pursue china's dream. now his leadership faces the challenge of living up to that promise. to do that, they would have to bridge the huge gap between dream and reality for millions of chinese people. michitaka yamaka, nhk world beijing. >>> it's often hard to grasp what's going on inside china's politics as there's so little media coverage. we asked an expert in modern chinese studies about the characteristics of xi jinping's leadership. professor korogi of kendi university of international studies is a specialist on modern chinese politics. he says xi's influence on policymaking may be limited. >> china's new government, not the new leadership, this is because xi's predecessors are still, they are holding power. china now has a three-tier power structure involving xi and jiang zemin and hu jintao. xi is surrounded by members of the faction, so it will take some time for him to establish his own stance in running the government. >> he thinks the new premier li keqiang's power is limited because he doesn't

too far. >>> china's chiez news spokes person hong lei justified the actions. >> china has unquestionable sovereignty over the parcel islands. the boat was engaged in illegal fishing. the action is justifiable and reasonable. >> he add ed the people involve ed said they did not damage the fishing boat. hong declined to confirm if shots were fired and whether the chinese vessel was a warship. >>> chinese president is in south africa to attend the summit of the brics emerging economies. xi jinping wants the chinese government to enhance ties to compete with the u.s. and other industrialized countries. this will be the first time president xi will participate in an international meeting since he took office earlier this month. the two-day summit begins on tuesday in durbin. brics is made up of brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. the leaders are expected to discuss how rising commodities and grain prices are affecting emerging countries. also on the agenda is an agreement among the brics members to provide each other with foreign currencies. they want to protect their economies fr

sanctions has put china on edge.fficials in beijing want to avoid driving authorities in pyongyang into a corner which could result in the regime's collapse. they fear that would prompt north koreans to flee across the border and into chinese territory. china is north korea's biggest aid provider and trading partner. its incoming leaders have not made any public comments about this latest tension on the korean peninsula. so it's not clear how they'll follow up on the new sanctions and what kind of relationship and influence their administration will have with the north korean regime. north korea is just one of a long list of issues the next generation of leaders will have to face head on. we wanted to get a snapshot of the challenges they face at home and abroad. so we spoke with experts from two of china's leading universities. one focuses on internal affairs, the other specializes in foreign policy. >> thank you very much for your time. >> welcome. >> nice to meet you. >> this professor teaches law at peking univer

he led china's security watchdog and china's construction bank before joining the people's bank of chinar pboj. zhou turned 65 in january, the age when most officials retire but he was promoted to a national leadership position this month, that made him exempt from mandatory retirement and allowed him to keep his post at the central bank. zhou's tenure is not only the longest in china's central bank's 64-year history, he's one of the longest serving chiefs in the world. zhou took the helm of the pboc in 2002. he has engineered a number of major changes since then. zhou is considered the architect of the country's broad financial reforms. he was the driving force behind the liberalization of interest rates and he was also in favor of scratching the yuan back to the u.s. dollar. china watchers say zhou has played an important role in transforming the state-controlled economy. >> in terms of economic and financial sector reform, governor zhou has been involved and also had been leading a lot of the very important reforms that will help china to advance in this next stage of development, and

to china. and we hope that a growing number of young people from both countries will take the baton and we'll dedicate themselves to the work of friendship proven friendship. great she. will go a long way. there's a chinese hung. says. even in a violent strong move to steam having them go china for our young for both countries. will benefit our nations people and that's we can still get idea contribute to the strength for peace and security world thank you very much. so that was chinese president xi jinping talking to students at the mosque a state institute of international relations and it makes them very interesting points about the relationship with china and russia he was here yesterday he said constructive negotiations were held but then went on to say that china does need to flourish in russia i'm russia needs a flourishing of china he also talked more widely about the world economy saying that there is a new twenty first century now and the needs to be a new way of thinking only to need

well be very interesting in china china's economy is growing at a very very impressive rate and.started to get the economies of these other brics nations and so china provides leadership in a certain way and china as well of their trade relationships with brazil with i'm african nations with russia and india it's very very important and so i think it'll be very interesting to see going forward china of course right now in some ways this fueling the world economy and if it's going to continue to do that have to make this transition from an economy based on many factures into an economy based on consumption and that's one of the biggest challenges for china's new leadership in the years ahead all right journalist shannon fans and thanks very much for your insight. well the u.s. and china aren't just sizing each other up militarily the two powers also moving closer to a digital war after president barack obama promised but using tough talk over alleged cyber attacks originating from china this is the u.s. military is creating special units to launch offices in cyberspace in response

-china relations? you realize the united states should engage more with china. -- dohe current mechanism you see that the current mechanism is enough? >> it is wise to have more exchanges between the parliamentarians here between the u.s. and china. .e know the issues we want to see a two-way street. we want to see and access to markets for this. we want to see human rights issues addressed. we also hope to see the types of reforms that will bring a part more personal freedom. it is necessary for this to officialsnges between there and officials and the united states. but is also necessary to continue the broadcasting work that i am talking about so that people understand the full range of issues that are under discussion. >> it does not include of the with indonesia and the philippines. our partnership includes all the countries and afghan + china india, japan, australia and new zealand. this seems to be more appealing to the countries. have a trade not agreement with them. the ttp is less inclusive.

this spending comes as china continues to increase its presence in the east china sea and the south china sea. the country is involved in territorial disputes with japan and a handful of other nations. government leaders in asia are keeping a close eye on china's defense budget. >> reporter: thank you very much. delegates to the national people's congress are already discussing the issues premier wen raised and the budget plans for this year. on wednesday we'll hear from several top departments, including the national development and reform commission. that should give us a better idea of the direction the xi jinping administration could take. >>> there are concerns about air pollution in china affecting the southwestern part of japan. officials in kumamoto prefecture have issued a health alert for the first time. the officials said the level of pm2.5 rose to 100 micrograms per cubic meter, higher than the government's daily safety standard of 70 micrograms. officials warned residents to stay indoors unless they have an urgent reason to go outside. some kindergartens were keeping children

does china does not like go out and confront the. yes go that's a bit harsh rhetoric coming from i mean to say that russia takes a much harsher stance that china most people would say oh i mean for example if we look at issues like syria we look at a question like syria where russia has been quite outspoken in its support of the outside of the assad regime and has been in the forefront of sort of countering western rhetoric against china on the other hand really hasn't said much and stayed very quiet in the background and that's very much in chief and with the chinese approach to international affairs they like to sort of stay much more in the background whereas russia maybe likes to be more forward i would i mean i'm just following what you say yeah i would say that china has always agreed with what with russia's stance particularly on syria i mean whether they've been there i don't think they have not been vocal to say the least but let's talk about the brig's putin says the brits only they had to help the world economy not to comp

to assert itself in the in the south china sea in the east china sea and as i say i think there will be a confrontation some ways down the road but until that point i think that there is going to be a lot of economic and financial turnover in the world economy that's going to be huge and on china that will probably be playing more of a role including the upcoming bric summit in durban south africa later this month that i think is going to play a potentially pivotal role in changing some of the global financial infrastructure james thank you for your thoughts we do have to leave it that is james cole that editor of the colbert report. there's a new war of words between the u.k. in argentina after a fork and island is there today overwhelmingly to remain a british territory argentina also claims the islands and the referendum is irrelevant but british prime minister david cameron said his country will always stand for the fork and but that's in sharp contrast to the country's treatment of other islanders a sheriff the reports. this is the story of an island a proud and spirited people

find out the challenges china faces. on "newsline." > th chinese president is at an international summit in africa. he's hoping to get more heads of state in his corner on sensitive issues. ai joins us now from the business desk to tell us more about that. good morning. >> good morning. president xi is putting his best foot forward and so are those at the emerging summit trying to deepen their ties with each other. the leader of china and brazil and south africa have gathered for a summit known as brics. it is now under way in durbin, south africa. the brics leaders attended a ceremony in the two day event. it is on how much they can cooperate. chine chesec xiinping met with jacob zuma and asked for african support and territorial issues and zuma said china was its largest trading partner and asked xi for more investment in its countries. >>> we saw improved economic data. the dow jones climb ed three fourths of a percent to close at 14,559, renewing its record closing high. let's go to the tyo stock exchange. are we see

people in southern china are dealing with heavy rain. >> yes. a system of low pressures has been creating rain and heavy weather across southeastern china when cold air is colliding with warm air across this area. an additional 150 millimeters or more is likely in the guangdong province and a wide enough area, enough to cause further flooding as well as landslides and should reach taiwan within the next 48 hours, not good news because this area was hit by a big earthquake on wednesday. the ground has loosened. i want to show you media coming out of taiwan. and earthquake of magnitude, 6.1 hit taiwan wednesday killing one of and causing heavy damage. numerous shops and homes were destroyed, more than 80 people were hurt. a rock fell on a car croushing t completely. a patter by rescued the driv driver -- passerby rescued the driver. the rain could hamper recovery efforts here. snow will be tapering off in northeastern china and light rain. precipitation will be rain today because we are going to be seeing a significant warmup. double digits for th

so this is ongoing, and china is worrying that the stability of china might be in danger, so what they are trying to do is monitor the whole country and not let them break apart. they use this dogma of stability in their speeches to maintain stability and suppress any opposing opinions, so they use this big, huge budget for state security basically to impress their own people and to make sure they can still stick to the power. >> ambitious numbers have been set for boosting economic growth, pitting the divide between the rich and poor and fighting corruption. how likely is it that the new leadership will be able to keep its promises? >> i think they will try hard to solve some of these problems, but i think as long as they have not solved the problem of corruption, then they will not be able to fight the other problems there early. for example, if you take environmental issues, a factory does not stick to the law because up paying a price to superiors. even though there is a good law for environmental issues, they will never stick to the rules, so that is the major problem from my poin

oh it's definitely possible and i think what we can today china's sort of functions like the i.m.f. in respects anyway or like a world bank where they have been providing hundreds of millions billions of loans to african countries and then for gave them when they were unable to pay them back and so creating one that's a brick bank enables china to basically say ok we're we don't want to stick out we've got friends who also are on our side and and so that this way they feel like they're more. international more integrated brian you want to jump in there go ahead. yeah i think i think it's considered again we're at the beginning stage of the brics process the world needs the world desires an alternative to the sort of complete domination by the by nato powers led by an anchor by the united states the world hasn't had that sense the dissolution of the socialist bloc of course it will emerge now if it can on a different basis the economic power of the united states is this a painting but its military power is being used as a substitute in other words to maintain domination to enforce u.

prize or welcome to the kaiser report you know the problem with china starting a currency war is that a half hour later you want to start another one this year over booking aside what's going on there next i said yes that's a train down there coming into penn station but you know there are consequences the biggest story that we've been covering here in the car is a port for the past three or four years and china has been very vocal speaking out against the currency war why china fears currency wars on friday commerce minister chen deming was the latest to raise concerns about competitive currency depreciation and the effects of excessive money printing by central banks the head of china sovereign wealth fund was less diplomatic reportedly warning japan against treating your neighbors as your garbage bin and starting a currency war right what i thought according to the guard everybody was on the same page with this global currency war that they were all the valuing together and that there was a currency war it was a currency worry it doesn't sound like that's playing out in the pacific

can learn from china crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it yourself when i go to you first you the brics want to take on the west is that kind of relationship they have well i think not necessarily but in some respects it seems there's a this is the trend in terms of the recent policy measures that we're seeing from the brics one of the measures is to combine the foreign exchange reserves of the countries and form a reserve that potentially could be used to deal with the crises in the world economy and to some degree you could look at this effort as a way to create a competitor to the international monetary fund and then the other. potential effort that is now undertaken by the brics countries is to create a development bank. much like the world bank would provide resources for developing countries to foster growth to deal with social issues etc so in some respects we're seeing that the brics are starting to create their own institutions that potentially can rival can compete with the bretton woods institutions brian would y

some are looking nervously at china. china has been nothing short of a financial miracle.his state- controlled economy became the world's second largest, deftly managed by government policies and decrees. one sector the authorities concentrated on was real estate and construction. but that may have created the largest housing bubble in human history. if you go to china, it's easy to see why there's all the talk of a bubble. we discovered that the most populated nation on earth is building houses, districts and cities with no one in them. so this is zhengzhou. and we are on the major highway or the major road. and it's rush hour. >> gillem tulloch: yeah. >> stahl: and it's almost empty. gillem tulloch is a hong kong- based financial analyst who was one of the first to draw attention to the housing bubble in china. he's showing us around the new eastern district of zhengzhou in one of the most populated provinces in china, not that you'd know it. we found what they call a "ghost city" of new towers with no residents, desolate condos, and vacant subdivisions, uninhabited for

sanctions has put china on edge. officials in beijing want to avoid driving authorities in pyongyang into a corner which could result in the regime's collapse. they fear that would prompt north koreans to flee across the border and into chinese territory. china is north korea's biggest aid provider and trading partner. its incoming leaders have not made any public comments about this latest tension on the korean peninsula. so it's not clear how they'll follow up on the new sanctions and what kind of relationship and influence their administration will have with the north korean regime. north korea is just one of a long list of issues the next generation of leaders will have to face head on. we wanted to get a snapshot of the challenges they face at home and abroad. so we spoke with experts from two of china's leading universities. one focuses on internal affairs, the other specializes in foreign policy. >> thank you very much for your time. >> welcome. >> nice to meet you. >> this professor teaches law at peking univ

other than china. sounds like they're the only ones that have any cards that are worth playing here. other than something i think our country does not want to engage in at this time. it seems to me that the entire issue around north korea is not us but china. and i wonder if you might speak to that. >> i was -- i would look to my colleagues. it is a failed economy. north korea now with the additional sanctions, there are three sections in play with this morning's. having consequences. when that leadership realizes they're not getting the funds necessary to sustain their lifestyle there will be pressure at a higher level. beside the provinces that are not getting much of the benefits because it is a two-state system. pyongyang feels they're having problems sustaining, i imagine there would be leadership to change and take some of the pressure off and to live as a prestige. one has to wonder how they will survive to the mid term. >> there is one time in my experience in which i observed the chinese on th

he takes over china at 59 years old. after spending decades working his way up the political ladder. he's one of china's so-called princelings. the term is used to describe children of senior communist party officials. his father once served as vice premier. xi jinping was sent to work in the countryside during the cultural revolution. he later graduated from the respected sing wa university. he spent 25 years working as a party official in provinces of zhejiang where he gradually assumed roles of increasing seniority. xi first gained national attention in 2007 when he was appointed party secretary in shanghai. the same year, party leaders promoted him by two ranks after their congress. that marked his entry into the top leadership. he spent the next several years cementing his position as hu jintao's successor. >>> xi's confirmation caps a process that was in the works for months, if not years. the vote was largely ceremonial making xi's appointment all but certain. what's lesser is what kind of leader xi will be and ho

people in china are taking a look at a wide range of issues, and so are we in our special series "china, change and challenge." james tengan is leading our coverage from beijing. james, premier wen jiabao spoke tuesday about issues they have to tackle. how did npc members react? >> reporter: hi, gene. members of the congress got straight to work. they divided into subcommittees to talk about the issues premier wen brought up in his speech. the men expected to control china after next week also took part in the discussions. communist party chief xi jinping joined representatives from shanghai. he said courage is needed to deepen reforms so the country can develop. he admitted that wouldn't be easy and described the process as being like gnawing at hard bone and waiting at a dangerous shoal. he also stressed the importance of technology. he said the process will not be easy. he stressed the importance of innovation and technology in china's future development. the vice premier met with officials discussing shortening the gap between rich and poor. he said developing rural and urban areas

all right thanks for bringing us up to speed on the visit today from china appreciate it. now riot police have called off the cypriot parliament is angry crowds descended on the largest legislature there for a fifth day running the protest as a government not to cave into a huge pressure brussels wants the cypriot parliament to push through a highly unpopular tax that could wipe out ten percent of people savings the a proposals have already been rejected was put there is growing concern that cyprus will be forced to accept it at some point the country's banks have been paralyzed from which a week now and his tests are sort of reports next tonight people are bracing themselves for the worst. all of this panic this negativity started of course on the announcement over the weekend from brussels that in order to get a ten billion euro bailout package cyprus will have to cough up about five point eight billion in the suggestion was to impose a tax on that holders the pause it's now ninety one per cent of cypriots according to a poll have been against that back tax and we've see

where all things considered i'm going to relive though can the brics countries brazil russia india china and south africa reinvent the international system can they collectively challenge the hegemony of western dominated trade and finance or do they merely want to greater say in how the world is run and for whom. to cross out the bricks i'm joined by yet a slightly so bola here in moscow he's the chief economist at deutsche bank russia in washington we have brian becker he is the national coordinator for the answer coalition and in new york we cross to and we she is an adjunct professor at new york university and the author of the book what the u.s. can learn from china crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it yourself when i go to you first do the brics want to take on the west is that kind of relationship they have. well i think not necessarily but in some respects it seems as this is the trend in terms of the recent policy measures that we're seeing from the brics one of the measures is to combine the foreign exchange reserves

add it's considered hard currency relative to the yeah so all this capital inflows are going into china causing inflation crossing more property speculation right while bank of japan is bennett socially nationalized by the new government in japan and they've been told to print print print money wildly recklessly out of control meanwhile mark carney's being moved from the bank of canada over to the bank of england its mandate like japan is to print money out of control ben bernanke is already printing money out of control the european central bank the e.c. big is less inclined to go down the path of this type of reckless money printing so that's why the euro relatively speaking has not experienced the kind of damage that some have to dictate with the peripheral nations like race and others running into so much trouble but at some point the e.c.b. will join in and they will also be forced to print like mad men and the e.c.b. balance sheet will increase by chileans of euro and this is the twenty first century conundrum that we all face is that there are no underlying strong economies from

nhk world, yiwu, china. >>> while china's ties with africa may be strengthening relations with japan are at a weak point. the neighbors are at odds over territory in the waters between them. leaders of japan, china, and south korea are preparing for an annual summit likely in may. china's ambassador in tokyo says bilateral talks between president xi and japanese prime minister shinzo abe will be difficult to arrange under current circumstances. >> translator: we are not avoiding high-level talks. but it would not be desirable for top leaders to meet only to end up in disagreement. >> ambassador the absence of progress regarding the disputed territory, which is in the east china sea. japan controls the senkaku islands but china and taiwan claim them. he added the recent appointment of the chinese prime minister is likely to lead to an immediate improvement of bilateral ties. he is a former ambassador to japan. >>> the territorial disput >>> the operators of fukushima daiichi are changing how they operate. they will make safety and disaster preparedness their top priorities. tepco offi

boosting political and energy times china has a new president's first overseas trip as caesar the signing of multibillion dollar deals with russia this is beijing seeks a partnership to counterbalance you as global influence. live from moscow this is archie with me to bob would say it's good to have your company with us today. in a last ditch attempt to rescue cypress a from bankruptcy president. says heading to brussels to meet e.u. officials that's as his country struggles to meet the conditions for a ten billion euro bailout the super parliament has ponce a number of bills covering key elements of the rescue plan but that wasn't enough which is that is why the troika officials cyprus has had to deliver a decision on the plan that most controversial aspects proposed tax on bank deposits which just spot an outrage and panic across the nation the deadline is on monday when the european central bank warns it will cut off emergency funding to cypriot banks if no deal is reached archies test as you'll hear reports and spoke to people on the streets of the cypriot capital. here with me to avo

like in the deal moscow and beijing agreed to double all supplies to china as president she visits russia on its first official overseas in gage's deal as one of several key green on energy and try. and desperate act of defiance in guantanamo a mass hunger strike is entering its the sixth day the pentagon asking for almost fifteen million dollars to renovate the tory's prison camp. international news and comment watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me and. now the clock is ticking for debt stricken cyprus to meet conditions for a ten billion euro e.u. bailout the country's parliament has approved several key bills restructuring its banks but is yet to decide on the most contentious measure the levy on bank deposits the deadlines much the deadlines monday when the european central bank says it will cut off funds to cypriot banks. is following the torturous debates in the country's parliament and the mood on the street. now the cypriot parliament has passed a series of bills which review part of a package that they will present to the troika to get approval in order to get the

china and taiwan claim it. >>> u.s. and south korean military leaders are trying to show they're ready to deal with any caction. u.s. and south korean armed forces regularly conduct a battle simulation called key resolve in seoul. it is designed to improve chain of command and support capabilities in a context of armed conflict on the peninsula. commanders can follow the virtual maneuvers on the screen. >>> authorities in pyongyang say they have been facing cyber attacks since u.s. and south korean forces have joined sides. they say they will not stand id idolly by. north korea has been blamed for computer system trouble at a south korean back in 2011, and the hacking last year of a major newspaper website. maker boeing says repairs on the trouble battery system aboard its 787 dreamliner jets should be completed in a matter of weeks. the head of boeing's commercial airplane division, ray conner, spoke at a news conference in tokyo. he said the process of putting the dreamliners back into service shouldn't take too long.

china and south korea are not involved in the u.s.-led transpacific partnership, a separate free trade framework that japan intends to join. japanese officials hope that concluding an fta with its asian neighbors will further boost exports and investments. whether the negotiations will go smoothly remains uncertain. japan's relations with china and south korea are being rocked now by territorial disputes. each country also has some products they want to protect from tariff cuts. >>> japanese electronic maker panasonic said it will turn around tv business and make it profitable again in three years. suga says his company will focus on boosting display sells to corporate customers including medical institutions. he mentioned about the plasma display business. >> translator: if we decide on an out right pullout of the plasma display business, it will be clear although it cost assert dc sublg r r -- certain amount. that is an easy choice. but we'll make every possible effort to keep the business going and make it profitable again. >>> str

china had the hard landing, the euro break-

where the china. currency appreciates and you have a tremendous a local domestic economy spenders in china who are buying the things that they've been manufacturing because they can afford it because their currency suddenly appreciated remember the u.s. dollar as a percentage of world trade as steadily decrease every quarter every year for the past twenty years and this trend is now getting to the point where as a percentage of global trade the u.s. dollar will dip below fifty percent at that point you can categorically state that the u.s. dollar is no longer the world reserve currency in a rapidly approaching the number so again here we see a situation where china might have to internationalize like let it float suddenly ok that's one thing so in the background that would mean they must be looking at a way to accumulate gold more rapidly if they think that's the situation on the international stage look at this next headline currency wars central banks in denial or lying and this is from my friend a

in the east china sea and the south china sea. chinese leaders are expanding their military budget. the country's defense spending has surged nearly fourfold in the past decade. >>> populous, prosperous, pushing ahead. china's ride, power, and problems. an income gap divides it's people, pollution threatens their health, and trained relations with their neighbors. find out about the challenges china faces on "newsline." >>> police in south korea say a cyber attack is being investigated. malware affected tv stations and banks say it disabled more than 32,000 computers. members of a task force have detected ip addresses to the u.s. and three european countries. they have not disclosed the names, but they have asked for cooperation to track down the original source of the cyber attacks. investigators are also checking if ip addresses in any other countries were used. >>> japan and the european union decided to start negotiations in april for an economic partnership agreement. the decision came after telephone talks. the euments the j

high profile visit to moscow today russia and china have signed a number of trade agreements through the new chinese leaders last visit to moscow xi jinping picked the russian capital for his first trip abroad since taking office earlier this month. has more on the symbolic material meeting with oil. russia and china's crown jewel energy cooperation have been polished today in the shining brightly after a slew of deals were signed the most prominent probably being one between russia nats recently bought out to yank a v.p. to become the number one oil company in the world moving exxon mobil out of its spot they find a cooperation deal with russia and with china's top energy company this of course is a tremendous step and will have enormous economic ramifications the main want a project between russia and china to deliver gas it's very simple china needs gas russia wants to be that number one provider and russia china thirteen we became one step closer to this on this first day of the chinese president's visit now besides energy cooperation another thing they do share which really brin

of the ninety six is russia has closed the gap china has not they're catching up to us. thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert our time i guess jim rickards author of the phenomenally successful currency wars if you want to send us an e-mail please do so at kaiser reported r t t v dot ru so next time back to the same bio. we speak your language. news programs and documentaries in spanish as to you breaking news. stories. spanish. visit. live . live. live . live. at least. if. live. the speed. with. live. good lives. and an. enemy. if. the boy.

china is not comfortable with that.e that's encircling the chinese power in the region and they're going to do what they can to push back. the question will be ultimately if the united states is able to come up with an accommodation. but i think we have more trouble before things get better. >> sounds like china is going to go through a very interesting next five years. thank you both. fascinating conversation. >>> in this last election you saw tremendousebate on both sides. you never once saw and also in the state of the union you never saw somebody mention health. health and food represent over 30% of the u.s. economy yet we're not talking about it. >>> modern medicine has found a cure to many of the world's deadly diseases, polo, mow layer yeah, tetanus but the human body is still a mystery to us. how and why do we get sick. that's a simple question. our next guest has answers to some of those questions. david ageus is the author of "the end of illness." welcome. >> thank you, fareed. >> you are also steve jobs' doct

china is quite dependent on foreign trade and therefore china's scroll of may well be affected by the general state of the global economy and at the same time china is aware of the limitations set by is declining for supply and viral bento deep gradation and the supply of and it's the raw materials and there are a number of domestic problems to face in china at the moment wealth inequality corruption pollution to name but a few do you think that the the country slow moving bureaucracy can actually tackle all of that. there are problems obviously. the proceeding needs to absorb more highly educated carvers including those returning from over see the problem is not so much the general competence of the bureaucrats after all the car the cops you warts has been rewarded very well and there's no shortage of talent in china the real challenge actually is the issue of corruption. mentalism as well as the fact that. the local of fora tease may not follow the policy kinds from the center very honestly and very effectively solve these are the challenges of the bureaucracy and what about the mil

"china wants to make that equipment." "they want to sell those products in south america because they want their natural resources from south america, so they want to maintain a balance of trade." and the u.s. chamber of commerce says there's reason to believe china is still a good place for business investment. a survey of more than 400 u.s. companies in china found 73% profitable in 2012, though that's down from 78% in 2011 and 79% the year before. still, rising wages means more money in consumers' pockets. starbucks wants to nearly double the number of stores it has in china to 1500 within two years. "the starbucks in china are huge. lots of glass windows. it's a place to be seen with your friends. it's a prestigious place and it's really catching on." at starbucks' annual shareholders meeting, ceo howard schultz predicted china will be the company's second- largest market after the u.s. "ten years ago, no one there drank coffee. now it's growing by double-digits and everyone is trying to get cofee cafes established."

brazil russia india china and south africa also greenlighted a new mammoth crisis fund and into they would ditch the dollar let's hear more on the commitments now from pissing off he's at the summit in durban so you've got some very ambitious plans laid out today tell us more about them. some major long term plans are being drawn up here in south africa at the brics summit and well one of the plans is that the five member states of the organization have agreed to establish a joint anti crisis fund possibly reaching one hundred billion dollars although the details are still being worked out currently it's planned so that the how much each country will have to chip in to this fund will directly. directly be connected to each of g.d.p. but talks on this project will continue to the next g twenty summit in washington when an ambitious project for an ambitious organisation for the past twenty years the five member states of this organization have been the most rapidly developing economies in the world currently it's thought that they're growing faster around seven times faster than those

and to the once in a decade policy shift is complete in china where the new president and prime minister said to impose political policies that will shape the world. at six pm here in moscow you live with us on r.t. i'm to one with say. lawyers are for more than one hundred detainees on a hunger strike at guantanamo bay state many of them are close to death the situation has become so desperate representatives of the captives have made a direct appeal to the u.s. defense secretary but u.s. officials deny the allegations and much of the mainstream media remains on moved as artie's gannett should you can't report. guantanamo detainees have been on a hunger strike for more than a month now the facility which is now on strike holds most of the inmates there one hundred thirty people out of one hundred sixty six the total number of prisoners at guantanamo the detainees through their lawyers say most of them are taking part in this we cannot verify exactly how many will left a message with robert deal ran the media person from guantanamo very much hope he will get back to us the attorneys for