occupation, chinese rule. now this is a period of great dissension within the tibetan world. in eastern tibet in provinces, there was a lot of resistance to the chinese and in areas where the chinese began to try to implement reforms aggressively, particularly communal reforms that involve seizing people's land, livestock, the tibetans often spontaneously rose up in resistance. this happened also in other regions, but calm i think probably was the center of the resistance. in 1955, was the year when the resistance fighting really flared. several major chinese garrisons were besieged, and it was a spontaneous kind of revolt that was perfect for the purposes of 5412-2. geshae's contacts with american diplomats in calcutta were the basis for the c.i.a. to be able to make contact with leading tibetan figures in the dalai lama's immediate circle, sickly one of his older brothers, an one other older brother, for the purpose of offering american support. and that support was quite specific. the u.s. would train tibet

for these students taking chinese is, as they say, a no-brainer. >> chinese language is important. because of their -- because china is growing so much. and the influence of china in africa and most of the world is higher than it was last year. >> reporter: africa wants to benefit from china's economic boom. the chinese are bullish on africa. they want the raw materials to fuel their ravenous economy. one-third of what's exported from africa to china is oil. but more and more goods are moving in the other direction. from china to africa. arriving, as it were, right on the continent's doorstep. all the goods that come from china to east africa arrive here at the port of mombasa. in fact, the massive cranes unloading the containerships are also made in china. it is just the first clue of the china connection. the mombasa to nairobi road, the vital link from the east coast to the interior of africa. it used to be the worst 350-mile stretch of road in the region. eight years ago a huge section was rebuilt by the chinese. ahmed abdullah has just begun his 1,200-mile journey from mombasa

eight chinese construction workers. 50 tansanians. so far as the chinese go, they get no vacations to china, no holidays the entire time they're on this project and it lasts 24 years. th --lasts two years. they only have one more year to go. meals they cook themselves. they work long hours but there is a noticeably relaxed interaction between the chinese and the tansanians. some of the chinese have worked in tanzania before and a bit like the young kernians learning mandolin they are learning swahili. not necessarily to make friends. it's clear they're here to do business, just like the chinese sending the cheap shoes, building roads and buying the oil. i'm martin sea mungel reporting for "worldfocus" in east africa. >>> coming up later this month on the pbs series "wide angle," another story about how china has staked its claim in africa. in fact, the discovery of a vast underwater oil reserve in the west african nation of equatorial guinea caught the attention of not only the u.s. and china, but also some soldiers of fortune bent on

c-span: is there a ch--a chinese holocaust museum? >> guest: well, there actually is a rape of nanking museum nanjing. it has the big--big number 300,000 inscribed on it, but that's about it. and--but i've met people in los angeles who are interested in building a chinese holocaust museum in this country. c-span: you say that the house of representatives got into this? >> guest: well, actually, that's--no, that's something different. that's the lipinski bill. c-span: no, i didn't mean that they got into the holocaust museum, but they got into this whole issue of the rape of nanking. >> guest: that's right. uh-huh. william lipinski, who is the democrat from illinois, has introduced a bill in congress that calls for the japanese to officially apologize to its world war ii victims and to pay reparations, and the rape of nanking is only one aspect of the bill. he lists many other atrocities, such as, you know, the korean comfort women issue, the medical experimentation that the japanese had conducted, including vivisection without anesthe

well, the book isn't available in chinese.obviously, i mean, if you spend time, and the mainland it would not be allowed to be published in chinese. and if it were, if it somehow slipped through the cracks, i kind of really wouldn't want it to happen in some ways because, a., it would make kind of, you know, as we're just talking about getting on the radar, that would kind of happen more. and then also, you, there is real strong national sentiment in china today. especially among young people and stuff, when i was in china, i was in china about a month. doing the book tour. i just got back a couple of weeks ago. and you know, the reaction is pretty much very positive and everyone except there is some weird, income getting these weird kind of nationalist issues like one character in the book who is a wigger, who is an ethnic group, they live in northwest china. they don't look chinese. date the kind of more turkish, middle eastern kind of people. and you know, there's a question of whether they want any part of china or not. so

most of the crime was chinese on chinese and the law enforcement was slow to pick on it. there's a big episde in the book which is a shoot out in a beeper store. a lot of beepers in this book. in a beeper store on alan street where this was the fight and it was broad daylight and somebody walked in boom killed one guy, killed ather, pointed at the third, and ran out of bullets and ran away. this started as an article years ag i was -- i did the first thing you do. yo go back and look for the old press club. this is double homicide business on the weekday. and there was not a single line in the daily news, new york post and we have the shooting up where nobody was killed and front page of the "times." it has changed. so i think it did come in. there was this threat of violence. but it also played out in weird ways that i think made it difficult for law enforcement. so to give you an example, say you pay a snakehead $2,000. you are transported in the safe house. you are in the suburbs. you don't speak english. there's no place too. there's a guy with the gun who's there in

the chinese nationals cplain about the way chinese citizens are treated in russia.ere is lots of stories of mistreatment. the russians complain about illegal chinese immigrations although some of the past years about the chinese moving in and basically the factor, taking over large parts of siberia and, sort of faded on the scene. there still some concern at some point the demograpc and balance. there is also some words about water pollution and so on. . . the bilateral trade relationship so major russian deficit of about $13 million last year. russia has turned into a commoditprovider for china, oil, gas, timber, oth commodities and they buy a lot of chinese aonsumer goods. they've been trying to reverse and go back to the high technology but haven't beenble to do so in the nuclear energy realm where thamight occur. during the 1990's especially early 2000's the street was substantial about one-four to one-half of exports went to china from 1illion to as much as 2.5 billion a year every year would go from russia to china. russian firms derived revenue from this. it

eight years ago a section was reilt by the chinese. ahmed abllah has just begun hi1,200-mile journey from mombasa on the etern edge of afca to congo. so what source of things impoirted from cna are those trks carrying? just about everything you imagine from pots and pan to the most shisticated computer, all chea go to the electnic sho and you'll finthem. shoesrom cha seem to be everywhere. >> y can see they are from china. >> reporter: from chin >> eah. >> reporte the cheapest ones? >> yeah. >> reporter: there a loads and loads of them, overwhelming african shoakers like this man. hi name is emnuel and he lives in dasa lam tanzaa whe we travel next. onemployee makesshoes, also belts and hadbags. heesz it difficult for us to compete chine products. they are sold at mh lower prices than what w sel they are eap. for a pair of the inese shoes. about $4 les than the tsanian shoes. in a country where people don' have mh money, no contest. u.s. diplomat george aridge monitors chine commerce in st africa. >> this might behe great irony of our

i don't want the chinese to consume like we do, by any means. what i really had more in mind was more the public good and the government. and, you know, we focus so much. a think they have that government's surplus, but i have to admit that i'm not as up to date on those numbers. that is really what i had more in mind. and you can talk consumption. you can also call it investment in the public. either way it would be oriented more toward the domestic needs. >> what is the consumption percentage of gdp in the china? ours is about -- >> very low. >> about what? >> 48%. >> and ours is what? >> 70%. >> seventy plus. >> 50%. >> consumption in terms of gdp has actually declined. >> it is actually lower than other developing countries. >> yes. >> domestic exports to gdp is much lower than china. >> no, i think you guys have covered it adequately. >> i have one question. it is not a fair question. i'm not sure. so that's part of our reason to ask it. i was just thinking about the problems. underestimate the problems that clearly you're going to have in

for these students taking chinese is, as they say, a no-brainer. >> chinese language is important. because of their -- because china is growing so much. and the influence of china in africa and most of the world is higher than it was last year. >> reporter: africa wants to benefit from china's economic boom.

the chinese data just boosting the yen. elsewhere, euro/dollar still at levels below where we were yesterday. sterling is just below 1.65 at the moment. christine. >> hey, ross, the focus seems to be on china. we had mixed data coming out there in particular. we had industrial production for the month of july growing at it fastest pace in nine months. take away any signals for monetary tightening, that seems to be the focus for investors in shanghai. the hang seng is up 0.7%. the bombay sensitive index up 1.3%. and the boj kept rates steady in japan and south korea. overall, a strong session here in asia, bertha. over to you. >> thanks very much, christine. futures are modestly higher this morning, but investors are pretty much on hold. the fed begins that two-day meeting. the expectation is keeping rates on hold, but right now everybody wants to know what they're going to do with kwaupt tafb easing. we've got futures above fair value. we're got quarterly funding today kicking off with three-year notes being kicked off, $37

for the longest time they tried to resist the chinese market and chinese investment that would compete with their companies. they recently because of the world prices for russian oil and gas and the weaknesses behind that, they are not sure if prices bounce become back if they maybe doing or how long the deal is sustainable. other dimensions? the russians are pushing to weaken the role of the dollar, for example, the chinese has been much more reluctant to do so because they have such large dollar holding reserves. in central asia there's a common interest and conflicting interest in some areas. chinese government refuses to recognize the independent of the two separate entities of the georgia that russian military carved out. at societal level, it's not close at all. they've been trying to push us along to various cultural exchanging, promoting each other languaging and so on. but that doesn't appear to have made my progress. you get a lot -- if you look at the media, chinese have complained about how they are treated in russia. although some of the past years at the chinese moving in

you cannot quote one chinese innovation. much is done and spoken about th huge new chinese university. i have taught in some of these universities, the quality is not very high. the best students usually leave the country. the leaders are despised by india. india has emerged in the software basis. they try to understand, indian software and chinese software. they come back from india and discovered there may be a connection between freedom of speech and innovation. but so far they prefer no innovation and freedom of speech. the regime is not very helpful as far as innovation is concerned. the only gains were big equipments built by companies and engineers and foreign architects because the chinese government didn't trust the quality of its own architect and engineer. and third, the risk with the chinese government is discovering how much they depend on the global market and the growth rate of the u.s. economy. and when the u.s. consumer stopped buying chinese products at walmart, the very next day, factories are closed in ch

the chinese... the kind of economy we have in china is different from what you have here, it's also very different from what china had before 1978. so it's... some people said before that it was not possible for we to have a role of that type but we have succeeded so far. so that is to say it's a combination, it's a combination. and then, of course, political reform. it's the kind of political system which would be best suited for chinese conditions. and then there will be other reforms. >> rose: and what is best suited for chinese conditions mean? >> i think first of all to guarantee that people willll be able to participate in the political process as much as they can. but the question is how could that be brought about? china is a big country with 1.3 billion people and the level of education is still not high and even there are people who are still illiterate. so under these circumstances, how to make sure that people will be able to participate in the political process. so we are experimenting

is in a to counter growing chinese investment -- is that to counter growing chinese investment there? >> you see chinese development everywhere. they are doing deals where we'll build you a stadium, a road. you give us exclusive mining contracts. she didn't go that far but she was the first one to go to angola, the first secretary of state to do that. same with nigeria. she went -- the peg was a trade conference in kenya at the beginning. and she wanted to go to africa and she says look, i got powerful envoys like richard holbrook and george mitchell working in pakistan and israel full-time which enables me to go with my press on an 11-day trip to africa. certainly it's a new kind of diplomacy that we haven't seen before. >> based on what you saw in the trip, can you fill in more of the blanks on how she operates as secretary of state? >> but what we do know is he has been surprised at how bad things have gotten in afghanistan. along with all of his aides. they think things have degraded further than he anticipated. so i think what's happened here is he brought in a lot of outside the

even central asia for the russians to become more comfortable with the chinese presence because the chinese, unlike the americans, share a lot of goals with russia in central asia paragraphly in term -- particularly in terms of regime stability and maintaining, dealing with quote, unquote terrorists or other groups that they feel threatening. but at some point this is going to become a problem. russia, as your question implies correctly, doesn't have much influence over china the way, for example, even the united states does thanks to the massive commercial relationship. it may be considered a mutual sure destruction relationship, but they can't allow our economy to collapse because we'll take them down with them. still it gives us some leverage over beijing with theate with the chinese currency. but the russians really don't have that, and they're struggling how to come to terms with that. >> if i may exercise the chairman's prerogative here, let me go beyond richard because the question you asked points to a very important strategic plan. the fact of the matter is that as a result of the

chinese stimulus has driven a lot of things. it's driven a lot of the global activity, the increase in global activities we've seen since the march lows. furthermore, if you look at the march lows here in the united states, we're up about 50%. but those markets, china, brazil, and india are up substantially more than that. so they have been the leaders in terms of investment performance. and when we start to see cracks in these markets, and i think we're going to continue to see some cracks, they're way ahead of themselves. >> okay. >> it's going to impact our market. >> don, you want to answer that? >> i think he's a little too pessimistic about this. it's going to be volatile. but it's a small market compared to ours. it's an important indicator of sentiment here. but it is not really a competitor for the kind of institutional investors that are dominant in our market or are dominant in japan or the european markets and not a good indicator for individual investors here either. >> okay. >> the way individual investors particip

chinese peacekeepers taking a major part of the u.n. force in darfur. for some their deployment may be controversial but in china, it is seen as a duty that comes with the nation's increasing profile. the p.l.a. does, however, have a darker past. 20 years ago in june 1989, the people's liberation army turned their guns on those they were supposed to protect. when chinese troops here used deadly force against students on tiananmen square it changed many people's minds about the military. and it became clear that the p.l.a. ultimately answered to the party and not the people. other disasters, however, have served the p.l.a. well, after last year's sichuan earthquake. in the remote mountains cut off by the quake, the sheer manpower of china's army was used to full effect and the genuine affection for an army that returned to its original brief to serve the people. tony cheng, al jazeera, beijing. >>> we also hear in this country how people are living longer and working longer as the population ages. though as far as popular culture is concerned, sports, en

buy chinese. are you feeling that in any way, being an american company, this protectionist issue that so many of us talk about, given the global slowdown? >> the investment climate in china is very good. we've submitted an application to build ten more plants. and the chinese government has worked with us very constructively and has looked upon our investment very, very favorably. at the same time, we've had several meetings with government officials here in beijing, and there's tremendous concern here that protectionist tendencies will sort of take root in many markets which are facing a slowdown. you know well that it takes about a year to put in trade barriers, but it takes seven to ten years to knock them down. the world has come a long way because we've really pushed for globalization. we've pushed for global trade. it would be very sad if we went back. now, i'm not arguing that we export jobs. that's not what i'm arguing for. what i'm suggesting is that we find creative ways to keep job cre

but while 200 chinese economic officials were in washington, chinese authorities continue to crackdownon human rights groups back home. in one move, a prominent legal scholar was taken into custody, and he hasn't been heard from since. and it didn't stop there, as we hear from melissa chan of al jazeera english. >> reporter: the center is an organization that helps people fight discrimination in china. its operated for years. but wednesday on, the authorities showed up, unannounced, to collect evidence and investigate supposed illegal activities. the problem? the publication of the office's newsletter. it has apparently not been cleared by the government. >> translator: i suspect our antidiscrimination activities have offended many people including big corporations, common officials and wealthy businessmen. >> reporter: it's the latest blow to the handful of organizations in china that push for social change and justice. here at the center, they fight discrimination against women, gays and hiv carriers. across town, another organization under fire. is a legal aid office specializing on

what we're seeing is a rebalancing of chinese growth and after all, the chinese gdp numbers are pointo go a solid something like 9% gain in gd pr for 2009 and that's more than we were expecting six months ago. >> net lending for businesses in britain is down for the third straight month. if lending to businesses is still on the wane and mortgage approvals are still at these very low levels, that doesn't seem to underpin a proper return to growth that we're looking for, to me. >> no, you're right. i think what's rather concerning is that the bank of england has come through with the lending numbers. so i think that is something which the markets are going to get edgy about in the course of the next few weeks and months. in terms of lending, of course, the question is is it a supply problem or a demand issue? and certainly on the corporate side, my guess is it's a bit of both. in an environment where they're not quite sure what their future demand prospects hold. >> peter, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for your insight. good talking to you. let's head over to another

the chinese people are very brand-conscious. look at how well mercedes-benz sells over there, louis vuitton, or nike, and they get full price and then some for all of those. so i think the people that are naysayers here think that apple is not going to get full price for these iphones are kidding themselves. i checked with our friend erica berman at cnbc. with a billion people there's 2 billion ears. i don't think we'll sell 2 billion iphones, but we'll sell a lot of iphones over there. china mobile, chl, was one of the plays. but they're the big dog. they're the 200 billion telcom in china. instead, i focus on china unicom. chu. >> your brother is going to pepper you here a bit. i can see it in your eyes. >> the only issue you ever have with these telecoms is you looked at at&t before the launch and you were just excited to get into at&t. and apple was still the trade. jon, isn't apple still the trade on the build that it's going to get from over in china? >> you bet, pete. because quite frankly, guys, they're going to just mov

but the chinese arch, stretches over g street, verizon center. tom sherwood reports. >> p. >> reporter: 23 years ago, the sleepy face of downtown washington got a new feature, iconic chinese arch. added beauty. will have a tremendous impact of the economic growth in development in washington. >> reporter: d.c. taxpayers under then mayor barry and communist chinese government each chipped in $500,000 to build the arch designed by local architect alfred live who is overseeing the $300,000 renovation of the structure to replace parts. >> anchor, focal point. >> reporter: the arch preceded the extraordinary boom in downtown real estate. now bustling area that overwhelmed much of the old chinatown. it is alive with activity seven days a week but the verizon center and broad mix of retail and restaurants many brought in by developer cowgirl lass jamal. levy of cultural tourism d.c. says the arch is an iconic part of washington. >> this defines the center of the chinese experience in washington, d.c. this is our second chinatown. the first chinatown pen

the company is now entering the chine chinese smart phone market. is that going to be a stepping stone for dell as it looks for new revenue streams? very possibly. that's a long shot. we'll see what happens. a lot of new competition. apple is going there, too. nonetheless, emerging markets in china, very important to this company and that's going to come up in the call. >> jim goldman, you are the man. thanks for being our surprise guest twice in one week. thanks for showing up. >>> hey, back to the marketplace. we had 2009 highs again. on a late-day reversal, the outcome was pretty much the same. peter, what do we think? >> normally everybody is looking at the market and talking about the fact that it stalled. of course it stalled. we've gone up 400 points in the last quarter. the last six months, we have gone to 400 points on the s&p 500. we're maintaining over 1,000. look at that volatility index today. it never hardly budged. we were moving to the down side. everybody talks about the booizers are not convicted. how about the sellers? where was t

the storm damage will affect millions of chinese.dreds of thousands have been evacuated to places of safety. the decision to move them has helped to keep the number of casualties on the mainland low. boats were returned to harbert as waves of 2 9 meters high hit the coast. heavy downpours were forecast to cause problems across six provinces for hours to come. in japan, the was another deadly storm. this caused landslides and widespread flooding in the west of the country. nearly 50,000 people were removed from their homes. this storm has also claimed lives. the search for survivors goes on. >>> our journalist is in the area 40 kilometers from the area worst affected by the typing. >-- by the typhoon. >> there is still a lot of mud on the street. there is a lot of debris from the mud slide. the work has been suspended because of nightfall. there was work earlier in the day. he will be continuing tomorrow morning. -- the work will be continuing tomorrow morning. i have just heard that the official death toll has now risen to 37 people.

and the student ked her about a chinese lo and said wha does mr. clint think through the mouth of mrs.clinton? and she was offended by it an thght it was condescending and her feminism spoke o. but because bil clinton landed in north korea a we lande in keny and eclipsed s in h beginning that verybody seized on this thatshe's mad at bill. but that's all it wa and it became this mar frenzy here. >> the initi explanation was this w not the question that the translatormistranslate. was it the qstion? >> yes it was th question. we don't know y he asked it but he sd it twice. and she understoothe question that way. at first the stte department i ink seeing what was happenin on cable new here, tried to spin it that it ws actuallyhe ant -- iwas misranslated. the second explanation w he meant to say president obama. none of thatwas true. ey said he apologized to hr buti didn't se it. >> maybe the doside of having a celebrity fosecretary of state, at there is all the sort of unreated intrests in what she has tsay and do, but i'm wonring, did her celebrity a

, sparked a global recall of chinese dairy products. the recent violence at the smelting plant is apparently not unusual. >> there are a lot of plants where workers have occupied room0s are blocked roads out of resentment out of lack of change. the problem is that they feel that the government isn't doing enough to help the poorer people, and they don't want to sit back and be damaged by pollution or by rising costs without letting the government know. >> of the protests which spring up with ever-greater frequency, more than have to deal with the environment or land seizures, according to analysts who also say that the chinese government, concerned about social stability, is forced to take the environment and these protests more seriously. in london, amy kellogg, fox news. bret: a guy with plenty of political moves will be dancing for a whole new set of voters, starting next month. that's coming up next on the grapevine. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's s

how would you classify the way the chinese look at spying? >> it seems that in china the definition of economic espionage is quite broad. and it can involve even reportedly publicly available information in situations when it is significant for economic development. moreover, china seems to be applying the loss selectively as we saw in the case of goog kefl whose website was shut down for spreading pornography with chinese companies having similar practices. china seems to apply laws which wh it's convenient for us and will raise serious issues for foreign companies investing in the country. >> will it have a meaningful impact on foreign investment to china and make particularly private companies pause for thought? >> i think they will pause for thought. especially ones that think of longer-term horizon. privately owned businesses, maybe european companies that don't care as much about short-term revenue growth. it is a huge market, growing very fast. it will remain attractive for companies, in particular those that really care about quarterl

>>zweig: well the chinese don't trust the indians at all. the indians don't trust the chinese. the 1962 border war seared, forever seared, the brains of indian policy makers. brazilian businessmen complain, over the last couple of years that china came - hu jintao the leader of china visited - promised all kinds of money, left - and then everybody said, where's the money? >>reporter: it's one of those strange historical quirks that now, with their economies so interdependent, china can cooperate easier with america than with its neighbours. as for russia, it does little to garner confidence. the government appears hostile to capital while its military posture is aggressive - as if confidentthat the volatile great bear has oil and gas as leverage. but russia and other oil exporters should be aware that the past year's global turmoil has focused the minds of some huge hydrocarbon consumers like china, which is now taking a great green leap forward - up the value chain. >>fuyong: when we were in school, we were told that there was only enough oil left for another 50 years -we need

the storm damage has affected millions of chinese.ome of the hundreds of thousands who have been k=n6wevacuated have been taken o safety. the decision to move them looks like it has helped to keep the number of casualties on the mainland low. the waves were up to 9 meters high as they hit the coast. heavy downpours are forecast to cause problems across six provinces for hours to come. in japan, there was another deadly storm. this one caused landslides and widespread flooding in the west of the country. nearly 50,000 people have been removed from their homes. this storm has also claimed lives. the search for survivors goes on. >> our journalist is in rural taiwan, just 40 kilometers from the area worst affected by the typhoon. authorities in the nearby town. for hundreds trapped by the mudslide. >> authorities say the landslide occurred sunday night or early monday morning. most of the villages were sleeping. -- most of the villagers were sleeping. the mud crashed in so suddenly that you had the chance to escape. about 150 have been r

chinese going out. this is the waterfront at dongxing where trade flows across the beilun river from dawn to dusk. stevedores here have a fundamental grasp of economics - for when there's a slowdown, like now, the loads on their backs are lighter. >>guofu: due to the weakness of the vietnam currency, the rmb appreciation, the dollar's weakness, dongxing'sexports have dropped. >>reporter: he won't get much sympathy, however, from the vietnamese. for dongxing's dealers with their sacks of shoes, socks even suitcases have been ahead of the cross border game, ever since the day the frontier re-opened in 1989 after a decade of bitter hostilities. >>guoning: hundreds streamed across the river then to buy the likes of flasks, tea cups, bowls, chopsticks and plates. they bought up everything! dongxing folk realised there was money to be made ! everyone, even those who had the likes of flasks, tea cups, bowls, chopsticks and plates. they bought up everything! dongxing folk realised there was money to be made ! e

what if that $7 a pound fresh atlantic fish was really imported from a chinese fish farm for a fractionf the price. two new report says is becoming commonplace. white tunas with often inexpensive tilapia, and red snapper was often cheap cod and monday being fish was chinese puffer. ask the staff at the fish market what it should look like cooks and uncooked. and the stink file and questions over the quality of fish imported from china they have found banned chemicals in chinese fish. frozen shell fish will be on the package. but if it's a cheap substitute, it will not tell that you it's from china. you need to stay to a fish that you know like salmon. it's almost impossible to fake a salmon. >>> one couple says they want to keep it simple. >>> and a pint size hero saves his mother but unborn sibling and he's not even in first grade yet. for all the moments that make every day special. fancy feast introduces an entirely new way to celebrate any moment. fancy feast appetizers. simple high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon, white meat chicken, or seabass and shrimp in a delicate

. >> so robin got a chinese symbol.ike -- he teased him about getting a chinese symbol because i thought that was lame. >> well, actually it was done for happiness and laughter, and i've never had a chinese person get that close that says that's what it says. actually, it says welcome home. your company name -- >> if you live here by now. you're almost there. [ laughter ] >> so -- so about a week later i said, you know, i was making fun of you about the tattoo. so i went out and got a chinese symbol too. >> let's look a -- there it is. >> come in close. there it is. yes! [ laughter ] >> hold up, parker. hold up. >> do you think somebody at home is going, oh, my god, they're selling it. >> for those of you who don't know what it looks like, it's small symbol with chinese eyes. >> an actual symbol -- >> a symbol with -- >> that's a long way to go for a pun. >> and for the rest of your life. but i feel that -- here's a joke that keeps on giving. the problem i have is that i want people to take me serious as a director. [ l

both labor interests and the chinese have highlighted the upcoming decision on chinese tires one, as an opportunity to write past wrongs and pursue a more balanced trade policy. the other is a test of whether the administration is really protectionist. and we'll know by mid-september when the president's tire decision is due which -- which constituency is going to win out. finally, on doha, the president has joined repeatedly his g-20 and g-8 colleagues in calling for a successful conclusion. but how do you get there? will the president take the lead in arguing for scaled-back agricultural subsidies? that would be a reversal from his campaign stance but he's shown his ability to do that before. and how would he deal with the diminished enthusiasm of key service and manufacturing industry groups for the deal that was on the table last summer? that would take a substantial investment of political capital. so far, the administration has not done a great deal beyond stating the goal of a successful conclusion. that neglect has actually been noted abroad. there was one story of how last m

-chinese relationships.d that we can work together with secretary clinton to co-chair that china-u.s. strategic dialogue within this framework. we must live up to expectations and felt our mission to make this a good beginning of the dialogues. ladies and gentleman, dear friends, i think we're not taking part in building the history of two countries with different social systems, ideologies, histories, on that global stage working together to tackle challenges of the 21st century. we're not taking part in building a history of a new type of relations between the countries, between mutual respect, harmonious cooperation, and a globalized 21st century. can we manage to do that? my answer is we must work hard to make it happen. and yes, we can. that is borrowed from president obama. [in english] yes, we can. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. good morning. it is a great honor to welcome you to the first meeting of the strateg

i like to call it -- it's kind of like a chinese creme brulee. the crust is a little salty.et a savory kind of taste. >> it's good. >> lonnie likes it. >> what else have we got? >> who didn't try? i don't see mouths. >> we don't have time to try them all, julie. >> yes, we do. >> i'm going easy on you here. wait. you're eating the wrong one. that one you won't like. >> i like this one. >> that's the white spongecake. it kind of has like a slippery texture to it. >> it's good, though. >> you do like it? i'm impressed. harry, what did you eat? >> that's awesome. i love the spongecake. >> and the last one is a deep fried sesame ball. if you break it in half, which i'll cut here, there is sweet bean paste inside. who wants to be the daring one to try it? >> harry's all over it. >> it's got sweet stuff inside. >> i'm very impressed with your mandarin. >> we're a little distracted here, julie. yeah, no it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ... yeah, every night is something different. oh, yeah yeah... ... she alwa

on the other hand, chinese figures -- we do not have that good figures. that 4.3% only accounts for the urban unemployed, not necessarily the rural ones. we do not have figures on that. >> thank you very much indeed. let's take you around the globe. police in indonesia are involved in a shootout. it this is believed to be one of southeast asia's most wanted terrorist suspects. exchanging gunfire. the leader of the group is thought to be behind the bombings and the twin suicide attacks on jakarta hotels last month. the leader of the tamil tiger rebels has been arrested in southeast asia. the group leader was killed in may. a moscow court has rejected a petition by the family of the murder journalist for a renewed investigation. three suspects were killed during the -- were cleared during the first inquest. italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi has again dismissed criticism of his private life despite a series of sex scandals. he says he has nothing to apologize for. he has denied a series of lurid investigations, -- allegations including he slept with a

both labor interests and the chinese have highlighted the upcoming decision on chinese tires one, as an opportunity to write past wrongs and pursue a more balanced trade policy. the other is a test of whether the administration is really protectionist. and we'll know by mid-september when the president's tire decision is due which -- which constituency is going to win out. finally, on doha, the president has joined repeatedly his g-20 and g-8 colleagues in calling for a successful conclusion. but how do you get there? will the president take the lead in arguing for scaled-back agricultural subsidies? that would be a reversal from his campaign stance but he's shown his ability to do that before. and how would he deal with the diminished enthusiasm of key service and manufacturing industry groups for the deal that was on the table last summer? that would take a substantial investment of political capital. so far, the administration has not done a great deal beyond stating the goal of a successful conclusion. that neglect has actually been noted abroad. there was one story of how last m

what does it say about the chinese appetite for u.s. trishes, and is this an ideal investment for the chinese? >> gee, i didn't see that news headline. i would say $2 billion isn't a lot of money for china. it's a lot of money for the rest of us but not for china. the chinese have been very explicit they want to take advantage of the weak prices globally to make acquisitions. they've been trying to make acquisitions in resources around the world. i don't read anything huge into it. sorry, christine, not one way or the other. >> thanks for joining and sharing your thoughts with us. mark matthews and aaron snipe. >>> banker bonuses under attack from all sides in the u.k. chancellor alstair darling told the sunday times he will change the law to ensure compensation is not paid to employees whose actions put banks at risks. the comments come with reports from bar clays is offering a massive package for several employees being offered as much as $50 million in cash and stocks. >>> a german watchdog saying that any bankers who take unjustifia