not all come to beijing with concrete dreams. youngsters have a different perspective on life than their parents. in the past migrants would send money back to their families. now youngsters chase their dreams longing to enjoy urban life. it's 9:00 a.m. on guijie street. the mornings here are very tranquil. street vendors who worked throughout the night can now rest. it's 3:00 p.m. this restaurant is holding job interviews. the monthly wage is $320 u.s. including room and board. much better than the working conditions in rural areas. however, many workers are unable to tolerate the long night shifts and they eventually quit. >> gao, owner of the town's biggest restaurant, has his own philosophy. gao came to beijing from a rural area and worked his way up. his values are different from the free willing values of youngsters today. the battle of the generations continues. it's 4:00 p.m. massive amounts of food are delivered to the back of gao's restaurant. since today's a festival day, gao has purchased more crayfish than usual. he'

♪ >>> this is guijie street, beijings largest gourmet district.ore than 100 eat ris and bars line the 700 meter street. it's a district that never sleeps. always striving to satisfy the voraciousppetite ofts customers. the streets a product of china ease economic growth. 's massive appeal attracts custom from all over china. new forms of business can also be seen. no matter how meager, people try to make a living here while others monitor for illegal activity. the round the clock struggles of people here have shaped what guijie is today. the area encapsulates the rapid changes of modern china. this episode follows 24 hours in this gourmet town. >>> this is beijing, the capital of china. it's a sprawling me prop lis with the population exceedsing 21 million. some 450,000 people flock here every year from all over china. the city and its people are in a constant state of flux. guijie street is located at the center of this ever changing city. it's 4:00 p.m. and there are few customers around. at one restaurant staff take to the street for a ritual l

beijing and zhangjiakou have presented a joint bid for the 2022 winter olympics.hey get it, some of the events would take place in this resort. though temperatures here can fall to minus 18 degrees celcius in the mornings, it's also very dry. snowfall is so rare here that most of the slopes are constucted using artificial snow. there's no sign of any snow in the neighbouring valley either. this is where organisers want to hold the biathalon event, among others. but the committee's confident they can overcome such challenges. >> we need to make sure that we don't see a repeat of what happened in vancouver, where lack of snow had a huge impact on the winter games. we need to use advanced technology, as is already the case in europe, which collects snow from the previous year for the following year's competition. >> the olympic village is to be built on this site. it's currently home to farmers, who organisers say will be re-settled and compensated if the project goes ahead. most people in china support beijing's olympic bid, believing the winter games will drive inv

beijing is covered with smog. environmental awareness among people is growing. >> chinese media say 40% fewer fireworks and firecrackers have been shipped this year to stores in beijing. >>> now over in new zealand workers are trying to save stranded whales. about 200 got stuck in shallows in an area called golden bay. rescuers rushed to refloat them as the tide rose. they say 25 have died. officials describe this part of the coast as a whale trap. they say this is the biggest stranding in over a decade. they are trying to figure out why it happened. >>> next let's take a brief look at the marthket figures. >>> now here is a three-day weather outlook. >>> that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." from all of us at nhk world, thanks for watching and have a good day. wherever you are. she began her career in early television and then found success on the broadway stage but it was her film work that we all still know her for today from two classic films north by northwest and on the water front all the way up

let's get to beijing, christine.morning christine. >> as you said, january home prices falling a little bit less than december this index tracks 70 cities. now we have 64 cities falling, it is following a general trend. home prices may have hit the bottom in key provinces of china last year. we saw prices hit bottom last september in beijing, guangzhou in october. the only major city that has continued to see prices drop is tryingchungdu. this is due to the rate cut and the central bank injections of liquidity through various means. most think that the prices in the housing market in china are stabilizing and receiving some support. we do not know if they will start rising because there is a lot of excess inventory in many cities that most analysts -- but most analysts see support this year. to recap, month on month we saw a drop in beijing with prices falling to 0.1% month on month, 0.3% in december. shanghai prices have remained unchanged. courts against the question -- >> i guess the question i will be asking is,

do you know the way to beijing? >>> also, how about a trip to mars? the bay area travelers planning for an out of this world trip tonight. >>> plus -- >> okay i have all these restaurants and we've been very successful but if we don't improve the quality of life of someone, i mean i don't think it really matters. >> chicken and waffles with a side of second chances. the restauranteur whose hiring philosophy makes us "bay area proud." >>> and good afternoon. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. cloudy and overcast conditions right now in san jose and just 58 degrees. we're tracking that fog forecast. we'll have details on what this means for wednesday in just a few minutes. >>> then at 6:00 a fiery train crash back east has critics in the bay area saying we told you so. how they hope to use this video to stop a plan to transport toxic cargo to a south bay neighborhood. >> most people don't know it's happening. >> that's new at 6:00. >>> traveling from the south bay to china just got easier. starting this june hainan air will fly from san jose to beijing non

high nan airlines will fly to beijing five days a week. bringing families closer together and giving local techies an alternative to flying out of san francisco. >> not only are they located in the south bay but a lot of them live around here too. it really does help them save time both to do a little bit extra work in the office before their flight or spend time with their families afterward. >> but along with lots of product and money changing hands, there's a lot of tension between silicon valley and beijing largely because of cyber attacks. one local leader says a flight like this might lead to more openness. >> those engaging in fraudulent or illegal activity can easily do so from a small office in shanghai as they can here in san jose. i would much rather they do it in san jose where everybody is under the same set of rules. >> 12 1/2 hours of travel to make the world a smaller place. >> we don't yet know how much the flights will cost. we should know in the next couple of weeks. we do know they will take off at 1:10 in the afternoon

but beijing officials have limited sales this year in a bid to fight the city's chronic air pollution. the celebratory items went on sale in the capital friday ahead of the start of the new year on february 19th. city officials are limiting the sales period to just 11 days. that's half the usual length. that's expected to slash consumption, and keep the air cleaner. air pollution worsens during the lunar new year holiday due to thousands of fireworks. >> translator: i buy fireworks and fire crackers every year to celebrate the new year. it's a traditional thing. >> sales are falling. beijing is always covered with smog to environmental awareness of the people is growing. >> chinese media say about 40% fewer fireworks and firecrackers have been shipped to stores in beijing this year. >>> all right that is going to wrap it up for biz tonight. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> some people in japan are dealing with blizzard conditions and damaging winds. our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us for the latest. sayaka? >> yes gene extreme weather is happening in many parts of japan. we ar

all the way from beijing and valley christian school together. ready? all right. >> [speaking foreign language] valley christian school -- [speaking foreign language] >> can you feel it everybody? ready? (band playing) watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hu

take -- and beijing. beijing is one of the biggest ones right now. the roads. let's take a look at things. people moving out of the big cities. we will break it down even further. let's take a look at shanghai. we can see where everything is moving. orange lines are people leaving. yellow line, people coming. by do a good tool for this. according to tech in asia, they say that baidu mass alone get about 3.5 million location requests per day. it can track the most popular destinations, the travel route. people can use this to avoid traffic. let's take a closer look at what destinations are proving a popular choice for this year's holiday. joining us, david fraser, the managing director of flight center. 1.3 billion people on the move and even more than that. where is everybody going? >> from a hong kong point of view, we see a big increase in chinese new year bookings this year. about 200%. a big part of that is we put down chinese new year's being later. new year's last year was combined into one trip. >> where are they going? --japan is up over 700

all the way from beijing and valley christian school together. ready? all right. >> [speaking foreign language] valley christian school -- [speaking foreign language] >> can you feel it everybody? ready? (band playing) >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas a

as the army units came into beijing, they were net with resistance. point, one of the carriers was set on fire and some of the chinese soldiers inside it were burned to death. >> they were using battlefield weapons. these were armor-piercing bullets. and the crowd was, of course, densely packed. so there were lots and lots of casualties. >> jan wong along with some other journalists retreated to a room at the beijing hotel which overlooks the square. >> the rest of the night, we just watched this carnage unfold. >> this is about the worst you can do to your own citizens, and they're doing it. that armored personnel group, as it worked its way down the main street toward tiananmen square, was firing at demonstrators. >> it was a bloodbath. i mean, you have one side with military-grade weapons, and then you have people in their summer dresses with their children. it's a massacre. >> the next day, "ap" still photographer, jeff widner convinces a man he just met named kirk to let him camp out in his room at the beijing hotel. jeff shoots photos until he r

all the way from beijing and valley christian school together. ready? all right. >> [speaking foreign language] valley christian school -- [speaking foreign language] >> can you feel it everybody? ready? (band playing)

all the way from beijing and valley christian school together. ready? all right. >> [speaking foreign language] valley christian school -- [speaking foreign language] >> can you feel it everybody? ready? (band playing) >> the program will be continued by the remarks of our special guests. first of all the honorable mayor of san francisco. please welcome our mayor. [applause] >> thank you very much. happy luna new year everyone. [applause] it's my pleasure again to join our senator leno, our supervisors kim and scott wiener and the entire committee that has worked so hard to put on this wonderful, wonderful festival for our entire city. i just love this time of the year. the year of the ram this year is going to be about artistry, about coming together supporting each other. i want to say thank you very much to the festival volunteer community and the vietnamese community and economic development center. they have been wonderful in putting this on and now that we're revitalizing market street there is a connection of the improvements of the area and conn

we need to bring nixon to beijing. at this point makes them and kissinger are issuing anti-china comments and president nixon gives a press conference 1969 on building up a defense system against china, not the soviet union. in the book kissinger reveals five times that they invite him to come to china. five times. they either don't get the message or they turn it down. at one point a letter and i didn't believe that it existed. they wrote a letter that says please come to china. sitting there in the archives, the original still there. kissinger says return this now because it was too risky. so the problem with understanding the chinese secret strategy is until the documents are declassified on both sides, we don't really know how to secret strategy began and how it's working out and i got a security review authorities to declassify a number of these arguments and the american presidential decisions to and from and also part of the chinese story that's beginning to come out. but i hope others will follow me in trying t

a chinese entrepreneur wants to add a district in beijing to that list. he set up a place for techies and investors to meet and trade ideas and hopefully power a digital revolution made in china. nhk world reports. >> reporter: beijing is packed with electronics stores and i.t. companies. and it's home to one particular hub of high-tech ideas. >> the sign says garage cafe. a place for innovation and investment. let's take a look inside. people who don't yet have their own offices come here to work. the cafe can seat up to 300. there are power sources at every table, and free access to the internet. customers only have to pay for their food and drink. it's designed as a place in which young entrepreneurs and investors can meet chair ideas, and get new businesses off the ground. the owner says he called it garage cafe because companies like apple began in a simple garage. >> translator: it's a good place to start a business because it has a high concentration of research and financial institutions. all it was missing was affordable work spaces for aspiring

the company is helping them to get temporary work in beijing. the system is not such a big driver, but the cost of living is very expensive so what is driving the people out is not the other things it is the cost of living. we see the employment opportunities and huge openings in the cities and people are moving to those cities. if you want to do business in china, try to move into second tier cities where the economy is growing faster. >> great talking to you, talking to us about changes in employment intra-china. -- in china. new year, new rules. more details after this. ♪ >> it is that time of year again when the biggest wave of migration rumbles into china. millions of people will be there for the festival holiday. that highlights the huge number of migrant workers and comes as the government announces changes in residency laws. let's talk about the new year rush. >> the rest of the train stations and airports have begun. let's bring up the numbers. we can look at 2.8 billion journeys. that's not individual people but the number of trips the

we need to bring nixon to beijing. at this point, nixon and kissinger are issuing anti-china comment by president nixon gives a press conference figure 69. but in the ballistic missile defense system china not the soviet union. in his new book, kissinger reveals five times the chinese invite nixon to come to china. five times the americans either don't get the message or turn it down. it is in kissinger's book. specifically at one point a letter i didn't believe existed. it is a letter from the chinese to president nixon. please come to china. one-page letter in the archives, the original still there. kissinger says return of down because it was too risky. the problem understanding china's secret strategies until these documents are declassified on both sides we don't know how the secret strategy bpm and how it's working out. i got the security review authorities that declassify these documents in the american presidential decision and also part of the chinese story became to come out. i hope others will follow me and

folks can get to beijing on a direct flight from san jose faster than going up 101. >> flights to beijing starts june 15th. this is the third foreign country served by san jose's airport. the other two are mexico and japan. >>> snack bars are an increasingly popular option. >> but can you get one that's healthy and tastes good? >> michael finney has a snack bar taste test. >> it's unbelievable. consumer reports sampled dozens of items to help you find the best. snack bars are handy grab and go foods. but there's a difference between those that are healthy and ones that have a lot of sugar and saturated fat. this clip bar has more calories than a snickers. 28 bars were evaluated and rated for nutrition and taste. it's important to look beyond fat and calories. check the label and look for real foods, like fruits and nuts. lots of rs boast about their protein content, but watch out for soil protein isolate when listed as the first ingredient. >> it's better to get most of your protein from natural sources, like nuts. >> reporter: some standouts the kind plus almond bar is top rated for $1.2

he reveals beijing's true strategy. joining us to discuss chinese strategy, mike pillsbury, now the director of the china program at the hudson institute a think tank. you're also on the washington post and l.a. times bestseller list. >> number one oboth lists. >> which is great. what is china trying to achieve anand why? >> china has natural ambitions that any country would have. but it's history gives it an ambition other countries don't have a that is to restore itself to be the dinant power in the world as it was for a couple of years. they call this strategy the road to rejuvenation, and they see it as a return to their natural role. >> one of the things you quote which is a great quote from confucius, "there cannot be two sons in the skor two emperors on earth." that iselling. >> and their view of america is that we did not earn, over 2000 years, the right to be a world leader. they call us a hegemon -- they call us a bah, which they told us means a hegemon or world leader, but which actually means a tire it -- ty

conclusions in this fight for the protection >>> kazakhstan's largest city helps it to compete in beijing to host the winter games in 2022. the i.s. c in the area looking at the facilities. 2014 drew criticism for costing an excess of $50 million.

a high of 5 in seoul, 3 in beijing. now as the high shifts toward the east we'll have that southerly flow, so some clouds and rain for shanghai and taipei as we go in to saturday. let me take you over in to southeastern africa where we have a tropical disturbance now in process. here's madagascar and there's that tropical disturbance that is spinning around. it is expected to become a little bit stronger as we progress throughout the day, friday into saturday. but, as it moves down toward the south, it is going to also pick up a lot of moisture. this is going to be a big rain system. that's the concern here. up to 200 millimeters of rainfall just in the next couple of days. along the west coast of madagascar, and then as it continues to move down toward the south still bringing in that moisture so make sure that you are aware of the weather situation, because this is going to be a big rain producer. speaking of rain we're going to go up to europe now, where we have been talking about a low pressure system that is starti

all the way from beijing and valley christian school together. ready? all right. >> [speaking foreign language] valley christian school -- [speaking foreign language] >> can you feel it everybody? ready? (band playing) >> good morning, everybody. welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated about $14 million to improve this incredible park. our goal together we are going to build the new dolores park that is going to be built to last. it is going to retain all of it's important features, all of it's historic qualities, all of it's essential beauty. but yet be built with the idea that this is whenever people come. >> we are going to be renovating all six tennis court's, replacing the basketball court with operations underneath so the staff has the ability to maintain the park. we are completely renovating the irrigation system and in addition to the operations we are building two new restroom buildings. this fund was part of the park renovation fund.

that's actually responsible for the hazy conditions in beijing.. 2.5 level is on the hazardous today. here across southern areas of china we're looking at thunderstorm activities. finally tokyo reaching up to double digits today with 11 degrees and partly sunny skies. i'll leave you now for an extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. xnóx >>> today asian voices comes to you from lahore pakistan. an activist trying to protect the rights of many. >> hina jilani is fighting to improve human rights in pakistan for more than 30 years. it was here in pakistan that malala yousafzai who shared last year's nobel peace prize

all the way from beijing and valley christian school together. ready? all right. >> [speaking foreign language] valley christian school -- [speaking foreign language] >> can you feel it everybody? ready? (band playing) test. >> hey, there san francisco nona back with budget friendly events and activities it is about anniversaries and festivals keep it here to find out were this wednesday with the one hundred anniversary of the scombrl expo on the center on valencia aiming to excavate the city's lost history learn marrow about our awesome city and on friday the ocean fwlm festival see the mysteries of the ocean and experience the tlifl of saltwater skills and also catch films about giant tortoise and sharks and much, much more and on sunday it's in the park swing distance to the golden gate park lindsey in the park office a free lesson they're short and easy and fun from 10 to 2:00 p.m. that's the weekly buzz for more information visit sfgov.org and while ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i supposed to say the honorable mayor ed lee honorable willie brown mr. gesture pa elementa

into china and let's find out more talking to our correspondent brown and in the chinese capitol beijinghis is a little known ethnic group in myanmar and what are they fighting for? >> reporter: well they want their own homeland and it has to be said this is a very very remote part of southeast asia and it's very close to the border with china, it's an area that has a notorious reputation for people smuggling and drug smuggling and now fighting. the latest reports we are getting from the area are thank you tens of thousands of ethnic chinese are crossing the border from myanmar and according to one report there is accused some ten kilometers long again, this cannot be verified. almost nothing about what is happening in this region is being reported in the official chinese media. having to rely on myanmar state media for what little information that is coming from that side of the border. but certainly there is a humanitarian situation underway. the chinese foreign ministry today said they will continue to provide aid to those crossing the border. i've seen pictures online showing soldier

it will go beyond the current arrangement of having just sales and marketing people in beijing.na products are important sgx t to sgx. not surprising that sgx wants to boost their business, especially at a time where business at home is pretty much stagnant. >> the sgx suffered another disruption in december. what is he doing to address that issue? >> expect an upgrade of its platform. it is under way. they are heeding the call from the authorities. they were issued a warning that supervisory action would be taken if needed. we know an investigation is underway and the findings are due next month. sgx has to be really careful. there have been several incidents that could lead to a drop in market confidence. more than a year ago a penny stocks drop wiped out a lot. last month, we saw the suspension of a blue-chip stock. sgx has to take action, has to take measures, has to be careful. they have to limit volatility to ensure that the market doesn't lose confidence in it. >> banks. you are looking forward -- thanks. we are looking forward to business in tokyo. the yen rose higher th

we need to bring nixon to beijing. at this point nixon and kissinger are issuing anti-china comments. president nixon gives a press conference and building a ballistic mole -- missile system. kissinger reveals five times the chinese about it -- invite nixon to come to china. five times the americans either don't get the message or they turn it down. this is kissinger's book. specifically at one point a letter i went to the nixon library and got it, to letter from the chinese to president nixon. please come to china. one-page letter said in a archives and the original is still there. kissinger said returned is now because it was too risky. so the problem with understanding china's secret strategy is until these documents are declassified on both sides we don't know how the secret strategy began and how it's been working out. i got the security review authority to declassify a number of these and the american presidential decisions to mammals and part of the chinese story but i hope others will follow me and try to trace

the same language culture of the the armed group fighting in support of these refugees called on beijing to give them aid, but beijing insists it will not get involved in the internal affairs of other countries. that has not stopped the government of mean mar calling on china to ensure that in its words, so-called terrorists don't use chinese soil to carry out cross-border raids into myanmar. we heard the rumble of artillery fire across the border so it's fair to assume the fighting is continuing. that fighting tended to ebb and flow during the last few days but the frontier between this part of china and myanmar is closed. normally it's busy at the moment it's eerily quite and this morning we saw no movement on the myanmar side of the frontier. >> a fire broke outs in a tall residentialing about. it was a scene of a torch power. it has 79 floors and the fire has been contained. thousands were evacuated. no reports of casualties >>> russia warns ukraine that the payment for the gas would last for a few nor days. president petro porashenko held a meeting with vladimir putin and raised the

some 3 billion people are leaving the capital of china for beijing, to make the trip home. they go by road train, air. adrian brown reports on the exodus from beijing. >> reporter: you need to be patient when you travel in china, especially at this time of year when it's a country in motion. they are part of world's migration. take 25 million migrant workers from home to see children for the first time in a year. for many the coming year of the sheep is tinged with uncertainty, factory workers worry that the slow down in economy is far from over. >> i will never come back from the city to work in my life. it's meaningless. we come from mar away nothing is left. >> reporter: the chinese place debate on the calendar. that's debate whether it's the sheep at all. they use the same word for sheep and goat. >> of all the signs this is least desirable. they seen as meat creatures. not a good year to be born. which is why hospitals expect viewers births. >> probably a 20% drop. women say they'll skip the year of sheep and have the baby the year after. >> whether you are superestabl

and across the west sunny wave in beijing with a high of nine degrees. hazy conditions should come back on the weekend and. 33 in bangkok. this is the third storm. that's dumped about 60 centimeters of snow over the boston area. and we have it moving across the north eastern u.s. once again. it's not a significant snow maker but the snow hasn't melted yet. it races the potential for avalanches and also roof collapse. now, temperatures are going to be extremely low going into the weekend. take a look. boston your high is going to be minus 9 on saturday with snowflakes on the menu. new york city minus 8 degrees on the last day of the business week. it will feel like minus 25 degrees or so due to strong winds in the nighttime hours. but across the opposite side of the u.s. it's quite different. nearly 30 degrees going into your saturday. so stay hydrated. here's the extended forecast. >>> people have been flocking to sapporo to see hundreds of ice and snow sculptures. now they're watching the artwork getting torn down. the statues attracted over 2 million d

. >> the latest from our correspondent in beijing, adrian brown. what is the latest. we are hoping that there are survivors to be rescued from the fuselage? >> well the taiwanese authorities said in the last few minutes that the death toll has risen to 19. 24 are still missing. the remainder, some of those survivors are badly injured. the reason why chinese state media is many are from the mainland part of two tour groups vacationing in thailand. the aircraft was an a72 operated in taiwan. the same type of aircraft. the same model of aircraft. one crashed in july last year killing 14. there are 54 of these aircraft in operation around the world. you mentioned in the introduction the pictures of the accident were incredibly dramatic. it happened very quickly in a matter of seconds. as you see, the plane is cart-wheeling into view the image, by an on board camera on the countries where there are cameras etch but nobody expected to record an act of this scale. you can see the tip of the wing. it clips the roof. the wing ploughs into the elevated motor way and crashes int

he accused russian president vladimir putin of having him killed. >>> in beijing a political scandal grows back home. on monday it amerged that a warrant for the arsenal arrest of cristina kirchner. >> a commuter train crashed with a car in new york. it burst into flames. five passengers and the driver of the car were killed. >>> thousands of students are benefiting from a digital revolution in kenya. cheap mobile phones are the heart of the scheme. >> this is no ordinary lesson. these students are using mobile phones to access information which will help them with their studies. the service is called eneza. students can do a quiz on a syllabus and get feedback. they can access an encyclopedia and get help from a teacher. it has had the biggest response in rural kenya. the team behind the service is constantly looking for ways to make it better. the co-founder is 25-year-old who says he feels overwhelmed by the company's success in just a few years. >> the studying can get pretty boring. as most know. to hear that kids are hiding under their blankets and studying all night or develop

let's go live to adrian brown, monitoring developments from beijing. bring us up to date. the death toll is slowly rising. 13 is the datest. -- is the latest. >> that's right, a few hours ago the official death toll is at two. in the last hour both chinese media and the media in taiwan say it has risen to 13, and is expect to continue to rise. we understand more than 10 people passengers on the flight are unaccounted for. 31 were from mainland china. they were tourists taiwan and flying to the island of kin men, which is off the coast of mainland china, and the only way the mineland tourists can get to the remote island was to flyvia this airline. the fact that there were so many chinese tourists on the campaign was a reflection of relations with china and taiwan. today, of course countries were working in tragedy. there was footage that you spoke of a short time ago showing aircraft and an a tr 72, it's cartwheeling over the elevated section of motor way, before plunging into the river. frntic efforts have been going on throughout. the waters here are quite shallow, so so

it will be one of four to be constructed in beijing this year.r land rover will recall of two 104,00 cars in north america after safety concerns. u.s. regulators published notices highlighting brak issuese which could increase the risk of a crash. it affect range rover models of between 2005 and 2012 and is expected to begin next month. those are your top corporate headlines this hour. >> gdp gdp, gdp. should we be doing that? does it really represent the best measure of a country's economic health? david has been trying to find the answer for us and here he is. >> i think we do have to make a distinction between the welfare and the quality of life of the country's people. one measure -- let's get a background here. prior to the great depression policy makers did not have something to look at when it came to looking at the overall health of the economy. as you see on your screen, such a measure was born. the idea was to have a measure that would capture activity individuals, firms, and the government. a couple decades later economists looked at t

millions of chinese are heading home from the capital beijing >>> ukranian forces are pulling out of the eastern hub of debaltseve. ukranian commander says pro-russian separatists are trying to prevent some troops leaving the up to. ukranian soldiers are surrendering some newsagencies are reporting. debaltseve has seen constant fighting after a ceasefire deal. let's go to rory challands. we understand that this is news coming in over the hour and waiting for russia to react to this news. what is the likely rehabilitation? >> well moscow is going let the separatists and the rebels deliver the information about what is going on in debaltseve. they are not a party to the conflict, despite what the government in ukraine says and westerners have been accusing russia of for months and months and months. of course, moscow nose what is going on in debaltseve. because what is happening is one of the key negotiating topics of the minsk talks just last week. what we underfrom the talks is hour upon hour of discussion was devoted, vladimir putin saying -- your troops are surrounded. they can't g

he joins us live from beijing.nd earlier, we heard you were born the year of the snake, i the year of the pig, rosemary the year of the ox. what's different about how people are ringing in the year of the sheep? >> reporter: the year of the sheep, there is confusion whether sheep or get to. it's still not the best year necessarily for chinese to be born in. they're happy to be here at the temple festival in beijing. but everyone's talking about the variety show that aired last night. it airs ever year. and it is a major institution here in china. at the temple the school is famous for its gravity-defying kung fu. still, up to three months of painstaking rehearsals they may not make the cut. >> translator: there is intense pressure. each rehearsal is also an inspection. up until the last minute, the show isn't confirmed. >> reporter: the show is the annual new year gala on state tv. at one of its final rehearsals it has chinese opera singers, traditional dancers, and acrobats. coveted for -- competing for coveted sl

the city of beijing lowered its target by around 7%. china's financial hub shanghai broke with tradition and didn't publish a target. city officials said only that they will maintain stable economic growth and push ahead with structural reforms. the chinese government plans to announce its growth target for this year during the national people's congress next month. many analysts expect the target of around 7%, down from last year's 7.5%. over in india, the narrative has taken an interesting twist. government officials have taken a new look at the economy using their new calculation method. their result suggests growth is 7.5% in the final of last year. that compares to 7.3% during the same period. if the numbers are correct, india has taken the lead. officials in new delawai have t an a look at past levels. >> the growth rate in gdp during 2014 was 7.4% as compared to the growth rate of 6.9% during. >> there are two major changes in the way india's economic growth is measured. officials moved the base year from fiscal 2004 to 2011. and

celia hatton reports from beijing. >> many log on to the internet to make their voices heard. this is one of the places where ordinary people can speak out against the government. >> the government says he wants to crack down on those spreading false rumors online. internet users will not be able to post anonymous messages anymore. instead they will have to register using their real name and government id numbers. soon the state could know the true identities of everyone online. >> many in china believe the plan already stairs criminal -- already brings up criticism of the communist party, silencing chair -- a silencing chat forums. critics say that only hope is it would be too complicated to force millions of people to hand over their personal details. >> even if the registration process fails, china's internet is becoming more restricted. sensors a race content and the most outspoken internet users are arrested. the management of online opinion is priority. it is using a variety of tools to ensure it is in control. bbc news beijing. >> prince william has paid his respects to

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what he says the - he says the plan is missing >>> and the year of sheep - we cross to beijing, where millions of chinese are celebrating the lunar year. >>> the u.n. envoy to syria says the government indicated that it is prepared to suspend all aerial bombardments over the city of aleppo. the u.n. security council endorsed a draft resolution calling for both sides in ukraine to stop the fighting. ukranian soldiers are battling pro-russian separatists for control of debaltseve. egypt's foreign minister is at hours trying to get support for a coalition to take on libya. air strikes have been launched targetting fighters linked to the group >>> now, our diplomatic editor james bays spoke with the foreign minister at the united nations in new york. >> egypt on the diplomatic offensive. the foreign minister spoke to ban ki-moon hours after abdul fatah al-sisi hinted at the idea of a u.n. backed intervention. after a meeting with ambassadors, including the u.s. representative samantha power, in an interview, he clarified proposals suggesting initially they were limited to expanded support

we need to bring the americans over and bring them to beijing. at this point nixon and kissinger are issuing anti-china comments. against china and not the soviet union. in his new book he reveals five times the chinese invite him to come to china in five times the americans either don't get the message or they turn it back. and yes it is in the book of kissinger. specifically at one point a letter that i didn't really believe existed, please come to china. sitting there in the archives the original still there in the library, kissinger says we turned this down because it was too risky. so the problem with understanding china's secret strategy is until these documents are declassified on both sides, we do not really know how the secret strategy began and how it has been working out. and so the letters to and from kissinger and nixon and also part of the others i became interested in doing this. i hope others will follow me entries this secret strategy. it is denied by the chinese at first but then if you say what about the book by the general on

they are starting with a three-day trial in three major cities, including here in beijing.y are going to start with lightweight ginger tea boxes. these are going to 450 customers. and the deliveries are supposed to take place within an hour. so far there's been i would say a healthy dose of skepticism about the program by the public. most people have been talking about how amazon has had some regulatory issues in the united states because of the concerns over safety flying these drones and the deliveries. and in china, the regulations are also very, very tight. in fact, the first flight for one of these drone deliveries failed here in beijing because of the restrictions of flying drones within the city. and, in fact, china's -- the chinese government is very sensitive about flying any objects and, in fact, during major government conferences even kite flying is banned. so a lot of people are wondering where this is all going to go and, in fact, alibaba itself has said that they recognize that drone deliveries are not yet ready for commercialization. guys? >> eunice, thank y

here is adrian brown in beijing. [music] >> a song in praise of chinese censorship performed by the men and women who police the country's internet. it's the owe they were theme of the cyberspace administration and was posted on its website just days before china announced a tightening of its internet restrictions. economists is not one of those singing along. he blogs on corruption and censorship. >> there is so much information out there. and of course there is criticism, but this is normal. and people should be able to speak. the sky won't fall if you let people criticize and vent their unhappiness. >> from march 1st there could be a lot more unhappiness. from sunday the government will ban social media and internet accounts that are not registered in the names of the real users. the measure is aimed at halting the spread of rumors and lessoning the impact that it fears most, social instability. >> yes the arab spring movement definitely had an impact. if a group tries something similar, they would definitely be s