china, until we're in the law of the sea, doesn't listen to us either because we're not party to it. i will make sure those documents and those facts are made available to the senator. you know, china wants a different outcome. china doesn't want to submit to the law of the sea right now. it's going to take a different equation within the law of the sea for china to feel compelled to listen. those nations are at a huge disadvantage. if you look at the map of what china is clearing, it's clear why. law of the sea on its own will not resolve it. go ahead. >> mr. chairman, with all due respect, i don't understand that. you have these countries that have signed this agreement that is supposed to resolve these kind of disputes. whether we're in or not in shouldn't make any difference. 160 some countries are in here. supposedly this document is to do something to create a mechanism by which they resolve this dispute and it simply hasn't happened. >> senator, it does. it provides a forum with a set of rules that if a party to any dispute -- this is true in any country at any time. in the uni

that's kind of what we have right now in the south china sea. we say to ourselves, how do we preclude this? we should talk and not have belligerent behavior. we have talks with china and there are others. i host heads of navies every two years in a symposium. having something like law of sea convention as a book that we agree to and sit down and say let's talk about protocols that we're all going to agree to or what is the basis of the disagreement would be very helpful. >> i appreciate that. each of you know that we get briefings here about so-called bif at of our national defense toward the pacific. that's why it is crucial in terms of what we're talking about today and our overall national defense and foreign policy. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator lugar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me thank all of you for your leadership and your service to our country. you have all indicated that you support the ratification of the law of the sea treaty. we've been in discussions of this for almost 20 years. this has been an issue that's been

security agreement all for the whole solve china sea so why would smaller countries in the region be eager to give up china as a key ally and not for the us instead. i think for themselves china sea as i said is a major irritant for china and southeast asian countries and i think i would not say that this office asian countries this more powers would like to give up china but they would like to invite the united states to join in the arena so that they could have more bargaining chips against china ok we'll have to leave it there thank you very much indeed to the parthenon long professor at the city university of hong kong. round the clock protests continuing on to where square in cairo there's fear for what demonstrators see is the lead in to sentencing of egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak and his associates that is tom barton says many are angry he's not to be executed. protesters are occupying thai risk where in central cairo they're calling for a second revolution to change the situation in egypt initial happiness but former president hosni mubarak was given a life sentence t

that's kind of we have right now in the south china sea. so we save ourselves how do we preclude this? we should talk to not have beleaguered behavior. so we pursue things like military maritime consultative agreement talks with china, for example, and others. i host heads of navy every two years and international see powers. having something like the law of the convention as a book that we all have agreed to, we said that is a okay lets talk about the protocols that we're all kind of going to agree to, or what is the basis of the disagreement would be very helpful. >> i appreciate that. each of you know we have briefings here about so-called pivot of our national defense towards the south china sea, towards the pacific. that's what it's very crucial both in terms of over talking about today as well as our overall national defense to foreign policy. thank you very much. >> senator cardin. >> thank you very much mr. jordan. let me thank you all for your leadership and your service to our country. you have all indicated that you support the ra

no to china china can nort assert all is so frantic aims over this off china sea and vietnam can also be packed up by the americans military power to counter china's military dominance in the region so what's going to get in return for granting access to u.s. warships. i think there should be some financial aspect involved but apart from financial aspect i believe the vietnamese and the american government should have certain agreement all on some joint oil exploration and touring and we find the repro jazz and of course they will be in having agreement on. security agreement or for the whole of solve china sea so why would smaller countries in the region be eager to give up china as a key ally and not for the u.s. instead. i think for themselves trying to see as i said is a major irritant for china and southeast asian countries and i think i would not say that this office asian countries this more powers would like to give up china but they would like to invite the united states to join in the arena so that they could have more bargaining chips against china ok we'll have to leave it

china, until we are in the law of the sea, it does not listen to us because we are not party to it. uments and those facts are made available to the center, but, you know, china wants a different outcome. tennant is not want to submit to the law of the see right now, and it will take a different equation for china to feel compelled to listen. those nations are at a huge disadvantage. if you look at the map of what china is planning, it is clear why. clearly the law of the sea on its own is not going to resolve it. >> sir. >> sorry. go ahead. >> mr. chairman, with all due respect, i don't understand that you have these countries that have signed this agreement that is supposed to resolve these kinds of disputes. should not make any difference whatsoever. 160 some countries in here, supposedly this document is supposed to do something to create a mechanism by which they resolve this dispute. it simply has not happened. >> senator, it does. it provides a forum with a set of rules. if a party to any dispute, true anywhere in any country any time. you have two parties, you know, whether i

of course, the south china sea came up. and -- you know, we discussed the fact that it is in our interest to maintain -- we ensure freedom of navigation and maritime security, and that we did not become involved in territorial disputes but certainly called on all claimants to resolve these issues through existing -- without company sxergs that was an important point. >> the >> do you have any update today on the event in logar province in which president karzai said 18 civilians were killed yesterday? and al qaeda in that region a year after bin laden's death and proposed al qaeda suffered a number of setbacks lately, what's your assessment of the remaining strength of al qaeda not only inside pakistan but also inside of afghanistan? >> the incident is under investigation. we game alert to it about 48 hours ago. about 48 hours ago. pursuant to a conflict and a troops in contact call. there were some buildings in a particular village that were struck with aerial delivered fires. and at the time, there were two civilians that

that is tropical storm right now situated over the south china sea. as the stormy conditions will likely continue in northern luzon and southern taiwan into tomorrow morning. right now, packing sustained winds of 72 kilometers per hour, with gusts of 108. so it has strengthened a little bit since yesterday. it will likely hit the areas in and around hong kong by saturday morning local time. so stormy conditions are expected to start this area from this afternoon. we're talking about as much as 100 millimeters of rain over a span of 24 hours. and then it will continue to move toward the west-northwesterly direction and head toward guangchi actually which is not good news because this area has been dealing with flood conditions due to a seasonal frontal line. let's take a look at imagings coming out of guanchi wednesday. flooding rains affected southeast china during the first half of the week and caused landslides. in eastern krguanxi, landslides blocking roads on some of the highways. see workers clearing the roads and trying to make them passable. in

that may complicate and aggravate the disputes and stop all of the activity encroaching on china in relevant sea areas. >> last week the power adopted a law with sovereigntior islands. the same day, china laid its administrative status. maritime author announced that four chinese ships left port on tuesday to the disputed area. with both sides stressing their claims, competing plans in south china sea, add to original tensions. nhk world, hanoy. >>> tension between south ree krooea and japan over a few tiny islands is surfacing again. south korea's ruling party have visited the takeshima islands. they are at the center after the territorial dispute of japan. party officials traveled on thursday by helicopter and patrol boat to the islands in the sea of japan. they spent several hours on the island. officials inspected accommodations built by the south korean government and encouraged the guard stationed there. these includes visits to islands in the yellow sea, off the western coast of the korean peninsula, and to the demill tarrized zone, which divides north and south korea. the japanese govern

the south china sea issue is a real source of potential conflict. the issue may be taken up but a reading of the regional forroom next month. in cam cambodia action seems unlikely and a problem to this long simmering problem seems a long world off. cnn news, manila. >> former top prime minister ruled out the possibility of going home any time soon. he also suggests in that he has in immediate plans to return to front line politics. he was ousted in a military coup six years ago. he was later convicted of corruption before fleeing thailand it live in self imposed exile. his supporters are preparing legislation to pardon him. those moves have triggered protests among his opponents. even so, he told nhk in an exclusive interview, nhk friday, that the time was for him to return it thailand. >> after that, yes, can i come back. but if i were to come back and add more conflict, i better stay outside. >> so you mean, the time has not come yet? >> not now. not now. >> he also stressed that should he decide to return to thailand, his official role in politic

. >>> the philippines and china have been locked in a standoff in the south china sea for two months. bo countries are pulling out of the area. but the territorial dispute has not been resolved and tensions may continue. dhra dhirakaosal at our bangkok bureau has details. >> china is withdrawing its vessels from the south china sea following an earlier announcement by the philippines. the chinese government gave poor weather in the area as the reason behind the move. the standoff in waters around scarborough shoal erupted in april. both the philippines and china claim sovereignty over the uninhabited shoal. on saturday, the philippine government ordered a coast guard ship and another vessel in the area to return to port to avoid an approaching typhoon. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lei welcomes the move. he said at a news conference on monday that china will send a vessel to tug chinese fishing boats in the area to safety. >> translator: two philippine ships left the waters early saturday morning. china hopes the tension will further ease and bh nations will restore coope

. >>> the philippines and china have been locked in a standoff in the south china sea for two months. both countries are pulling out of the area. but the territorial dispute has not been resolved and tensions may continue. tratia at our bangkok bureau has details. >> china is withdrawing its vessels from the south china sea following an announcement by the philippines. the chinese government gave poor weather in the area as the reason behind the move. the standoff in waters around scarborough shoal erupted in april. both the philippines and china claim sovereignty over the uninhabited shoal. on saturday, the philippine government ordered a coast guard ship and another vessel in the area to return to port to avoid an approaching typhoon. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hong lai welcomes the move. he said at a news conference on monday that china will send a vessel to chug chinese fishing boats in the area to safety. >> translator: two philippine ships left the waters early saturday morning. china hopes the tension will further ease and both nations will restore cooperative relati

. >>> the philippines say long-running contentions in the south china sea have finally eased. >> more than two months have passed since vessels from have becomed in a standoff near disputed south china sea. the philippine government announced both sides have pulled all of the ships from the area. but it remains unclear whether any flair up in tension could be avoided for long. nhk world reports. >> reporter: the confrontation over scarborough shoal involved surveillance from other ships. both assert sovereignty over the shoal. philippines foreign secretary albert del rosario said in a statement on monday that there are no long kner boats from either the philippines or china inside the shoal. he referred to the shoal using its philippine name. the announcement puts an end to the territorial issue for now. but the dispute is far from being resolved. both couldn'ts cited poor weather for the withdrawal of their ships. that allowed them to avoid looking like they were making any concessions. at a news conference on monday, a chinese government spokesperson issued a warning. >> translator:

our signal to china and china can nort assert all is so frantic claims over this of china sea and vietnam can also be packed up our by the americans military power to counter china's military dominance in the region the south china sea has been a very important astrological creation for number one connecting oil shipping routes from the middle east to east asia number two all saw a very important commercial shipping routes for all the east and southeast asian nations to solve china sea has been a very important irritant for china and southeast asian nations international relations for the past decade. don't forget all stories we're covering also available anytime online and his mother's that we've uploaded ready to go for you right now if you get a minute i don't see don't call it a life sentence for a russian man as that libya convicts several people for allegedly helping ex leader moammar gadhafi but the people charged insist they're working as engineers it will warm up story it's online right now. and russian billionaire tycoon mikhail prokhorov playing a big party a political one that

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mysterious we know that china has clashed with the philippines on a number of occasions in the south china seaand beijing is unlikely to be happy with this news what reaction can we expect do you think we could see a filipino china conflict sort of boil over. well definitely be the presence the increased presence of u.s. troops would complicate matters between the philippines and china for and stabilize the situation it might be seen as a provocative action it might spark some kind of arms race in the south china sea with the growing number of u.s. warships entering the country so this is this is something that the united states has sought to exploit or the past few months that the philippines this week when pitted against china the u.s. is now promising some kind of support for the armed forces modernization creating a so-called minimum credit credible defense posture but the and the end result will be more in favor of the u.s. than in the philippines given b.'s arrangements it's the u.s. which is really exploiting and benefiting from this strange story of dispute and at the end of the day th

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that is kind of what we have right now in the south china sea zoe to say to ourselves ourselves how dopreclude this? will? will we should talk and so we perceive things like the military maritime consulted agreement talks with china for example and there are others. i host had said maybe every two years in the international seapower symposium. having something like the law of the sea convention as it looks that we all have agreed to do is sit down and say okay let's talk about the protocols that we are all going to agree to or what is the basis of this agreement would be very helpful. >> i appreciate that in and each of you know that we have the so-called pivot of our national defense toward the south china sea, towards the pacific. that is why it is very crucial both in terms of what we are talking about today as well as our overall national attention to foreign-policy. thank you very much. >> yes thank you senator lugar. senator hard on. >> thank you and let me thank you all for your leadership and your service to our country. yuval indicated that you support the ratification of the

a recent standoff in south china sea involving from chin and the philippines lasted over two months. confrontation is escalating again. this time between china and vietnam. akiko ichihara, nhk world, hanoi. >> myanmar's pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi has made a rare address to british lawmakers. she said the parliment in london could be a role model for myanm. more than 700 members from the two chambers gathered in westminster hall on thursday. aung san suu kyi is the only nonhead of state and the first foreign female to receive the honor of addressing the house of parliament. >> the british parliament is perhaps the preeminent symbol to oppressed peoples around the world of freedom of speech. our new legislative processes which undoubtedly are an improvement on what went before are not as transparent as they might be. i would like to see us learn from established examples of parliamentary democracies elsewhere so that we might deepen our own democratic standards over time. >> aung san suu kyi was sworn in as a member of myanmar's own parliment in may. the country has made refo

they have asserted a more strong stance in the south china sea. sunday's drill is held in line with an agreement reached in november to increase contacts between the two country's military forces. >> and we look forward to developing greater interoperability and adopting the best practices that we could share from this exercise. >> reporter: japan and india are not the only country wary of china's moves in the east and south china seas. msdf crews are preparing to begin three-day exercises with u.s. and australian naval ships on wednesday. the joint fleet will practice anti- submarine warfare. >> we are trying to have a joint peace. >> reporter: these drills will help their personnel build up their skills and at the same time they say it's a chance for them to strengthen ties with their allies in the region. >>> it's been a manic few days for investors and financial leaders. we now take a look at the business desk. it's only wednesday today but seems like it's been a full week. >> seems like a new crisis every day. it gives you an idea what the le

japan and korea, and in the strategically important regions such as the gulf of aden or the south china sea. fourth, by remaining on the outside, we have created self- imposed obstacles to securing the most widespread possible cooperation in our counter proliferation and counter narcotics operations at sea. the united states refusal to join the convention undermines the confidence of other countries, and they do bring this up, in our willingness to abide by the except the rules of the road when conducting interdiction activities. fit and critically important, our failure to join the convention to date is negatively impacting our businesses. at least one u.s. company, lockheed martin, is prepared to harbor is critical rare earth minerals on the deep seabed, and i personally spoke to representatives of lockheed about this. minerals that are used in a weapon systems, cell phones, and automobiles, and as a non party to the treaty, the united states can mosbacher did cannot sponsor of lockheed to go out and get these minerals from the seabed. as the united states watches, 17 countries have appro

it has also adopted a more assertive stance in the south china sea where it has overlapping territorial claims with other asian nations. sunday's drill is being held in line with an agreement reached last november to increase contacts between the two country's military forces. >> we look forward to developing greater interoperability and adopting the best practices that we could share from this exercise. >> reporter: japan and india are not the only countries worried of china's moves in the east and south china seas. msdf crews are preparing to begin three-day exercises with u.s. and australian naval ships off southwestern japan on wednesday. the joint fleet will practice anti-submarine warfare. >> our job is to make sure we maintain a stable and security maritime environment which we can all prosper from. and that's all countries. >> reporter: japanese government leaders say these drills will help their personnel build up their skills and at the same time, they say it's a chance for them to strengthen ties with their allies in the region. mitsuko nishikawa, nhk world. >>> china is cont

absolutely you see it for example in the south china sea where there been a number of recurring clashes one just last month between china and the philippines over offshore oil and natural gas fields there been clashes in the east china sea of the same variety you see it in the caspian with is fighting over disputed oil and gas fields and in africa now where china and the united states are competing to get access to oil and natural gas and minerals you do very much see the beginning of these resource wars i was in south sudan in the dark for region a couple of years ago on the chinese were everywhere. cutting deals with cures government cutting deals with what's his name the war criminal who runs dan north sudan. and it was really quite striking to see this but on the other hand it's in a just kind of an old movie i mean if i had been there one hundred years earlier i would have seen the british. and indeed that is the case and you know this is one of those big. interesting questions the chinese come to africa and they're all over africa and they say we're different from the british and

nowhere is the nexus between our national security and this treaty more clear than in the south china sea. the coming of party would give an immediate boost to u.s. credibility as we push back against excessive maritime claims and illegal restrictions on our warships and commercial vessels and those of our allies. there's no doubt in my mind that it would help resolve maritime issues to the benefit of the united states and our regional allies and partners. and i believe if our colleagues have the opportunity to hear the classified briefing, which they will, and also the testimony here, i think they will come to that conclusion. it's true that the united states has used diplomatic and military assets to refute excessive maritime claims. i'm sure it will continue in the future. these freedom of navigation of operations efforts on our be half will continue for sure. they entail a deal of risk. and our navy can't be everywhere at once. no matter what the size of our fleet. as leaders and citizens, we owe it to our men and women in uniform to provide them with every available means at our disp

our signal to try not that china ken norton our sort all the solvency pains over the south china sea and vietnam can also be packed up out by the americans military power to china's military dominance in the region. greece is gearing up for a parliamentary election in less than two weeks time though which could mean athens scrapping its bailout deal with the e.u. and i.m.f. greece's future in the eurozone is also under intense scrutiny and in an interview coming up next hour american economist a nobel laureate eric mask in says an end to the e.u.'s financial woes is still nowhere in sight. greece could go and go. into a long term depression unemployment could grow to astronomical heights it's already very high but it could it could certainly get higher. the. things are by no means currently as bad as they as they could get i see the the greek situation as a tragedy because so much of what has happened could have been prevented if europe were truly. an integrated unity. well the clock protests are continuing on tahrir square in cairo of this fury there over what demonstrators say is th

, when it comes to their ability to navigate freely on the south china sea, they want to ensure that that does happen and that means that china has to play a role here along with the other nations, to ensure that there's some kind of code of conduct that everybody abides by, the more, the more i'm out here, the more critical i view this region in terms of our national defense and the defense of the world. i mean, this is an area that is critical to the future of security and prosperity of our country and for that matter, the world. i think for that reason we are right to be focused on paying a bigger role. >> the secretary was not met by any senior leaders when he arrived, perhaps a sign the vietnamese of skittish about openly embracing the u.s. for fears of making china anxious. >> harris: thank you. and new hope in the fight against a deadly disease especially women. a smart bomb on breast cancer cells and now they're seeing promising results. also, a once in a lifetime event fit for a queen. we go to london for the diamond jubilee and you know the members of this elite group vow t

dominance in the region the south china sea has been a very important astrological creation for number one connecting all you'll shipping routes from the middle east to east asia number two these all saw a very important commercial shipping routes for all the east and southeast asian nations to see how a speech in a very important irritant for china and south east asian nations international relations for the past decades. a look now at some other world stories making headlines a suicide car bomber has killed twenty three people and injured more than seventy others in baghdad it's the deadliest single attack in iraq in three months later a mortar shell struck close to the main office for sunni muslim religious affairs to cause no damage or injuries. the rebels in mali have announced a new council claiming independence for the country's north it will lead to a government of national unity two opposing groups are struggling for the upper hand but can agree on merging because of religious differences whose very turmoil began in mali three months ago when a group of soldiers seized the pre

troops appear in south china sea if that's the case? thank you. >> with respect to the first about china, i'm just go back to the point i made earlier, which is that the peace and prosperity that all have the enjoyed in the east asia pacific region, including china, which is an important economic partner of ours and so forth, the question is what is the environment within which that good thing which we have had going for 60 years will continue. one ingredient in that, really a pivotal ingredient has been the american military presence in the east asia-pacific. we want to keep that going. we think it's good for us and for everyone in the region as well. and with respect to maritime disputes in the south china sea, i think we've been pretty clear about our outlook on that. these are things that need to be addressed peacefully. and that's the position we've taken right along. i think that's the position of principle and practice, and the secretary of defense as i left the pentagon was talking to shangri-la and i know he'll be asked about th

they haven't solved some of the problems in the south china sea. china and the neighboring countries are members, and -- and in terms of dispute resolution, i -- i haven't seen it. in direct answer to your question. it seems to me that anything they said that they think that treaty could or should do that would benefit us, and there's no doubt in my mind but there's certainly some things that it would with respect to the military, the question is what's their weight against some other aspects of it, the disadvantages. it seems to me that the united states of america ought to pursue those on a bilateral or multi-lateral basis, if they are as important as they seem, and i don't doubt for a minute that the very credible military officers were making points that were valid that could be pursued bilaterally or multi-laterally. >> at the end of the day, mr. secretary, any legal rights, legal protections that we have, to the extent that they have to be enforced, would have to be enforced through our own military might, would they not? >> regardless of whe

and their exaggerated claims to the south china sea. they are out of sync and out of line with the law of the sea because of the way they draw their baselines and their historical interpretation of the -- of their jurisdiction over those seas and the best arguments are that they are not applying the principles that are embodied in the law of the sea. well, we're disadvantaged in making that argument to them, along with other countries in southeast asia, because we're not parties to the convention, so, i mean, i can think of a number of instances where the application and then the last one i guess i would cite is the passage -- free passage through straigh straits. that was a real accomplishment in the law of the sea treaties and think of the complications we might have if we developed an antagonistic relationship with a particular country that decided they wanted to make it difficult for the free navigation through straits for ears surface or other kinds of vessels so those are three examples where i can think of where the treaty, and i

the freedom of novem r navigation on the high sea and china might challenge that. so that's why the united states wants to -- that means probably they wish to ask the philippines and china, both sides, to be more -- so that there will be no escalation of the conflict. in the future. >> thank you very much for your time. >> you're welcome. >>> all right. let's see how the market figures are doing today. >>> indonesia's economy is enjoying robust growth. and the people are broadening their horizons by embracing new types of food. right now, indonesians are gobbling up japanese cuisine. nhk world reports from jakarta. >> reporter: this cooking show is very popular in indonesia. mainly among local housewives. on the show, a japanese chef demonstrates how to prepare the cuisines of his homeland, but he tweaks ingredient s and presentations to make tisdishesr suitable for indonesian followers. it is an attractive feature. the program is a big success with ratings sometimes above 12%. his tv appearances have met 51-year-old japanese chef hirada, a household name in indone

one reason is friction over the senkaku islands in the east china sea. japan controls them and says they are part are of its southernmost prefecture okinawa. china says it owns them. in march china's marine research ships started patrolling the seas near the senkaku islands. >> translator: tokyo will protect the senkaku islands. >> reporter: when he made that comment recently, tokyo governor also said he intended to buy some of the islands from a private owner. china reacted sharply to the governor's plans. >> translator: comments from politicians of that stature not only harm bilateral relations, they also tarnish japan's international image. >> reporter: many chinese people have joined in the criticism. >> translator: we should pressure and protest. >> throughout much of their history japan and china have had close economic and cultural ties, but they've become strained over the differences over the senkaku islands. in this edition of china report we take a close look at this tension. we begin with the result of a survey how chinese and japanese feel ab

the freedom of navigation on the high sea and china might challenge that aspect. so that's why the united states wants to deter china, but at the same time d'tant fig or contain. that means probably they wish to ask the philippines and china, both sides, to be more constrained so that there will be no escalation of the conflict in the future. >> mr. miyaka thank you very much for your time. >> you're welcome. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster. but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show y their struggles and their suesses on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> next an update on one of japan's nuclear plants. nuclear crisis minister has met the fukui governor nishikawa to discuss restarting the oi facility. prime minister noda explained to the public why the plant must be put back online. he explained the government's efforts to enhance nuclear safety and sought the governor's support. >> translator: the governmen

the freedom of navigation on the high sea, and china might challenge that aspect. so that's why the united states wants to deter china, but at the same time don't want to fight or contain. that means they probably wish to ask the philippines and china both sides to be more constrained so that there will be no escalation of the conflict in the future. >> mr. miyake, thank you very much for your time. >> you're welcome. >>> u.s. sailors are working with their counterparts in the region to follow through with that strategy. they are joining their counterparts from japan and australia for joint drills that take part in a three-day exercise off southwestern japan to prepare for a possible emergency. the royal australian navy frigate ballarat left a base in hiroshima among with the maritime self-defense destroyer, shimakaze. before departing jonathan earley thanked rear admiral hiroshi oka for hosting the australian crew. the ships and aircraft will practice anti-submarine warfare. security analysts say these exercises, too, are being held with the chinese naval buildup

in march, china's marine research ships started patrolling the seas near the senkaku island. tokyo will protect the senkaku island. when he made the comment recently, tokyo's governor said he intended to buy some of the island from a private owner. china reacted sharply to the governor's plans. >> translator: comments by politicians of that stature not only harm bilateral relations and they tarnish japan's international image. >> reporter: many chinese people have joined in the criticism. >> translator: we should pressure and protest. >> throughout much of their history jash history, japan and china have had close economic and cultural ties and they have become strained over the senkaku island. in this edition of the china report we take a close look at the tension. we begin with a result of a survey how chinese and japanese feel about each other. a china ease nonprofit and newspaper linked to the government, conducted the poll during april and may. it shows the that more than 80% of japanese have negative feelings towards china, the most since the survey started in 2005. 64.5