was a hard-working attorney at the asian law caucus. they just celebrated their 40th anniversary with the founders and other organizations throughout the country. key part of the justice movement. my daughter needs to know about the stories and be proud of who she is. she needs to have a pan-asian consciousness about her. i am so proud to be here with you leaders and my colleagues as well. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> supervisor charmen chiu has joined us as well. i was born a month before the evictions. a lot of our filipino and chine

they say japan was asia's richest and most powerful country and it goes on. now, however, japan is being overtaken. the article compares gdp in terms of people's purchasing power. japan was overtaken by singapore and hong kong in the 1990s. the economist says on this benchmark south korea will become richer than japan within five years. the key point to take from all of this is how quickly, how fast this change is happening. shifts in economic power and population will change how we look at the world and our current trends. this is a reality we will be living in the not so distant future. >> soichiro, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >>> for an update on the weather forecast, here is mai shoji. mai? >> we have been monitoring the typhoon mawar. it looks like it will be nearly grazing the pacific side of japan. so winds are going to be packing up to about 108 kilometers per hour. that will be picking up the waves along the coastal areas of the pacific side and it will be impacting the isu islands, moving ever so closely towards it. it will be bringing t

into the indian ocean and south asia. that reality is inescapable for our country and for our military which has already begun broadening and deepening our engagement throughout the asia pacific. one of your great challenges as an officer in the navy will be to ensure the peace and prosperity of the asia pacific region for the 21st century. we need you to project america's reflpor t america's character. to serve on ships and submarines throughout that region. we need you to do the important work of strengthening and modernizing our historical alliances with japan, with korea, with australia, the philippines, with thailand. we need you to build robust partnerships throughout that region, countries like malaysia and indonesia, with vietnam, singapore and india and others. we need to you strengthen defense ties with china. china's military is growing and modernizing. we must be vigilante. we must be strong. we must be prepared to confront any challenge. but the key to that region is going to be to develop a new era of defens

to korea vietnam the united states has fought many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent china is seeking to defend itself it does not have a global ambitions with its military unlike the united states which has a thousand military bases located in one hundred thirty countries china is basically concerned with its own economic development of course as a major power but they see the united states plans their pivot towards asia something very threatening and later this hour on our team a deadly wedding tragedy in afghanistan a fresh nameplates like killed more than a dozen afghans that a marriage ceremony will look at the huge toll the u.s. led war is taking on the don't know. how some of bin laden's death prompted in hollywood stay tuned for a report coming up in the program. bridging rules while organizing all participating in public protests may now cost a pretty penny in russia as the parliament has approved a new law supporting tough a punishment for violations it's yet to get signed off by the pres

which is shifting more of its warships to the asia pacific or to select cirrus have is in the chinese capital and not only the diplomatic and economic ties seem to be very strong between moscow and beijing but now we have it confirmed by vladimir putin and this is something he stressed in particular that the military partnership between the two countries will also expand now it's already been very strong i mean here that russia and china have already conducted a very successful joint military exercises in the past and certainly the weapon exports from russia to china is also massive but now we understand according to put in that this cooperation will expand suddenly this is some kind of news which would hardly be very welcome in the west in the united states in particular which have been growing a very much war with china's growing military might and the recent visit by the u.s. secretary of defense mr panetta to the asian pacific region basically confirmed all these worries with producing statements like the united states must be vigilant in the face of. china's growing military powe

air asia japan has been set up by nippon airways and air asia. it plans to start service on three domestic routes from narita in august. two routes to south korea will be added in october. competition is intensifying among low-cost carriers in japan. three budget airlines are going into business this year. the airbus a-320 which arrived in japan monday has 180 seats. that's 30 more than standard ones. air asia plans to offer fares that are less than one-third of regular tickets sold by major airlines. >>> let's take a look at the market figures. >>> rainy season has started earlier than usual in thailand this year. last year's devastating floods in the country claimed lives and hit the industrial sector, affecting economies throughout asia. now the country is bracing itself to avoid a repeat of the disaster. our reporter at our bangkok bureau has the details. >> it is still the early months of thailand's rainy season which usually lasts until october. but monsoon-induced floods are wreaking havoc in several parts of the country. officials are cau

then it went to korea vietnam the united states is for many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent china is seeking to defend itself it does not have a global ambitions with its military unlike the united states which has a thousand military bases located in one hundred thirty countries china is basically concerned with its own economic development of course as a major power but they see the united states' plans their pivot towards asia is something very threatening. still ahead for you on our t.v. later this hour a deadly wedding tragedy a fresh nato air strike kills more than a dozen afghans at a marriage ceremony a look at the huge toll the u.s. led war is taking its ability. but first the attention of wiki leaks supporters has now shifted to an american military court where a series of preach while hearings have started for u.s. army private bradley manning he's accused of the biggest leak of government documents in u.s. history the charges lawyers hope to see just missed however as artie's medin

[applause] we have new supporters with the bank of east asia. we of the downtown merchants' association, private protection services, and our returning supporters. thank you so much. [applause] i would like to bring on a special friend to our community. i have known you for many years with our work in non-profit committees. he has been an important person for the apa community and citywide. >> thank you. i guess i get to bat cleanup. i am honored to be here today. thank you for your incredible hard work. it was claudine's energy and drive and commitment to make this possible. it is so important to be visible in all of our communities and that we are also visible in city hall. that is why this heritage month is so important. we're here as a community. we are out here in city hall in the main part of set -- san francisco. it is important for people to see we are active in every single facet of our city and part of city life. i want to reiterate my thanks to the sponsors and community groups. we have a list of committee sponsors -- committee sponso

then it went to korea vietnam the united states is for many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent china is seeking to defend itself it does not have a global ambitions with its military unlike the united states which has a thousand military bases located in one hundred thirty countries china is basically concerned with its own economic development of course as a major power but they see the united states plans their pivot towards asia something very threatening. and late in the program the waiting that became a funeral nato forces in afghanistan like use a feeling of millions while hunting down militants we assess and the coalition is the impact on stability of the region. plus how the story of osama bin laden had made its way to hollywood stay tuned for reports coming up in the program. reaching rules while organizing all participating in public protests may now cost a pretty penny in russia as the parliament has approved a new law supporting tougher punishments for violations if he had to get sign

nato expansion in asia pacific as a counterweight. but you know first a prius i think was such a turn and needed to record her relations between china and the russians in the first person to use a volatile relationship but on the other hand i don't think that such myths or research joint exercises that are strong signal china and the russian want to send to the u. mass these and other countries that. we expand since so you know as the minister of presence that you perceive china russia could not say i don't think it will take some measures to counter but honestly grow you need to see just countries the histories. one countries particularly the regional countries we saw the chair cared about and they would do some since that you and china have been to russia and we do something to to prevent to start a kind of you will soon see how are you supporting. ok we'll leave it there things are here so it's a professor of international relations that serenity university of china thank you for joining us thank you. i remember we have got all the

in russia plans closer ties with china while america promises to move most of its warships to the asia pacific in the coming years. and protest peacefully or pay a fortune russia lawmakers pass a bill that sparks some of the most heated debate and set a new parliament record. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and you so now it's good to have you with us eleven pm here in the russian capital but we begin in europe where the zones debt crisis is getting dangerously close to the monetary union powerhouse germany moody's has cut the ratings of several german banks including the country's second biggest lender austria is also affected here's our europe correspondent tess are cilia. granted that there's a lot of skepticism surrounding the moves or the motivations of ratings agencies what has just happened does confirm already existing skepticism on the health of the whole banking economy the whole economy at large of the euro zone and nations the fragility and the vulnerability of certain countries even economic powerhouses such as germany to what happens

also boosting trade in tackling the middle east crisis here asia's two biggest countries cemented their partnership this week as russian president vladimir putin visited beijing cross-talk next stay with us here on r.t. . sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tombs mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only on the dog calm. and. still. following welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle deep taking the dollar is the era of the greenback finally coming to an end with china and japan now trading with each other in their own currencies is the international monetary in financial order fundamentally changing and if this is the case who are the winners and losers. to cross not the fate of the dollar i'm joined by mark calabria in washington he's director of financial regulation studies at the cato institute and also in washington we have derek scissors he's a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation and in hong kong we cross

asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent russia and china were also joined in beijing by iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad who supported their stance on syria the leaders also agreed that only diplomatic and political. approaches should be considered when dealing with the issue of tehran's nuclear intentions condemning any international talk of aggression towards the republic the chinese and the russians probably don't want to see an overly domineering us which i think is understandable coming from moscow and beijing and i think what the u.s. i think does and to some degree the u.s. with europe with western europe does you know does seem to be coming down strongly in the middle east. as the. russians and the chinese you know have their interest which are not necessarily congruent with those of us they would probably want to protect those interests important talks in difficult times and dozens of multi-billion dollar business agreements signed three day visit all but confirmed that the countries have kickstarted a new era in their relation

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dollar as an intermediary recurrency it is believed to benefit the two asia's largest economies due to more convenience in the business and considerable reduction off risks caused by fixation of the dollar as exchange rates on the world market. by not having to go through a third country's currency and by reducing transaction costs and lower settlement risks between financial institutions the decision will bring benefits because i believe this will enhance the convenience of both currencies and revitalize tokyo markets moreover the train will save the two countries some three billion dollars in transaction fees annually used to be paid to the u.s. central bank the move marks china as a mission to challenge the greenback is dominant japan is hoping to make the yen and more widely accepted currency in global trade and investment it may not be the end of the dollar hegemony established by the bretton woods agreement in one thousand nine hundred forty four and which contributed to the united states decides if role in shaping global markets rules and institutions but even despite the fact t

right i mean east asia and southeast asia more generally and have had a huge fan club sort of last few years it's a huge new market for a long difficult you don't want to export arms and certainly the secretary to france and other u.s. military officials have always been. sort of advance ambassadors for us into st and in that sense it wouldn't be surprising if the secretary of defense tried to do certain something he would open up opportunities for us in some of these countries i'm not sure about vietnam but i think that the really big deal would be india and we recently conducted over the united states recently conducted are completed to deal with it is quite some howitzers in the future we've got supply much larger deals much more to do we're going to india and that would be a pretty major event if you noticed it started selling a lot of weapons to. now is that i mean is that normal or for the secretary of defense to be the one that finally opening up these discussions you know on behalf of i guess you can say defense contractors that are going to be building these weapons but me tho

short of bases the head of its military move into the asia pacific. and syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country for the first time made an escalation of violence on the expulsion of foreign diplomats. chinese guests pull no punches wells biggest issues in the bases edition of the show. culture is that so much different each musician appearing on the mark when the series goes so does going on with the violent crisis in syria continuing to deepen and spread can lebanon remain on the sidelines much longer. expose the world secret. long united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn quote after quote people illegally. five hundred days now being detained without charge. but that doesn't stop them. today.

it claimed lives affecting economies throughout asia. now the country is bracing itself to avoid a repeat of the disaster. the head of our bangkok bureau has the details. >> it is still the early months of thailand's rainy season. officials are cautioning residents in at-risk areas about further disasters. in the southern province of nakasi, continuous downpour has caused rivers to spill over their banks. floodwaters submerged tens of thousands of houses, farms and plantations over the weekend. a number of roads and bridges are now impassable. the floods are also causing damage in the northern province where heavy rains and overflowing rivers have inundated over 1600 hectares of rice fields. flooding is spreading to the central districts of the city. the thae premier kicked off a four-day tour on monday to inspect the disaster prevention areas in the areas most prone to the flooding. this year's rainy staen has started a week earlier than usual. the agency cautions residents near hills in northern and southern regions to beware of possib

i mentioned china, central asia, ncc, the muslim world in general. but 9/11 really gave us an early focus. and really enabled us to begin working -- i saw gene kirkpatrick, he used to be on my board at iri, and this was some years before she died. i remember going over to see her, and she said what's different over there, this was early in '02. i said, finally the middle east is open for business. she said, that's huge. because even under reagan it was not open for business. it gave us a real focus. we had never been able to move on the middle east before. and i think it's true, and i'm sure we will get into this later. we made mistakes in the bush administration. i think every administration makes mistakes. but it can't be a co-incidence, that things finally started to move in the middle east. and i think that's really, really important. >> let me address quickly then the political will created by 9/11, both in two different directions. now it's about us in a different way, when we're attacked on 9/11. and what that does to human rights, perhaps ove

trying to bases ahead of its mission into the asia pacific. now we can take supporters are assembling their forces on wednesday is bradley manning one of the major contributors to the website faces his latest hearing he's charged with twenty two separate crimes including aiding the enemy which is a capital offense in the question of the reports washington's interpretation of the freedom of speech depends on who you actually are from a former cia officer who question waterboarding to suspected we keep it small bradley manning the obama administration has an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash loss than all previous administrations combined but it seems one man snitch is another man spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is the leak classified information for what it serves to do so one of those with what was wrong with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the bigelow project regar

leadership as a string of bad not these the us a short of bases ahead of its military move into the asia pacific. now we can take supporters are sending their forces on wednesday as bradley manning one of the major contributors to the website faces his latest hearing he's charged with twenty two separate crimes including aiding the enemy which is a capital offense but as medina culture never reports washington's interpretation of the freedom of speech depends on who you actually are. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected we keep small bradley manning the obama administration has waged an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a spanish laws than old previous administrations combined but it's jim's one man snitch is another man's spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is they have leaked classified information several times what it serves to do one of those with with with with a book obama's wars done by bob woodward or they played out two chapters of information about current operations and

military services are focused on implementing the president's guidance to make the asia pacific a top priority. >> the chinese defense minister did not attend though officials in beijing won't say why. instead, they sent a senior official from the military research institute. he said the meeting is not the proper forum for resolving disputes. >> the conference is intended for mutual communication. >> panetta held meetings over the weekend with security leaders from across the region. security analysts are trying to figure out how the american strategy will play out and how the chinese will respond. earlier, our shery ahn spoke with kuni miyak whoi specializes in foreign affairs at the canon institute for global studies. >> what's behind the u.s. decision to increase its forces in the pacific? >> you know whenbama announced this new policy this january, i think many here were a bit skeptical about what the real intention would be. but i think by referring to specific number like 60% or something, i think the panetta had successfully reassured the friends in asia that the united states

on the region that extends from east central europe, across the black and beyond to central asia. in december of 2008, he completed nearly three decades in the u.s. foreign service. including six years as american ambassador to turkey. in washington, ambassador wilson served in various posts, including the chief of staff for deputy secretary of state, robert zolig. and principle deputy at large and specialed a virz to the secretary of state for the new independent states. and deputy executive secretary of the state department. and he also serves on the board of governors for the institute of turkish studies. ambassador wilson? [ applause ] >> good morning to all of you. and welcome to this how turkey relates fay to the middle east. what american policymakers should be thinking about as we develop our own policies in response to rapidly changing events and dynamics in that region. on behalf of the institute of turkish studies, ooem pleased to welcome you all to the annual conference, which they are pleased and proud to the cohost of the middle east institute. since the establishmen

. >>> european markets are trading generally lower after stocks fell sharply in asia. asian markets dropped on concern about a global economic slowdown as well as the eurozone crisis. frankfurt's dax index down by 0.5%. paris's cac index is up by 1.1%. london's ftse 100 is closed with the national holiday. looking at currencies, the dollar remains under pressure against the yen. the bearish mood in world markets is driving investors to what they consider to be safe assets. in europe, the greenback trading at 78.15 to 18 yen. the euro is now changing hands at 97.17 to 19 yen. sources say market participants continue to buy the yen, but they note many are cautious about possible yen selling intervention by japanese authorities. tokyo stocks tumbled with share prices falling for a fourth straight day. the slide followed a surprisingly weak u.s. jobs report. the benchmark nikkei average set a new low for the year. it closed at 8295, down 1.7% export-related issues came under selling pressure. meanwhile, the broad based topix index ended down 1.89%, this is the lowest level

here asia's two biggest countries cemented their partnership this week as russian president vladimir putin visited china a handful of business deals were assigned but apart from ensuring that trade is flourishing moscow and beijing have a number of pressing international issues to tackle parties alexei reports. who could have thought half a century ago when china and russia clashed over disputed territory that in twenty twelfth russia's president would be greeted by a red carpet in beijing during a lavish state visit. where we know that two years ago china became russia's largest straight party you know outstripping other nations in the former soviet union as well as germany and other european nations the security cooperation russia and china parallels are. going to other forms of cooperation china needs an ally like russia or putin and hu jintao is alliance was reconfirmed by their unified stance on middle east issues in particular the syrian conflict that harpy into some difference as they try russia china and some why some that are up in countries and from thailand the russians pr