between europe and asia. ladies and gentlemen, globalization is not only resulting in greater dependence but also in the rise of a new economic powerhouses of china and india. and also to the rise of the fast-growing economies in africa , asia, and south america. the benefits of globalization in eurasian can best be realized if we work together to transmit the extraordinary potentials and strengths of our populations, resources, and markets. in order to achieve our aspirations for eurasia as a driver of global economic growth in the 21st century, there is need for principled and cohesive strategies for multi-lashing -- multinational trade and connectivity. in line with the theme of the forum, from concrete collaborations to mutual boomin g, i would like to share with you the -- afghanistan is intruding to the modern-day silk road. [indiscernible] by virtue of its location on the crossroads of eurasia, afghanistan is a natural land bridge for transit and commerce between east and west. the rich markets of cent

now, join holly morris as she continues from the mountains of kyrgyzstan, central asia. [captioning made possible by friends of nci] >> in this episode of "globe trekker around the world," i'm traveling one of the most exotic highways in the world, the ancient silk road, all the way from china behind me, thousands of miles through central asia to the edge of europe. this is gointo bone unbeliable journey. ntral asia is a vast region of mountains, deserts, and plains, stretching from china all the way to the edge of europe. starting my journey in kyrgyzstan near osh, i travel to tashkent, in uzbekistan, and then by train to samarkand and bukhara. moving on to merv in turkmenistan, i fly to baku, in azerbaijan, before heading on to tbilisi, in georgia. flying to konya in turkey, i travel by camel caravan like the old silk road traders, before finally ending my trip in istanbul. hi. yeah, you guys ready for the festival? i'm holly, nice to meet you. hi. since time immemorial, kyrgyz nomads have headed up to the high mountain pastures every summer to graze their herds on hor

they lost their livelihoods as asia was rocked by the crash. in the philippines, gdp per head, or average wealth, fell for the first time since 2001, at the beginning of this year. manufacturers dependent on exports to the west were hardest hit. factories in the philippines shed 137,000 jobs. around the world, there are now growing calls for universal social security. dr. rene ofreneo is among the leading advocates for the cause in the philippines. >> in 1948, the united nations came up with this historic declaration on human rights, and, with no ifs and not buts, it declared that-- the u.n. system declared that social protection is the right of all workers. >> and if they need it anywhere, they need it here. the number going hungry rose to 23% of the population at the beginning of the year. >> they have nothing, no means to survive. the lack of social security drives people towards desperation. uh, drives them towards-- to commit acts sometimes of lawlessness, or little undesirable social outcomes. if you have a good-looking daughter, well, so

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this weeks episode -- pakistan raises the height of the dam and an entire city drowns. tensions build in houses of parliament. now for all the details -- 50 years ago, a town of pakistan- occupied kashmir was destroyed and drowned. once again this man-made disaster is repeating here. pakistan's hunger for energy is once again proving to be fatal for the residents. tens and thousands of residents are rendered homeless as water enters their homes. entire cities drowned. this is not a natural calamity. the city is drowning because pakistan has decided to raise the height of a dam, due to which water levels have gone up, and the entire city is flooded. pakistan is planning to raise the water storage capacity of the dam to 1242 feet, which will spell disaster for this city. more than 1000 families would be affected by this foul action. >> it is the repeat of history. the dam was built on the grave of the ancestors of these people . now this generation also has to go through the same ord

you are watching "news week south asia." moving on now, right wing fundamentalist group may be frowning on the band and bangladesh, but liberals hail the band and say that it is justified. >> activists hailed the high court's verdict, declaring the country's main islamic party as illegal and banning it from national elections to to be held early next year, ruling that the registration of the political party conflicted with the country's secular constitution. it immediately triggered violent protests by party supporters. supporters of the party have turned out as a threat to the neighboring countries like india . the party has been embroiled in the proceedings at a tribunal set up to investigate abuses during bangladesh's 1971 war of independence from pakistan. six party leaders have been convicted of various crimes in connection with the war. four of them were sentenced to death, and to to life in prison. they said that the party was like a foreign agent trying to destabilize bangladesh and undermine its integrity. >> they h

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this weeks episode, u.s. -- lighting indian rupee -- sliding indian rupee. government says no need for panic. and now for all the details. pakistan is already in the dark for harboring seminaries linked with terrorist organizations. ironically, rather than cracking the whip on these groups, islamabad is inclined to host them. recently, another popular seminary is also banned by the united states, but seminary refutes the charges. students and teachers at a pakistani islamic school designated as a terrorist training center by the united dates rebutted the charges and said they had not had a chance to defend themselves against the accusations. the u.s. treasury imposed sanctions on the islamic school, saying it trained recruits and facilitated funding for al qaeda, the taliban, and others accused by indian intelligence of masterminding the 2008 mumbai attacks. the sanctions include a ban on u.s. citizens having anything to do with the schools. the pakistani interior ministry and the

alexander the great's army conquered much of central asia. after alexander's death, his generals and their sons divided his empire between them, building new cities in the greek style, including a second much bigger city at merv. and how did it differ culturally than this one? >> here were a few religions, buddhism, zoroastrian and christian. the religions came from silk road, from west. >> so, it was a trade of both goods and faiths, different faiths and religions? >> yeah, it came from the silk road. >> after the muslim conquest in the 7th century a.d., a third, much bigger islamic city was built at merv. as the capital of the vast seljuk central asian empire, it became one of the greatest of all silk road cities. up to half a million people lived here until the devastating mongol attack of 1221. who did the attacking? >> the son of genghis khan. >> the son of genghis khan led this attack on merv. >> yeah, he advised the local people voluntarily, you know... >> ...to give themselves up. >> yeah, but, so, they did it, they opened the gate to

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this week's episode -- pakistan's government talks peace with india on one hand and holds an anti-india rally. is it not doublespeak? and the author of west cellar "escape from taliban" shot dead by militants -- the author of west cellar -- best seller "escape from taliban" shot dead by militants. pakistan's newly formed government is posturing and pretended to make peace efforts with india allowing heightened tensions. on the other hand, islamabad allows india's most wanted man to hold a massive anti-india rally right under its nose in islamabad. >> more than 10,000 people gathered in islamabad in a show of defiance certain to anger india further. a pakistani islamist with a $10 million u.s. bounty on his head appeared openly and islamabad as thousands of supporters chanted for holy war. india is accused of masterminding the attack on its financial capital mumbai. the united states has offered a $10 million bounty for information leading to his arrest and conviction. the united st

asia-pacific maybe only 18% or 20%.ou can see there is a trend that is growing in the asia- pacific. you also can see the membership in the asia-pacific, the only place that have grown in the past few years. there are a lot of conference, conventions that move their meetings from europe to asia, to shanghai, maybe to beijing or even ho chi minh city. >> really? these cities are also posting there he stiff competition for taipei -- posing very stiff competition for taipei. what are some of the things according to the icca ranking that taipei needs to do to become more competitive, more attractive to international meeting organizers? >> if we want to attract more international meetings, it is a long road to go. for example, sometimes it takes you 10 years. the rotary club, the annual meeting, it takes you at least eight years. which means -- and government sectors play a very important role when we want to attract some international meetings to come to taiwan because the concern is not only the room rate of the hotel and

>> hello, and welcome to newsweek south asia. in this weeks episode, the prime minister will hold crucial talks with obama on security. the taliban will regain power after the u.s. retreats says a cleric. and now for the details. the prime minister will be meeting u.s. president barack obama this week in washington. the agenda is packed as both countries are close to signing a new pact. world leaders are expected to discuss security cooperation and regional issues. the meeting is already overshadowed by reports of the indian government diluting the liability law for nuclear energy. the government has denied it. the report of dilution of the nuclear liability bill by the government of india to favor us- based firms interested in nuclear deals is false. the indian prime minister's stated this in new delhi. the indian media had reported that prior to the visit of the indian prime minister to the united states to attend this year's session. in the course of his visit, he would also meet the u.s. president, barack obama. the media div

asia is falling way behind. why is that and what do you think the asian governments can do to address that situation? >> thanks, adam. we had two days of long debate, discussion, whether asia would be moving up the value chain, what is next after manufacturing renaissance that we have seen here for the last 15 years, looking at also increases in inflation and wages in china, what is the way forward? and the only way forward is innovating, putting more, i would say intuition and more inspiration to work than perspiration as it was the case in the last 15 years. >> the thing is, with innovation, that flourished in the developed world in the west where we have totally different social and political systems. can it thrive in this region where things are quite different? >> i think it can. there needs to be a number of factors. the political factor is certainly one incentive structure of society, but i think from all the people we had at the conference covering from malaysia to indonesia to china, i think there is th

you are watching "news week south asia." moving on now, india-born german sensation mesmerized the valley with a spectacular performance. the concert in the valley caused a lot of flutter in the light of opposition from separatists, but the resolve of kashmiri people in the state government made the show possible. here is a report. >> stealing the thunder and along with it, hearts and minds of young kashmiris welcome arming in the valley. ♪ >> despite all the odds and opposition, the show went on smoothly and unhindered. when asked why he chose kashmir for his concert when there was so much opposition, he said, "kashmir chose me." >> i did not choose kashmir. kashmir chose me. >> do you think this should be a message of peace? >> this is the new -- music is the message of peace. music only brings peace. >> state government ensured that the show must go on. on the eve of the show, the chief minister himself visited the site to take stock of the situation. i had run into controversy with separatists opposing it. the venue of t

or do you see them as being more reliant on asia? >> i do not want to be absolute on this, but i think that the u.s. is more linked with the chinese economy. but i think the european economy is quite crucial for the chinese economy also, if and its exports of chinese goods to the european union. more and more, if you think about it, a fact maybe not well- known, but the european economy altogether is still the biggest economy in the world. therefore, when the european economy is in recession, that affects the whole world. i think there are many areas where there can be partnerships. i think the area of green growth and green technology is important. there have been a lot of discussions recently about chinese imports of green technology into the european union. i think we need to open up our markets, in a way. as long as we have clear standards. >> would you run for prime minister again? >> that is a good question. i will philosophize on life and say i have done what i have done. i cannot be sure about the future, but i will help my c

navy's largest facility in asia. the base played an important role in conflicts including the vietnam and gulf wars and returned to the philippines in 1992, amid a rising sense of nationalism. today once again u.s. warships are using the base. we spotted ships designed to spot submarines. officials say 89 american warships used the facility last year, double the number from a year earlier. the united states has been lobbying hard asking officials to support its joint use of subic. the mayor of the city received a visit from the u.s. ambassador. >> i talked to him, before in 2006, he asked me what is the stand. i asked what is my stand as incoming mayor, in case the americans will be coming back. >> the philippine navy has been involved in repeated standoffwise china. it supports the return of the americans. this former vice commander says china started stepping up its activities soon after the u.s. forces gave up the base. he says china builds structures on tiny islands to bolster its claims. >> small markers and the

modern content for a korean politics and history and is the author of several books on korea and east asia, including the politics of identity, history, nationalism and the prospect for peace in post-cold war east asia. narratives in nation building an efficient, a genealogy of patriotism ruptured histories, war or the post cold war in asia. her new book, "brother at war: the unending conflict in korea" is the military, political and cultural history of the war seen as spamming in 1945 to the present and its global impact told from the north and south korean and chinese news. please join me in welcoming, sheila miyoshi yager. [applause] >> well, thank you very much for that warm introduction. thank you ladies and gentlemen for this wonderful crowd, which is a tribute to this festival. so it is my first experience here and a true pleasure to be here. my book is called "brother at war: the unending conflict in korea," which was published in july of this year in which many of you may note is the 60th anniversary of the korean war armistice. and that date is significant because even though the

whereas across asia, particularly china where labor cost versus goncosts have gone . so we're seeing this shift in the create ability equation, as i refer to it. because now, gee, the labor cost differential is not so great, i have to start thinking about how much does it cost to ship? what is the value of my inventory in the pipeline? and when you look at operations like david who serve the u.s. market they don't have a lot of inventory. they don't have to have six weeks of inventory on a containership coming from asia. >> good conversation. thanks for joining us we'll talk to you soon. >> having having pow having me. >> they're young, healthy, and they don't buy health insurance. these young invincibles to get coverage to help keep rates valuabler for the rest of us. >> my bills go towards bills, rent or something else, and i guess i'm young and naive enough to think that i don't quite need it yet. >> if you know how kids can be. there werthere is just no talkim about health insurance. keep it right here. >> the count down gains. the uninsured will have to buy cover

but relations have been strained by the issue of asylum seekers from asia and the middle east. thousands of them each year set off in rickety boats risking their lives to reach australia. on friday, a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers from the middle east sank off the indonesian coast, en route to australia. at least 33 people were reportedly dead and dozens are missing. during the recent election, abbott campaigned on a so-called stop the boats policy, promising to intercept them and turn back the vessels. officials in jakarta have said the policy may breach indonesian sovereignty. indonesian foreign minister last week raised concerns through a meeting with his australian counterpart, julie bishop. he said the policy could affect cooperation between indonesia and australia on immigration issues. even so, indonesia places high priority on maintaining good relations. one reason is that it sees australia with its large agricultural accept ter as a nearby source of food as a demand at home rises amid the growing economy. >>> according to abc of australia, in a joint press co

the chairman of our asia- pacific subcommittee. >> mr. chairman, you're absolutely right.sy question, but when you start your quest from members of the united states senate, we hope you're respect will continue. thank you very much for being willing to step forward and continue in public service. we thank your entire family, as and, vicki, itz, is great to see you. during my first term, i was fortunate enough to have a seat ofthe united states floor the senate next to senator ted kennedy, and it was a remarkable opportunity. as senator menendez said, your uncle, that is true. standing up for principle and moving the process forward, so we know that spirit is in your family, and we thank you very much for your willingness to move forward. mr. ambassador, it is great to see you. well,present japan very and we know that your presence here just underscores the importance of the relationship between japan and the united crowley,nd congressman i am glad we had a reason to get you over to the senate side. thank you for being here. we had a chance to talk, and a lot of the issues

he will be talking by extended the terms and asia was the -- extended difference in asia. as many of you may know, japan is in the middle of reviving its national defense guidelines which is a five-year document they were new every five years or so. , thewhen he was in japan ministry was finishing up the interim report. i do not know if he had any of the content that went in their but i am sure he burbles a lot of thinking on the policymakers. they are speaking through these issues. dr. roberts does not need much of a introduction. yet the program material. he came back from a six week assignment as a visiting fellow. affiliated with the minister japan and spring of 2013. dr. roberts served in the obama and recession as deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy. after the end, the conclusion of his fellowship at national institute for defense studies, he wrote the paper of the extended deterrence and the contents of northeast asia strategic environment. many of you might have picked up a copy of front when you signed and. -- in. for those

compared to other asian countries, it one of the best museum festivals and asia. apart from national palace museum, there are other very good museums, the national museum of history, the national museum of science and technology, we have that museum of natural sciences etc.. these museums are very good and the government spent a lot of money on these museums. but apart from natio museums, we have some private or independent museums. they run very well for us, so for example, there is a museum with only three or four museum people that they have done a good job with local communities. for these museums, they are really good but kind of lack the marketing strategy. this is one of the many issues for the public museums. you cannot recruit people -- every museum, famous popular museums, they have marketing people, but in taiwan, it is very hard to have a marketing person because of the museum at. so to compete, if you want to compete in the international market, it will become a very important. >> even the fact we have so many museums both at the national and local le

or in europe or indeed in asia. that's a key part of our business model and how we approach conditisumers around t globe and the chinese consumer is very enthusiastic about the products that we have, both in the uk and the u.s. >> how would you describe right now competition in the toy market, global toy market? >> it continues to be an intensely competitive as you would expect. it is a very active market. it is one that responds to new product innovation indeed, 60% of our product lines are new every year. so innovation is a key element and it is important that you keep the call factor about your product and keep up to date with consumer inputs and wherever those types of dynamics exist, typically the market is very competitive in the toy market is no different in that regard. >> what is happening with sort of costs and pricing, john? >> well, we continue to keep key eye on our costs to keep sure we keep on top. at the same time, we're making sure that we develop our capabilities for the future. so it is that fine

in fact for asia which opens before then.ld like to say that throughout the summer period, going back as far as may, chairman ben bernanke's comments has basically led us down a path over the past few months we were expecting going into this fed meeting, we were expecting some kind of a tapering to take place. liz: sure. >> regardless how small it would actually be. we didn't get that. now here we are, kind of wondering where do we go next, because there is no guaranty, especially the language, during today's fed policy statement, there is no guaranty that we actually will get some kind of a tapering before the year-end. december obviously is the next big meeting for the fed. really this is now looking like 2014 event. assets should now be focused on, rallying especially equities, during the next three to four months. david: garrett, stay with us. we'll go even further east than where you are to steve bernstein. sino pac asia managing director. he joins us on the phone from hong kong. the of course the asian markets are very

a recent united nations report on sexual assault in the asia pacific region revealed some disturbing trends. more than 10,000 men from bangladesh, cambodia, papa new guinea were asked questions like, did you ever have sex with your partner when you knew that she didn't want to, but you thought she should because she's your partner. and did you have sex with a girl who was too drunk to say if she wanted to or not. the answer was yes. the common motivations men had was they had a right because the woman involved was a partner. the second was the man was bored and thought it would be fun. the third was punishment, the man was angry and wanted to get revenge. the one of the lead authors of the lead study, a research specialist for the united nations partners for prevention program. here in our washington studio mary ellsberg, and still with us from new delhi is kavita krishnan from the women's association. this could not have been an easy survey to conduct. you're asking very personal questions, and asking men what they've done. you didn't go out and say, did you rape a woman? you're ask

. >> reporter: tokyo was the first city in asia to host the olympic games in 1964. it was a historic event that offered japan a chance to showcase its recovery from world war ii. this time the slogan is again recovery, not from war but from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. tokyo has made its case to the ioc. it says japan is in need of another dream to help build the future. this summer, teams of runners took part in a 1,000-kilometer relay marathon from areas hit by the 2011 tsunami in the northeast to tokyo. it was a last-minute push to build momentum for tokyo's bid. the last time tokyo tried to win the bid to host the olympics was four years ago, but only a little more than half the city's residents supported the idea of hosting the games. this time 70% of tokyoites are behind the bid. >> tokyo will deliver with excellence, friendship and respect. >> reporter: but still some people are critical of pouring enormous amounts of money into the event. they point out that japan is facing a huge national debt. they also say the country is struggling to cope with the on

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because so much of asia. has rice harvest is prepared to sit in rice growing river deltas and as sea level rises even a one meter rise as i mentioned earlier in bangladesh takes half there are half the rice harvest. and and there are many other places in asia the vietnam delta for example is a very vulnerable area and the other various river delta so rising sea level is going to affect rice eaters more directly than it will wheat or corn eaters because so much rice is grown close to sea level that's interesting so it's going to. be one of the findings of the i.p.c.c. report and i this is the one of the thread. but i saw a lot of these. right wing or the climate denier emails that i was going for there was whole climate change isn't happening as fast as we thought it would we thought it would be a lot warmer now than it is that's not is that waterfall. right you in the unit it's entirely natural to focus on surface air temperature and those trends because that's where you and i live in where we all experience