[laughter] i am also grateful for the wonderful hospitality that the chinese association and chinese people have extended in my subsequent ping-pong diplomacy visits to china, and i thank the chinese association and the people of china for keeping alive the spirit of ping-pong diplomacy. today, we are celebrating ping- pong diplomacy and the role it played in normalizing relations between u.s. and china. however, pingpong diplomacy does not justify -- just apply to the u.s. team trip to china in 1971 and the chinese team trip to the u.s.a. in 1972. ping-pong diplomacy also applies to the role of sports in bringing people together in peaceful interactions. in sports, we have a common language that transcends national boundaries and cultural differences. we gain perspective and understanding, and we learn appreciation for each other. through the legacy of ping-pong diplomacy, we carry forward to the new generations a new people's revolution. it is one that carries a world wide message of peace, love, and cooperation. [applause] >> thank you. now, i would like to ask mayor lee to come b

the chinese girls taught me two songs. "the east is red" and "sailing the seas depends on the helmsman." we learned about chinese communism and read mal's "little red book

the chinese girls taught me two songs. "the east is red" and "sailing the seas depends on the helmsman." we learned about chinese communism and read mal's "little red book." and of course, we played friendship matches. we played in three cities -- and fortunately, very fortunately for me, the mantra over and over again was friendship first, competition second. i would like to brag here today that i won three matches out of four in china. and it was only do -- and i'm very well aware it was only due to the philosophy, "friendship first, competition

you will speak horrible chinese. you will see chinese people cringe. on the other hand, if you truly listen, listen to the way a mimic might, at first, ultimately the tones become something that is living and you can really follow it and the language becomes for standard. i'm told when i talk on the phone or talk to people or i'm on tv, i speak a pretty standard form of chinese that sounds something approaching the beijing die little bit. [speaking chinese] tavis: tell me about how the television show got started. how you got the idea to do that. answer the question for me in mandarin and then tell me what you were just saying. how did the show get started? >> [speaking chinese] so what i basically just said [laughter] in mandarin was i already had a radio show in shanghai. it was pretty popular and kids seemed to like it so the shanghai media group approached me and said you have a popular radio show. how would you like to do this tv show? i said that would be fund a it became extremely popular. it was a blessing. tavis: what do they call you in china

the chinese girls taught me two songs. "the east is red" and "sailing the seas depends on the helmsman." we learned about chinese communism and read mal's "little red book." and of course, we played friendship matches. we played in three cities -- and

i really look forward to seeing the chinese team. there was a great mystique since they had been gone from the table tennis team for such a long time. i still remember the first time i ever saw the chinese team. we were playing in the practice hall. many countries, many tables. we were all playing. the sound of the ball going. we were all talking, and suddenly, a huge crush

and dedicated the chinese people and students are.hat is part of the chinese education-centric heritage. those are perhaps the factors. then there is a lot of misleading that goes on in the media and perhaps some politicians who want to demonstrate a point or get their articles read or win an election. i think the chinese people feel great about america. there are lots of opportunities to work together. i think american innovativeness and chinese execution may be a great combination. tavis: talk to me about that juxtaposition of viewing china as a communist country and capitalism taking over. >> as far as what keeps the chinese economy moving forward, what motivates the chinese people, these are similar to america. it is capitalist. i do not think that word is commonly used in china. people like to say a market in china. -- market economy. tavis: is that good for the people of china? >> is good for people who make the money. one of the future challenges as how to deal with the haves and have-nots. as you go through china, you will see

the whole chinese girls merkel is based on peace -- the whole chinese growth miracle is based on peaceon hope. for maybe next 20 years or 30 years, china will have consumption and demand big enough to help continue, assuming the political environment is stable, not only into the country, but around it. i know you interviewed secretary kissinger on china. that is the number one fear. the number one fear is the stability, either inside or outside of china, will not be good. if the condition remains like it is today, not to mention there are a lot of flash points out there -- you heard the latest news about the china sea issues. there are a lot of issues going around. but assuming the leadership in china is able to manage all that and one would hope that they could and one would have high hopes that they would, this to growth will go on for two days to three decades. but the first statement you made in the show, i actually think that, as americans, i am always a positive thinker, as you know -- i think we're just going through relativity. we are relatively speaking not seeing what we have

it's about chinese and american espionage and it's called "tiger trap." >> the chinese spy very differently than, for example, the k.g.b., or now the s.b.i., as it's called. the chinese have been at this much longer than we have. they've been at this at least for... >> rose: they've been at everything much longer than we have. >> y. they've been at this at least since 400 b.c. and the art of war, sun soviet ion and so they've been a it for 25 centuries. we've been at it since 1947 c.i.a. was cread. >> rose: the day in washgton, marvin and deborah kalb and david wi when we continu every story needs a hero we canll root for. who beats the odds and cos out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners. so if you wanna root for a real hero, support small business. shop small. ptioning sponsored by rose communications from our stuos inew york city, this is charlie rose. >> ros the debt limitation end gam

the chinese government says chinese trains are the world's fastt. chin haslso emphasized the low cost of its rail technology and undercut offerings from japan and other nations. saturday's disaster deals a serious blow to china. countries concerning high-speed rails -- not just performance and cost but also safety. will the chinese government be able to ease public discrust with its investigation? its own people as well as the rest of the world are closely watching. michitika yamaka, beijing. >>> earlier, gene otani spoke to a railway system expert. >> translator: thank you for joining us today, professor. the chinese railway ministry says that the train control system may have malfunctioned due to a lightning strike. and in the chinese train operating system, how are trains supposed to respond in the event of a lightning strike? >> translator: well, this is basically designed the same all around the world. so they assume that the device will break down when hit by lightning. when the device breaks down, then all of the cars will be stopped. >> tran

association and vice president of the chinese olympic committee. welcome. [applause] >> [speaking chinese] >> friends from the media, good afternoon. this afternoon is a very special moment. i took the chinese olympic committee to make a very special trip here to join you today for the very special celebration of ping-pong diplomacy. >> [speaking chinese] >> 40 years ago, the tenant -- table tennis players from both the u.s. and china, played during the u.s. -- the 31st world championship. it is because of that money assets between the players, we certainly opened the door. this door opens something remarkable for our future in terms of our relationship between u.s. and china. this afternoon, players come together to celebrate this remarkable moment. i feel very honored and very pleased and just feel a kind of family bond. thank you. [applause] >> [speaking chinese] >> let me say something about our delegation. this delegation is consisting of three generations. you might notice that we have the first generation to participate in ping-pong diplomac

i want to ask the chinese -- i spoke to a chinese group. said you're a great friend of china. but we also read your books. [laughter] and in your books, you talk about the balance of power. how are you going to manage the balance of power? and i said, look around yourself. look at the countries that border you. and ask yourself whether we -- it's not a problem but it's conceivable, what i'm suggesting is south china sea, it's a clear case to me, that should not be claimed by any nation. but what we really should have is that the top leaders begin to ask some of the questions that have been asked around here, look at where we want to be five to 10 years from now. and rather than dealing with crisis management month after month. and being in a situation in which every time the leaders meet, there is a communique and two months later, one has to sort -- one has the sort of discussion we have here and where did the chinese go wrong, that's my fundamental view. so on the south china sea, it's clear where we should come out with respect to freedo

i want to ask the chinese -- i spoke to a chinese group.up and said you're a great friend of china. but also read your books. [laughter] and in your books, you talk about the balance of power. how are you going to manage the balance of power? and i said, look around yourself. look at the countries that border you. and ask yourself whether we -- it'sot a problem but it's conceivable, what i'm suggting is south china sea, it's a clear case to me,hat should not be claimed by any nation. but what we really should have is that the top leaders begin to ask some of the questions that have been asked around here, look at where we want to be five to 10 years from now. and rather than dealing with crisis management moh after moh. and being in a situation in which every time the leaders meet, there is a communique and two months later, one has to sort -- one has the sort of discussion we have here and where did the chinese go wrong, that's my fundamental view. so on the south china sea, it's clear where we should come out with respect to freedom of na

the current profit margin is 1.7% on chinese exports, which i think is high. >> host: even a chinese official will tell you not necessarily to believe the statistics. >> guest: which means they're exporting that almost cost in order to prevent the thing they're most afraid of, unemployment. they can't keep that because at this point chinese wage rates are higher than those in mexico. if you take a look at shirts, you will find mexico and the philippines on it, not china. china has lost competitive advantage. like japan in 1990 when we all believe the massive japanese taking is all over, and we saw them five rockefeller center. >> host: you are bold now on >> guest: just cyclically. japan this comes to a 20 year period in which it achieve its economic goals. it had a choice between having a crunching recession, unemployment and violating the social contract that underlines japanese society, which is you get a job at a company and used at the company. they made a strategic decision. the strategic decision was would have low interest rates and keep businesses going, and the avoid unempl

that is a reality not lost on the chinese government. now, in certain areas, mineworkers' kids are getting a break. -- migrant workers' kids are getting a break. with my friend and colleague dr. cornell west, i spent some time at this school just outside shanghai where some 50,000 kids of migrant workers are at the vanguard of change. >> a dance studio. tavis: our diet lives part-time in shanghai. she is also a governor of the committee of 100, a nonprofit is asian of americans to work to promote understanding between our two countries. -- a nonprofit group of chinese americans who work to promote understanding. she is actively involved in education through the arts in china. how long have you been in the school? >> about two years. tavis: are you enjoying it? is this a typical school in china? >> yes. this goes from middle school to high school. tavis: this is the whole class? >> the whole class. tavis: are they learning a particular subject? >> there learning language. -- they are learning language. >> [chanting, reciting] tavis: it is

government and the chinese people? maybe you should focus on persuading. you should tell the government not to start so many wars and focus on the civilians around the world. there is the work inside of millions of people. you should not be afraid of our young people will be warned against america but actually what we are afraid of is that maybe americans will make war against us. the culture of chinese people which has lasted for thousands of years has always focused on peace. tavis: i want to ask him a question. his critique, his statements about the u.s. government is engaged in wars around the world, i think most of the people in this group understand that point and might even agree. that said, if he were having this conversation, if he repeated what he just said to many of the american people, they would take that as a lecture from him. they would respond to him by saying that china has no right to talk to us about the wars we start with your record on human rights instead of your own country. -- inside of your ow

or oil eighty percent of chinese energy supplies move by sea they either move through the straits of home once which is controlled by the american fifth fleet or the move to the extremists which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put it some on their energy juggler vein and so they're they're very kind of tense and they're concerned about keeping those sea lanes open that's why they are so. pushy about the south china sea i think that mistake on the part of the chinese have been is that they've been a little overly pushy with some of the smaller countries in the region and that has allowed the united states to get a foot in the door but this is part of a worldwide competition for energy resources between a number one and the number two powers now energy users in the world and the fact that the united states has pretty much surrounded most of china with bases that go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place ok now it's in y

japanese officials pointed out the chinese navy's recent activities near japan.s included the passage of a chinese fleet in international waters between the main island of okinawa and miyako island last month. the two sides agreed that defense officials will step up talks on establishing a hot line to prevent china's naval activities around japan from escalating into a crisis. they also confirmed they will try to resume defense exchanges and arrange a visit to china by japanese defense minister k kitazawa. exchanges have been suspended since a collision last year. the four-hour meeting was fruitful, saying the twoides had exchanged views on matters of interest. he said china and japan don't always share the same opinions and it's important to talk and listen to each other. >>> and now let's take a look at the global weather forecast with sumi zushi. >> hello there. welcome to your weather update. the focus of the rain in asia is going to be here in the korean peninsula. we're also keeping a watch on this tropical storm just making its way into the philippines. to

the first chinese-u.s. governor for on the initiative by leaders of two countries are being held in salt lake city. please let me extend our heartfelt thanks. warm congratulations on the opening of the forearm. -- forum. it is a step for words between china and the u.s. and promoting international cooperation. in our delegation, we have representatives from an eastern coastal area of china, central china, and western china. we could use this opportunity to work together with our friends in the united states for, and investment and to promote greater progress between the two countries. we will introduce to you about our respective provinces. i want to take this opportunity to brief you on trade and investments. it is located in the western coast of pacific and southeastern coastal area of china. it is one of the most developed provinces. we have contributed to more than 7% of china's economic growth every year in 2010. our exports are $185 billion. 11.5% of the china's total. that means of all the exports ma

i want to ask the chinese -- i spoke to a chinese group.up and said you're a great friend of china. but we also read your books. [laughter] and in your books, you talk about the balance of power. how are you going to manage the balance of power? and i said, look around yourself. look at the countries that border you. and ask yourself whether we -- it's not a problem but it's conceivable, what i'm suggesting is south china sea, it's a clear case to me, that should not be claimed by any nation. but what we really should have is that the top leaders begin to ask some of the questions that have been asked around here, look at where we want to be five to 10 years from now. and rather than dealing with crisis management month after month. and being in a situation in which every time the leaders meet, there is a communique and two months later, one has to sort -- one has the sort of discussion we have here and where did the chinese go wrong, that's my fundamental view. so on the south china sea, it's clear where we should come out with respect to

association and vice president of the chinese olympic committee. welcome. [applause] >> [speaking chinese] >> friends from the media, good afternoon. this afternoon is a very special moment. i took the chinese olympic committee to make a very special trip here to join you today for the very special celebration of ping-pong diplomacy. >> [speaking chinese] >> 40 years ago, the tenant -- table tennis players from both

. >> rose: can the chinese fear that we're... want to be too big a player in the region and looking the secretary speech in vietnam, for example? >> that's a gd questionnd one that's debated in china and i'd answer it this way. the chinese recognize-- and i've spent a lot of time with the leaders of china over the last too and a half years and that's a very interesting article published boy their state counselor and for your viewers who dot have the chinese foreign ministry on their list serve, you can rea about this in the last chapter of henry kissinger's book "on china." a fascinating discussion. >> rose: he's the most prominent person in chinese foreign policy and he was a participant in the dialogues. >> exactly. so there's a debate in china about this. but i think this is the discussion we have with them. >> rose: okay. >> the united states for over half a century has been a force for security and stability in asia and indeed the platform on which asian prosperity has been built and the chinese know that. and they have been

the chinese economy grew at 9.5% in the second quarter.at's slightly slower than the first quarter's 9.7%. it's still enviable growth. at the same time causing headaches here. wen jiabao said fighting inflation is the top priority, same he wants to avoid big swings in the economy brought on by tighter policy. the tightening policy has been feeding concerns here of a hard landing. complicating matters at the same time are concerns that china may have taken on way too much debt. >>> in the shadows of beijing's urban jungle, the one-man show of defiance against the building boom. this man lives on this traffic island, land he says his family-owned for five generations. he refused to moves, even after local authorities demolished his original house as part of their plan to build up the city. it's not necessary, he says. there are only so many people living in the city. why do you have to build so many buildings? in the last few years, china has been on a building spree, constructing a dizzying array of roads, rail lines and real estate. after

. >> [speaking chinese] >> good morning. i work in china and have experienced wage that. -- chinatown. i work eight hours a day, but only paid seven hours of work. >> [speaking chinese] >> i am a volunteer so we can have other people that do not know english. and >>> [speaking chinese] >> i am here today to locally heavy support this ordinance so that we can change this epidemic of wage that. -- wage theft. so we released a report last year. we discovered chinatown restaurant workers did not fit minimum-wage at 50%. 70% did not get over time. that affects not only workers, but families come economies, and consumers. >> [speaking chinese] >> wage theft is not only in the chinese community, but also in other communities of color. we hope that you will pass this ordinance to take a first up towards changing the situation. an>> [speaking chinese] >> we want more timely and effective enforcement so that employers cannot does play games. we want to have more tools to put more pressure on the employers. we want to have shortened ti

. >> the chinese communist party is celebrating its 90th anniversary. the world's largest political party with a membership of more than 18 million. and it's managed to stay in power elsewhere have been pushed aside. our correspondent, michael bristow, traveled to the city of yen-on in northern china. the communist base during the civil war more than 60 years ago and considered by many as a birthplace of china's communist revolution. >> the communists like to celebrate their victory. they do it twice a day. there's courage in sacrifice but most of it on one side. they see a partial version of history with a clear message. mao tse-tung's party saved the country. this propaganda is fed to the young, they love the party even before they're old enough to understand why. where here to remember the party's great achievement. those achievements aren't hard to find. ness a remote place, a long way from the booming coastal cities that are driving china's economy. but even here, there's wealth. the party, process tarot along this valley and far -- prosperity alon

to the chinese shore.find them building a bluewater navy. they're about to unveil an aircraft carrier, they're investing in space technology, doing strange things in cyber-warfare, just giving us a lot of concern across a whole range of dimensions. >> that's one of the issues. what is this relationship going forward? friend, foe or don't know? listen to our friend asking the same question of admiral mullen during this visit. >> if you had to identify one area, what would that be in this relationship? >> actually, the major concern is we haven't had one. >> you haven't had a relationship or a concern? >> no. we haven't had a relationship. it's been cut off. >> it's been cut off. you have two strong military countries, obviously, the united states is still superior. you have two economic superpowers in this the world, is there a relationship? is there trust given the complexity of this relationship? >> there isn't. the worst element of that is the military. we talk about trade, we talk about other dimensions

this is what the chinese did. they were the first one to come up with the civil service examination as a means to get into the country. they did this in the third century b.c. unfortunately, it didn't last. the great han dynasty saw centralized high quality government. it falls apart for a number of reasons? what happened? meaning aristocratic families, people with wealth and power recapture the government. this continues really through the dynasties and the modern chinese state that has been established already in the third century doesn't get put back into place really until about 1100 or so until the northern song period. the struggle around the family goes on for a long time. now the weirdest institution designed to create a powerful state and to beat back the family is a system of military slavery that developed during the dynasty the second big arab sign -- arab dynasty and was carried to the conclusion by the ottomans. what they did, they'd send out a group of people into the balkan providences of the empir

chinese are complaining about the government. the government seems to be rolling out of the policies, and managing the everyday problems. and in terms of theconfence ofecoming a superpower, i see -- i just don't see that. >> we conclude this evening with investigative reporter and author ahony somers. he's written a book called "the eleventh day: the fully sotry 9/11 and osama bin laden." >> what we did in the end was, i hope, successfuy to dispatc to sane americans the utmost of the conspiracy theorist ideas. >> send them away? >> yes. >> but i think what happened was that those ideas, the lingering thoughts about them, have distted the cts and have blurred the things that one really should be concerned about. >> lionel barber and catherine mayer on david cameron and the house of commons. zhang xin on china. and anthony summers on 9/11 when we continue. if you've had a coke in the last 20 years, ( screams ) you've had a hand in giving college scholarships... and support to thousands of our nation's... most promising students. ♪