that is not true of only asian cultures. when i grew up, it was japanese against chinese against koreans. we did not even know why we were fighting. it was because that was what we learned growing up from our parents. i think the greatest thing that our generation has achieved is that we now call each other asian americans, and we see each other as kindred cousin saw. the recent incidents of violence involving asian and african americans in the two fatal assaults involving elderly asian-american victims allegedly committed by african-american youths has raised the question of whether the growing interracial tensions in cities like san francisco and oakland are partly to blame. i think most of us hope that the election of president obama would transcend the racial divide. however, even if this divide were somehow overcome, it would not address the racial divide amongst minorities in this country. the reality is that the same prejudice that exists between blacks and whites exist between asians, latinos, and african- americans.

they were formed to demonstrate asian culture through the art of glow sticks. glow sticks are synonymous with the buyer dancing from hawaii. they did a great job with those close sticks. -- with those glow stick. i am going to serve as your mc. the first rule of thumb i get to ask of all of you is please turn off your cell phones. we would really appreciate it if you could check right now to see that yourself bones are on silent mode are completely off. -- that your cell phones are completely off or on silent mode. we have some great performances coming up. they deserve your attention. we ask you the favor to check your phones right now. i am delighted to have been asked to serve as your mc today. i am from hawaii, third generation. i am all about asia/pacific. it is so important to me. i know it is to all of you. to start us off right away, i want to say please welcome a wonderful performer. she will give up her heart and soul. she is going to sing our national anthem. would you please give a warm welcome. [applause] >> ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's earl

you ar familiar, i am sure of the good work at the asian arts commission and how proud we are to have this remarkable institution that has not yet gotten the recognition it deserves. it is remarkable around the rest of the world peoplealk about it but not around our neighborhoods. we need to promote this extraordinary institution which has the mos comprehensive collection of asian rtifacts of any museum of its type in the u.s. it is right there in your backyar right there next to the migrant building. please talk about it, not just members of the commission. please encourage our students and families to celebrate the remarkable contribution of the asian community which really built this city, in many ways. i am proud that we will be appointing some familiar faces that have done a lot to promote the asian art museum but have never formally been on the commission. i am pleased to be rppointing anthony sun and lesley tan shilling. they have done a great job and have been enthusiastically presented to me for reappointment. i am honored youtube? let me thank everyone for the opportunity fo

for us to be year to stand in front of you, it is an honor to be here to be part out the asian pacificmericans five years in a row, and we are honored to do everything to serve the food, and we try the best we can, so tonight, i hope you enjoyed the food very much, and we hope to see you again. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. we have more food for you. two quick things -- we have finally coming up right now, and we have a green room recession after the finale -- reception after the finale. when you are on your way up, as you leave, but not yet, you will be given a little ticket, and this ticket will allow you to go up to the green room celebration was more great food -- we are asian, after all. we have great food and lots of it. this ticket will get you into that green room reception. this ticket -- there will be a blank boxes on this ticket, and as you go to each station, you can check off that box. once the boxes are all marked, you take that ticket, put it in a raffle are -- jar, and it will be your chance to win a gift certificates from one of the participating restauran

i'm a community advocate at the asian law caucus and i work directly with asian pacific islander and undocumented -- documented youth students. he want to give a reference about the dream act. 65,000 undocumented students graduate from a u.s. high school every year. these students are our brothers and sisters. they are honor students. they are involved in their local church. they play basketball, football, they do everything that is american. and they are our friends. and more importantly, they are human beings. it would be an injustice to separate these students from their families. we recognize that it's not sustainable for senators to sponsor a private bill every single time a dream act eligible student is in deportation proceedings. and that's why the resolution is broadly supported, about -- it's time for us to pass the dream act. the dream act is a broadly supported bill that has failed every year for the past 10 years. every year dreams have been shattered because congress has failed to act on these. our communities are suffering. and we need a solution to our outdated and bro

a riverside spectacular to open the asian games.re else in the world can you see a show like this? so big, ambitious, so expensive. few ordinary chinese got close, of course. security is a big concern. but they managed as they could to catch a glimpse. and of the city center, we found fans. >> of these asian games make us feel that our country is more powerful than other countries. >> more powerful? >> yes, more powerful. >> it is an opportunity for china's leaders to show the people how far they have come. it helps to reinforce the message that this is now a modern, prosperous nation, a giant in asia. china will win the most medals here. it is a sporting superpower. these games are a chance to test young athletes. opening night went off without a hitch. bbc news. >> i just briefly, is strike closed most of the cultural attractions on friday. it is a protest against government plans to cut nearly $400 million from the culture budget over three years. the latest headlines for you this hour on bbc world news. supporters from burma's p

a riverside spectacular to open the asian games.re else in the world would you see a show like this? so big so ambitious, so expensive. the ordinary chinese got close of course. security is a big concern here. they managed as best they could to catch a glimpse. in the city center we found this. >> the asian camps make our -- our country is better and a proud power that -- than other countries. >> more powerful. >> more powerful and stronger. >> big events like had are an opportunity for the leaders to show their people how important the country is, how far it has come to help reinforce the message that this is now a modern prosperous nation, a giant in asia. china will win the most medals here. there's little doubt. it is a sporting superpower. for all of the teams, these games are a chance to test young athletes aiming for glory in two year's time. opening night went off without a hitch. the host will hope the next two weekes are just as successful. >> bbc news guangzhou. >> closing most of the cultural attractions in italy. it is

asean plus 3 group includes japan, china, south korea, and the ten-member association of southeast asian nations. the asean plus 6 group adds india and new zealand to the countries. the partnership originated in a free trade agreement among brunei, chile, new zealand and singapore. negotiations are under way to expand it with another five apec members, including the united states and australia. the japanese government will hold talks with countries involved in a transpacific free trade pact. a senior official of japan's ruling democratic party says rice may be excluded from the negotiations. the party's policy chief, who is also national policy minister, made the announcement during a symposium in tokyo on thursday. >> translator: the underlying idea is to prioritize bilateral economic partnerships while showing a willingness to discuss the tpp. i still think it is the best decision. rice could be excluded from the tpp talks even if japan goes ahead with the multi-lateral economic partnership. >> he said the united states and australia, which have both declared their intention to join th

>> reporter: lisa, we talked to the asian law caucus tonight who told us alameda county is the worst county in the bay area when it comes to providing ballots in spanish and chinese. in some cases there were no spanish or chinese language ballots at all, and that's a violation of federal and state law. >> you've heard the saying, the voters have spoken. but that may not be the case in alameda county. on election day while you were voting, more than 200 poll monitors went to 230 voting sites around the bay area, voting sites where there is a large combination of chinese and spanish voters. >> not all voters, especially those with english proficieficp, had access to ballots. >> 35% of the voters in that precinct are of chinese or spanish descent. 3% of the population speaks in other language other than english, and ballots must be written in that language. >> if it doesn't happen, even at one polling site, it does say that americans aren't prepared to vote on matters relating to state proposition. >> they also found no ballots written in chinese even though 20% of the population in tha

that anger was turned towards the irish, the italians, the russians, than the asians. agents in california could not own property in the 1950's -- asians in california could not own property in the 1950's. there is this periodic fear that they will change america. but the truth is that people that are fearful think it will change their culture. but american culture has never been static. it has never been static. it is dynamic. i had a woman say to me the other day -- how can we get our american kids to study as hard as the asian immigrants in our classroom? [laughter] >> when we talk about this melting pot idea and this nation of immigrants, is there any other country that is like ours? >> australia has always been a country that has welcomed immigrants. and canada. in fact, today, both of them are doing something smarter than we are. we have a program called hv visas that go to highly educated graduates. we limit this in a very foolish way to 65,000 each year. they are scooped up every day by every high-tech firm in america. bill gates has pleaded with congress to ra

. >> president obama has just left japan for the united states, ending a ten-day asian tour. the president made a final push on selling u.s. goods to the rest of the world. we was meeting with asian leaders as an economic summit. >> reporter: call him the salesman in chief. all week president obama has been trying to convince asian leaders to open markets to is manufacturers and goods. he told business leaders asian markets are critical to american economic growth. >> in today's world, what happens in japan or china or indonesia also has a direct effect on the lives and fortunes of the american people. >> reporter: the president's focus on trade is tied to his most pressing issue at home. >> for america, it's a job extra. with every $1 billion in experts, 5,000 jobs are support ited a home. >> he issued a warning. the united states can no longer serve as the world's consumer. >> no nation should assume their path to prosperity is paved with exports exports to america. >> there have been bruising economic set backs on the trip. no agreement with south korea. mr. obama could no

the group unites russia china and four central asian nations representing over want to have billion people the report is there for the discussions on how to smooth the canonical relations and keep the massive borders of its member secure. following the form. this is a regional security organization in the first place and how else to deal with real problems he has convening around the table there's a russia china and the central asian republics kazakhstan uzbekistan kyrgyzstan and . this is the second time the shanghai cooperation organization is meeting this year and demonstrating its relevance among member states there is a drive to enhance trade overcoming the ongoing global economic crisis this is where the shanghai cooperation organization sees a great future also it has to be remembered that the cornerstone of. what is called the evil forces terrorism extremism and separate of course includes the war on drug trafficking at the moment drug trafficking and islamic radicalism stemming from again a stoner of the two main security threats for russia the shanghai cooperation organization is

san suu kyi is a free woman, released from house arrest by the military government of myanmar, the asian government formerly known as burma. this release is encouraging her supporters around the world tonight. her long-term future and that of her country-- the second-largest in southeast asia-- remains in serious doubt. we begin with celia hatton. >> it was a seen seven years in the making. myanmar's opposition leader aung san suu kyi taking her first steps of freedom among joyous supporters. off camera the nobel laureate declared "people must work in unison. only then can we achieve our goals." the goal? democracy in myanmar. suu kyi heads a massively popular political party opposing myanmar's military dictatorship is. in 1990, the party won a land slooid selection but the country's ruling generals refused to relinquish power. suu kyi spent 15 of the past 25 2-1 years in detention. today's release was celebrated across the globe, from the thai boarder to the streets of paris. inside myanmar, renewed hope on that suu kyi might engineer a revolution. the mother, aung san suu kyi, is free,

on coming to a close the biggest asian games yet ends on saturday with china miles ahead in the medals table. another competition which reaches its conclusion this weekend is the russian premier league season is a neat well they have already been crowned champions but there's still a lot of action at both ends of the table to be decided on sunday all but one in qualification spot being secured locking the t.v. up europa league place down by earning a point at home to third seeded. sport technology can snatch a two with victory over but only if the locomotive lose a crucial date on the other end with five teams in all facing the chop alongside already relegated city eleventh place to read could go on for just the second time in their history while on your really must win at sub turn to see all. the other squads all hoping to remain in the top division for another season up to these. new or near the finish line over in england but we do have some big games to look forward to over the weekend especially on sunday where spurs host liverpool and chelsea will be aiming to put a three game lo

food he said to be amazing here in the busy kitchen the chefs are working away today i've ordered the asian fusion dish of the sabi prawns. the golden dragon specializes in dishes of chinese and japanese cuisine so the restaurant also cases with vegetarians and those with special diets and hey presto my food is ready and caviar very nice. to start because when i look and smell are great we got another tree of chopsticks fortunately i could have used. it as a christmas or. wonderful chinese food in the russian capital for certain words disappointing. they're also more kids friendly places like the moment our chain of restaurants the value of its traditional dishes from the asian countries such as vegetable rolls in peace and dark generous portions and fast service. if you're hungry for art then the state museum of oriental art is the place you should visit it's one of the largest museums representing the culture of the eastern countries and chinese art is part of its permanent collection exhibited in several schools the display features around twenty thousand items representing the country's

it's a fascinating look by an asian.f what we read about asia tends to be written by westerners, but this was written within asia. >>> now a last look at the president's trip. he went to indonesia, his childhood home, where he hadn't set foot in 20 years. he reminisced in a press conference. >> when i first came here it was in 1967, and people were on bicycle rickshaw things. and, you know, now as president i can't even see any traffic because they block off all the streets. >> mr. obama, don't get nostalgic about traffic. here's president obama zooming through the cleared streets of jakarta this week, and here's what everyday traffic looks like if you're not the president. it's been said that jakarta has the worse traffic in asia, and on a continent that had an 11-day traffic jam earlier this year, that is

we also celebrate what we call the asian-pacific islanders as well, in terms of culture, experience, and multidisciplinary arts. >> the festival is actually very wide-ranging. you have 16 venues, and how many different performing arts centers? >> we have over 85 artists participating, 16 venues, 21 events. there are over 15 groups that are performing. >> there recently kicked off at the beginning of may and will continue through june 13? correct? >> that is correct. unlike in the past years, we have had to expand the festival because there has been so much activity and so many people want to be part of the celebration. we're very honored and pleased to have the festival going all the way into june. >> we're kind of coming in on one of the groups. >> francis is one of the pioneers of the asian american jazz movement and is also one of san francisco's very own. we're very honored at the cultural center that we can be part of the program. >> an addition to him, what are some of the other highlights of the festival? >> we have three gallery openings in the festival. one is called reclaim

let's start with this here, the asian chicken salad. >> asian chicken salad but lightened up for 2010ies with 31 grams of proteins. i know you are a protein guy and h will keep you satisfied. >> the sodium is high but -- >> again, talking about a mall. >> these are the best picks at the mall. >> it's all relative here. >> a subway fan and i'm a huge sandwich fan this is the best option. >> the veggie delight only 330 calories with swiss cheese and light may nice plus six grams of fiber. >> people forget when you put the french dressing and the mayo, it adds -- >> keep laying it up. >> -- exponential numbers to your caloric intake. >> this is a chicken rice bowl great because it has pro even if, whole grains and veggies, 500 calories, though, so a bit higher but will keep you full. you are going out on a full-day shopping spree this is the one to go for. >> you can actually hit the left wing and right wing of the mall on this fuel. actually a pretty good size, too. >> it is going to keep you full. >> this is from uno chicago grill. >> which i love. >> this is a delicious amazing pizza.

investment so he talks about that and once again reminded korea that russia is in fact part of the asian pacific region. and it's no way for the reporting from so. to this. speech from the civil society is for and so. racial profiling and inhumane prison conditions these are just some of america's downsides according to the u.n. human rights council experts say washington has a long way to go into the reaches international human rights standards washington those already refused their suggestion to abolish the death penalty and artie's report not has been finding out americans are finding this review a little too hard to swallow freedom justice and peace for the world must begin with freedom justice and peace in the lives of individual human beings america long the self-appointed global leader on human rights pointing out the shortcomings of others for the united states this is a matter of moral and pragmatic necessity ah but scenes of injustice like these are taking place not in other countries instead happening right here in the us. a point being made by the united nations human rights

sincere attempt to provide big graceful though not afraid the exit from afghanistan by the central asian and russian territory. well the international community is demanding the south and north korea keep cool heads to vent a new war breaking out on the peninsula at least two people were killed during exchangeable to me far between the neighboring countries on tuesday the north the sheldon island just across the border was in response to seoul firing weapons. from him to south korean marines were killed in the attack the south hit back with autonomy of its details about casualties on the northern side not real. ones it will strike again if the south violates the one of the by so much as a millimeter however r.t. contributor wayne madsen believes the south korean president is using instance to boost his political power we've got the korean peninsula those two countries north and south are still in a state of war out there was only an armistice signed until russia and china king talked to the north to get them to back down but we also have to have the united states put pressure on presiden

with real problems ok who's convening around the table is a russia china and the foremost central asian republics kazakhstan uzbekistan kyrgyzstan and to them this is the second time the shanghai cooperation organization is meeting this year and demonstrating its relevance among member states there is a drive to enhance trade overcoming the ongoing global economic crisis this is where the shanghai cooperation organization sees a great future also it has to be remembered that the cornerstone of b.s.e. always defied what is called the three evil forces terrorism extremism and separatism of course includes the war on drug trafficking at the moment drug trafficking and islamic radicalism stemming from again a stoner of the two main security threats for russia the shanghai cooperation organization is often come to nato but this comparison is grossly mistaken the organizations influence comes from the fact that it represents a quarter of the world's population but the difference being is that the us is not a military alliance and it doesn't see its aims beyond its members borders it's focused

now let's have a look at how the markets are doing most asian stocks trade lower sending the regional index to one week low markets go up to north korea texas and standard and poor's cut islands credit rating point seventy five of the sides hong kong managed to gain point six percent. here in russia the markets closed in the red on tuesday with the r.t.s. down more than one and a half percent over the main main has suffered losses with energy stocks the main drag on the oil prices has probably had more than one and a half percent on the out he has been spared by was the biggest loser there down one point eight percent. moscow and beijing i'm likely to agree on the price of russian gas supplies to china before the middle of next year the news came out the russian government puts him and his chinese counterpart talks on tuesday in st petersburg but even though energy relations top the agenda the sides haven't reached an agreement on the deadlocked issue of the price of gas but in the question of a house more. the latest round of energy dialogue between russia and china hasn't brought wh

but over the last half century essential asians are all sea shrank to less than zero but some original size as a soviet irrigation plant slowly drained what was once one of the world's largest lakes see the waters that devastated the region's prosperous fishing industry being unemployment and economic hardship. seasons in france reports today the sea is returning and with it some. it starts with sun up these men fish in one of the worst manmade environmental disaster areas ever know but all this just sort of wrote a book and then a true turn the brought to see back to us when central asia became the center of the soviet union's plan for cotton cultivation it nearly drunk dried the rivers feeding the erroll see what covered sixty eight thousand square kilometers in one nine hundred sixty around the size of southern california shriveled to a tenth of its size by the mid one nine hundred ninety s. nearly disappearing by the year two thousand here where the greater and lesser seas split there's just enough left for modern technology to make a stab at regenerating it in two thousand and fiv

if you are asian $1.50. if you are white $1, if you are latino or black, 50 cents. >> that's not right. >> that is not fair. >> asian cupcake costs more. >> i copy what studented did, an aofficialive action bake sale. here at the university the administration shut the bake sale down and the students just wanted to tart a conversation about affirmative action which does make it harder for asians to get admitted but easier for blacks and latinos. but before the conversation started, they were shut down. so i ran the bake sale so we could see what kind of discussion the students missed. >> i am trying to make amends for racism and punish the asians because they have an advantage they have such high s.a.t. scores. >> thank you is not true i had an asian student that was dumb as cardboard. that is stereotyping. >> affirmative action is supposed to help minorities but latinos and blacks who saw the sign did not like it. >> that makes me feel bad because i am latino and black. >> should i not do this because it cou

deal with real problems or who's convening around the table is a russia china and the former central asian republics all of those stunts kazakhstan uzbekistan kyrgyzstan and. this is the second time the shanghai cooperation organization is meeting this year and demonstrating its relevance today a wide range of challenges will be discussed today from the current political and economic situation to ensuring stability and security this is why the organization was established in the first place while combat in the drug trade coming from of ghana stand was a center stage in april now priority will be given to overcoming the ongoing global economic crisis this is of course one of the aims solve these times meeting of the . members among member states there is a drive to. go to cooperate to sign new graham and multilateral agreements in various fields such as trade. transport. energy supply enhanced trade and many many others this is where the shanghai cooperation organization sees a great future also it has to be remembered that the cornerstone of b.s. is to fight what is called the evil forces

and what we saw in the asian tigers to take a position somewhere times you get a small oligarchy which is very close to the political class they get laws changed for them to enable their own speculation to be incredibly profitable to borrow a huge amount from banks that they can count on the invest enormously in local in the case of thailand was actually took a property as well and then when things go belly up they expect the people to bail them out so i mean the story of that of the of the wall street crush the story of the asian crush euro broadly similar and what makes art and more unique is the sense of the country is small so the power of a. tiny minority to read the effect what i would regard as a lesson many years ago a financial clue d'etat is actually rather rather real david mcwilliams i understand the comparison to the an asian country and some of the in the financial crisis around the world but in ireland they just banned decades fighting an irish independent movement only to be now colonised by the angle irish bank words on fire about where's all the revolutionary where's

he also attended the asian summit in japan.e russian president, and assured him he would work to get the senate to ratify a new nuclear weapons treaty between the u.s. and russia. >>> the battle over extending the bush era tax cuts may be averted. they're suggesting a compromise in the works. >> reporter: with time running out on those bush era tax cuts, this is the number 1 issue the lame duck congress and president will tackle. the top white house adviser david axlerod refusing to reveal the president's hand. walking back from earlier comments that the president was ready to give in, insisting the white house hasn't changed its position against a permanent extension for cuts for upper income taxpayers. >> i've heard many different variations discussed over the past week publicly. i've heard a variety of efforts. we're looking forward to getting together with the leaders of both parties in congress. >> reporter: if they don't hammer out a deal, and do let the tax cuts expire, the bottom tax rate will jump from 10 to 15%. the t