i was in china in 2008. i talked to them a year of the city, and he said they had about 5 million unemployed in that city. so, i asked him what he was going to do about that and they said they all go home chinese new year, and we will only let about a quarter of them come back so they use of the chinese family tradition of taking care of people as their family as a social security network. but on the purely economic level it is a combination of market principles and central management. it's not a planned economy in the soviet sense. >> host: what is the major point of contention that in the united states and beijing over the chinese of its currency. how is this relationship and how should the administration be dealing with it? >> guest: the argument that is made is the chinese are manipulating the currency at a potentially low level which gives them another vantage in exports, and therefore in proves and gives them greater economic financial reach. my view is some of the deficit is caused by our own actions.

i was in china in 2008. talked to the mayor of the city, and he said they have about 5 million unemployed transients in that city. so i asked him what he was going to do about that. they all go home at chinese new year's, and we will only let about a quarter of them come back. so they use the chinese family tradition of taking care of their people, their family, as a social security network. but on the purely economic level, it is a combination of market principles and central management. it's not a planned economy in the soviet sense. >> host: there's a major point of contention between the united states and beijing over the chinese manipulation of its currency. how is this straining our relationship and how should the administration be dealing with it? >> guest: well, the argument that is made is that the chinese are manipulating the currency at an artificial level which gives them an advantage in exports and, therefore, improves their balance of payment and that in turn gives them greater economic and fin

at the same time, as ruler of china, he had to ma never china -- maneuver china among a whole host of countries, and the china that was poor, underdeveloped, not very strong militarily and had just emerged from a century and a half of colonial dead dead agree gages so on that level, he was a great level, e enormous skill in strategic only sis, and he maneuvered china, the only major country that survived the collapse of k., and he csh communism, and he managed to switch to the winning side in the cold war without missing a beat. they unified a huge society and fought a decade-long civil war, but one could not forget the suffering he caused. >> host: you mentioned that you met with him a total of five times, three times alone, one-on-one. what were your impressions of him as a man? >> guest: it was never totally one, but i was principal, but in those contacts, and i didn't have to deal with him on that level. i think it's best how these meetings came about. as i said, he was summoned so you're chinese escorts would take off always in chinese cars to where he lived. he undoubtedly had m

and china in the future? >> i am hopeful vicos -- because the view i have developed is not peculiar to me. it is a view you must have to come through when you examine the situation. i know the leaders on both sides, and i have a chance to talk to them, and sometimes to mediate with them, and i believed that most of the time they realize this is necessary, but in the modern world, the urge sometimes replaces the important, but i thing if the leaders in -- i think if the leaders keep an eye on the important, they will overcome the stresses, and i would like to stress both sides have to do this. it is not enough for the united states to have these intentions. the chinese have to reciprocate. tavis: the new best-selling book from dr. henry kissinger is called "on china." i appreciate you sharing your insights. >> thank you for having me. >> we will see you tomorrow night. until then, thank you for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on to a's show, visit -- on the show, visit pbs.org.

and china enjoys strong economic relations. the two countries have trade relations with billions of heroes, and the chinese government wants them to see it extend beyond the export of goods. they want to see do element in the high-tech sector. of one such successful chinese company is a solar cell manufacturer that has seen its profits sky-high debt -- sort sky high since it began 11 years ago. they credit discipline at the core of their success. >> this may look like training for police or military special unit. it is not exactly that, but something similar. under the watchful eye of the training leader, these young men are preparing for their mission. making their company the number one in the world. >> we train our employees like they are an army, and in an army come all the soldiers have to be united. that is the only way to win wars. >> so far, the company's campaign has been successful. it is one of the world's largest manufacturers of solar cells. 93% are exported to the u.s., correa, france, and germany. its products co

/china relations. he and i have far more in common on this issue than we have difference between us but we'll do our best to find the differences to make it fun to spend time with us here this morning. the arrival of chinese outbound foreign direct investment around the world, as with other aspects of china's economic recovery from the debacle of the prereform era that they are still recovering from presents the united states with consequences both good and bad for our economic primacy in the world as others get back on their feet. and also presents us with choices to make about how we are to respond to that economic development. to kick off the discussion of the topic of outbound direct investment this morning i'll make just three points for consideration, for yours and derrick's to get us started, about the nature of these chinese companies going abroad now for really for the first time arriving on u.s. shores. the first point i want to make is that whatever conclusions we draw about american interes

problems with the chinese investment is all china. china is a threat. investment with the americans is harmful. on balance, we should not allow china to invest in the u.s. there are people who believe that, i get e-mails from them all the time. i'm thankful this is not a position represented in the u.s. congress. we deal with congress all the time, they have problems, they have objections, they get angry, they don't think chinese investment is a net negative for the united states. there are people who hold this position. i welcome questions from them. it's not a serious position in the policy debate. and i'm thankful for that. now, the fourth position, and i don't know whether the ambassador wants to be associated with the position or not, but it's very respectable. and i want to argue a little bit against dan here, even though this is not my view. >> move over. >> this is the reciprocity position. reciprocity is the foundation of the w-2. the idea that reciprocity represents protectionism, anything can be aligned or misused. reciprocity is an entirely

china -- china is resisting. >> legend of a rabbit, released next month, is a step forward for china. it is the country's first 3-d film. >> it is growing at an amazing pace. we have about 6000 screens right now. >> it recently opened in china. the chinese market is bringing these american film's impressive returns. >> i would say hollywood is obsess with china right now. there is a billion people there, so if each of them gives hollywood and dollar or $2, that is a lot of money. >> within china, american imports. china imposes a system to limit its foreign imports to protect the system. >> for your local films, to have a chance to find an audience. >> for hollywood, the system supports its ability to bring in new funds. the american film industry had been pressuring china to relax its system. >> china is part of the world trade organization. they are bringing cases up in the appeals process trying to force china to lead in more foreign films. >> china is also concerned about the americanization. hollywood filmmakers bent over backwards to make sure that comes sensitively cater to the

and china. and jack service bought a bottle of champagne and we toasted the people in the friendship of the u.s. and chinese people, and that's way for started telling me about his experiences, talking with mao zedong in the case of the guerrilla headquarters behind japanese in the lines, and how mao had said to him he wanted a good relationship with the u.s., and didn't want a civil war, and water the u.s. businessmen to help rebuild china after the war. and he said, that he said to mao, you know, american businessmen will be very leery of you communists him these capitalistic he said, well, we thought about changing our name. [laughter] but we thought once they got to know us. so he was sending reports back to washington about this but however he is way off in the boondocks, and mao urged him to go back on the flight that came every two weeks and make sure that message got to the u.s. and he said it was a mistake him he never did it. and instead he sent it by code and it sat and gathered dust

of course china is about. and if we look at the situation thrown by the point of view of india china relations of their economic dimension is zero is also very robust. and i think that of course here china can feel a some difficult this is about it but the general trend and the empirical facts show that the coffee ration in the prayerful form of i mean russia china india india in india or. even to helps to level two to resolve some political difficulties but the difficulty is between the china and india so i think that in the near future process prospect it's even better for russia to play such a media row between india and china. despite what seems to be a very stable and dynamic relationship between the two countries there are still some bumps on the road there and one of the problematic issues i should say for the two countries from a weapons exports to back in the one nine hundred ninety s. china was the leading buyer of russian arms but now russia fears china is copying its weapons and selling them at low

a price for that sort of course or china's economy will soon overtake the u.s. to become the world's number one and just how vital are russians massive energy resources to that growth and of course it's how important is that relationship with china to russia. and so luke you're saying sure the germ cells. and national security russia and central asia are getting we need we are important well of the nuisance compared to the middle east and the persian gulf so the chinese strategically this means two things escape from iraq a bit like a straits unskillful of their moves their own street in the middle east base which is the chain escape these two bottlenecks which are more or less fall through the u.s. navy let's put it this way say actually they can really i'm sure and say theresa and all russia for their energy and it succeeding it's a long term strategy biggest guess is in their five year plans and this strategy goes on until the end of the twenty first century so yes russia and china well they're going to know all about trade and energy there is that russia and

the city's international airport is now the fourth largest in china.he upgrade will increase its area by fivefold to 500,000 square meters. the city official says wuhan is aiming to become the hub for both aviation and high speed rail, deepening its overseas and domestic connections. >> translator: we can attract a lot of investment if we lower distribution costs by forming a multifaceted comprehensive transport hub combining high speed rail, air and waterways. in the future i expect to see many people coming to wuhan for tourism, work and business opportunities. >> to become a hub city in the world's second largest economy is an ambitious plan. but given wuhan's robust economy, which has been growing at around 15% over the past seven years, the goal certainly seems realistic. wuhan is a microcosm of inland >> yutaka, thanks for your report. >> thank you. >>> hello there. time now for your weather update. seasal rain band continues to stretch across eastern asia. here picking up a lot of moisture from this tropical depression that has formed over the s

but china's u.n. ambassador said u.n. ambassadors from asian countries and unanimously agree to ban's re-election. the five permanent members of the security council have also backed him for a second term. ban has built an alliance with the obama administration to address foreign policy issues to the united nations as much as possible. ban will serve through the end of 2016 if he wins his second term. nhk world, new york. >>> the japanese government will restructure its nuclear organizations to clarify roles and responsibilities if a nuclear disaster occurs. nhk has obtained a draft of a report. report says the government will make the nuclear and industrial safety aswren genesee ingent from the ministry of economy, trade and industry. it says the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant, tokyo electric power company should improve the design of its nuclear plants to ensure that cooling systems continue to function in the event of a serious accident. the storage pools for the spent nuclear fuel are located too high in the

it's believed china will use it to train pilots in aircraft carrier operations, but china has ambitionsto build five or six more of its own to have a real proper carrier fleet. the significance of that is that china's military is expanding its reach. it's a symbol of china's growing power in the world, the way china wants to expand its power to project it out far beyond its borders. of course, that means that, in this region in asia, china will start to compete with america in strategic interests. 1,000 kilometers away along this little track on the outskirts of the city, right in the center of china is what many believe is another part of china's aircraft carrier program. well, if you take a look across those fields there, what you see is a replica of the aircraft carrier that's been built here way inland. now, the flat deck of the superstructure above it, you can also make out, if you look closely, there's a mockup of a helicopter and fighter jet as well. now, observers believe that this has been built here because china's navy needs to work out how you operate a carrier, needs to tra

to deal with china? >> i am the leader of a party that struggled for decades in order to reach this stage of democracy in taiwan. we understand fully the importance of democracy. we hope that china can have democracy as well. if there is a way for us to assist development in china, we would be happy to do that. >> won presidential candidate. what -- one of russia's richest men is planning to invest billions of dollars in hydroelectric dams. he would like to export power south to support the booming economy in asia. we will look at one of the dams that is almost complete. >> putting the finishing touches to what will be one of the world's most powerful hydroelectric dams. this is -- built in the siberian wilderness. this is due to start generating next april. producing electricity from the huge water resources is right back in fashion. russia has woken up to the huge market for power on its doorstep. this enormous network of hydroelectric dams is plan for eastern siberia and the potential to generate a va

china is the largest trading nation russia.lie wise last year had become a fairly even all due trading partner for china so i don't. really help each other and we see big because china's emergent in the expansion. vibe is solid foundation for russia do we need to be even more job opportunities in more but you needed to create a billion dollar to infrastructure israel is pulled by due to energy sources to china and other part of asia. right professor of economics at the university of nottingham thanks very much indeed for joining us here on our teams thank you. to other stories now the fate of libya's leader and the political way out of the civil war will be at stake during talks in tripoli as russians and will meet colonel gadhafi loyalist more gals visit to try and broker a cease fire comes as the latest nato airstrikes target and the area close to cut off his compound artie's marie international now reports. the visit to tripoli is part of russia's peace mediates a mission in the protracted libyan conflict moscow has been ins

the finance minister of france has been trying to secure china's military -- china's support for herding the imf. she said that they had discussed a number of issues, including china's economic growth, the world economy, and of course, the imf vacancy. >> as i said, i am very positive about my trip to china. but the decision does not belong to me. it belongs to the chinese authorities. and i think now was not the time because the candidacies are still open until tomorrow at the end of the day. >> do you feel confident? >> i always feel confident. [laughter] >> let's get some more on this. michael has been watching this from beijing. she is saying there that she is always very confident, but does she have reason to be because she does not have china's endorsement? rex she does not yet, but she seems pretty confident -- >> she does not yet, but she seems pretty confident. she talked in the first few minutes about her friends and colleagues in china. she indicated that she would, perhaps, be willing to give china a chinese nationalist senior role within the imf and she also indicated in

by doing to energy sources to china. professor of economics at the university of nottingham thanks very much indeed for joining us here on arts and thank you. to other stories now the fate of libya's leader and the political way out of the civil war will be at stake during talks in tripoli as russians and we will meet colonel gadhafi loyalists helmar gallops visit to try and broker since are comes as the latest nato airstrikes target an area close to his compound. and now reports. the visit to tripoli is part of russia's peace mediate a mission in the protracted libyan conflict moscow has been insisting all the time but a nonviolent negotiation is the only way out of the crisis russia has repeatedly criticized nato for starting a military operation here and has never support of a un security council resolution which authorized intervention russian special presidential envoy mikhail margelov who was sent here to try to get everybody around the table that's actually very hard to achieve the rebel supported by nature allies

at the american film industry has been pressuring china to relax its quota. >> china is part of the world trade organization, said they are bringing up arbitration and appeals process cases, trying to force china to allow in more foreign films. >> china is also concerned about americanization. hollywood filmmakers bent over backwards to make sure their films cater to the chinese markets. efforts were made to be respectful in this movie, even though some chinese critics have labeled it a cultural invasion. >> they wanted to make sure that people in china with a look at it and not think it was done in a direct way. -- that it was not done it in an ignorant way. >> hollywood will continue to try to get movies into china, with a long-term decline in box office admissions at home, and dwindling dvd revenue, how it would needs new markets, and with china they have their eyes on the prize. >>> a major show has opened in japan to the delight of old and young alike. there is plenty of things to choose from. but it is the latest eco- friendly toys attracting the biggest crowds. >> if they see it, t

ambassador to china, appointed by barack ob'ma. two, executive branch, huntsman has served four u.s. presidents. three, moderate politics. huntsman is a supporter of green energy and equal rights for same-sex unions. that means he can steal independent votes from obama in the general election. those factors are the said that huntsman candidacy made plplplp why did huntsman declare his intention to declare his candidacy instead of just declaring his candidacy? pat buchanan? >> you got a couple separate headlines but is delaying long. he didn't show up for the new hampshire debate. john this, guy is the wends el wilkie of 2012. >> wilkie lost. >> well, he's the media candidate show being imposed upon the repuican party. i've never seen sump a build-up for a candidate who is at zaire or 1% in the polls. he's not no general did, no cutting-edge issue. he's not been a leader of the party. sure, he's got a shot to get into this thing, john. but he is nowhere in iowa now and i do don't see how he beats mitt romney or michelle bachman in e

but with china is the speed of learning. in a world where there is a lot of learning going on, it is the highest learning environment we have ever been in. all of which doesn't point to the absence of bumps along the road where major sudden stops you would not want to reject that. that is like ignoring left or right the distribution but the fundamental point* is they have adopted in modified form the model the advanced countries let you -- use the rest is not on outperforming but in beijing they don't think we will disappear but the hyper competitive members of the advanced global economy. in response to the other question there are some transitional issues that are long term that we should pay attention but nobody barry's another so that is the frame of reference that leads you in conjunction with a skillful navigation ability. it could be the objectives marvell from economic development into a more aggressive dominance depends how society goes. i cannot tell you that you can reject that hypothesis at all but it does not lo

i have travelled extensively in russia and china devoting myself more to china and russia. china has come front and center as it was even before that time. a number of sides. i suppose that i have written two books of memoirs. i have written with a long march the untold story which was the story of the 6,000-mile retreat with his army of 50 years ago which gave the whole chinese communist movement its form answering. it went on from the ads. it with my wife we went over the whole route. very rough back country in china, and i wrote a book about that. the first time it had been treated in that manner. it did well in that country, but became a number one seller and made me very popular because practically everyone among the military has read the long march. there were best sellers. interesting conjunction. and that is probably the most important thing but i have done since my retirement. c-span: how many times have you been to china? >> guest: over the last 15 years about a dozen times. usually never far less than six weeks and often as much as four or five months. c-span: wh

china's own borders.where it began live, built in the dockyards of the soviet union more than 20 yards ago. it was never completed, and as the soviet neighbory was cut up for scrap, a chinese company bought the rusking shell and brought it around the world, claiming it wanted to turn is -- it into a floating casino. instead they labored five years to turn it into the newest weapon of war. it's getting ready to be launched just as budget cuts have left britain without an aircraft carrier. an aircraft carrier is a symbol of the power of your navy. china should at least be on the same level as other members of the u.n. city council who have airiers -- carriers. it is also a symbol of deterrence, like saying "don't mess with me, don't think you can bully me. " >> watching closely is the u.s. navy. it has 11 dare -- carriers of its own, and since the second warled where -- world war its battle fleetcenter have roamed the pacific unchallenged. china is also investing in submarines and missiles that can threaten

coming to terms on the cost remains the final step in russia and china securing a multi-billion dollar energy deal. no place for colonel gadhafi in libya future that's the message from russia's peace mediator after meeting loyalist officials here in tripoli to broker peace join me in recent ocean air from the libyan capital in just a few moments. and in business st petersburg is hosting the international economic forum as more important than ever for russia as it begins to look east as well as the quest for investment turned me for full business books and to hear the wrap up of the day one. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. good to have you with us this truth the world's biggest emerging countries got a bit closer today as russia and china energized their relations hoping to do much more business together and go shooting a thirty year gas deal is another reason why the chinese leader is in the capital it's to help feed beijing's growing economy and secure billions of dollars for russia peter all over is outside gazprom headquarters

coming to terms on the cost remains the final step in russia and china securing a multi-billion dollar energy deal. also the lawyers for alleged international arms deal of it to prepare to challenge a new york court on the legality of his extradition to america. the sun is shining in russia's northern capital i'm alive at the st petersburg international economic forum we'll tell you all about the high level goings on here in our business report coming your way in about twenty minutes. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is good to have you with us this russia's special envoy to libya has held talks with officials in tripoli it's part of an ongoing push by moscow to mediate a peace deal in the country that meeting came amid fresh nato air strikes and a rebel advance on colonel gadhafi stronghold is there for us let's get the latest . maria you are in tripoli spoke to rebel leaders in benghazi is he managing to bring the two sides any closer to reconciliation with this visit to libya. well bill indeed russia. residential voice three poetry pol

you should have closed it when you left china because now china has gotten out into the world and they a major competition. shouldn't i blame you for some of the rise of china? >> well, two things. when we first went into china it was a very under developed country. >> yeah. >> and nobody could imagine that china would develop as it did. had we known it, we would still have done what we did. because if we can't handle the competition of another significant country, we wouldn't be what we've been. >> stephen: but you are not allaying my fears here, sir. i'm afraid that china is going to be number one in the world. people keep telling me america's had their century. this is going to be the chinese century. please fell me that's not the case. >> i don't think that's the case. >> stephen: okay. plaus plas (applause) would you, mr. kissinger would you go so far as to say u.s.a. number one? >> i would say now we are still number one. i believe we will remain number one for any foreseeable future. >> stephen: okay. let's talk about real politics for a second and how that relates to china, oka

the south china sea. on sunday china held its first high-level talk with the united states and separately with vietnam over the issue. world nhk world's atsushi miyauchi reports. >> reporter: in the vietnamese capital hanoi, demonstrators took to the street for the fourth straight week. >> translator: we'll continue our protests as long as china's provocation continues. >> reporter: against this backdrop, u.s. assistant secretary of state curt campbell arrived in hawaii. so did his chinese counterpart vice foreign minister cui tiankai. china recently stepped up military exercises and disrupted vietnamese army operations in waters off the spratly islands. three have previously expressed caution of the american involvement in the issue. as the u.s. lays no claim to the territories. speaking to reporters after talks campbell said he has called on china to exercise restraint. >> we had a -- i think, a candid and clear discussion. we want tensions to subside. >> reporter: campbell also said china's overall ton

vietnam and china have been engaged in a dispute in the islands in the south china sea. in late may vietnam accused china of disrupting fishing. in the vietnamese capital hanoi about 150 people gathered outside the chinese embassy sunday to support sovereignty over the islands. >> translator: like all vietnamese from the authorities to the people, we strongly protest against chinese actions that violate the sovereignty of vietnam's sea territory. >> reporter: demonstrations are strictly controlled in vietnam. it's highly unusual for the government to allow such protests. demonstrating the level of anti-china sentiment. in washington on friday, state department deputy spokesperson marc ton marc toner said the disputes should be resolved through diplomatic means. vietnam's defense ministry has not disclosed how many steps are taking part in the military drill calling it an ordinary exercise. however it's rare for vietnam to announce such activities in advance, indicating its intention to send a warning to china. maria maotta, nhk world, hanoi. >>> now to the philippines. w

so china is aging. the experts like peter diamond and nicobar and others that have advised the government say they are still in the window where the state balance sheet which is gigantic, big enough to sort of sort this out, but it's not going to last forever. uncharacteristic i think olivier would concur with this, the tennessee could move very quickly when a problem is identified is not industry in the pension of social security very. knowing they've had a problem for, i don't know, probably 10 years and only now are they starting to sort of elaborate and make universal pension systems -- sorry, i'll get it. so this is a real challenge. i think it's nowhere near as serious yet as it is in europe in terms of adjusting fiscal and other arrangements, our japan for its says most extreme form. but it's not -- if they don't deal with it fairly early it could slow them down. on china's growth trajectory, demographers have different opinions on whether aging slows growth. david bloom at harvard said if you ma

china was the leading buyer of russian arms but now russia fears china is copying its weapons and selling them at lower prices do you think this is clouding the relations between the two countries. are yes and yes because of course it's a it's a problematic issue here and. this situation drives the military technical cooperation in trade and the military tactical sphere to. the case of unbalanced partnership but. on the other hand it's a good impulse to revise or great relations on military technical corporation and to strike the great crowd out here but you know it is maybe only modo which we also have with the interior when we pick up the rate in the high tech spear and this regime is really successful so i think that this is really an impulse to revise to rethink what should be the next step and in china russia military operates all right president calderon from moscow state university of international relations thanks very much for sharing your views with us here on our t.v. much appreciate it. the fate of libya's leader and the political way out of the civil war or will be at stake d

of course, they meant china and their words were bolstered by rare anti-china demonstrations in hanoi ho chi minh city. u.s. defense secretary robert gates also attended the shangri-la dialogue. the american speech was one of reassurance to china's neighbors. look at gates' word cloud. it shows a focus on commitment, relationships and talk of a presence in the region. so china pushed too hard, and then drew back. the united states signaled to other asian countries it was not going anywhere. the great game of asian geopolitics has just begun. i have a feeling we're all going to be watching these moves and counter moves for years to come. and we will be right back. >> it's been the case that most cia officers sought what was called official covers and the cia representatives, other official international organizations, that was acceptable when the target you were chasing was soviet diplomats, meet them at cocktail parties, spot them, try to develop them but the targets are so different now. can be taught. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a

to discourage china from pursuing territorial claims. >>> one of the china's most advanced ships is visiting singapore after patrolling the waters. vietnam and other countries are concerned that the country intends to increase its presence in the area. the ship arrived at a port in singapore on sunday. the 3,000-ton vessel can carry helicopters and belongs to china's meyaritime safety administration. it left southern china on wednesday. it says the visit is to boost ties with singapore and promote maritime safety, but other countries are leary about china's motives. it passed near the group of island, and vietnam and the philippines are among some of the countries engaged in territorial dispute with china over these islands. >>> let's look at the latest in business news with ai. ai, greece again in the spotlight. >> that's true, katherine. there's been some progress, but a lot rests in greece's shoulders. they will extend a plan to greece but thef to have new austerity measures first. the finance ministers ended a two-day meeting on monday. in addition to the immediate loan, the min

china china divided will be different from the u.s. and nato interests in central and middle east region particularly their division of interests could be in natural resources the middle east by control asia but nevertheless want the issues have been raised having a declaration on libya on a statement on syria have been assured by russia and the sci members do you think actually that they could influence the u.s. and its allies involvement in those countries in libya and syria well as well and i cannot think that they can influence we have seen in the past that the united states and its allies. have intervened and that fact one treat such as iraq. afghanistan and libya. me most so. any american intervention in the region the united. international community should morally support the democratic movement in the region so democracy has become stronger in the middle east and north african region let's talk about the context of the asio and its member countries and its relationship with the us our in many ways because yesterday i was opened

china told the united states not to get involved in the territorial disputes in the south china sea. they came after the american senator jim webb and called for multilateral negotiations. washington drew criticism from china last year by asserting that the u.s. had in national security interest in the region. you're watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come -- the name of the east. formountry's clamoring to a new middle lines. >> much under-used a red carpet has been rolled out in puerto rico as barack obama became the first u.s. president to visit the territory in 50 years. while residents listened to him caylee m.i.a. it is the key hispanic vote in the united states -- listen to him keenly, it is the key hispanic vote in the and it states that he is after . >> he had pledged to return to pr as a sitting president. u.s. presidents don't come here very often appeared >> the residents of the island can determine their own future. and when the people of puerto rico make a clear decision, my administration will stand by you. >> that endorsement was musi

ntannd the china syndrome. >> the former u.s. ambassador to china was one two speakers at a reuters event in new york city this week. huntsman along with former u.s. secretary ste henry kissinger was asked by harry evans to give his view on china's rise on the global state. husman says china is on the global stage but is learning how to handle it. >> the question now becomes, e eyrey lead on the world stage? and i think there's a lag there. they'll figure it out, but i think there's probably three to five years during which they will have to come to grips with what it to be on the world stage. >> question, jon huntsman served ambassador during that service china backtracked on hun rits will that hurt huntsman on the campaign trail? >> i'm sure that's just a small excerpt but what is he talking abt? this is a great dramatic, dynamic power which is working the world international order. we establish for its own benefit. >> you were there. i was there. i was there. you brawl huntsman says? >> yes i do. cha s ay a role that is a narr

led nato military aggression in north african region so i hope saw that as see all russia china china russia leaving leading this new global moving on to balance the power in the wall and saw that they can build a new world order where norm or unilateral aggressive or even clone you know methodology being put into a sovereign nation such as leave your political scientist dr chung live from beijing thanks very much. russia's envoy is in tripoli to convince the regime there's no place for colonel capacity in libya's future but loyalist officials have told mikhail margelov the colonel is not prepared to step down it's the latest push by moscow to mediate a cease fire meantime there's no letup in the fighting with yet more nato airstrikes on a rebel advance towards gadhafi stronghold. reporting for us. the visit to tripoli is part of russia's peace mediator mission in the protracted libyan conflict moscow has been insisting all the time that a nonviolent negotiation is the only way out of the crisis russia has repeatedly criticized nato for starting a military operation here and has never

the rise of china.his time it's not about china's growing power and confidence but of a china that realized it might have overplayed its hand in correcting itself. it all played out at a small conference in singapore's fancy shangri la hotel. first let's go back to 2010, last year. beijing had emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis. it had put on the greatest show on earth, the beijing olympics. countries from around the world were courting it like never before. and then china's confidence turned into overconfidence, even arrogance. in quick succession, beijing picked separate fights around the south china seas with vietnam, the philippines and japan. china angered south korea by not condemning aggression from the north from pyongyang which sunk a south korean ship. all these asian countries had been relatively sanguine about the rise of china. suddenly they began to realize that it presented not just economic opportunities of big market for them but challenges, even threats. so they spo

this is the central idea in understanding china. the chinese by 1973/'74 when kissinger and nixon opened the door to them, they were flat on their back. they had... just everything had gone wrong. mao had taken over, mao had tried two completely madchemes the great leap forward and the cultural revolution. per capita g.d.p. was basically the lowest in the world. itas bangladesh level. th hadothing. and so deng xiaoping says we are going to just do what it takes to succeed. we're going to be ruthlessly pragmatic. we don't care whether it's called communism, capitalism, couldn't give a damn. >> rose: (laughs) what d he say about a rat? >> if a cat can catch the mouse, who cares if it's a white cat or black cat? and en he goes through that and he saysby the way, we'll be allies with the aricans. the hated americans who were... mao regarded the americans as devils and he was like we're going to be pro-american because we need their technology, we need their military support, we need them as an ally against the soviet union. it's a total

. >> is this crackdown on critics in china -- if china takes a return to a totalitarian approach, that is going to make it more difficult for your party to deal with china. >> i am the leader of a party who struggled for decades in order to enrich this stage of democracy in taiwan. we understand fully the importance of a democracy. and we hope china can have democracy as well. if there is a way for us to assist the development in china, we would be happy to do that. >> taiwan presidential candidate dr. wen. our series continues all month. on our website, you will find unique content and a look at the in the face of indonesia. its economy is one of the best performing in the region. that is on the bbc news website. now more on an out of this world experience that we cannot see in singapore because of bad weather. >> don't worry. you can look at some of the amazing pictures that sky watchers in parts of africa, central europe, and australia have been observing. it is the first lunar eclipses in nearly 11 years. it occurs when the earth passes a shadow over the moon. indirect light can st

china has been pressing its territorial claim almost over the whole south china sea. there has been confrontations with vessels. singapore brokers violence on the issue asking china to clarify their position. michelle obama has made an unscheduled visit to someone special. >> america's first lady has gone to a week-long visit to south africa and one of the highlights has included a meeting with nelson mandela. we have a report from so we go. >> michelle obama, the wife of the first black president and the first black president of south africa, nelson mandela. mrs. obama and her daughters savored the meeting that they thought might not happen. the frail 92-year-old rarely sees visitors. this a visit kickoff with a history lesson. nelson mandela's wife guiding the obama family through his personal archives. the struggle against white minority groups is the backdrop to mrs. obama's visit. that is where they clashed with protesters, many of them young children. the church offered sanctuary to men and women feared the police. >> there was police everywhere, there was tearg

sure we'll charge china for providing them with tons of of natural gas over. a year period now russia saying that they want three hundred sixty dollars per thousand cubic meters now that's the market rate sets the rate that russia charges europe for their gas china are saying they're looking for a discount they want to they don't want to pay that much for this gas by no stretch of imagination is this deal going to be dead in the water over price is just too important to both sides this is a mutually beneficial deal russia wants to sell china or the gas over the thirty year period because they're going to make a lot of money out of selling like us china at once the gas because they need to fuel the essentially race car that is their economy and they need gas in order to provide that race car with fuel talks will continue as they strive to get go overcome what she is this last hurdle in the agreement as president who met with president medvedev the iran they put pen to paper on some very lucrative deals trade between china and russia already at an all time high

china sales of new cars reached more than 18 million a year. international manufacturers are trying to corner the booming inland market but some of them have had a rough spring because of japan's march 11th quake and tsunami. nhk world's yutaka yano reports on the lessons learned from the disaster. >> reporter: glitz, glamour, and status. selling cars and the lifestyle they offer hasn't been hard in china in recent years. but as the taste of the country's growing middle class become more refined, companies are using international auto shows such as this one in the inland city of wuhan to prove they can cater to their needs. >> translator: we want a big and comfortable car because we have another child. >> translator: i want a car with a famous brand. >> translator: i want a red car. >> translator: she likes red cars. >> reporter: 60 brands in all were on display here in late may. while chinese in metropolitan areas such as beijing and shanghai are now looking at purchasing a second car, more than 90% of customers in inland cities are looking to

i think yes because china and u.s. most biggest economy in the world maybe sometime like something like ok all right now what about russia china and a key central asian states were meeting at the yesterday the shanghai. cooperation organization summit to be tenth anniversary of that that aims to provide security and stability in the region but do you see this group rivaling in nato in the future you've got nato on the west you've got the f c o in the east you've got these groupings of the of the countries in their own neighborhood is there some sort of potential threat in the future. you know. is already playing the world. leader so for countries. to be really regional leaders. to show that it's for the whole world. can we know that this is the population of this country more than half of all. of the all this country is the most territorial. continent and we already showed this and you can see that it's a very interesting grouping yesterday done it has a. summit a lot of a major leaders there are many. many others and

russia or china or all of these as see all the lying. we saw that not enough to start us nato military aggression in north african region so i hope saw that as see all russia or china or china or russia leaving leading this new robot moving on to balance of power in the wall soledad they can build a new world order where norm or unilateral aggressive or you can clone your own methodology being put into a sovereign nation such as libya political scientists talk to you look china live from beijing thanks very much. but russia's envoy is in tripoli to convince the regime there's no place for colonel gadhafi in libya future but loyalist officials have told mikhail margelov the colonel is not prepared to step down it's the latest push by moscow to mediate a cease fire meantime there's no letup in the fighting with yet more nato airstrikes on a rebel advance towards gadhafi stronghold for national she's reporting for us. visit to tripoli's part of russia's piece mediates a mission in the protracted libran conflict that's going has been insisti

and china is the real motivation. behind the offer of a more i'm just what's behind china's our first we're now two i live by is our france why do media president is the center think tank in paris does china even with its mass reserves really have the financial capacity to pull the eurozone out of this. well probably be china china has to go pers it's here now are those that have the real will and can it really do it you know a very short amount of time d. and so it's probably no if you look at the reserves that china has of course it's we beyond what any country in the euro would need the china reserves currently are clues to being three thousand million three thousand billion u.s. dollars but of course sixty to seventy percent of them are in dollars and only twenty to twenty five percent are in euros but when we see. who will them to although in the form of european debt probably. sue our own this is already don't know whether china would invest even more that would rather create an imbalance than in the comfort to