people in beijing voiced strong opinions about shinzo abe. they say he should pay careful attention to china. >> translator: i want to see improved relations, but it all depends on mr. abe. he shouldn't deal with bilateral relations based on personal beliefs. he should look at things from a broader point of view. >> translator: the current situation is unhelpful to the people of both china and japan. i want mr. abe to lay out specific measures for improving relations. >> reporter: china's officials recently went through their own change of leadership. last month the head of the communist party. he's been making moves to boost support for the new leaders. officials have been pressing china's claims to islands in the east china sea. japan controlled the san cuckoo island. shortly before the election in japan an aircraft from china's maritime authority entered japan's air space over the islands. tensions remain high. one analyst says the mood in china is ambivalent. >> there is a great deal of expectation to have a change in leadership in japan

people in beijing voiced strong opinions about shinzo abe. they say he should pay careful attention to china. >> translator: i want to see improved relations, but it all depends on mr. abe. he shouldn't deal with bilateral relations based on personal beliefs. he should look at things from a broader point of view. >> translator: the current situation is unhelpful to the people of both china and japan. i want mr. abe to lay out specific measures for improving relations. >> china's officials recently went through their own change of leadership. last month xin became head of the communist party. he's making moves to boost support for the new leaders. officials have been pressing china's claims to island in the east china sea. japan controls the senkaku islands. shortly before the election in japan an aarg from the maritime authority enters japanese air space over the islands. tensions remain high. one analyst is am bif lent. >> there is a deal of of expectation that the change of leadership. there is a lot of caution and apprehension with the nei

beijing believes that would wipe out any chance of a breakthrough in resolving the situation. it appears china's officials will now move to control the damage. they'll be trying to use what influence they do have over their lie to prevent more provocative acts from north korea. nhk world, beijing. >> north korea's state-run television declared the launch a success. >> north korea's state-run news agency says the satellite entered orbit on schedule about ten minutes after the launch. it's reportedly fitted with observation instruments, the news agency says the orbit is around 500 kilometers above the earth. >> news of the launch was announced in north korea only after its success was confirmed. people at this hotel in pyongyang applauded when they heard north korea had put a satellite into orbit. >> translator: i felt very proud to be north korean when i heard about the news. i realized scientific technology of my country has reached the highest level. >> translator: our late commander kim jong-il would be so happy to hear that the launch was successful. i'm sure that by follow

leaders in beijing don't want many turmoil across the border. instability would hurt china's economy. the cold war is long over but geopolitics is still an issue. beijing needs to demonstrate that they will have significant influence on the peninsula to counter the presence of the united states which is south korea's ally. these factors will ensure china's continued support for north korea. the expert that appeared earlier said the launch would not cause a major change in china's north korean policy. >> translator: china's policy is to support north korea's economic development. so the country can implement and require economic reforms and stabilize. once stability is achieved, the the country can begin to begin trying to become part of the international community. i think this is the most practical course. >> north korea needs china's help. its economy is still in poor shape and its leader wants to show that progress is being made, also, beijing believed that progress in north korea will give the country an incentive to give up its nuclear prog

beijing needs to demonstrate it has significant influence to counter the united states which is south korea's ally. these fakdors will ensure china's continued support for north korea. the expert that appeared earlier said the launch would not cause a major change in china's north kore is to support north korea's economic development. so the country can implement and require economic refor a and stabilize. once stability is achieved, thel community. i think this is the most practical course. >> north korea needs china's help. its economy is still in poor shape and its leader wants to show that progress is being made, also, beijing believed that progress in north korea will give the country an incentive to give up its nuclear program. china is the key to making nort community's demand to start roles a reonsible member of the international community. >>> a deadly suicide attack hit a military base in afghanistan. the incident took place shortly after aisisit by the u.s. defense secretary. our bangkok has the details. >> reporter: the bombing took place on thursday at a u.s. military fac

uncompromising beijing plus. the u.s. senate received to the medicine from. the travel ban on russians accused of breaching human rights. stories to the ambitious multi-billion dollar pipeline is now officially under construction the project brings together europe's biggest energy. russian gas pumps straight to the continent. reports all of this crude winter take it may not sim like it but this beach is a gateway to sun the sun you russians during their holidays and this also become a gateway for russian gas into europe this day march the start of the construction of one of the most ambitious uncertain expensive supply systems on earth no surprise there was plenty of groundbreaking ceremony such as to be importance being placed on the project president clinton himself was here the. black sea to bulgaria and on to greece and austria the project was dreamed up to the idea the more. the was to move pipelines the more secure the delivery to customers will be now it's a need that arose from transit countries ukraine in particular destructive deliveries on the numb

dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels to have vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a cash for neither china or india to pass up what i really want a proper it gets when the true economic power houses says it may be a game that neither can win the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this in yes there west's trying to depict this expansion by both china in terms of the last . four holes that the girl. that wall is a military clash so if the power houses. will go to some other players. on the sidelines. now some other news from around the globe our people have been seeking to hospital after a one meter high to me hit the me i get province in japan it was triggered by a seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck the eastern coast with aftershocks felt as f

to stake its claim for huge oil and gas fields against an uncompromising beijing plus. u.s. senate receives and to protect medicine from moscow in response to its decision to slap a travel ban on russians accused of breaching human rights that's another international news official break. a forty nine year old southern california man was thrown in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon here rated custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyways a spokesman for the el meter county sheriff's department said that the man's watch had all the components to make an improvised explosive device minus the explosive material you know having a lighter in your pocket is also everything you need to self exposure minus the gun powder but before we make a victim out of this watch where i have to point out one thing the watch he was wearing was designed to look like some sort of bomb with fuses and wires and switches so who's more idi

many passengers are carrying coats because the temperature in beijing is about 20 degrees centigrade lower than here. the new line stretches nearly 2300 kilometers, including a section already in service. the trip between the two cities will take about eight hours instead of the current 20 1/2 hours. china says it developed the high-speed train line on its own. based on the technology used by japan's train. the launch of the new service expands china's high-speed railway to more than 9300 kilometers. officials plan to extend it to 16,000 kilometers by 2020. the chinese government temporarily suspended construction of high-speed train lines after 40 people died in a two-train collision last year. but it has resumed construction with the aim of helping correct economic disparities between the coastal areas and shoring up the economy. questions remain about the safety of high-speed railways. >> translator: it's good to be fast as well as safe but safety should be given priority. >> reporter: many ministry officials stress that they reinforced safety measures. these include reducing maxi

nhk world, beijing. >>> heavy snow causing havoc in various parts of japan. rachel is here with the weather. >> we've been looking at above average snowfall through december for much of japan. current snow depths, just below, we have the average snowfall for the month of december. so up toward hokkaido, about 30 centimeters, already 125 have fallen. more than that has already fallen. so the current snow depth is 125 centimeters. we nearly have a stack of two meters here in central japan. mostly areas along the sea of japan coast, because its sea-affect snow. we get heavy effect accumulations and we will see better conditions toward the end of the workweek, but another 24 hours of heavy snow to c and orange, up to 70 centimeters, half a meter of this western edge of northern japan. it will get worse before it gets better, and even then, we'll deal with warmer winds, some warmer temperatures coming in, that means we can have this very quick snow melt and that in turn can cause problems, certainly concern for avalanches to occur. we're looking at that danger in

the railway links the capital city of beijing and ghangzhou in the south. shun ishibe have more. >> reporter: the first high-speed train for beijing is about to leave guangzhou south railway station. many passengers are carrying coats, because the temperature in beijing is about 20 degrees centigrade lower than here in guangzhou. the new line stretches nearly 2,300 kilometers, including a section already in service. the trip between the two cities will take about eight hours instead of the current 20 1/2 hours. china says it developed the high-speed train line on its own based on technologies used by japan's bullet train. the launch of the new service expands china's high-speed railway network to more than 9,300 kilometers. officials plan to extend the network to 16,000 kilometers by 2020. the chinese government temporarily suspended construction of high-speed train lines after 40 people died in a two-train collision last year. but it has resumed construction with the aim of helping correct economic disparities between england and the coastal areas, and sho

dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announcedits police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a crash for neither china or india to pass up wasn't really worth a proper between a true economic powerhouse says it may be a game that neither can win the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this ng is their west strike to depict this expansion by both in the china terms of the last. four holes that. the glass saying that the war is a military clash so if the two eastern powerhouses can share nicely that catch me they will go to some other players already prowling on the sidelines you've got this going on of our team coming our way the second part of our close up on colombia's decades long civil war. fifty to fifty fifty feet. means. we speak your language. news programs and

dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels to have vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a cash for neither china working here to pass out because i really want a proper between a true economic power houses is a really a game that neither can when the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this in yes there west strike to take this extension by both china terms of the last. four holes that the girl. well clash. powerhouses can't she can't go to some other players already on the sidelines. let me back with more news for in about an hour from now coming up very shortly breaking the sense that after the break. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life traditionally the people are nomadic r

not bad in soul. 2 degrees and 0 degrees in beijing. your high in seoul could drop down to only minus 7 degrees. let's go over to the european continent. wet and windy conditions are still ongoing across the british isles. severe weather is still lingering across the black sea. lots of heavy rain and thunderstorms. very chilly out towards the east but mild out towards the west. 14 degrees in ma drids and 18 in lisbon on your friday. that's it for me now. up next is your three-day outlook. . >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do join us again.

beijing number 57 high school.nly time the two groups met was on a visit to the school in april. the school provided in video. >> we are excited about the opportunity. the challenge is the limited rehearsal time we have. that's what we are here doing. ♪ >> the two bands have been practicing in their home countries for more than a year. while language is a barrier, music is the common denominator. and this gal from beijing 57 shared her thoughts through an interpreter. >> she thought we can practice together and be able to communicate and make friends. >> together the 235 musicians call themselves the east-meets-west fusion band. >> in addition to memorizing the music, they must move in step to negotiate the turn on the parade route. >> all eyes and cameras will be watching as they hit colorado boulevard in pasadena. >> i've never heard of a 105-degree turn. i've usually seen 90s. it's scary. >> nerves are expected areas the teenagers prepare for a performance of a lifetime. but mostly they just can't wait for the w

remember in the run up to the beijing olympics, the authorities tore down houses with abandon.na. on the other hand it could be a fluke. my only remaining question is where is the family's mailbox. the answer is a, the vatican has been a permanent observer state of the u.n. since 1964. the holy sea has full rights in the body, the representative can make speeches, take part in debates. he can do anything except vote. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i'll see you next week. >>> hello, everyone, i'm deborah feyerick with a check of our top stories. people are demonstrating outside the high court. the judges say they're suspending all sessions until they can work without, quote, psychological or physical pressures. this was postponed the court's ruling on the legitimacy of the body drawing up the new constitution. >>> well, just days after winning a status upgrade at the united nations, palestinian authority president abbas called for national unity and an end to divisiveness among palestinians. the pastinian authority is considered a nonmember observer state at

beijing number 57 high school.e only time the two groups met was on a visit to the school in april. the school provided this video. >> we are excited about the opportunity. the challenge is the limited rehearsal time we have. that's what we are here doing. ♪ >> the two bands have been practicing in their home countries for more than a year. while language is a barrier, music is the common denominator. and this gal from beijing 57 shared her thoughts through an interpreter. >> she thought we can practice together and be able to communicate and make friends. >> together the 235 musicians call themselves the east-meets-west fusion band. >> in addition to harmonizing the music, they must move in step to negotiate the turn on the parade route. >> all eyes and cameras will be watching as they hit colorado boulevard in pasadena. >> i've never heard of a 105-degree turn. i've usually seen 90's. it's scary. >> nerves are expected as the teenagers prepare for a performance of a lifetime. but mostly they just can't wait for t

beijing no. 57 high school.ore today the only time the 2 groups met was on a visit to china in april. the school provided this video. >> we are very excited about the opportunity to challenge the limited rehearsal time that we have. so that's what we are here doing today. twoyshtion bands have been practicing in their home country for more than a year and language is a barrier, music is the common denominator. soon the beijing 57 shared her thoughts through interpreter. >> really glad we can practice together and just be able to communicate and make friends. >>reporter: together the 2 35 musicians call themselves the east meets west fusion band. in addition to harmonizing the music performance move in perfect step to negotiate a tricky turn on the route. all eye and camera as they hit colorado boulevard in pasadena 8. i have never heard of that turn and just usually seen 90 and it's just scary. >>reporter: some nerve are expected as teens prepare for performance of a life time. but mostly they just want wait for

now beijing has weighed in stock on what that will mean for them. reporting from tokyo. >> after the rhetoric of the campaign trail, beijing reacted to his win. he says the shift to the right in japan is a worrying development. >> we think the much more pressing issues that japan must show sincerity. we need to improve relations between the two countries. >> the first full news conference, he was sticking firmly to the same hard line on these countries all the way to japan. >> but the islands are inherently japan's territory. we own and control them under international law. there is no room for negotiation on this point. >> they also address the record low turnout at the election which she put down to a decision and others blame and voter apathy. especially among the younger generation facing a return to the party that has dominated politics for 50 years. their parents grew up knowing no other government. they are facing rule under the same period for the young in japan, it is a return to the old normal. >> the politicians are always doing something

challenge is the limited rehearsal time that's what we are doing. >> you can watch the valley christian-beijingnd the rest of the parade new year's day, 8 a.m. right here on abc7. >>> we want to get a check of the weather with mike. sunshine was beautiful yesterday, but bisque still, i was cold. >> frosty this morning -- but brisk, still, i was cold. >>> as we head into the afternoon clouds on the increase, sprinkles to possibly light rain in the latter parts of the afternoon. 52 san francisco and santa rosa, 54 oakland san jose 51 concord, any snow or rain mainly north during the around snow shower possible in tahoe going to be dry and 31, 39 yosemite, down south mostly sunny low to mid 60s san diego, palm springs and l.a.. >>> headlights headed past marin ymca towards the civic center into san rafael light no problems stall farther north south 101 petaluma at lakeville highway partially blocking right lane not seeing slowing according to the sensors. eastbound roadwork 580 greenville to north flynn, three lanes blocked one lane getting by until 9:00 this morning. eastbound dumbarton bridge on

hundreds of beijing police officers stood outside china's central television on tuesday. it was the 30th anniversary of china's current constitution. the petitioners were pushed into a bus and driven to a police facility. the chinese judiciary lacks independence under the communist one party rule. many chinese make direct appeals to central government offices and media organizations to complain about corrupt officials and forced evictions. in a ceremony to mark the anniversary, chinese communist party chief she jay ping said he would speed up the legal process. activists in china say tuesday's police action suggest the party is still trying to stifle creditism under shi's new leadership. social activists use the internet to out leaders for corruption and treating the under class urn fairly. the leaders see this as a threat to control and clamp down on some websites. persistent chinese are still finding ways to speak out. >> reporter: in china more than 500 million use the web. they have a broad internet community. >> translator: the stock prices and the foreign sites for

line to buy it when the store opened in beijing.apple's problem? >> and beijing to see that with my own eyes that people are already talking about new apple products next year. is a too many apple products? the ipad mini is taking sales away, is it too much? >> they're talking about the galaxy as well. losing its cool. samsung getting cool. don't ask me. thanks very much indeed. some time next week the number of licensed concealed carry permits in florida will top the 1 million mark. the number of applications have doubled in that state since 2007. is happening all across the country. there's a sudden rush to buy guns. mark lanier is here. would you -- something bad happens, there's a shooting, withdrawal lawyers like you go to court and sue the gun owner or the gunmaker? >> obviously you could sue the gun owner. you don't see the gunmaker simply for manufacturing guns. we have sued remington before because running to aid the-remington a defective gun that went off when they were not supposed to. that is a different matter. gun owne

look at beijing. beijing at minus one. sewell land bator, you are the cold spot on the map, minus 17 here on your wednesday. into the tropics, you're still seeing that tropical activity, 32 here for your high in the midpart of the week. as we look over towards americas, severe weather has erupted across oklahoma and moving over to the lower mississippi river valley. we have this cold front attached to it. all this area actually across louisiana has been seeing tornado warnings. frequent lightning, even damaging hail coming out of this. then towards the north we have heavy snowfall likely across the central plains and into the great lakes regions. you're under a winter storm warnings at this time. a big problem across this area on christmas day, you have fewer snowplows on the road. it's going to create dangerous travel conditions. as the snow pulls across the northeast, new york, heavy rainfall, gusty winds, into the appalachians and even into new york state we'll see the risk of freezing rain. widespread power outages ver

only minus 1 in beijing. minus 4 in seoul, 10 degrees cooler than average. moving into the americas, then, after days of stormy weather we're seeing drier conditions across the northwest. although we're seeing some light showers lingering in british columbia. parts of california and snow showers for the cascades and the northern rockies, not too severe. heavy rain, snow and strong winds battering central canada. that's moving toward the east. quebec will see blizzard-like conditions from your thursday. light showers for the southeast coast. other than that, dry and hot for this time of year to the south. 24 in houston. 21 in oklahoma city. getting back to normal across the eastern seaboard. finally, let's go over to the european continent. lots of things are going on. frigid air is blanketing the north, producing snow showers for parts of the british isles, southern scandinavian peninsula. rain is intensifying over the iberian peninsula. storms affecting the central and east mediterranean because we have frigid air to the north colliding with warmer air from

eunice has more for us live from beijing. it sounds like we shouldn't expect much by the way of stimulus. >> no, not at this point. it just sounded very much like we heard a lot of right slogans, but we came up short on details at this economic work conference. the senior officials, broadly speaking, were pushing policies that we've seen in the past. and that is that they are hoping to continue to push the economy away from exports as well as state investment and towards encouraging domestic demand. so one of the highlights was that they said they would continue to promote urbanization. this is a pet project of the incoming prime minister. they also said they wanted to build a better safety net for people so that they could feel comfortable spending more money. so for the most part, again, we begin have any concrete timetables. there was no big push for bold reformes and no real concrete targets. >> all right. eunice, stay there. i want to get your view on the other so he had story, as well. the iphone 5 hit the chinese marke

beijing down to the minus 5 mark. to the tropics. raining, rather warm for you. mani manila, only getting to 22. you are seeing some heavy rainfall in areas that were absolutely devastated by a typhoon three weeks ago. continue to watch that here. now let's take a look to the meshgz a americas. you can see on the satellite picture that comma shape popping up here. that's indicating very strong, rather potent system attached to it. this cold front already producing several tornado warnings across this area, especially over towards alabama. we're watching this system work its way towards the east. that's going to be bringing some more severe weather around portions of the carolinas, even into georgia. north of that, seeing some rain. but then once you get into the appalachians, that is changing over to heavy snow. even in organizatiportions of t lakes, cold air pushing from the north. that will bring the lake-effect snow machine on tap for you going into your weekend especially. mean while, let's take a look at the other side of the country here into the western u.

xi told a group of foreign academics in beijing that china poses neither a challenge nor a threat. >> translator: looking at china's history, cultural traditions, and current conditions, china will never adopt a policy of dominance or expansionism. our prosperity will bring peace and will benefit the rest of the world. >> analysts say xi hopes to ease concerns that china's new leadership intends to adopt a more hard-line stance in diplomacy. however, on the same day, he told a senior military commander to strengthen missile units for possible conflict. xi has pledged to tackle corruption among party officials. he and the rest of the new leadership are reportedly planning to overhaul the structure of government. government sources say the leaders plan to cut one in three ministries from 27 to 18. they're planning to do away with a railways ministry and transfer its functions to the communications ministry. critics say poor oversight led to the crash last year of a high-speed train. 40 people were killed. and the former head of the railways ministry was dismissed in a bribery scandal. o

only zero for your high, beijing just below the freezing mark at minus 1. as we look towards tokyo, nice and mild 10 degrees here starting off your weekend on your friday. now into europe. several low pressure systems here in the west. we have one moving over the british isles bringing some frozen precipitation for you, even down there towards the iberian peninsula. a separate system's continuing to move across, interacting with all this cold air we have been seeing across europe, so flurries are definitely going to continue to fall here. you're going to be seeing about 10 or 15 centimeters in some of the higher elevations, right around 5 centimeters into the valleys here. also, we're watching a storm system into turkey. yesterday you saw all those reports across the black sea of several ships sinking out here into the sea due to the treacherous conditions from these waves. well, it does look like the system is going to continue to linger, still bringing high winds, high waves and even the risk of some flash flooding going through the next several days as t

he is watching the developments from beijing. ian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. and yes, the north koreans have once again defied international warnings and launched what they describe as a rocket carrying a satellite into orbit, but which the u.s. and most outsiders regard as a thinly disguised test of a ballistic missile. now, the rocket was fired this morning shortly before 10:00 a.m. local time. it went on a trajectory over the japanese island of okinawa and quickly provoked expressions of anger and outrage from japan and korea, which convened meetings of security officials. the u.s. described it as a provocative act threatening regional security. now, north korea, for their part, quickly said that it was a success, that the satellite is in orbit, unlike a test earlier this year when the rocket burned up on launch. the u.s. experts have conceded that an object is, indeed, in orbit and that even the chinese have expressed regret today, lynn. >> ian williams there live for us in beijing. ian, thanks so

dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a cash for neither trying out working here to pass out cause i really want to accomplish between the two economic power houses so is it really a game that neither can win the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this ng is there west strike to take this extension bible into jannah last. four bolz. lessing that the wall is a military clash so if the two eastern powerhouses can share nicely the catch me they will go to some other players already prowling on the sidelines you got this going to all of our team and after a short break america's former ambassador to saudi arabia weighs in on the consequences of amorous violent confrontation between israel and the palestinians to sta

squad up reports new delhi and beijing heading for a game over if they don't find common ground. as china and india rise economically their military muscles are growing as well both need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the two asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian government cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with china obviously a higher power with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after hanoi accuse chinese boats of sandwich dodging exploration india warned it's ready to use force to defend its interests hopefully as i said that should not lead to a longer term conflict but you know it's it's a new inevitable because both these countries now large ambitions of becoming global actors and player

they have some use for you beijing has warned india against pursuing well exploration in the disputed resource rich south china sea it comes in reaction to this week's statement by india's navy chief who announced that his country could go as far as sending warships to the area to protect its economic interests yet our personnel the investigate at the plant claims. as journeymen india rise economically their military muscles are growing as world both need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the two asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian government cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with. obviously. with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after hanoi accused chinese boss of sandwich dodging exploration indi

dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a cash for neither china or india to pass up because i really want the conflict between the two economic power houses says it may be a game that neither can win the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this ng is their west strike to pick this expansion by built in the china in terms of the last. four holes or dead. glass ceiling that the wall is a military clash. powerhouses. maybe will go to some other players already brewing on the sidelines. and some other world news in brief for you this hour greek youths have clashed with police and as it took to the streets marking the fourth anniversary of a deadly police shooting security officers had to resort to tear gas to disperse

on being confrontational and i think i do yeah india is a naval forces strong enough to challenge beijing's military might today or on our own i think he india neighbors only with chiefs statement is more important entrancing on capabilities and the same respect saying that they're trying to be more prepared to leave the eastern corner of the in the usual manner as to the. original need. easily taken literally same factor using listening to the need to gain means we foretell easily think one of these so there's a lot from passionately some decent things to do but the executable decision missions that are over but he had almost all or maybe is near and then he was also coming perhaps a week where we were being somewhat of a rough balance of power which would not be a bad idea in the long run he moved. out of commerce and. we're going to have to leave it right there thank you very much us rerunning cheli a professor and dean of jindal school of international a face. a look at some more international stories in brief now a number of egypt's newspapers have refused to publish their tuesday edit

dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a cash for neither china working here to pass up because i really want to accomplish between the two economic power houses so it's a really a game that neither can win the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this in yes there west strike to depict this expansion by both in the china terms of the last.