beijing's neighboring province of her thirty kilometers from the city limits. lulay and his workers discover they aren't welcome here either public loudspeakers discourage renting any properties to textile makers because of the fire hazard. we built ourselves a life in the city as migrant workers because we had no other choice now we're being tossed out everywhere there's no room for us anymore. room is now at a premium in the chinese capital beijing wants to reduce its population by two million by the year twenty twenty and it's clearly starting with some of its poorest residents. exit talks have failed yet again the major sticking point now is the unresolved border issue between island and northern ireland some thirty thousand people cross the invisible border every day for work goods go backwards and forwards without inspection after breaks and republic of ireland would remain in the european union while northern ireland as part of the u.k. would have to exit britain may have to reintroduce a so-called hard border with customs checks for goods people and ser

the demolition teams are on the move in beijing.pital. we enter an area that was, days ago, bustling with life. fire in a nearby building has been used as a pretext to level the entire block. there were homes and workplaces for many low income itinerant labourers. they had no beijing residency papers. somebody in government decided they must leave. every shop in this community has been forced to close. this is going on across beijing. perhaps a clothes shop, a general store, a hairdresser. they are given notice one day and the next day the shutters are down. those still living here know they are living on borrowed time. for an idea of the speed of it these buildings are standing but over here... word comes out you need to move and then the machines come in and destroy buildings. beijing is going through a mass gentrification programme. it is not only structures being altered. 0fficial local government documents have called for the need to clean up the messy city and to move on the so—called "low—end" population. some believe that fo

beijing's neighboring province of her thirty kilometers from the city limits. lulay and his workers discover they aren't welcome here either public loudspeakers discourage renting any properties to textile makers because of the fire hazard. we built ourselves a life in the city as migrant workers because we had no other choice now we're being tossed out everywhere there's no room for us anymore. room is now at a premium in the chinese capital beijing wants to reduce its population by two million by the year twenty twenty and it's clearly starting with some of its poorest residents. well big decision today probably for russia and its athletes at the winter olympics absolutely monica the clock is ticking a lot of people are watching it because the winter olympics as we know it starts in just over two months time and today we could see a decision on whether russia takes part or not the international olympic committee has already handed down lifetime bans to dozens of russian athletes for links to massive state sponsored doping scandals now its executive board is m

potential influx of refugees from north korea so when president moon meets president xi jinping in beijing there will be a hope for discussions on how to promote peace and stability in the region. medical aid group doctors without borders say that more than six thousand seven hundred written job would killed in the month after violence broke out in myanmar. government's official figures only four hundred its military denies committing what the u.n. calls a campaign of ethnic cleansing in mammals northern rakhine state aid groups numbers based on survivors of violence from the ethnic minority sheltering in refugee camps invited us six hundred forty six thousand are injured have fled the country since august. at least ten people have been killed in a bomb attack on the main police academy in somalia's capital a suicide bomber blew himself up during a police parade inside the training camp in mogadishu officials say he was wearing police uniform the group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the time muslim leaders have rejected u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as i

that's when beijing was developing it definitely need it in micro work it's now beijing has been developed and the have this policy of even people people from other places are now they consider event of an end to the c.d.c. development that has this was a. minutes later a demolition crew appears backed up by security guards here to enforce the evictions not something they want the cameras to capture or did away. the sudden if action of tens of thousands of migrant workers is part of a wider operation that the government says will continue for several more weeks and when all this rubble has been cleared away this land this valuable land because we're still in beijing will be ripe for development. the narrative on state t.v. paints a very different picture here the local party chief is thanking migrant workers for their contribution he visited what appeared to be a refurbished apartment complex telling residents that the security of the people was paramount but conceding the government must carry out of victuals with care now it's clear that many of the homes being demolished were dangerous

missile defense system in south korea on let's bring in our panel now and from beijing we have fixed account chairman of the china and security institute's from seoul say one crew a political commentator and publisher of career exposed and from extra in the u.k. aden fausta casa henri sera research fellow in sociology i'm not in korea at leeds university a very warm welcome to all of you victor let's start with that scuffle rather unfortunate event during a visit that was supposed to be about mending ties. well before we talk about the scuffle let's focus on the big picture that is president of south korea is in beijing is warmly would be welcomed by the chinese president xi jinping the chinese government's at the our cake of them and talking directly. to our relations mr mone would be able to resolve this kind of economic tension between china and south korea brought on by the deployment of it but at the same time they have been wondering whether china is truly interested in the best interest of south korea with their south china we've received the president and warmly there have be

missile defense system in south korea well let's bring in our panel now and from beijing we have six account chairman of the china and security institute from seoul say one crew a political commentator and publisher of career exposed and from extra in the u.k. aiden foster casa honoree sera research fellow in sociology and modern korea at leeds university a very warm welcome to all of you victor let's start with that scuffle rather unfortunate event during a visit that was supposed to be about mending ties. well before we talk about the scuffle let's focus on the big picture that is president of south korea is in beijing is warmly welcomed by the chinese president xi jinping the chinese government and the our cake of them and talking directly not only about bilateral relations including trade economic relations but also very importantly the situation on the korean peninsula all this and the historical importance of president moon's state visit to china should not be eclipsed by what happened to the journalist which is very unfortunate now as far as let me just tell jane let me just j

hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura carlisle president moon day in was welcomes to beijing by leaders she didn't pay moon is calling for a new era in their relationship one based on trust and friendship after months of mistrust and hostility the animosity between the two neighbors was on full display in a south korean photo journalist was beaten by chinese gongs whilst covering the state visit seoul is demanding an apology for the incident well it's the duty this first meeting since the u.s. secretary of state open the doors unconditional talks with north korea but sending mixed messages the white house was then quick to caution that north korea must first improve its behavior woman relations between china and south korea could play a crucial role in organizing talks with the north this meeting is also a chance to diffuse chinese tension surrounding the deployment of a u.s. missile defense system in south korea well let's bring in our panel now and from beijing we have victor gao chairman of the china and security institute from seoul say one crew a political commentator an

"beijing has shown us migrants the door." and in a final insult, it is mainly migrant workers dismantling what's left of their lives. ben tracy, cbs news, beijing. >> glor: today, fiat chrysler announced a worldwide recall of ram trucks. the auto maker says steering column gear shifters may accidentally switch out of park. the recall covers 1 .8 million heavy-duty pickups dating back to the 2009 model year. it also includes some light-duty pickups. for a detailed list go to our website, cbsnews.com. now a look at some of the other stories we're following in this evening's newsfeed. new home sales are booming, up 17.5% in november, the biggest one-month gain in more than 25 years. sales were strongest in the west and south. bitcoin has boomeranged. a month ago, one bitcoin sold for about $7500. it zoomed to nearly $20,000 by sunday. then came a sell-off. today it was down to just over $13,000. tonight's the deadline to get your two cents on a proposed entrance fee increase at national parks. for pars from $25-$30. motorcycles,

the demolition teams are on the move in beijing.s in the chinese capital. we enter an area which, only days ago, was bustling with life. fire in a nearby building has been used as a pretext to level the entire block. there were homes and workplaces for many low—income, itinerant labourers. then somebody in government decided they must leave. every shop in this community has been forced to close, and this is going on right across beijing. perhaps a clothes shop, a general store, a hairdresser. they are given notice one day, and the next day, the shutters are down. and those still living here know they really are living on borrowed time. to give you an idea of the speed of it, these buildings are standing. but over here, word comes out you need to move, and then the machines come in and destroy buildings. beijing is going through a massive gentrification programme. yet it is not only structures being altered. official local government documents have called for the need to clean up this messy city, and to move on the so—called low—end

if you were in beijing looking out he stood on the tallest building in beijing and looked out of the pacific ocean you'd see american warships you'd see quantum is about to sink because there are so many missiles pointed at china you look up a korean see american armaments pointing at china a chinese two thousand years ago build the great wall to keep the barbarians out and nothing they'd be a muchness film is to break a silence the united states and china may well be on a path toward a nuclear war is no longer unthinkable. showing hard today use a prosperous international city still wrong by the communists at least in. yes there are issues with human rights especially the right to speak against the state and challenge its power i had a range to see professor zion way way a close aide to the late things are paying the man who changed china your old boss funk presided over the bloodshed and tear them square what would you say to the survivors of tiananmen square because so many of those did fight for what they saw as democratic change in china. in one thousand eight hundred nine there

in beijing as a many things. the police in saudi arabia have arrested a palestinian billionaire who's the head of one of the biggest banks in the middle east subbie el masri as chairman of the arab bank which is the biggest lender in jordan he is a saudi possible hold up it is the latest move in the and to corruption drive ordered by the crown prince mohammed bin solomon his intestine. he's one of jordan's most prominent businessmen and among the wealthiest but since wednesday musri has been detained in saudi arabia for having what's been described as information relating to corruption the eighty year old palestinian who has a saudi passport is the founder of a major investment group and the chairman of arab bank one of the middle east largest and most influential lenders his detention has shocked family and friends in jordan where his multi-billion dollar portfolio is an important part of the economy that employs thousands of musri as you know he's like michael bloomberg for the economy of new yorkers and he's j

ok let's bring in our guests joining us now to beijing back to go director of the china maschler sociate of international studies in washington we have richard white's director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute and joining us on skype to taipei roster all fine gold asia political risk analyst welcome to you all victor coming to you first nikki haley is saying all nations should cut ties with north korea how likely is that i think china has expressed the firm position that denuclearize ation is the ultimate goal that we all need to work towards however each country should have the freedom to decide what's the best way to proceed especially under the umbrella of the united nations security council resolutions and i think china will do this in this spirit and the ultimate goal is inevitably the denuclearization but china does not want to be forestalled pressured by any other country as to what's the right thing to do what's the wrong thing to do and china has pressured the united states to do the right thing that is to enter into direct negotiations with

russia are great rivals saying they were determined to challenge american power this has angered beijing china's foreign ministry said the new strategy was a step backwards. one pins to me we urge the u.s. side to stop intentionally distorting china strategic contentions and to abandon outdated ideas of cold war mentality and the zero sum game. the kremlin also called trump strategy imperialist and said it cannot accept that it's treated as a threat. despite naming russia and china as the primary threats to u.s. economic dominance trump said he hopes to build a great partnership with them. the german cup round of sixteen gets underway this evening with a standout match bringing together two teams with contrast in fortunes will shock or have been flying high this season are in our unbeaten in twelve games while cologne meanwhile endured a dismal campaign at the bottom of the bundesliga but they did bag their first league win this season over the weekend. christmas came early for shock of this year they have lost since september and will spend the winter in second place putting them in a f

has gone along with sanctions against north korea many times there is a limit to how much pressure beijing is going to put on young china does not want to see a crumbling north korean regime it certainly does not want to see a south korea backed by united states forces stabilize move into north korea in case the regime was falling apart so china while it will scold its neighbor for its missile or nuclear weapons program it's not going to do anything to that would lead to the collapse of the north korean government jason strother in seoul thank you very much. thank you some two hundred people are dead in the philippines after a tropical storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find dozens who remain missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it swept over the island of mindanao weaving destruction in its wake. this man and child a lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding have been devastating. entire villages under meters of water. others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to

another deadly fire and one of beijing's poorer neighborhoods has refocused attention on the plight of china's migrant workers phil has more thanks chris so yes at least five people were killed and more more injured after a charging system caught fire and i've beijing neighborhood is the latest in a spate of such accidents playing out beijing's and regulated slums the fires that prompted a controversial campaign there to say you know forces ted down apartment buildings and forcibly evict. to hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from the chinese capital. i want local artists has been documenting the scope of the evictions in one of the city so worst hit areas and our forces aren't happy about it so now he's on the run but a good budget from added up to social media to ask him a welcome tell us what is the who this artist is and what's got him into trouble him fail who are young he's a painter in beijing but recently he's been more of a citizen journalist if you want and he has been filming and posting dozens of videos like this to social media trying to document and showed the demol

to us to stop distorting china's strategic intention china lashes out at claims that beijing is out to challenge american power and influence. hopes fade for dozens missing after a tropical storm through central philippines killing at least forty people as a language of a persecuted minority making the leap into the digital world. saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh these pictures appear to show the missile in the sky and smoke from an explosion after it was intercepted the fighters in yemen say they fired it marking one thousand days since the war in yemen started we're getting reports the saudi led coalition is already retaliated with air strikes against positions in southern sudan are the target of the heathy missile was the royal palace in the west of riyadh a large group assad leaders were meeting that the time including king solomon and crown prince mohamed bin however the saudi government says the missile was instead targeting residential areas and there were no casualties meanwhile iran has condemned a u.s. accusation that teher

made on to missile system in south korea a jim brown reports from beijing. well this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to china since becoming head of state and the strains in the relationship between china and south korea were i think very evident on thursday afternoon after the bilateral between president xi jinping and mr moon there was to be no joint statement apparently the two sides are going to issue separate statements that points to an existing diplomatic impasse over of course china's continued opposition to the anti missile defense system that south korea deployed early this year in response to all that north korea has been doing however there was one area of agreement the two sides did sign a memorandum of understanding to expand trade between the two countries this ceremony was watched over by some of the business executives who are accompanying president moon on his trip to china there was no one discordant moment a south korean photographer was badly beaten up by security guards as he was attending a trade function and now

loud and clear and it was certainly there when president xi jinping met president donald trump in beijing last month is this china wants parity to be recognized that it is now almost on the same level as the united states it's the world's second largest economy and it wants greater recognition from the united states you know these economies are interwoven intertwined and along the way there is going to be friction they'll be friction next year and the year after but china is saying we don't have to be enemies ok brown live from beijing adrian thank you. palestinian leaders have condemned the u.s. veto of a united nations draft resolution on jerusalem status and would require president donald trump to withdraw his recognition of terrorism is israel's capital all of the other fourteen security council members voted in favor of the resolution i can i reports from united nations those against. the u.s. exercises its veto when the resolution fails and then at some bastard a sharpie attacks the fourteen other members of your security council that voted in favor what we witnessed here today in t

when beijing was developing it definitely needed in micro work it's now beijing has been developed and they have this policy of even getting people people from other places who are now they consider evolve and to the c.d.c. development that as was. minutes later a demolition crew appears backed up by security guards here to enforce the evictions not something they want the cameras to capture we were ordered away. the sudden if action of tens of thousands of migrant workers is part of a wider operation that the government says will continue for several more weeks and when all this rubble has been cleared away this land this valuable land because we're still in beijing will be ripe for development. the narrative on state t.v. paints a very different picture here the local party chief is thanking migrant workers for their contribution he visited what appeared to be a refurbished apartment complex telling residents that the security of the people was paramount but conceding the government must carry out of victuals with care. it's clear that many of the homes being demolished were dangerou

how do you think beijing will react to this?s between china and the united dates have never been warm and fuzzy anyway. so this is not going to take beijing by surprise. beijing, i think, will play it cool because this is a rather unpredictable president. he uses words very differently from the way most people use words. is looking at the dictionary and says "competitor, aggressive, what does it mean?" the devil is in the details. what exactly is the trump administration going to do? wait andgoing to take a look at that. betty: i want to play for you a snippet of what president trump said today. guys, let's play. pres. trump: we face rival powers. russia and china. that seek to challenge american influence, values, and wealth. we will attempt to build a great otherrship with those and countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. betty: so what do you think that means exactly, pauline? what are the actions the follow those words? pauline: actually, it does not seem to mean much at all. it sounds like som

beijing has bought off north korean generals. they have gone after the chinese bought officers.ijing and the kim family for the loyalty of the military. gregg gregg: if we signed yet another agreement and we have over several decades. isn't it true pyongyang would lie and cheat and break the agreement? >> unless we give them no choice but to disarm. every single agreement international community signed with north korea they violated. and we let them do that. if a regime feels it has no choice but to disarm, that agreement we can assume they will honor. we are leaving them no chance. gregg: why would they feel they have no choice? >> if kim jong-un understands all the generals and admirals and senior party officials were back away from him. he would realize it's either death or the nukes. other alternative is going to war. this could be war not just with north korea. it could be war with north korea backed up by china and russia. gregg: gordon chang, always great to talk to you. happy new year. >> and mate be a peaceful and >> muscle-bound heroes... >> my dad said, "if i'm gonna

cnn alexander field has more now from beijing.xander. >> reporter: it's been a year of constant provocation have pyongyang and that has raft of sanctions aimed at curtailing and cutting off revenue streams that have fueled that rogue regime in illicit activities. the question now is have they skirted that. that's the allegation that president trump is making. and goes further to say saying that china is allowing it. that is the bold tweet that the president sent out in the overnight hours here in beijing. it's what officials here woke up to this morning. officials in beijing have responded by saying that china is doing its part fully to implement and uphold all united nations security council resolutions. a series of recent reports do not ha cord with the fact. china has always resolution pertaining to north korea and entirety and fulfills their obligation. we never allow them to. as to the investigation is confirmed there are violations, china will deal with them in accordance with the law and regulation. >> reporter: as far as b

not sure why he -- live for us in beijing.is the intelligence on the chinese shipping oil to north korea? >> reporter: look, this is something that officials from a number of countries have been looking at longer than thursday with this "fox news" report. we know pyongyang has provided constant over the last year. a wrath of sanctions aimed at cutting those sources of revenue, but the reality here is a question of whether or not north korea is finding ways to skirt those sanctions to specifically get the oil they need for their economy, also for their military. one way to do that is work through the illegal shipping networks and the president very boldly accusing china on twitter of allowing this to happen in of the the waters off north korea. china's allowing it to happen and happening in these ship to ship transfers. these are prohibited by the u.n. security counsel's resolution. china is denying this. they responded to the claims earlier this week when south korean media outlets published reports there were satellite images

president trump would like to see beijing cut off oil supplies to north korea. for more on this we're joined by jim brown who is in beijing and adrian what has china been saying about these comments. well interestingly nick china's government has neither confirmed or denied what the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has been saying about these camps that china was supposedly going to build in the north east of the country but there was a report on shoes day in the new york times which went into great detail about the preparations china was apparently now making now the report is based on an internal document from a telecommunications company here in china which says that it was approached by a government official which wanted to know what the internet reception was like in the mobile phone reception in the areas where they were thinking of putting these refugee camps now we understand we're talking about three villages and two cities so that would you know lead you to assume that actually china is looking at accommodating several hundred thousand refugees i

. centres in beijing. and belts out some sinatra along the way. and suddenly i feel the need to expressng. express in song. that karaoke here has busted out of its singing things and into more. and pay with your phone, choose a song and you are away. song and you are away. fly me to the moon and let me play upon the stars. moon and let me play upon the stars. let me see what spring is like on... favourite song in public for all to see and hear. see and hear. people in china, that is not a problem. problem. there are already tens of thousands of these boots in place. thousands of these boots in place. years, there will be hundreds of thousands. start spreading menus, i am saying goodbye. happy holidays everyone. thank you to invest in your time us. independence from spain have won an absolute majority in catalonia. the us decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. depends heavily on where they live, according to a new report. with areas in the north and north east being left behind. richard lister reports. effect on your life chances but the gap could be getting bigger. gap cou

beijing's neighboring province of her thirty kilometers from the city limits. lulay and his workers discover they aren't welcome here either public loudspeakers discourage renting any properties to textile makers because of the fire hazard. we don't want them. in the city as migrant workers because we had no other choice now we're being tossed out everywhere there's no room for us anymore. room is now at a premium in the chinese capital beijing wants to reduce its population by two million by the twenty twenty and it's clearly starting with some of its poorest residents. party from northern ireland has dashed hopes of progress talks between britain and the european union it supports government and objects to a softer border between ireland and the united kingdom. thanks for watching we're back in a few minutes. kick off the bundesliga highlights. drug leave okaloosa dortmund's winless streak continues. and hoffenheim cautious might say cornell with the goal from a long way away. to all. learn german with d w i think any time any place. whether with jo jo and he

that hasn't gone down well in beijing.siness hub where rico hizon is following the story. nice to see you. this is something many have been saying for some time they are concerned about. red flags! it could potentially cripple, sally, the mainland's financial standard. it was found that credit is high by international levels, personal debt had increased over the past five yea rs, had increased over the past five years, and pressure to maintain the country's rapid creek had read an unwillingness to let struggling companies fail. while breathing china's president, —— praising the president, the imf said reforms by shay —— beijing in recent years had not gone far enough. the people's bank of china issued a report saying that while the report is objective and pertinent, stress test show the financial system has a relatively strong ability to fend off any risk and some economists believe that and they have mentioned it but we should stop worry about the debt, they point to three factors, massive credit card surplus, and that pr

they have some common agreement now what is happening the softer noon thursday afternoon here in beijing is that a memorandum of understanding is going to be signed that's going to expand trade in theory between china and south korea but this is just a memorandum a memorandum of understanding i'm sorry it's not legally binding it's not legally enforceable it is pure symbolism now these two countries signed a free trade pact two years ago but in many ways south korea has found itself frozen out of the china market because of those strains over third i think what she jingping is going to do is essential this he says he will say i think to the south korean president you know i can make nice with you on trade if you do for me what i need right now and that is to put pressure on the united states not to call for more sanctions against north korea because that is not going to work what i favor what we want. is a diplomatic solution and right now we are seeing a final perhaps diplomatic flurry taking place in a number of world capitals right now and this diplomatic flurry this multipronged appr

changed that's enough for major brown has more from beijing. well diplomatically an awful lot is happening on multiple fronts right now a delegation from russia's defense ministry has arrived in north korea on the very same day that south korea's president is visiting beijing he's here for talks with president xi jinping and north korea will be top of the agenda now we have the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson saying that he believes china is now making preparations for an influx of refugees from north korea the new york times on choose day reported that china was apparently looking at putting refugee camps in three villages and two cities in northeast china this followed a report in a newspaper last week which told people how to prepare for a nuclear attack telling people how to brush radioactive dust from. those body parts and from shoes and to take that and also warning people that after atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima in one thousand nine hundred forty five seventy thousand people died but also saying the weapons that would now be use

tonight as president trump calls out china for economic aggression, a rare interview with beijing's top man in washington. ambassador cui tiankai on what it all means for the rival powers and for the nuclear neighbor north korea. >>> plus, is it back slash brewing against the me too moment? a historian and journalist who follow this culture shift. they join me to discuss. ♪ >>> "amanpour on pbs" was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the world view. president donald trump is ending the year on a high, winning a legislative victory with his pledge to make massive tax cuts, and watching the stock market soar to record highs itself. but the year also ends with great disruption to america's relations around the world that could turn around and bite american workers where it really hurts. a potential trade war with china is looming as trump follows through on another campaign promise to paint that country as an economic threat that challenges america. ambassador cui tianka

we will find out what is next for justin trudeau in beijing.s is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ are counting down to the open of the markets in tokyo, futures indicating a decline at the open of about 0.33%. on the lower end of the past 24 hours range. we won't getions, the risk back on. you are watching "daybreak asia ." i am david inglis, here in hong kong. betty: the republican tax plan that passed through the senate late last week is getting positive reviews. jeremy siegel told bloomberg the corporate tax cut is a big deal. >> i think what we have now is a positive reaction to the tax cut. it is a big deal. the corporate tax cut is a very good thing, positive. i think the news is out. no one wanted to sell before the tax cut got through. betty: with us to discuss this is university of california berkeley professor, who has a book titled "how global currencies work." thank you for joining us this morning. do you agree the corporate tax cuts are a big deal? deal, but ia big think they are a bad deal. time, the worst possible time, to be cutting taxes and sti

relations in braille now has more reaction from beijing. well chinese officials have been basically pouring over president trump's national security strategy speech in washington the chinese ambassador was first to give reaction he essentially said there appeared to be a contradiction in what the u.s. side was saying on the one hand they regard china as a friend someone to do business with on the other hand they regard china as an adversary and the message coming through loud and clear is that yes china and the united states can be rivals but they don't have to be enemies here in beijing the foreign ministry spokeswoman hard training also fired a warning shot and she had some quite strong language let's hear more of what she had to say john for any country it is feel tired for them to distort the facts or to smear china we urge you to your side to start distorting china strategic attention and abandon the zero sound again thinking and called ways as cold war might satisfy this will only bring harm to everyone it was president george bush of

years while the thai government is firmly behind the venture there are concerns in the region that beijing is using infrastructure projects to extend its influence there gopalan reports from hong kong. the construction here is for the hong kong sense and the rail link that will eventually connect the city center to southern china now it's been a point of controversy as the terminus here the west terminus will have a facility for mainland authorities to operate custance and immigration procedures which means may not officials will be working on hong kong soil there's been much opposition as many seats as an infringement of hong kong's autonomy and a way for beijing to increase its control over the city now perhaps not such an obvious way there are similar concerns with beijing trying to extend its influence in the region with the thailand china high speed rail link china is providing the technology and will be partially paying for the network that will eventually connect the capital bangkok to the northern border with laws by up in. thailand is developing in every way in order to make us be

changes are coming to beijing, where smog is often a problem. all four of the city's coal-fed power stions havebe s. maum ia well-kno environmtal tivist in china. his work has helped spark a sea-change in the way people think here. ma: ten years ago if you'd stop a passersby, manof them wod maybsay, we need to develo first. but now if you check with the citizens, i think st of them -- most likely the answer would be, you know, we need clean air, clean water, safe food. reporter: those demands are putting the government under pressure to deliver. the streets of beijing are now crowded with tens of thousands of shared bikes, and many factories have been shut. but the smog is an ongoing problem, especially when the wind blows from the wrong direction. this video shows how the entire cityscape can disappear beneath a blanket of pollution in just 20 minutes. much of it comes from neighboring provinces, where the coal lobby is still powerful and local officials are willing to turn a blind eye. jobs are at stake, so implementing environmental laws is p

concerned it will lead to a collapse in the regime and as tensions even further something beijing does not want here's the chinese ambassador to the u.n. on new york is continuing to conduct nuclear tests and missile launches in defiance of the universal opposition by the international community the parties concerned have continued to expand military exercises in scale up their own shows of force deescalation of tension on the peninsula which has reached a point of risking spiraling out of control is not in the interest of any party china's compliance with all these sanctions is possibly the biggest blow to north korea most of the north korean labor outside the country is in china the hard currency they send back supports pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and after the last round of sanctions in september all north korean companies and china will have to close in the next few days now with this round of sanctions on north korean workers will have to leave too though they'll have a longer time line pyongyang used to notify beijing in advance before it launched a missile are conducted a nucl