the president has welcomed the most powerful leader to beijing. ramin has that story and more. >> chinese leaders are looking for reassurances from european leaders about the debt crisis, and the german chancellor slookisloois looking to reassure them. she's grown in stature aamong power brokers in europe and she traveled to beijing to calm fears about europe's debt crisis. she met with the chinese premier to discuss the economic relationship between europe and china. he reassured merkel but stopped short of making concrete promises. he said china will buy european bonds as long as it can can evaluate the risks. merkel said the there's strong political well to make the euro a stable currency again. ceos of major german companies joined merkel in beijing and signed business deals over $6 billion. >>> japan's struggling electronics maker sharp will keep negotiating firms with its taiwanese partner hon hai industry. they hoped to include the deal on thursday, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement. the firm canceled a meeting scheduled for fr

north korea's envoy has arrived for the talks in beijing. he refused to comment on the kidnapping of japanese nationals in the 1970s and '80s by north korean agents. >> reporter: if we anticipate the talks before they begin, the speculation could trigger misunderstanding. i think it would be impolite. >> the meeting will be the first under leader kim jong-un. his diplomats claim the abduction issue is resolved. japan's foreign minister disagrees. >> translator: there are various matters pending. i believe the abduction issue is a top priority. i'll proceed to discussions with north korea. >> a committee of the south korean national assembly has adopted a resolution on japan in a climate of diplomatic tension. members are demanding an apology and compensation for korean women forced to work in military brothels during world war ii. they want japan to admit responsibility for so-called comfort women. south korean lawmakers described what they endured as a crime against human values. members urged south korean officials to discuss the matter wi

i think the 2008 beijing olympics are a great example. i was living in hong kong working for "the wall street journal" at the time, and we ran this great op-ed, great op-ed but on a terrible subject, and it was every time the international olympic committee would visit beijing, the communist party would go crazy making the place look like disney world. they did things like would put paper leaves on trees in winter to make it look, you know, happy and not sad and depressing which beijing is in winter. they'd spray paint the grass green when the grass was dead. so they'd do these funny things. but then they'd do a lot of horrible things too. for example, they would go round up all the physically and mentally handicapped adults and children and throw them in jail because they didn't want anyone to see any sign of weakness in the chinese people. and in some of these cases, there's this one case where this 8 or 9-year-old boy didn't come home from school, he was mentally retarded. and his parents were, obviously, concerned and freaking out. an

north korea's envoy has arrived for the talks in beijing. he refused to comment on the kidnapping of japanese nationals in the 1970s and '80s by north korean agents. >> translator: if we anticipate the results before the talks begin, the speculation could trigger misunderstanding. i think it would be impolite. >> the meeting will be the first under leader kim jong-un. his diplomats say the abduction issue is done. >>> japan's for minister disagrees that it is resolved. >> translator: there are various matters pending. i believe the abduction issue is a top priority. i'll proceed to discussions with north korea. >>> a 13-year-old japanese girl was abducted by north korean agents in 1977. the parents of the girl have not heard from her since. they have urged the government to make a break through in the upcoming talks with north korea. in a lecture in tokyo her parents expressed their hope. >> translator: i want japan to keep insisting that north korea respond to the cases of japanese abductees, otherwise, diplomatic normalization can never be

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employing a return to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. becoming.the u.s. . is having a long war because. they are coming to this region. trying to. find out. and that intention has already been felt south korea the philippines and vietnam have already held nato military exercises with several more countries in the region expected to have similar wargame soon during a recent extensive tour of the asian pacific u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta said washington will relocate at least sixty percent of its naval fleet to the region by the end of the decade the official reason for such moves has been china's territorial disputes with the philippines in the south china sea but experts say that's only an excuse the u.s. is now promising some kind of support for the armed forces modernization creating a so-called minimum credit credible defense posture but the end the end result would be more in favor of the u.s. than in the philippines seeing that the u.s. or so many economic and business interests in china it wants to keep china obedient to whatever

the embassy provided photos of the vehicles and the man to beijing police. the images were taken by an official who was in the ambassador's car. the police reportedly told the embassy they have a keen interest in the matter and have launched an investigation. the embassy will strongly request that the beijing police swiftly arrest the suspect. ambassador niwa said the incident was deplorable. >>> hillary clinton will visit china next week. the territorial disputes with neighbors are likely to be on the agenda for her talks. state department spokesperson victoria nuland said they will discuss issue in the east china sea. she indicated that one of the topics will be the growing tensions between japan and china over the senkaku islands. she stressed that the islands fall under the scope of the japan/u.s. security treaty. she called on china, vietnam and the philippines it to find peaceful solutions to the territorial disputes. >> we don't want to see the disputes in the south china sea or anywhere else settled by intimidation, by force. we want to see them sett

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chinese foreign ministry officials notified officials in beijing. police have not arrested no one yet. officials informed their contacts at the ministry that they want it keep in close contact. the embassy staff say they are waiting for developments in the investigation. on monday, two vehicles followed then stopped the car carrying ambassador niwa. man got out of one of them. then he ripped off the japanese flag on the car and fled. japanese officials say anti-sentiment may have cause he the accident. there is a dispute over the senkaku islands if the east chinese sea. both countries claim sovereignty in the sea of japan. a japanese proposal was rejected to approach the court together. a south korean document handed to the diplomat asserts there is no territory dispute to settle. south korean president recently visited the islands causing japanese leaders to call for interinterpassional mediation. south korean is offering substantive counter proposal to resolve the issue. they will use historic evidence that the islets belong to japan. icj judges w

reporting from beijing in china. meanwhile the report has shined a light on just how far the u.s.could go to contain china's growing power in asia the paper compiled by a washington based think tank as a rough road map to america's military buildup and strategy to asia peter simon say staff writer for the world socialist web site says this is how the u.s. compensates lack of economic influence in the region. because governments around the world pursue their interests quite vigorous work but i think the us has a special interest. in economic car. and it's been using its military. to try and reinforce its preeminence. as the second largest economy in the world because of our. story. in order to mine time it's because we should be. global economic system. well i can follow the latest twists and turns in the u.s. china relations our website r.t. dot com also line for you right now america's hypersonic ambitions crumble after fifteen seconds of the test flight of the brand new wave rider plane ends with engine failure. and pussy riot and playboy the famous man's magazine hopes one of i

beijing won the olympics anyway. i think if you are looking for an anecdote about how serious ourre engagement is that they ae really trying to improve society over there.relatiohips a everyone likes to think theis a olympic games are about building a relationship and making the world better. right? i think this is a great example of how -- they didn't lose any sponsors, by the way. spends moneyote at sponsoring the olympic games even with that kind ofld information at hand. the p last anecdote, at least on the human rights issues, asand f everyone knows about, the one child per family policy where women are only allowed to have d one baby in their entire life. if they get pregnant a second te time, they are forced to have ao abortion and usually forced against their will to be sterilized by the state as well. what a lot of people don't know about the one child per family policy is that not only can you have one child, but you have toa do it on the government's schedule. the calendar -- you know, all these villages a

standing by in our beijing studio. is beijing the only chinese city in which the diamond trade is expanding? >> actually know, in coastal areas, in the southern part, close to hong kong, the industry is taking off. government regulators have made this possible by giving foreign diamond processors a lot of encouragement. this becomes clear when you kid what the processors must put up with in india, an industry leader. foreign operators must cut through a lot of red tape to set up businesses there. but in china, policymakers go a long way to encourage foreign processor whose want to set up shop there. as a result, more foreign businesses believe to be about 100 have moved to china to process diamond. that's more than double the number five years ago. the result, are likely to have a bigger choice of diamond, processed in china. >> thank you. that was nhk world's correspondent in beijing. >>> it's hard to sing after a disaster what a young singer found out after her hometown was destroyed by last year's massive tsunami. b

reporting from beijing in china. but now let's return to one of our top stories here on r.t.that of the ongoing situation in syria the syrian government finds itself further isolated after ultimately being expelled from another international body the organization of islamic cooperation has now suspended syria's a membership let's discuss it now i'm joined by dr marcos a political analyst from britain's politics first online magazine thanks for coming on today so the organization of islamic cooperation pins the blame on us for atrocities carried out against the syrian people all the while it's the rebels claiming responsibility for the most recent attacks is that. first of all i don't think too much should be attached to this organization has very little influence it doesn't have really any. and also let's not forget that saudi arabia is probably lead in many and we know very well saudi arabia stands on the conflict in syria so i don't think too much importance should be attached to this organization and what its verdicts are it's largely symbolic. however you know the truth i

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some shop for the gems at this store in beijing. a lot of the customers were born into wealth in the 1980s. as they get engaged, they pick a diamond ring. some spend as much as $10,000. >> translator: today i chose my favorite diamond ring so i am really happy. >> translator: the sales are going up like mad. so far they are 50% higher than this time last year. so i'm very glad. >> reporter: now owners of foreign jewelry firms are making appearance in china's market. at this company owned in beijing, workers prepare diamonds for sale. he has an eye to the chinese people growing love affair with diamonds. he launched his business five years ago. he imports about $80 billion worth of diamonds. he processes and sells them not only in china but also the united states, japan and europe. one incentive for expanding into china is the cost of labor. workers accept lower pay than those in many other countries. even though wages are rising, preparing one carat for sale in china costs only one-tenth of what it costs in belgium. he asked the chi

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seven of merkel's ministers travel to beijing. they signed lucrative deals, including a major sale of european airbus planes to china. merkel also raised some awkward issues -- german concerns about product piracy as well as the restrictions based by german journalists in china. >> i think that what i said about the working conditions of journalists was taken very seriously. we both share the view that fair reporting provides the basis for our people to get to know each other. >> china will soon undergo a change of leadership. in anticipation, merkel is also meeting with the vice president, who is widely expected to become the country's next president. >> for more on the story, we spoke with our correspondent in beijing and asked whether eurozone countries could expect china to invest its huge foreign currency reserves in eu bailout. >> i think the eurozone countries can expect china to invest. they indicated on several occasions that they will. what we're waiting to see is how exactly this will happen. they have said they will do

our report from beijing. >> reporter: just a 90 minute drive from shanghai, the city of kunshan is a major manufacturing hub. this company makes robots. the company had been increasing sales by 50% annually. but the company isn't expecting such high sales this year. the europeans among the firm's biggest customers are hovered by a debt crisis, so they are buying fewer robots. >> translator: exports fell due to credit uncertainty in europe and also the large construction projects are lagging. >> reporter: the chinese sell more goods to the europeans than to any other foreign customers. from january to july of this year, total sales to europeans fell 0.9% from a year earlier. each day, the impact of europe's credit problems weighs more heavily on chinese exporters. >> translator: as a result of the debt crisis in the european union, china has been unable to increase trade with european countries. as a result, the growth of the total trade in the first half of the year was limited. >> reporter: to make up for lost business abroad, the government hopes to find buyers at home. they hope t

to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery beijing says we can eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. but with another summary for you fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we talk to a nun who lived in syria for a decade and witnessed what the people went through when the first spots of trouble ignited the war in-depth interview next. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded a christian community and i'm on a street in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria iran different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen uprisings and violence of course we have been facing. reality evolving to get more and water but as you can pick you know it's really in the sample head. so for us it was new because we were. put in sort of probation of the smallest petty since n

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. >> reporter: this city is about 200 kilometers south of beijing. there are little bumps on the road here. the road surface has collapsed in many places, too. people are so worried about this situation right now. the cause is land subsidence. many residents can't escape the effects of the collapsing land surface. these cracks show that several years ago. many of the residents say they, too, have the same problem. a city official confirms ground surfaces that gave way triggered the cracks. >> translator: i worried all the time if this situation gets any worse, my house will collapse. it's scary. >> reporter: officials have confirmed the phenomenon is taking place in a number of regions in northern china. the problem is spreading through rural districts. this man farms in the area. for 0 years his main crop has been rice. >> reporter: this brick households a well affected by sinking land. this man used to draw water from this well, but it sunk along with the earth around it. now they are 20 centimeters lower than before. the underground layer that hel

but beijing and the neighboring province must abide by water usage restrictions. so it's very difficult to strike a balance between economic development and water conservation. >> reporter: water shortages are an urgent problem. chinese officials are now looking for answers. michitaka yamaka, nhk world, beijing. >>> japan and the united states are considering boosting the defense capabilities in east asia. top japanese and u.s. military officials are discussing installing a more powerful radar system in japan to strengthen missile defense. ♪ the chief of staff of japan's self-defense forces met with the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey at the pentagon. they discussed nuclear developments in north korea and china's military activities. the military officials agreed to bolster cooperation for sta bill nit the asia-pacific region. they agreed to consider installing the powerful x-band radar system for early detection of a missile launch and its trajectory. that system is already in place at a self-defense forces base in northern japan to mana

written on three joshua meanwhile claim super heavyweight gold beijing winner roberto come a day early losing out on bok after the match was tied at eighteen points apiece lennox lewis on. the same title as i. squeezed in their second gold medal of the games out the very last event laura. taking top honors in the women's modern pentathlon thanks to a stunning display in the shoot run part of this. this is how the top of the medals table looked at the end rushes just behind the top three one goal shorts of their target of twenty five and place the standings to create a feeling for team usa the country back on top after china pushed them into second place four years ago this time it's the chinese who have to settle for over old silver all great britain and northern ireland's extraordinary games for them finishing third place. the olympic project proven to be a major success story for london the city itself also closely watched by organizers of the next olympics the twenty fourteen winter games g to take place in the russian city of sorts she constantine to top off takes up the story. the

in beijing he won three medals in world record times. today he advanced to the 100- meter semifinals. no man has ever ran the 100 faster than bolt. the expectation is that in tomorrow night's finals, bolt will be sprinting alongside a fellow jamaican who has quietly emerged as the biggest threat to his dominance. >> reporter: if the expectations for usain bolt in london are high, he can only blame himself. >> usain bolt winning by daylight. >> reporter: after a stunning world record time of 9.69 seconds in the 100 meters in beijing, he shattered that record a year later. >> look at the time. world record. >> reporter: in a blazing 9.58. for his next act. >> turn the tv off and just sit down, sit back in the chair and think that what just happened. i want to just wow people. >> reporter: incredibly usain bolt is not built for speed. he was born with scoliosis, a curvature of the spine. he is also on the tall side for a sprinter giving him a weak start. the tradeoff, amazing acceleration. >> he has a tremendous ability to pick up that cade

pulled out in beijing because of injury. serena has only played one olympics singles event and lost in the quarterfinals in beijing. the two of them, they've got everything. they've got all the grand slam trophies. they've got all the money in the world. the one thing they don't have is a singles medal and especially a gold one. >> what's really something is that maria sharapova became famous on this court when she was just 17 years old, took the final match against serena williams, who was going for three straight, and she won her first major here, but this year, maria sharapova, the matches she's won, the tournaments she's won have all been on clay. >> it's incredible. she went into the french open, and we were talking about can she win at the french? she was able to win that and consolidate all four grand slams. there's not many players in the history of women's tennis that have got all the four grand slams and she now possesses them like her opponent, serena williams. >> this is the cradle of tennis. this is the greatest

on the road to recovery beijing says the eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. with a new team with more on those stories in half an hour from now in the meantime we bring you up with capital account from washington next on r.t. . good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and we are on vacation and you see we've been broadcasting since october so that means we're a little overdue for a break but in that time and in just the last few months we've interviewed so many amazing guests from jim grant to mark father to jim rickards even joining me as a co-host and we've covered so many topics that are relevant on any given day whether it's the bad or the eurozone crisis so we put together some of our very best and most popular episodes from the last few months for your viewing pleasure and the time while we're off and you can look forward to all the new shows starting september fourth so mark your calendar and don't forget interviews can all be found in their entirety on our you tube channel you tube dot com slash capital a

are bronze to their all meaning they did after all improve on their performance four years ago in beijing for more here is robert for done. with fifteen mental events scheduled for the final day sixteen of the london olympics russians proved to be the best in three of them and we start with arguably one of the most epic match ups at the london games the men's volleyball final turned out to be a real thriller with legitimate i left as man producing a stunning comeback against the sport's powerhouse brazil and making history the russians became the first team ever to win the men's olympic vulnerable final from two sets down and brought the country its first ever olympic volleyball gold and russia have finally claimed a gold medal in boxing at these olympics the country's news the limbic champ you go to me hundreds of he battle it out against gaza stands at the back me as i'm better in a very tired man's light heavyweight. meanwhile in with me gymnastics russia has been a dominant force for decades after you've been at the nih was gold in the individual all around event on saturday the russi

china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery beijing says we cut eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. but with a new team with more news stories in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime paul is next with the sport. thank you very much bill welcome along to the world of sports has what's coming up european to all russian champions innings in pieces by a draw against european giants ac milan in the champions league group stages moscow placed the might of fossilised. splashing the cash by munich break the windows legal record one song signing spanish midfielder having martinez fifteen million dollars. underway china time the first gold medal of the paralympics is the games begin with a spectacular opening ceremony in london. but we start with football way in the champions league rushes to representatives this season have found out their opponents in the group stage on the draw has not been caught and russian a premier league champions in its impinges bugger in group c. with seven tie european champions ac milan trips to b

the best he could do hope for one bronze in beijing in the fifty five kilogram class four years ago is the only one of the seven wrestlers making a second dylan bigots and this time though he will try his luck one step over his previous weight in the sixty kilograms of vision jamal adar soldano will defend the russian colors in the lightest fifty five k. division that breeds on european champion won his ticket to london by defeating world champion victor live a diff in the russian nationals head on to the sixty six kilogram class where a long go guy is certainly on the why of course after that's when it's a year old won the most recent european championship and the russian side still in st petersburg the gun position for a place in london in the seventy four kilo category was widely considered the main event of the russian nationals in st petersburg featuring a clash between the sydney champion of downside and suits on a world champion uprising and they did denise our wish despite his brother bo bice or support who is a three time olympic champion himself citee of last given the covete

is paid to heads east germany's chancellor is in china trying to convince beijing that the euro currency is still stable enough to invest in the euro zone's fourth largest economy spain is desperately trying to avoid asking for yet another bailout . syrian officials walk out of the nonaligned summit in teheran. as egypt's president lashes out at assad's government calling it oppressive for the gathering in the iranian capital is made up of one hundred twenty nations who don't consider themselves part of any global alliance. and of the rebel opposition in syria will be wiped out sooner or later this according to president assad in a recent t.v. interview but the insurgents seem no weaker as they continue fighting beyond me bringing further destruction to the war torn country. supporting action mr you know you're back again and the blood of rail madrid in this season's el classico battle that's right the opening trophy of the spanish football season has not gone to the favorites barcelona but. we have much more on that plus the rest of a busy day in sports henri coming up right now. your c

in two days, we are launching a traveling exhibit in beijing at the beijing arts center. we were rebuilding those and they never translated -- we have translated into chinese more. many of them focused on animals that will go extinct if we can -- if people continue to purchase traditional chinese medicine that uses animals. we want to focus on the critical habitats that they need to survive and on the issues that you might not even realize that are disappearing. how can we protect it if we don't even see it as existing food for many of the songbirds we knew as children -- how can be protected if we don't see it as existing? many of the songbirds that we knew as children are disappearing. we will start this thing up in a second. or will read to you the beginning intro, every 20 minutes the peace repeats with the same intro and the same conclusion with a different sound and a different background. it starts with what is missing. pieces that have gone extinct, species that will go extinct in our lifetime, the species that we will never know. on average, any 20 minutes, a spe

german chancellor angela merkel in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery says we. need to impose further. reforms. it's a billboard in half an hour's time for now though that the people and hated by their banks. max kaiser this is the kaiser report yeah now i know i jamie diamond doesn't come on the show stacey max the first headline might have something to do with that economist appearing on max keiser show forced to resign this is on forbes magazine max and in an email confirming the action sandeep jaitley explained to me apparently they don't want to burn bridges at the gold standard institute and i take this to mean bridges with large benefactors and partners however jaitley is unfazed and values to continue his work including a ph d. acceptance speech on the lewd big split from carl manga and eugene vaughan bone by a work regarding certain aspects of interest rate theory but. you say i figured out that the whole mazes institute was populated with dangerous ideologues and that these guys formed the basis for the corruption on wall

beijing that europe is still a safe place to invest with billions worth of business deals having already been signed i would details on this. i'm no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip and it's not just politicians that are there on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemens and volkswagen who are all there to show that the eurozone still is a stable market to invest in but china has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone stick together europe is china's biggest export market so there will be support there from beijing to keeping the monetary union together but just expect some kind words they shouldn't be any talk of cash coming forward from china to help the ailing eurozone now there is talk of a special relationship between germany and china and that's unsettled some people in brussels who feel a little left out and when you look at the figures you can see why some nations would be fe

from beijing in china. you can follow the latest twists and turns in the u.s. china relations on our web site also line for you right now america's hypersonic ambitions fifteen seconds as a test flight of the brand new wave rider plane with engine failure. and pussy riot in playboy the famous man's magazine hopes one of its future bodies will be released on friday and it's offered a member of the russian punk band the chance to appear on its agents. in bahrain another prominent opposition activist has fallen victim to the government's crackdown citing a so tweeted that he's the latest to be arrested joins dozens of other human rights campaigners attained for their political views and all of them follow the bill a job every now and opposition leader who is on trial for common. he made on twitter against the country's prime minister is awaiting a court decision later on thursday a menace here jobs cases signed that the bahraini regime will not make changes in the country author and journalist have here in town seen believes the crackdown will continue. to build a

germany heads east for investment chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery. one screen online international news and comment live from a new center here in moscow the syrian delegation has walked out on a session of the nonaligned movement in tehran they were angered to dispute by the egyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to inciting further violence in the country where we spoke to journalists and broadcaster neil clark a little earlier who believes that morsi statement was at best syria's with my colleague. he didn't criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels have been responsible for much of the violence in syria government for another two but you know there were bombs going off this week at funerals twelve people killed he didn't he didn't make any mention of that so i can understand the syrians feeling very green but what he said you got to bear in mind the fact that egypt received about one point five six billion u.s. d