this has been a huge embarrassment for beijing. once again it is the focus -- puts the focus on the issue of human rights and that is something beijing does not want to see and regards this case as china meddling in china's affairs. -- the u.s. meddling in china's affairs. >> aside from the case there are other items on the agenda what might we see from these talks? but these are today talks and a hosty are talking on of issues. america wants chinese support. this will be one of the key issues as well as in iran. it remains to be seen whether we will get from agreement or details over the next couple of days. america will be pushing its position as well china. it will be the case if this overshadows the talks. >> kasia, you have more on that he did tv debate. >> tempers flared between the contenders in the french presidential election, both men accused of lying. nicolas sarkozy trailing his socialist rival, francois hollande, by about six points. >> on a rainy parisienne night, the candidates arrive to what has been called the dual

and the sea in beijing. originally both the u.s.nd china said the blind legal activist left of his own accord to seek medical treatment and be reunited with his family. on wednesday morning, his lawyer made no mention of the alleged threats. he pointed out that chen had not years. the activist's extraordinary escape to the usoc last week has passed a bright spot light on human rights abuses in china. now. washington and beijing are having to deal publicly with a delicate diplomatic situation. on wednesday, chinese state tv broadcast a statement from the foreign ministry which accused the u.s. of interfering with the country's domestic affairs. formally apologize and start a full investigation. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is currently in beijing for scheduled annual economic and strategic policy talks. but that agenda might now be clouded by yet more allegations about how china deals with human rights activists. no matter how prominent they are. >> for more, we spoke to our correspondent in beijing. he gave us this report

he has spent the last decade document in the destruction of all beijing. >> beijing -- this was a city of history. it now has no culture left. >> there are pockets of preservation. this traditional beijing alleyway is now a major tourist draw. >> i like the year, she says. we don't have anything like it in my home town. but hard cash of and from heritage. in beijing, is about finding a balance between old and the new. >> you have been watching newsday from the bbc. >> a reminder of the main news this hour. protestors in egypt set fire to the campaign headquarters of bomb had shafiq. headlines are next. stay with us. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business. offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? "bbc world new

he spent the last decade documenting the destruction of old beijing. >> beijing -- this is a city of history but we now have no culture left. >> there are pockets of preservation. this traditional beijing alley way is now a major tourist draw. i like it here, she says. we don't have anything like it in my hometown. the hard cash often trumps heritage. for beijing, it's about finding the balance between the old and the new. martin patience, "bbc news," beijing. >> and still to come on "g.m.t." . so here's a question. could these replace this? our cashless correspondent. whether mobiles really are a smarter way to pay your bills. increase canned level offense radio activity from last week's fukushima accident have been found in blue fin tuna off the coast of california. the fish would have picked up the contamination while swimming in japanese waters. here is our correspondent. >> months from the fukushima nuclear accident, radio activity has been found in one of the pacific ocean's most iconic fish, the blue fin tuna. while the accident could have had a far worse outcome, it stopped t

this man has documented the destruction of all the beijing. >> beijing is losing its soul. this was a city of history. we will have no culture left. >> but there are pockets of preservation. this traditional beijing alleyway is now a major tourist draw. "we like it here," she says. "we do not have anything like it." for beijing, it is about finding a balance between the old and the new. bbc news, beijing. >> conflict is a fact of life in the occupied west bank, areas where israel maintains a presence, stretching to building control. the united nations says there has been a big increase in the number of palestinian homes demolished by israeli forces. israel says they are merely enforcing planning regulations. we have this report. >> this is what palestinians have called ethnic cleansing, demolitions and evictions carried out by israel in the occupied west bank. here in a tiny village in january of this year. "are you not scared that god will punish you for this," the woman cried. palestinians were forced from their hamas last year. in most cases, israel said they failed to g

he spent the last decade documenting the destruction of old beijing. >> beijing is losing siits soul. it was a city of history and we now have no culture left. >> there are pockets of preservation. this traditional beijing alleyway is now a major tourist draw. >> i like it here. we do not have anything like it in my hometown. >> hard cash also -- often trump's heritage. for beijing, it is about finding a balance between the old and new. >> conflict is a fact of life in the occupy west bank in areas where israel maintains a presence. the influence it stretches from concerts -- security matters to building controls. there has been a big increase in the number of palestinian homes demolished by israeli forces. our correspondent has this report. >> this is what palestinians have called ethnic cleansing. demolitions and evictions carried out by israel in the west bank. in this tiny village, in january of this year. are you not scared that gobbled you for this?ichs israel says they have failed to get permits to build. this is the remote palestinian village. life is pretty basic. with palms

nhk world, beijing. >>> human rights in china are again in the spotlight. the latest incident centers on activist chan. chen escaped from house arrest last month and sought protection at the u.s. embassy. he's now waiting at a beijing hospital for a possible move to the united states. the deal was reached after days of tense negotiations between the u.s. and chinese officials. today, we look at how the two major powers negotiated a diplomatic mine field. >> reporter: a blind man escapes house arrest in shandong province and the crisis meetings begin. civil rights activist chen guangcheng slipped past his guards on april 22nd. four days later, he sought sanctuary at the u.s. embassy in beijing. chen had campaigned against forced abortions under china's one child policy. he complained of illegal detention, beatings and persecution of his family. his internet protest couldn't have come at a worse time for chinese authorities. just days before, they had talks with washington. but u.s. officials were equally keen to avoid a diplomatic confrontation. they need co

one of the men during george of the beijing legacy planning says -- the men in charge of the beijing legacy planning says it has had a lasting impact. >> [speaking foreign language] >> chinese people are still deeply proud of the way beijing used the games to send a powerful message to the world. london will not be able to match that, but will be ultimately judged on whether it can deliver something more enduring than a two-week show. >> france has not only a new president, but also a new prime minister. jean-marc ayrault, a former german teacher, has taken up his post today. he attended his official ceremony in the prime minister's office in central paris. the first meeting of the cabinet is expected to take place on thursday. the trial of anders breivik, the man accused of the mass murder in norway last july, as continued in oslo. one of the survivors spoke of the dreadful moments on the island, saying she had to hide under a dead girl until anders breivik stopped shooting people least in sydney have charged two people with various drug offenses. police seized large quantities of c

embassy leaves beijing and demand an apology. bertrand timing. comesuangcheng's decision just as hillary clinton arrives for high-level talks. was there a deal? hello and welcome to gmt. i am george alagiah, with a world of news and opinion. also in the program -- barack obama says [speaking foreign language] it is nearly job done in afghanistan. >> we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. >> odds are -- the taliban strikes the capital again. nine dead in cairo after people protested against the ruling military council. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 7:00 and the meaning in beijing, where the chinese activist, chen guangcheng, has left the u.s. embassy where he has been taking refuge. his presence was at the center of a diplomatic row between the u.s. and china. his departure coincides with hillary clinton's arrival in the country for prearrange talks. was it coincidence, or was there a deal? china has demanded an apology. it appears chen will be able to stay in the country. >> chen guangcheng has spent the last six

two days later i entered the highway from beijing. the entire highway was closed with just a car carrying my friend and me and the four police cars surrounding us, when i arrived at exit, we were blocked by more than 100 police officers including agents from several different department of safety bureau, the officials from security bureau and the prosecutors office. a police officer who i was familiar with and who has been in charge of my surveillance for many days told me that the situation was too complicated and he did not know what was going on either. he asked me not to -- then we were going back room negotiations later a police who i did not recognize come and showed me the subpoena. they took me into the businessman who was going to transfer stock shares of one billion chinese yen to us to a koun fit making company. i slept until the afternoon and heard a police man arguing with someone. i heard a strong voice say we've got the oldest and no one was allowed to meet this man alone. the police man i knew say that we got instructi

four years ago it was beijing's turn. while there was little doubt the games but the country on the map, they claim there have been far fewer signs of legacy when it comes to human rights. we look at what difference the games made to the chinese. ♪ >> a sporting legacy from a different age. tai chi has been practiced for centuries. a time when the country was less worried about its place in the world. the beijing games were supposed to mark a turning point in history. a carefully choreographed display to announce modern china's on arrival on the global stage. the former gymnast was the man to ask -- asked to provide the thrilling climax. i asked him why the games were so important? these days, the stadium is more prized for its architecture than for its sporting credentials. it hottest concert and exhibition matches. it is mostly a tourist attraction. a shrine to beijing's moment in the spotlight. inside the water keeps, these children are among the privileged few benin to swim in the lip polls. the aquatics center has be

chairman, was beaten and removed from beijing as well. there's individual who is a member of an ngo who has been raising awareness for mr. chen. but he made the -- this month he had been under a criminal detention. right now he's being held in a district detention center right now. another activist who has been advocate and also constant visitor or trying to visit mr. chen in the past couple years and her passport recently was even declared invalid. so she has no way to even travel to overseas. and other lawyers most of them who are not able to have any freedom at the moment. so i'm very, very concerned that is chinese government especially the local authority will make trumped up charges. based on this trumped up charge and make a fake trial and expeditiously hand him a very severe sentence and possibly ifos convicted he could be sentenced to death. where is the way out for chen guangcheng? despite of the fact that the united states and china have reached an agreement and are committed to guangcheng's freedom and security and guangcheng

in beijing, where the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, is due to give a press conference at the end of her visit to china this week. her trip has been overshadowed by the controversy over the blind legal activist, chen guangcheng, who has now apparently been granted permission by the chinese authorities to apply to study abroad. there have been conflicting reports as to whether mr. chen wanted to leave china ever since his dramatic escape from house arrest last week. we're going to bring you the press conference as soon as she starts speaking. first this report by martin patience in beijing. >> china's police have thrown a ring of security around the hospital. dissent isn't tolerated here, as these people outside the building found out. american officials continue to search for a solution to end this crisis. the deputy u.s. ambassador arrived at the hospital with mobile phones for chen guangcheng, but he wasn't allowed to enter the building. speaking on the phone, the blind activist said he'd been deta

we're seeing lots of heat building in northern china. 3 2 degrees in beijing. shanghai, the 30 degree mark as we head from saturday through monday. very, very hot town in tdown in tropics as well. many cities across indochina and thailand in particular have been seeing temperatures of about 40-degrees plus for the last several days. let's go now to north america. severe outbreaks of weather in pretty much the same place all week. from the great lakes region down through the central plains. we've seen a very stubborn frontal system, lots of low-pressure systems forming over the front. and that has led to some severe storms. it's not going to change into your friday. pretty much the same picture. one of the reasons is we have a big ark of heat coming up across the east. it starts to collide with the cooler air in north. that's when we get the severe systems that usually occur farther to the south. that heat is reaching up into the upper midwest and great lakes region. that is going to continue on friday. out toward the northwest, much cooler system coming in. wid

embassy in beijing. chen guangcheng spent a week in protective custody there after he escaped from house arrest. he's expected to be reunited with his family. a chinese ministry spokesperson says chen left the embassy of his own free will. a lawyer who supports the activist told nhk that embassy officials accompanied chen to a hospital for a check-up. the chen issue is threatening to overshadow high level and strategic economic talks between china and the u.s. they have been looking forward to the dialogue for a chance to push china on pressuring iran and north korea over their nuclear programs. assistant secretary of state kirk campbell had been in intensive discussions in beijing to strike a deal over chen before the arrival of secretary of state hillary clinton. the issue is making chinese officials furious. a foreign ministry spokesperson said they are extremely unhappy the u.s. embassy took chen into custody. he said americans are interfering in chinese domestic affairs and demanded they apologize.

he's been holed up in beijing for six days after escaping house arrest. chen has been taken to a medical facility and will be reunited with his family. these developments coming while secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary timothy geithner are in beijing preparing for economic and strategic meetings with chinese leaders beginning on thursday. it's not clear how the chen case might influence those talks, but this was starting to become a sticky situation between the u.s. and china. china now reportedly demanding an apology from the u.s. for sheltering the activist. we'll have a live report from beijing in the next half hour. >>> our other big story of the morning. new questions about america's longest war, this after a trip to afghanistan by the president that was supposed to sum it all up. president obama saying one year after the death of osama bin laden that crushing al qaeda is within reach. but a car bomb that killed six people after air force one was wheels up certainly a tough reminder that there's a long way to go in that country

secretaries of state and the treasury are in beijing to negotiate trade and policy agreements. yesterday, the u.s. returned chen guangcheng to the chinese after they promised he would be safe, and he said he wanted to stay in china. but today, chen asked secretary clinton to take him out on her plane, and, later, in a phone call, chen was patched through to a congressional hearing in washington. chen told the committee he wants to come to the u.s. to rest. they'll make a movie out of this one day, but in the meantime, we have reports from beijing and washington. first, david martin. >> reporter: the almost-not-to- be-believed saga of chen guangcheng is, in the understated words of one u.s. diplomat, "one of the most challenging human rights cases we've had in some time." having escaped from house arrest, chen was hiding out with fellow dissidents in beijing, when the u.s. embassy, headed by ambassador gary locke, mounted an operation to bring him in from the cold. >> when we got the word he was in beijing wanting to talk to us in the wee hours of the morning, we went out and co

hillary clinton is now in beijing for scheduled talks. for the state of the global economy or stopping the bloodshed in syria, they will have to work with china. and chen guangcheng fears being kidnapped and incarcerated again. he does not trust china's assurances. his family wants to leave china. >> for more on the situation of chen guangcheng and its impact on the relationship between washington and beijing, i was joined by a national correspondent of the atlantic monthly and the author of the soon-to-be published book "china airborne." what more can you tell us? >> they are still not revealing the exact terms that convinced mr. chen to leave u.s. custody. you would have thought he would have considered that will for he made this run. we do not know what kind of threats he had in mind. >> do you think those threats are real? that he and his family are in danger? >> probably not at this moment. at least not for now. the world's attention is focused on his family. for the months ahead, it is a difficult situation. >> there are reports he

four years ago, the spectacle took place in beijing.fter the fanfare was over, how much to the game's changed china? -- how much did the game's changed china? >> a sporting legacy from a different age. tai chi has been practiced in china for centuries, long before the modern olympics were born. a time when this country was less worried about its place in the world. theth beijing games were supposd to mark a turning point in history. a carefully choreographed displayed designed to announce modern china's arrival on the global stage. the former gymnast was the man asked to provide the thrilling climax to the opening ceremonies. i asked him why the games were so important. >> [speaking chinese] >> these days, the bird's nest stadium is more prized for its architecture that sporting credentials. it hosts concerts' and but it iss i matches, mostly a tourist attraction. these children are among the privileged few, learning to swim in one of the olympic poles. the aquatics center has been more successful. away from the iconic avenue, there is

. >> reporter: one of this year's winner was the beijing-based company that built the luxury hotel where the event was held. the hotel incorporates many energy saving ideas such as using l.e.d. lights. these light bulbs use only a -- of power. although they are 50 times the price of conventional bulbs, the company says using the l.e.d. lamps will help cut long-term operating expenses. >> translator: on average, we recoup on our energy saving investments in four years. it's wrong to think of energy saving as just an outlay. >> reporter: the same company built this giant shopping mall which opened in beijing. four years ago. the ceiling is mostly glass. it is covered with shades to reduce the glare when necessary. the aim is to harness the sunlight to reduce power consumption to a minimum. the design has cut electricity expenses to $410,000 a year. 25% less than if the structure had a conventional roof. there are sensors installed throughout the mall to check the number of visitors. that data is used to adjust the air conditioning to maintain an optimal temperature inside. but when it come

beijing basked in the olympic spotlight four years ago. today, the legacy of those games is controversial. >> china promised the games would transform the lives of ordinary people here. four years on, there are serious doubts as to whether anything has changed at all. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. the man who once held the terrified residents of sarajevo in the palm of his and stood in a dark -- stood in the hague today, accused of 11 counts of genocide and war crimes. it was a war that killed 100,000 people. it has taken almost 20 years to bring him to trial. the bbc reported from the conflict in bosnia. we were in the court today. >> living came to seek justice on behalf of the dead. ratko mladic has evaded the court for 20 years. he has aged visibly, but he seems no less defiant, no less sure that he did no wrong. mladic commanded the bosnian- serb army for three years as it pushed its way through bosnia, driving hundreds of thousands from their homes. countless non-serbs, the prosecution said, w

she drove him more than 300 miles to beijing. at a safe house chen recorded a video where he begged chinese authorities not to hurt his family. he said he feared insane retribution at the hands of the police. many of the activists who helped chen escape have been questioned. he pierong was on the phone to a u.s. contact when police arrived at her door. and she disappeared from the internet, too. when we type her name into china's version of twitter it blocks us from accessing her account. chen's underground network told us chinese police are targeting his entire family and continue to round up anyone with connections to him. celia hatton, cbs news, beijing. >> pelley: we don't know whether chen is holed up in the u.s. embassy. the obama administration won't say, but the midnight oil will be burning at the white house tonight where norah o'donnell is covering the story this evening. norah? >> reporter: scott, these high- level negotiations are underway on what to do with mr. chen. and while those talks continue, president obama to

blind dissident chen guangcheng is rushed out of beijing for the yiewt. elaine quijano is tracking the story. the blooming of the facebook economy. rebecca jarvis shows us how other companies are expanding the social network one app at a time. millennial voters on the fence. will the young turn out for president obama as they did four years ago. terrell brown sounds them out. and diamond jubilee as the british begin to mark queen elizabeth's 60-yearlong rein. charlie d'agata has some of the pomp and circumstance. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> dubois: good evening. i'm cube cube. the blind chinese dissident chen guangcheng has landed at newark airport just outside new york city. his depart infrastructure beijing marked a sudden end to a diplomatic stalemate and an apparent positive turn in u.s.-china developments. elaine quijano joins us from new york. >> reporter: after a 12-hour flight from beijing, chen guangcheng is now on american soil. his arrival here marks end of nearly a month of uncertainty and a high-profile test

four years ago, and beijing basked in the olympic spotlight. the legacy of those games is still controversial. " china promised the games and would transform the lives of ordinary people. there are serious doubts as to whether anything has changed at all. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the man who once held the terrified residents of sarajevo in the palm of his hand stood in the hague today accused of 11 counts of war crimes and genocide. ratko mladic was the much feared commander in a war that killed 100,000 people. it has taken 20 years to bring him to trial. >> the living on behalf of the dead came to the hague seeking justice. theirs has been a long wait. there was something of the old ratko mladic in court today. he seemed -- he did not speak, but he listened, focusing closely throughout. he commanded the bosnian serb army as it drove hundreds of thousands from their homes. >> said they were loaded in groups of five -- they were voted in groups of five into a bus. it was driven to a field and as the men w

martin patients is in beijing. >> initially, mr. chen was supposed to stay in china and pursue studies. that deal quickly unravelled in a matter of hours after mr. chen said beijing would not guarantee his safety. the blind activist now says he wants to study in the u.s. that position is supported by a the obama administration. mr. chen does not have a passport, although there has been movement on that front. here is what the blind activist had to say to us when we spoke to him a little bit earlier. >> [speaking foreign language] >> people from the immigration administration department have here. we had our pictures taken and forms were filled out. they said within 15 days. once they get the passport, they should not bother with this anymore. they did not promise the passport. they did not say anything definitely. i cannot look at the moment. my wife also needs approval to go outside. i believe it would not let me go out, even if i could walk. >> why is it taking so long for mr. chen to get a passport? beijing doesn't lead to give t

embassy in beijing, mr. chen spoke to us from his hospital bed in beijing over mr.ob fu's cell phone. mr. chen indicated that he wanted to come to the united states for some time of rest, as he put it. noting that he had not had pressed for the past 10 years. he asked for a face-to-face meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton, who was in beijing at the time. regrettably, that did not happen. he also expressed fear for the life of his family members and said that he was most concerned about their safety, especially that of his mother and his brother. he was extremely concerned about their welfare, as well as their whereabouts. in that context, mr. chen noted that security officers had installed seven video cameras and even an electric fence around his house in guangzhou province, saying that they wanted to see what else chen guangcheng would do. as soon as the authorities learned of his escape, they refused to allow his daughter to attend school. for these reasons and he was justifiably worried about the villagers and others who were helping him and what they

embassy in beijing, setting off a diplomat crisis, and it is straight out of hollywood. with the blind dissident escaping house arrest, american diplomats rescuing him, and then racing him to the embassy with chinese secret police in pursuit. the story is coming out at the same moment the u.s. secretaries of state and the treasury are in beijing to negotiate trade and policy agreements. yesterday, the u.s. returned chen guangcheng to the chinese after they promised he would be safe, and he said he wanted to stay in china. but today, chen asked secretary clinton to take him out on her plane, and later, in a phone call, chen was patched through to a congressional hearing in washington. chen told the committee he wants to come to the u.s. to rest. they'll make a movie out of this one day, but in the meantime, we have reports from beijing and washington, first, david martin. >> reporter: the almost-not-to-be-believed saga of chen guangcheng, is in the understated words of one u.s. diplomat, one of the most challenging human rights cases we've had in some time. critic escaped

embassy in beijing. let's go live now to stan grant, who's been following this story from beijing. stan, what do you know so far? >> reporter: yeah, you can add to that senior u.s. official, you can also add to that chinese state media. now remember, andrew, that this has befr benever been reported. ever since chen guangcheng fled last week after 18 months on house arrest, that has never been reported in state media. that has all changed in the last few minutes. xinhua, state-run media, is now confirming this. chen has left the embassy of his own volition, and they're demanding the u.s. apologize to china for one of its citizens being allowed to enter the u.s. embassy in beijing. so china taking a tough line here, saying to the u.s. you should never have harbored chen guangche guangcheng, but also confirming that chen guangcheng has left the embassy voluntarily. we're hearing reports that he's been taken to a medical facility in beijing, where he's getting treatment, but also crucially being reunited with his family. remember chen guangcheng has been suffering ill health for some t

he hasn't been this committed since the beijing games. >> michael phelps: after beijing, i mean, there'sre i've just wanted to be, like, i don't want to do this anymore. i don't want to go to the pool every day. >> cooper: so now, is it... is it hard getting out of bed in the morning? >> phelps: no, because, one, we're so close, and two, because i'm actually enjoying it. i'm swimming well again. >> bob bowman: ready. ( whistles ) >> cooper: with the london olympics looming, phelps has been rejuvenated. physically, over the last year, he's become more powerful than he was in beijing. he's focused on weight training like never before. gone is the grumpy, disinterested swimmer of the last few years who desperately wanted to trash his alarm clock. back is a sense of urgency. bob bowman is michael's longtime coach. >> bowman: ey-oh. >> cooper: how does his shape now compare to the way he was a year ago? >> bowman: oh, much better, much better. a year ago, on a scale of one to ten, was a two. this is a nine, eight or nine. >> cooper: two? >> bowman: yeah. oh, yeah. >> cooper: i mean, that... >

for 15 days, he had been under guard at a beijing hospital.ust how he managed to flee his illegal house arrest, and then adding dozens of guards watching him is becoming more clear. first, he had to scale the walls of his house. as he did, he fell and broke his foot. he head -- hid in a neighbor's pig sty and then late that night went to the river. he could not swim across, but the guards on the bridge were asleep. villagers found him at 5:00 in the morning and hit him. and he was driven with his brother's house to a town where he met activists to escort him to beijing. this is the first interview with his brother. when the guards discovered he had escaped, he was seized and interrogated for three days and three nights. >> they sat me in a chair, bound my feet with iron chains, put my arms behind my back and handcuffed me, put my hands upward. then they slapped my face and stamp my feet with their shoes. >> by that time, he was safely here at the american embassy. the local communist party bosses were furious. >> i resisted for a long time. in

embassy in beijing. he was sent to a chinese hospital for treatment, which is when the activist made a dramatic call took a u.s. congressional hearing, asking for asylum, fearing for his and his family's life. >> though under heavy guard, he has been communicating with the outside world. he made an emotional call for freedom from his hospital in beijing. sadly, it seemed as if the diplomatic logjam between the u.s. and china might be breaking -- suddenly, it seemed as if the logjam might be breaking. >> i'm pleased that today, our ambassador has spoken with him again. our embassy staff and our doctor had a chance to meet with him, and he confirms that he and his family now want to go to the united states so he can pursue his studies. >> the plan gives china a way to save face and avoids the sticky issue of granting chen asylum. china's foreign ministry has played down the up side. >> chen has the same rights as other citizens and they applied to study abroad and go through relevant procedures with the re

embassy yesterday, he wants to leave beijing and is appealing for the u.s. to step in to save his family. nbc's ian williams reports from beijing. >> reporter: chen was brought to the hospital by the u.s. ambassad ambassador. officials say he left the u.s. embassy voluntarily, after six days. preparing to stay in china after assurances from the chinese authorities about his safety. they said he never once asked for asylum, one official said chinese authorities assured chen he wouldn't be mistreated. and his allegations of abuse would be investigated. they promised a new home and university job. but hours later, with u.s. officials gone, chen apparently had a dramatic change of heart. in an emotional interview with nbc news, he left the beam see because of threat to his family and asked the u.s. to take concrete steps to guarantee his safety and said he now wanted to leave china. hillary clinton, in china, said the deal reflected clean's choices and americans values. she hoped to prevent the issue from overshadowing high level talks thursday, which it now sur

plus the very latest with emily chan live out of beijing. >>> dialogue is wrapping up in beijing withages. wen has asked hillary clinton to respect the differences between the two countries, but overall, wen stressed that the two day dial lock has been highly productive. hillary clinton says their relationship has never been stronger and in the past hour we've had quite a few developments coming out of beijing especially with regards on what to do with the financial sector. emily chan has been following these develops. what do you think? >> of course things are winding down here in beijing after the fourth strategic and economic dialogue. in about ten minutes, we're expecting a joint statement to be issued. so about half past the hour. and then one hour after that, the u.s. side, geithner as well as clinton will be holding a press conference at the marriott hotel. but latest developments, we did get comments from a senior u.s. official saying china was willing to to make soes pay market rate dividends similar to that of internationally listed companies. they're also going to be agreei