beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea, and caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters.

eunice is in beijing for us with plenty more on all of these stories. eunice, let's kick off first of all with mr. lew an his trip. every time a treasury secretary turns up in beijing, he talks about the strength of the currency. what the chinese government has done is gone into the markets, to make it clear that the u.n. is no longer a one-way bet for the markets. what is the direction of travel? >> so far, what u.s. secretary -- u.s. treasury secretary jack lew has been doing is really sending a cler and consistent message throughout his meetings. he is meeting with the premier. he also earlier today was meeting with other senior chinese officials. the main message is this, that he believes that china should speed up its economic reforms especially when it comes to the currency. now, for many years, as you were talking about, for many years, bay sjeng has been heavily

beijing is -- china. beijing is a partner, but how much support will they give in terms of countering the china aggression. >> reporter: the asean countries are trying to strike a middle ground. they are away of a war. they try to serve as a buffer, a venue in which the various parties try to resolve their disputes in a negotiated manner. asian is really betwist and bebetween the two collosi of the region, the u.s. and china, trying to do its best to steady nerves and resolve the problems specifically. >> they are, indeed, and they are in a difficult position. if they had to choose, we'd know about china's influence in asia, particularly in south-east asia is engrained. we have the soft power, the economic power. how much of a threat is the u.s. to asia, to beijing's presence in the region? >> well, yes, the countries in the region, especially the asian countries are increasingly economically dependent on the china, that doesn't necessarily mean if china throws its weight around that they'll fall into lin

beijing has responded. we have seen the violence done.what we're seeing now is a massive evacuation operation underway. yesterday one plane brought more than 100 chinese workers back to the city. today we see more left china a. today we see the arrival of two ships in vietnam. significantly they're at a port which is part of a steel mill built by thousands of chinese workers. that was the scene of some of the rioting. at least two chinese workers were killed at the mill and more than 100 injured. >> what's the underlying region for all this tension is this. >> the reason is not what's happening on land, it's what's happening at sea. you have china which deployed the oil rig to disputed waters between china and vietnam. that inflamed tensions within vietnam. there's a strong antichinese sentiment that dates back decades if not centuries. the bigger reason we're seeing this is because china is rising in the country. many countries including vietnam feels china is not take it seriously, bullying them, and carrying out territorial claims. cou

>> david mckenzie in beijing.hen we get that report, we will go through it and bring that to everyone live. thank you, david. >>> all right, happening right now, have pro-russian militants officially taken over eastern ukraine? is this a done deal? you will be shocked to hear who is saying it just might be. we'll take you there live, next. ♪ i'm almost done. [ male announcer ] now you can pay your bill... ♪ ...manage your appointments... [ dog barks ] ...and check your connection status... ♪ ...anytime, anywhere. ♪ [ dog growls ] ♪ oh. so you're protesting? ♪ okay. [ male announcer ] introducing xfinity my account. available on any device. >>> help. that is the word this morning from ukraine's acting president, who says security forces likely cannot stop pro-russian separatists who have now taken over two provinces near the russian border. he says all his government can do now is try to stop the violence from spreading. stunning words from the ukrainian leader. our senior international correspondent, nick paton wa

beijing accuses washington of making up evidence that links chinese officers to hacking.stration as voting gets off to a bump see start. the army is scaled to insure calm in some areas. delveing in to ancient history using modern technology, we use a truly revealing exhibition in london. ♪ ♪ >>> but first, the developing story we talked about earlier coming out of nigeria. and the reports of two explosions at a market in the central city of jost. let's go more from the nigeria january capital. what more do we know about these explosions. >> reporter: well, the information is starting to strike it in from jos. capital of nigeria's pla t.o. s. according to eyewitnesses twin blasts tore through a busy intersection at the main market in jos. it's also very close where the blast hand is also very close to the university city hospital as well as the town's main [inaudible] so you can imagine a very populated area where there were many people at that time. it happened around 3:00 local time. which is about 2:00 p.m. g.m. it. and eyewitnesses say main people were injured and talk

company following the dictatorship of beijing.and you also have the companies like google who refused to do business in china and stand up for its principles. talking about lost opportunities, i reflect on this a lot. i think that for our protesters, there were a lot of opportunities. the massacre was a tragedy that a small fraction clustered with the massacre. without the proper procedure even in the communist party, and it overruled even its own majority of its own people. for example, they stayed with the protesters indiana and squar--tiananmen square and saii don't think the troops will come. also this year i had the honor of meeting with the official that openly reject the massacre and lost his position and what's even more encouraging is that two or three years later. when there was an election even in the party controlled assembly to vote down some level that waits the clearing and vote for the people that are against it. so, it was a losing opportunity for the chinese. so it is a small portion of the ruling class that over

david mckenzie in beijing.. >> we'll have much more on the new data just released coming up. >>> also this story this morning, nigeria's military now claiming it knows where hundreds of abducted schoolgirls are being held. is the military telling the truth? and if so, why can't they go in and find them? we've got that after the break. >>> demands answered. months after flight 370 disappeared, we are now getting a first look at the satellite data used to chart its path into the indian ocean, but what does this data really show, and will we ever really know what happened to the jet? we are live in kuala lumpur this morning with the latest. >>> where are the girls? nigeria says it now knows where terrorists are holding more than 200 teenagers abducted from their school, but a rescue mission would be too dangerous, so what is the next step? and is nigeria even telling the truth? we're live with what's happening right now. >>> danger and destruction. look at this. tornadoes tearing through north dakota as heavy rain

if we do that, it would get beijing's attention. there are things we can do, but are not willing to do. >> it's a terrible situation. let's see what they do with the nuclear weapons and the test. good to have you with us. >> good to see you. >>> we'll be back with more of "consider this". >>> with immigration reform stalled in congress, there were more announced this week, including allowing immigrants to work in the u.s. the issue is deeply personal for our next guest, a pulitzer prize winner who outed himself as an undocumented immigrant. >> immigration is stories, here is my story. my grandparents legally immigrated from the philippines in the mid 1980s. my grandfather decided to get his grandson come to america. one morning a suitcase was packed. i was 12. i spent 18 years since i have seen my mother. so i'm launching a campaign about what it means to be american and the fact i am american. there are 11 million undocumented people. >> in 2010 undocumented people paid $211 million if tax. >> from nigeria. >> from brazil. >> we mo

if we do that, it would get beijing's attention. there are things we can do, but are not willing to do. >> it's a terrible situation. let's see what they do with the nuclear weapons and the test. good to have you with us. >> good to see you. real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> with immigration reform stalled in congress, there were more announced this week, including allowing immigrants to work in the u.s. the issue is deeply personal for our next guest, a pulitzer prize winner who outed himself as an undocumented immigrant. >> immigration i

further south, beijing is also involved in another so far r sovereignty tulsa.s now getting nationals out of vetnam sending five warships to speed up evacuation efforts. >> we are sending some very experienced people to vetnam. >> more than 3,000 chinese citizens have fled the country. worried about the economic fallout, vietnam's government is promising to protect all investors. china and taiwan are among the biggest. whether they remain so is now in doubt. the response of china's government to the attack on its citizens has so far been restrained. there will be no counter demonstrations here there could be a good reason for that. the authorities have some willing to allow protests so close to the anniversary of the suppression of the student-led protests almost 25 years ago. adrienne brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> marchley's prime minister says his country is at war with tauwreg separatists. they kidnapped dozens of civil servants and attacked the govern governoro governorors's? >> in syria, activists saying the country's air force chief has been killed. near

those of us are made at a dinner in later weeks to press beijing capital development was the biggest loser dropping four and two tents percent in trading today poly real estate also fell about three and a half percent. rail stops of course were a bright spot. they continue to get this today from last week's news about a planned increase in china's railway investments. china railway group and i jumped about three hundred percent today to a railway carriage it was up almost three percent. and also learned are eyeing the meantime the chinese you and you can tell what's right what's the latest in adelaide. check out very quickly about iq pressures more companies indicated plans to list over the weekend which added to concerns about oversupply of shares and that something will be watching as the weeks passed. meanwhile says that began last week a eighteen month well now we're sick investor enthusiasm for the currency starting at one site that sentiment will be tough to shake one trader told reuters this week it's clear the central bank rather than the market with incitement against weakne

you have beijing and shanghai. cities.f 70 just to go over what is contributing to the property slump that you see, a supply and demand issue. providing more steep discounts to during homebuyers. it is interesting. they were trying to encourage lenders to extend more mortgages. that there saying market is on a break. >> that is what they say. i have that on the board. re-accelerates to credit growth. know whichlicymakers lever to pull. they know which one to pull. the question is, when are they going to pull it and how much are they went to pull it by. >> thank you very much. we will tell you what we have on the way. the new government. our next good says that the economy will have a slow process. > >> the main benchmark is one of the best-performing. of ait may be the start longer gold rush. we will speak to find out who will drive the next phase of growth. >> here is a look at the markets across asia. have the region index. had thewhat we have moment. trainingtures started -- trading. look.e a up.it may be it may

david mckenzie in beijing for us.>>> pope francis says he plans to meet with victims of child sexual abuse at the vatican next month, vowing to show zero tolerance to abusers in the catholic church. he will meet with eight victims and cardinal shawn patrick o'mall o'mall o'malley. he also reveals that three bishops are under investigation. >>> a new study is getting a lot of attention online. the findings not as clear as you might think. it's about diet soda. the study is in the journal "obesity." it seems to show that drinking diet beverages can help you lose weight, perhaps even more than drinking water alone. but here's the catch. the so-called water group in this study were actually allowed to drink pretty much anything they wanted, including regular sugary soda. and the authors who are paid by a beverage industry trade group didn't track calorie consumption, so many critics are saying take the results with a grain of salt. i'll stick with my 4 1/2 gallons of coffee every day to see how that effects my diet. >> th

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web war, beijing summoned the u.s.assador after five military offices are charged with cyber theft. a country on the edge, military chiefs turn against the government as several countries close their embassys. and it's election day in malowi and we will look at who is going to be the country's next president. ♪ the government says the army must act according to the principals of the constitution and democracy and follows a declaration of marshal law, the army insists it's not trying to seize power and only seeking to restore order after months of mass street protests and we report from bangkok. >> reporter: this is what marshal law looks like. tanks are back on the streets in bangkok. soldiers making themselves very visible in strategic areas. the head of the military says the armed forces are now in control of all security in the country but this is not a coup. >> translator: to maintain peace an order and bring back peace into all groups and all sides as soon as possible i use law section two and four on marshal law

let's bring in david kennedy live from beijing this morning.avid, american companies have pursued a china strategy for a good 20 years now and they've all along complained that the chinese government, the pla, the people's liberation army, has been actually helping steal trade secrets. this is the first real move by the u.s. government to try to make that case. >> reporter: well, many american investors i've spoken to over the years have certainly made those allegations privately. and yes, this is the first time that it's come out in an indictment by the justice department, run by the fbi. and you know, christine, you saw these wanted posters of these five individuals, some of them, in fact, in pla uniforms. this was at best deeply embarrassing to the chinese government. they hit back very quickly, summoning the u.s. ambassador to china, max baucus, to a very late-night meeting here in beijing, a kind of slap on the wrist, but they have warned that there could be further consequences from the chinese side. they're also saying that the u.s. resp

her husband, chen bin, works in the radiology department of a beijing hospital.the couple's 20-year-old daughter bei-bei is studying chemistry. this family belongs to china's increasingly wealthy middle class. >> our generation was fortunate to be born in the 1960's. we grew up as china was launching major reforms. then there was the economic boom. when we graduated from university, there were lots of good jobs. the cost of living was still low. and we were able to lead the kind of life we wanted. for zhao's mother, wei shu-qin. she's 83 and has raised four children. her generation survived japanese occupation, civil war, and a harsh life under mao ze-dong. she likes to exercise in a nearby park. when she's up to it, she joins the tai-chi group. high-rise apartment building in 2004. her new home even has central heating. wei worked in the textile industry, and she still likes to sew. she's proud of what china has become. >> in the old days, we often didn't have enough to eat. we were hungry. today, you can buy anything -- and prices aren't that bad. our country i

china is a victim of this. >> beijing demands the withdrawal of the indictments.hina has suspended cooperation with the united states on an internet working group. >> we will take further action in accordance with the situation. >> the men are suspected of stealing information from u.s. companies. according to the white house, the u.s. warned china against these attacks. >> we have consistently and candidly raised concerns with the chinese government. today's announcement reflects our growing concerns that this chinese behavior has continued. >> economic hacking has reportedly been going on for years. u.s. officials say it has directly led to the loss of jobs and profit for american companies. news, pro-russian separatists fighting government forces in eastern ukraine are facing a surge of local anger. rallies have been held in donetsk in protest of the pro-russian separatist movement at the instigation of ukraine's richest man. hasl magnate rinat akhmetov accused separatists of leading the country toward genocide. let's cross to donetsk to speak to rob parsons. h

adrian brown joins us from beijing. thank you. >>> to other news - north korea offered a rare apology to people that lost relatives after an apartment building collapsed. the company's newsagency significant specify how many were killed, only that it happened last tuesday in pyongyang. the ministry says around 92 families were living in the 23 storey building. >>> in south korea around 10,000 people held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the ferry disaster, and demanded those responsible be punished. 285 died when the ferry capsized, many of whom were high school students. >>> celebrations it mark five years since the end of the civil war exposed deep divisions. the government have held a victory parade. commemorations have been broken up. survivors of the war say they are suffering - their suffering is far from over. this report from the northern city of jaffna. >> the mark of the minion, worn by tamil women. this woman wore hers since her marriage to a leader of the tam ill tigers. she and the women i met in jaff

close to japan, beijing is involved in a tussle over the spratly islands. for now, the focus for china is to get its nationals out of vietnam, the government sending five warships to speed up efforts. >> translation: we are sending experienced people to vietnam. >> reporter: more that 3,000 chinese citizens fled the country, worried about the economic fall out. vietnam's government is promising to protect investors. china and taiwan are among the biggest. whether they remain so is in doubt. it's not just about oil and gas. whoever controls the south sudan controls some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, roots used to bring electrical goods and food stuff to the united states. >>> joining me now is jonathan london, a professor at the city university of hong kong, where he focuses reach on vietnam. good to have you with us. what impact is this having on vietnam, can they withstand and afford military action? well, i think certainly military conflict needs to be avoided at all costs. vietnam's leader-is under pressure. certainly they need to respond to the

if we did that we would get beijing's attention.re are things we could do but we are not willing to upset the chinese. >> lease see what they end up doing with these nuclear weapons and tests. gordan chang good to see you. >> thank you. >> the crisis in ukraine, tensions are high in much of the eastern part of the country where pro-russian separatists are preparing to stage a referendum on sunday. meanwhile after meeting with european union foreign policy chief katherine ashton in washington, secretary of state john kerry called the plan con con drived and bothus n. >> we reject this flatly and its pursuit will create even more problems in the effort to try to deescalate the situation. >> i am joined by yuri sergeiv. it is good of you to join us, am bo ambassador. secretary kerry says the u.s. will not recognize the results. what if russia decides the votes are valid? >> no one will support the results of this referendum because we had experience with the same referendum in crimea. so because the figures have been falsified and ther

halfway through the year of review i traveled to beijing. i was told by chinese leaders they are getting the conditionÀa la the, this was a bluff. i didn't believe it. i had a letter signed by 100 , 100 democrats and republicans presented that, and the chinese official looked at it and laughed. he said the fix is in. may, --it waste as cynical as it gets. president clinton took the executive order, ripped in half, and said it is not longer operative. we lost the ability to pass msn removal. the chinese government got away with murder. a few yearsrlier, later the butcher of beijing, the white house being fÊted, full military honors. he should've been sent to the hague or prosecution of against humanity. he was carried around on a pillow. we have a situation where just in december we had five daughters, all of their fathers are being tortured. a said we are appealing to beijing, let our fathers go. they said our appeal is to president obama. meet with us. you have two daughters. you will understand. our dads are being tortured. we love our dad

those discussions followed up on a meeting they held in march in beijing. thousand, aft now, after the talks japanese cabinet members talked about kis duszed measures. they considered lifting some sanctions on the north in phases if authorities in pyongyang showed a willingness to launch an effective probe. the north koreans have pushed for the lifting of sanctions related to travel and for the settlement of issues tied to japan's past colonial rule of the korean peninsula. these talks between japan and north korea have been going on for several years now. nhk world's hiroki yajima explains how negotiators got to this point. >> reporter: japanese and north korean negotiators met in beijing in 2008 to go over the abductions issue. the north koreans agreed to conduct a fresh investigation and release findings toward the end of the year. but that changed when japanese prime minister stepped down. authorities in pyongyang cited his resignation as a reason to call off the probe. the issues stayed on the back burner for years. then this past march, government off

in both cases, authorities in beijing have blamed militants fighting for an independent state for the attacks. >> this violent terrorist incident once again shows that terrorists are fundamentally against humanity, society, and civilization. they should be condemned only by the chinese people and the international community. >> beijing has vowed to crack down on the violence. the president said no effort would be spared to maintain stability. >> some other news, an attempt by the united nations to act against syria's three-year-old civil war has yet again been blocked at the security council. >> on thursday, just as they have done several times since the conflict began, china and russia used their veto right to stop a resolution on serious -- syria. >> united nations wants to ask the criminal court to step in and investigate possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> it is the fourth time russia and china have locked united nations security council action on syria. if the resolution had passed, the international criminal court would have been able to investigate alleged human

they are cueing to enter one of beijing said busy subway stations. there's a weary acceptance. >> i don't think the effect will be great. the real attacks won't take place in such a subway station. >> i was a bit worried before but feel better now that security has been beefed up. >> in beijing, armed police now patrol the streets. elsewhere, the early seems on a war footing. this show of force was in the capitol of the rest of the province and a response to last week's car bombings here that killed 39. the central government blamed the attacks on accept are activities. such images are aimed at reassuring and increasingly worried public. >> the government wants to send out the signal that the committee to protecting lives and safety of the public in a more effective way. i think the chinese people will finally be ail to understand. >> in scenes that are enecho of china's retch illusionly era rallies, state media release photos of a mass trial held in a soccer stadium. 55 people were convicted of terrorism, separatism and murder. three were sentenced

>> our david mckenzie in rain-soaked beijing. east coast obviously traveling all the way to china at this point. >> thank him for standing outside for us for that report. >> those families waiting for that report. and again, we are waiting for this report, the official report on flight 370, due out any minute from now. >>> we've also been talking a lot about the minimum wage and fair pay for workers. some surprising findings this morning about who may not be paying employees what they're owed. that's in "money time," next. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. he gets a ready for

eunice is in beijing. how receptive are the chinese going to be to jack lew's comments here? they are exporters to keep happy. >> that's right. it's a really difficult balancing act that the chinese authorities will have to manage. because on the one hand they do see the need for economic reforms but on the other hand they had terrible growth figures that, you know, came out today, the april figures were looking really bad. so you see a situation where jack lew is coming at a time when these chinese officials are going to have a lot to deal with. now, in terms of his visit, he did have a packed day with senior chinese officials and his message has been skin the, that is that he was hoping that beijing would speed ahead with its economic reforms, especially when it came to the currency. the currency has been an issue between u.s. and china. china has been criticized for its currency policy which many people believe was set lower to give exporters a boost. the issue has come off the table because the chinese

we have 500 people deployed in america, but about 30 in beijing. if you're going to work on global warming, you have to have folks in china and we're working with the chinese government to clean up the air. >> charlie: someone the other day told me they had spoken to him or someone close to him. he said, one, i've got to clean up the air, corruption, and, three, i've got to get the economy on a sustainable footing by turning it from an export economy to a demand economy. pollution is right at the top. >> that's consistent from everything i know from our folks in beijing that the people and the government are serious in taking strong measures to clean up the air, and i would not bet against them. when they set out to do something, the chinese government, they tend to get it done. >> charlie: because it's not a democracy? >> they meet their goals in the five-year plan, and they've set some strong goals on cleaning carbon and -- >> charlie: i think they tie the survivability of the party to that. >> you know, it's a political system, as an increasing

. >> more now from adrian brown who is in beijing. >> reporter: this is a reminder tensions between vietnam and china are not going a way, in this latest incident there are different versions of what happened. china says a vietnamese fishing vessel bumped into one of itses are vessels and capsized and sink and they said they that attacked it and caused it to sink. this happened in a place where they are drilling for oil on lands that are claimed by china and vietnam and this began at the beginning of the month and they protect the drilling

cctv world headquarters in beijing thank you for joining us. he has three pm here the chinese capital. our top story this awful time he's been in the kitchen and is into his third full day of its four country tour in africa. he's laid out a framework for china africa cooperation in a speech at the hidden corners of the african union. speaking on monday in addis ababa ethiopia created a new proposed four principles for deepening cooperation and he underlined six primary areas of cooperation. cctv is core to chop has the details the premier league said conley of africa's role in maintaining world peace and stability is africa has become one pole of the world in three dimensions and when claire on the stage of world politics. you can shoot the heir to the global economic growth and to call for party human civilization in order to further deepen bilateral ties. we proposed for guiding principles treating each other seems fairly and equally consolidating solidarity and mutual trust to jointly pursue an inclusive development and promoting innovation

he wants to hold talks with xi during the economic summit in beijing. tang promised he will convey the request to the chinese leadership. tang referred to ongoing discussions in japan over whether the country can exercise its right to collective self-defense. that allows japan to use armed force to defend allies under attack. he also asked koumura whether japan's cabinet is trying to radically change the security policy. koumura replied he doesn't see china as a threat but added japan and other countries in the region worries tat china keeps spending more money on defense. >>> the japanese delegates are expected to meet a high-ranking official on the chain east community party on monday to try to improve relations between the two nations. >>> japan's finance minister taro aso is promising to help improve infrastructure in asian nations to stimulate regional growth. aso made the commitment on sunday at an annual meeting of the asian development bank. finance ministers and other officials from 67 countries and territories are meeting in kazakhstan's capit

an estimated 10 million people use beijing's subway system every day. feeling lucky after looking at that, right ? >>> well, research commissioned by cnn has found that roughly half, all adults in the u.s. have had their personal information exposed by hackers. that's 110 million americans, and just in the past 12 months. even more mind boggling, the number of accounts hacked in that period could top 430 million, but the exact number of exposed accounts is hard to pin down because some companies, of course, they're not transparent about their cyber security breaches. >>> well, a mystery donor has spiked a modern day gold rush in california. the lonely benefactor leaves packets of cash around san francisco and gives clues via twitter. dan simons joins the hunt. >> reporter: all right. he just posted a new clue. it says find mr. franklin along the crookedest street. let's go. >> it's a san francisco scavenger hunt and we're playing along, tracking the world famous catch to lombard street. >> we came over here super fast, the second the tweet came out. >>

eunice yoon, cnbc, beijing. >>> let's give you a look at what's on the agenda in asia tomorrow. china's industrial profits for the month of april will be out. we may get an idea on whether china's slowing economic growth is taking a hit on the bottom line of state-owned companies. meanwhile, india's new ministers take charge. more clarity is expected to emerge going forward and as thailand continues under marshall l-- martial law we trak the impact on the economy and the markets. >>> a mining producer is seeking to develop the tenth largest mine in the country. the ivory coast project is fully funded and is expected to extract goal at $700 an ounce, making it profitable at current market prices. what are the risks of investing in a country that has seen two civil wars in less than a decade. i have loads of questions.

chinese espionage operation that at worth snowden has almost certainly a spy of the government in beijing. then on june 24 when he left hong kong and flew to moscow on his way to ecuador and got trapped in moscow by the u.s. government who revoked his passport the very same people who'd accused him of being a chinese spy instantly transformed their smear smear campaign into oh he's obviously

. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic.l reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> time now for listening post news bites. now that thailand's prime min has fallen. some are trying to control the news coverage of what remains of her government. she was ousted by a constitutional court may 6th which found her guilty of abuse of power. three days later, five of the country's biggest networks have protesters on their doorsteps. those protesters infiltrated the state-owned broadcaste and demanded the journal have the stop using government process and start braufrt broadcasting. they said pdrc protesters, threats against the media are not only illegal but show an ugly disregard for freedom of the press. press freedom is about allowing all views to be heard, not just those of one side. antishinowat forces are talking about finey dismantling the media network built by one toppled in a coup but who is sfwlfrmths movement keeps winning elections. >> the 20th answdversar of tiananmen square massacre

nhk world, beijing. >>> a u.s. navy official says china will send four naval vessels to take part in a multinational drill next month off hawaii. the u.s. exercise is one of the largest of its kind and takes place every two years. this will be the first time china participates. personnel from more than 20 countries will take part in the rim of the pacific exercise. the u.s. navy official says china is expected to send a hospital ship, two destroyers and a supply ship. the hospital ship will likely be part of a drill simulating relief work in the wake of a major disaster. the three other vessels are expected to join exercises to find piracy and drug smuggling. china's military has been increasing its maritime activities. observers say u.s. naval commanders invited their chinese counterparts to deepen their understanding of international naval practices. >>> officials at the international monetary fund are trying to bring some stability to ukraine. they've approved a multibillion dollar bailout to help the interim go

. >> the 20th answdversar of tiananmen square massacre and there are signs that beijing is threateningtical voices. shinwa reported a prominent reporter had been jailed for leaking state secrets. the 70-year-old seed from her home in the capitol last month accused of supplying a confidential document to a foreign website. >> document reportedly details beijing's plans for continued economic reform while preventing the spread of democracy. following the arrest, confession of a wok said to be yua spokeswoman said it was carried out because the journalist had broken chinese law on may 11th, they demanded her release. a publisher in hong kong due to release a book critical of the chinese president was centsed to 10 years in jail on smuggling charges. his son, edmond yao told the "new york times" there is no question that there are treeing to punish him for his public activities through normal criminal charges. >>> after more than 260 days in a cairo prison and reportedly more than 100 days into a hunger strike, video appefootage as an alshamy? >> if anything happens to me, my health fails

as putin arrives in beijing, we ask the question, is russia putting all eggs in one basket? the world's newest nation. it's already a country blighted by huge suffering that may be about to get worse. what started as a political squabble between the president and his deputy has escalated into six months of civil war leading to more than a million people displaced. a second cease fire between the rivals and armed followers has failed for which each side has blamed the other. aid agencies predict the worst famine will take hold if the fighting doesn't stop. we're going to talk to stephen who sat down with both. before we hear his assessment of the situation, let's hear what the president told stephabout t prospects of the country's worst fighting. >> we have the fighting. we also have a massive humanitarian crisis developing in south sudan? >> i agree. >> i spoke to the director of the world food program yesterday. he said it's no longer a question of whether people die of hunger in south sudan, it's a question of how many. he is concern had the your government doesn't underst

cnn's david mckenzie is joining us live from beijing right now.es, they have to deal with those words right now. they also have deal with this new report from malaysian officials. what are these family members telling you? >> reporter: well, wolf, they're saying, the ones we've spoken to at least, that the report is irrelevant to them because it doesn't tell them any new information that gets them closer to finding out what happened to their loved ones. of course, there's a whole different set of requirements for this and the emotional scenes that we saw at the hotel were because they were told they need to go home. that the assistant centers are being closed here in the hotel where hundreds have been stuck for nearly two months. and that led to these terrible scenes of wailing and kneeling on the ground. some of them holding on to the chinese police on the scene saying, where are my loved ones? how can we find them? the calm was later restored by chinese officials. and certainly it appears that there is pressure for the family members both from t

beijing announced an air defense identification zone over the sea in november. a defense ministry spokesperson says japanese aircraft have pursued and obstructed chinese plane morse than ten times since then. he also says two sdf jets came within about ten meters of a chinese plane in november. >>> u.s. officials have criticized the chinese action. a state department spokesperson says any attempt to interfere with freedom of aviation and international air space raises regional tensions. >>> and we have a series of economic data out of japan today, ron madison has the latest from the business desk. >> yeah, that's right, shery. in fact the data shows that the sales tax hike in april is having a considerable impact on the economy. first, the cost of goods and services went up at the fastest pace in more than 20 years. officials at the internal affairs ministry say the consumer price index jumped by 3.2% over the same period last year. that's the biggest leap since 1991. officials say the consumption tax hike from 5% to 8% was the main factor. the index does exclud

in november during the apec economic summit in beijing. ten promised he will convey the request to the chinese leadership can refer to ongoing discussions in japan over whether the country can exercise his right to collective self defense that allows japan to use armed force to defend allies under attack. he also ask warmer weather obvious candidate is trying to radically change japan's security policy colder climate and doesn't see china as a threat to canada japan and other countries in the region worried that china keeps spending more money on defense. organisms are crossing the pacific ocean on debris from the tsunami that hit japan in two thousand and eleven officials that depends upon a ministry to find out how it could affect ecosystems on north america's west coast. the tsunami caused about one and a half million tonnes of debris to wash out into the pacific ocean. ministry officials say almost four hundred thousand tonnes could reach the west coast of the us and canada by it over. people in the region have already found shellfish

i spent a lot of time over in asia, most recently living in beijing. i have to tell you, the mood among mean chinese, they're on the rise and we're just moving down. regardless of what the stats are, what the realities are, that's how they are feeling. that is not a good place for us to be. i compare it to the 1970s, when you had nixon and secretary kissinger after the vietnam war. they didn't fall back into recluse, they actually had a strategy. it was conquer and divide. they made sure they had a strong relationship with the chinese and strong relationship with the soviets. now, it's no longer the case. the question that i have is, what is our strategy? what is the administration's strategy? because there's all this talk of this pivot to asia. i'm not even sure what that means. president obama has not even taken a trip other than once to beijing. if this is in fact the most important relationship of the 21st century, why not sit down and meet with xi jinping and meet with the officials over there. to the chinese people, that means a whole heck of a l

beijing's relations with the u.s. plunges a new bundle of cyber spying accusations come from washington it's following revelations america itself tweaked internet routers for industrial espionage. also we've all the latest on the fate of two russian reporters held by the ukrainian army it is now and they were hunted down deliberately after filming the use of a un mocked helicopter as they were cracking down on protesters. good morning from moscow just after eight am for me rory sushi and the inside news team welcome to today's top world headlines. hundreds of billions of dollars worth of deals are about to be signed in shanghai where the chinese and russian leaders are preparing to take their ties right to the next new level including perhaps the biggest energy deal of all time it's been years in the making but moscow and beijing are reportedly very close to a natural gas trade agreement is worth as much as four hundred billion dollars let's cross now live to r.t. is elected a chef who's standing by in shanghai for us

how beijing may manage of the housing cool down.pears to really be across the board. >> beijing has spent the past five years trying to prevent prices by increasing too much. now they are sensing the labor almost to the negative. it could contribute to a further slowdown of the chinese economy. you saw home prices rise in april and 40 or out of the 37. by comparison, if you look at the month of march, it was six cities. taking a look at the two big cities. prices in the beijing rose compared to the large in shanghai. they were falling from a month earlier. we all than -- we often talk about this on the program. you see developers coming in. they're offering this. they want to lower more homebuyers to market. you are seeing less construction. there's no incentive to build new contracts. this is being extended. how they wantg on to put more pressure on lenders to break celebrate these mortgages. it goes back to creating more demand. connected, specifically if you look at how the government is reacting. >> it is counterintuitive. we se

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