this is me in front of the foreign ministry archive beginning in about 2004 -- the chinese foreign ministry started to declassify a growing number of materials on cold war foreign policy. thye declassify them in several batches. the first was from 1949-1954, then there were subsequent batches that covered 1955-59, then 1960 to 1965. this is me in front of the archive. i know the shorts and shirt do not match very well, but, when you live out of your suitcase, doing or have a research for a month, this is what you end up with. it was taken i think around 7:30 in the morning. those of you who know me know how much i hate to be anywhere at 7:30 in the morning. at the time, the archive only had about nine computers. this is exciting stuff. these new materials about chinese cold war foreign policy. so lawrence lucy -- a great motivator for getting you to the archives, those of you who know him, he and i is together at about 7:30, so we could be there before all the chinese graduate students flew in from the provinces. we were there, and i thought these documents were interesting. many of them do

to the foreign ministry here in moscow is warning the move poses a direct threat to the safety of russian. any relatives children of suspected. by all they've been through to even speak. in these ninety. nine she. has up to twenty five thousand radical islamists according to the. war it is more than any other country in the european. news headlines live from moscow thanks for joining us this is international. us security services are reportedly planning the russian consulate in san francisco which was closed on washington's order as part of the ongoing diplomatic route between the two countries russia's foreign ministry says such searches pose a threat to the safety of diplomats and their families. the u.s. security service intends to raid the general consummating san francisco and some ten by the second including the flats of staff members residing in the same building who possess immunity from being so we are talking about invasion of the consular offices in the apartments of the diplomatic stuff with the latter being asked to leave not to stand in the way of the f.b.i. the news of thes

security services plan to raid russia's san francisco consulate according to the foreign ministry in moscow warning the move poses a direct threat to the safety of russian diplomats. searching for any relatives of the children of suspected i still find. that too disturbed by all they've been through to even speak. the news night to the. nation. the u.k. has up to twenty five thousand radical islamists that's according to the counter terror coordinator that is more than any other country in the european bloc. mid-morning on saturday here at moscow this is r.t. international and a very warm welcome to you. us the security services are reportedly planning to search the russian consulate in san francisco which was closed on washington's orders as part of the ongoing diplomatic route between the two countries russia's foreign ministry says such searches pose a threat to the safety of diplomats and their families the u.s. security service intends to raid the general consummating san francisco and sometime by the second includes in the flats of staff members residing in the same building wh

according to the foreign ministry. warning the move poses a direct threat. on the way for any relatives of children. speak. up to twenty five in. the. country. morning here in moscow you're watching international and a very warm welcome to you. u.s. security services are reportedly planning the russian consulate in san francisco which was closed on washington's order. between the two countries russia's foreign ministry says such a threat and the security of russian citizens. the u.s. security service intends to raise the general consulates in san francisco on the second of september including the flats of stuff members residing in the same building who possess immunity being said we are talking about invasion of the consular offices and the apartments of diplomatic staff with the latter being asked to leave not to stand in the way of the f.b.i. the news of these searches is really an unexpected and forceful further escalation on america's part now russian russia's foreign ministry spokesperson marias a horrible said that this order poses a direct threat to t

north korea's foreign ministry has denounced the new sanctions approved by the u.n. security council on monday in a statement the ministry says the resolution was fabricated by the us employing all sorts of despicable and vicious means and methods pyongyang holds a promise to redouble efforts to increase its strength to safeguard the country's sovereignty its ambassador to the u.n. is threatening consequences for the u.s. the force coming. by. will make it to us so for the creates pain it's never experienced in its history i mean our u.s. president donald trump says the new u.n. sanctions are only a small step towards dealing with pyongyang nuclear program we had a vote yesterday on sanctions we think it's just another very small step. not a big deal rex and i were just discussing not not big i don't know if it has any impact but certainly it was nice to get a fifteen to nothing vote but those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen well kathy novak joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul so kathy more defiant language comi

the security council however the move by moscow has been met with reluctance by kiev ukraine's foreign ministry called the possible resolution a distortion of any peacekeeping operation but the german foreign minister has given his backing to the russian president's idea but it's not that i see reports that president putin has voiced an initiative to do what the chancellor and i have been insisting on for months this is our chance let's make use of it we need more of this detente policy if things work out well with this blue helmets this would be the first step to removing sanctions against russia well here's a quick reminder of how that conflict unfolded back in twenty fourteen shortly after the so-called my down revolution two eastern regions in ukraine declared independence the army then launched an intervention trying to restore its influence one year later a cease fire deal was signed in minsk the capital of bettering despite those efforts the conflict is still ongoing according to a un report the total death toll stands at the back ten thousand people but at least another twenty four thou

acuity service is planned to raid russia's san francisco consulates according to the foreign ministry in moscow the move could pose a direct threat to the safety of russian diplomats and their families. policy is searching for any relatives of two more children the suspected deisel fighters the youngest is a two disc to speak after what they've been through. the news no. one . has up to twenty five thousand radical islamists that's according to peace counter-terror coordinator more than any other country in the european. good afternoon welcome it's just turned two o'clock here in moscow you're watching international our top story this hour u.s. security services are reportedly planning to search the russian consulate in san francisco which was closed on washington's orders as part of the ongoing diplomatic route between the two countries russia's foreign ministry says such searches pose a threat to the safety of diplomats and their families the u.s. security service intends to raid the general consummating san francisco at some time by the second including the flats of staff members r

hello welcome back to russia's foreign ministry has called the searches of his diplomatic premises in the u.s. . joins me now live with the details on this story i get to see you know a strong response over the seizure of russia's buildings what was said today. hi well if you read through the latest extensive comments by the washing foreign ministry spokeswoman marie as a hard you realize that the russian officials are more than disappointed in fact disappointed is not the right word here they are absolutely outraged by what they are calling attempts to whitewash the seizures and the raids of russian diplomatic premises in the us that is in san francisco washington d.c. and new york here's more from marie as a harbor what the u.s. state department calls inspections are in fact the legal seizure of russian diplomatic premises including searches from basement attics would like to emphasize the buildings that at the property of government were not just sealed but seized plainclothes american officials are in the building and armed policemen are guarding the prima tears this raises the qu

what do you know what exactly did the foreign ministry spokesperson have to say on the subject. russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman marie as the heart of a has reacted to intensified criticism coming from the u.s. towards russian media working on its territory in particular. now she mentioned some recent incident saying clipping the u.s. department of justice demand to register artie's american america as a foreign agent now she said that the u.s. is using the policy of double standards in this case and that these sorts of demands go against the principles of freedom of speech and expression. of the demands towards r.t.m. sputnik contradict america's principles of freedom of speech this has serious legal implications when the law is turned into an instrument to story a t.v. company then every step against russian media will have the same answer from us and washington should understand to whom that answer will be direct. she also said though often being blamed being an instrument in russia is alleged to meddling in the u.s. election so no real evidence been so far forward to ba

of men at the building ripping up the flooring at one of the sites was posted on the russian foreign ministry's facebook page shortly after personnel had left the building the searches were conducted by f.b.i. agents with moscow saying they made no sense the u.s. state department spokes person had to know what faced a barrage of russia related questions after she referred to the searches simply as quote a tour of the facilities while being questioned she suggested some of those president sounded like they were working for this channel. i don't do that in programs are so what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just not going to get and i don't let it lead in this i'm so let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country where u.s. missions that have been deleted have been searched by the host. governments you know what i don't know if you are working for tod

agents on the roof of the san francisco consulate were released by the russian foreign ministry they can also be seen removing ceiling panels and searching through drawers and cupboards moscow claims that the whole operation made no sense and washington's unexpected move sparked outrage in moscow russian officials describe it as a gross violation of international law and an openly hostile act towards russia meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson faced a barrage of questions after she referred to the searches as a tour of the facilities. this is normal that in programs are story what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those properties searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just not going to get into that let it let's move i'm so let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country where u.s. missions that have been vacated have been searched by the host. governments you know what i don't know

the seizure and searches of property the russian president vladimir putin asked the russian foreign ministry to take legal action. because the north american counterparts didn't let russia use its property it's a violation of our property rights i will tell the foreign ministry to go to cool see how well the highly praised she dishes system in the u.s. works however washington says it wants to end the diplomatic crisis in fact two days after putin's remark on taking legal action the u.s. state department had this to say. we would like that's relationship to improve we don't want to continue this kind of diplomatic tit for tat people in the united states need to get over this russia hysteria and that's what it is that's being ginned up. by the media here and americans need to call for more friendly and constructive relations with russia it's my firm opinion that russia all along has want to friendly relations has wanted the u.s. as a partner and there's no reason that we should reject that all of branch that i think russia has been holding out for some time on us entering that property was a

searching on the roof and ripping up flooring at one of the science was posted on the russian foreign ministries facebook page f.b.i. agents checked basements and attics drawers and cupboards with moscow claiming the whole operation made no sense washington's unexpected move spall to outrage in moscow top russian officials describe it as the seizing of property and slammed it as a gross violation of international law which openly damage. straighted hostility towards russia would inevitably lead to a worsening of u.s. russia relations meanwhile a u.s. state department spokesperson faced a barrage of russia related questions after she referred to the searches as a simple top of the facilities. are writing programs are so what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property search because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just not going to get into that a lot of this so let's move on to something else here. or any other country u.s. mission

and ripping up the flooring at one of the sites was posted on the facebook page of a russia's foreign ministry shortly after that of course with that was shortly after the personnel had left the building now f.b.i. agents checking basements attics draws and closets with moscow saying the whole operation made no sense well at washington's an unexpected move certainly sparked some outrage here in moscow a top russian officials described it as a seizure of property and characterized it as a gross violation of international law that openly demonstrated hostility towards russia and would inevitably lead to a degradation of u.s. russia relations meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson had a newer face up. of russia related questions after she referred to the search as simply as a tour of the facilities. that in programs are what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just n

men searching on the roof ripping up flooring on one of the sites was posted on the russian foreign ministry facebook page f.b.i. agents check basements and antics drawls even cupboards with claiming that the whole operation made no sense or washington's unexpected sparked outrage in moscow top russian officials described it as the seizing of property and they slandered as being a gross violation of international law if they said openly demonstrated hostility towards russia and would inevitably lead to a worsening of relations between the countries meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson face the barrage of russian related questions after she referred to the search is this being a simple tour of the facilities. i'm sorry what's your name let's move on move on to something else you still consider that russian authorities or were those property searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue and it's not going to get into that let it lead in this let's move on to something else here. or any other country u.

searching on the roof and ripping up flooring at one of the sites was posted on the russian foreign ministries facebook page f.b.i. agents checked basements and attics drawers and cupboards with moscow claiming the whole operation made no sense washington's unexpected move sparked outrage in moscow top russian officials described it as the seizing of property and slammed it is a gross violation of international law which openly demonstrated hostility towards russia would inevitably lead to a worsening of u.s. russian relations meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson faced a barrage of russian related questions after she referred to the searches as a simple tool of the facilities. i'm sorry what's your name let's move on move on to something else you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property search because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue and it's not going to get out let's go let's go let's move on to something else here. treat us. you know what i don't know if you are working for

agents on the roof of the san francisco consulate were released by the russian foreign ministry they can also be seen removing ceiling panels and searching through drawers and cupboards moscow claims the whole operation made no sense in washington unexpected move sparked outrage in moscow russian officials described it as a gross violation of international law and an openly hostile act against russia meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson faced a barrage of questions after she referred to the surgeons as a tour of the facilities. this is normal writing programs are sorry what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those properties searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just not going to get and i don't let it lead in this i'm so let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country where u.s. missions that had been a d.j. did have been searched by the host. governments you know what i don't know

were vacated a video of men at the building ripping up the flooring was posted on the russian foreign ministry facebook page or shortly after personnel had left the diplomatic compound of a search was conducted by f.b.i. offices. now in the latest development in the ongoing diplomatic spot the u.s. ordered russia to close three diplomatic premises in forty eight hours immediately after the eviction u.s. officers searched the san francisco consulate and trade missions in new york and washington responds to the seizure and searches of property russian president vladimir putin the russian foreign ministry to take legal action. now at the u.s. state department spokesperson heather knew a taste of of russia related questions that came off she described the searches of the russian consulate in san francisco as quote touring while being grilled she suggested that some of the journalists present sounded like they were working for this channel. that is what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property searched because t

roof of the san francisco consulate also ripping up the ceiling was released by the russian foreign ministry agents basements attics stores even. the whole operation made no sense. washington's unexpected most part outrage in moscow russian officials described it as being a gross violation of international law they also said it was an openly hostile act against russia that was bound to harm relations meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson face the barrows of questions of the she referred to those searches as being a tour of the facilities. programs are what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue and it's not going to get into that let it lead in this let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country u.s. missions that. could have been searched by the host. government you know well i don't know if you are working for today or what but i remember. at th

russia's foreign ministry washington to back its diplomatic properties in the u.s. at softer american security. the consulate in san francisco and another two diplomatic outposts in washington and new york. is a clear violation of international law. to sing an example you need a national relations. we haven't been expecting since you've wanted guests. to being saved from islamic state in iraq. not just a normal childhood but even basic safety. for abuse their. children exposed. on this sunday thanks for joining us for just in time for the weekly. north korea has successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test the country's state television announced this it came after an earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale was detected in the country it took place in a northeastern province bordering china and russia was felt in both of those countries let's cross live now to china to get the latest now from our. good to see you north korea had previously announced the development of a new kind of bomb. yes it certainly had rory just to let you know that we here in sh

the russian foreign ministry slams us choose a russian diplomatic sites as an illegal diabolical circus premises in san francisco and washington was shut down on the state department's orders and in our review of the week islamic state leaves behind a big traffic ghost town after it's driven active talent far by the iraqi army we've an exclusive report. there the latest developments and look back what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching weekly here on r.t. international now north korean state television has announced that the country has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb came after an earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale was detected in north korea it took place in the country's northeastern province and was felt in neighboring china and russia don't trump has reacted to north korea's latest nuclear test saying the country continues to be hostile and dangerous to the u.s. on the skatepark free reports now from china. but it's stormy here in china and the certainly a storm seems to be bringing over the korean peninsula as well u.s. president john w

russian foreign ministry slums u.s. searches of russian diplomatic site says quote an illegal diabolical circus in san francisco and washington was shut down on the state department's. review of the week islamic state leaves behind a booby trapped ghost town after driven out of tal afar by the iraqi army we'll bring you an exclusive report. good evening to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international. tensions on the north korean peninsula are ratcheting up with pyongyang announcing that it's conducted a successful test donald trump has hinted that a u.s. strike on the north is possible. president we would check the work for you. from scotland comes as the u.s. president prepares for a meeting with his military officials earlier trumpet tweeted the only force will work with pyongyang and it all comes after north korean state t.v. announced the country had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that announcement was made after an earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale was detected in north korea took pla

a spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry has slammed the search as a diabolical. illegal and pointless of the u.s. state department says the searchers are legal claiming diplomatic immunity is revoked following any closure our the vienna convention state immunity remains in place until diplomatic staff leave the country vienna convention on diplomatic relations article twenty two point one the premises of the mission shall be inviolable the agents of the receiving states may not enter them except with the consent of the head of the mission. school thirty nine point two when the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end such privileges and immunities should normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country unless told us it is a clear violation of international law. i think international lays it down very clearly the one hundred sixty one fianna convention of to plastic relations says that any diplomatic affiliated premises country. and any incursion on that territory is an attack on the country this is hosting that diplomat

protect facilities and to guarantee to the russian side has failed casted the buildings well the foreign ministry has persevered over the operation with the ministry spokeswoman and locking it. a true triumph of democracy in one would air from the russian consulate in san francisco security agents using a ladder to inspect the ceiling inside the building searches and being conducted not only on the premises over the diplomatic side but also in the apartment of staff members and their families and in another video a security official is seen searching the apartments with some residents still inside. of. the. bomb. in compliance with washington's demand the sound francisco town stopped functioning that's now been confirmed by russia's consul there meanwhile the u.s. state department is also leading a search operation in russia's now closed trade mission in washington d.c. style for block access in that building starting from two pm local time the head of the russian trade mission alexander stark naked told journalists that he considers the search of the compounds as a takeover in violation of inter

the foreign ministry is now posting videos all of the operation with the ministry spokeswoman mocking it as a true triumph of democracy in one video from the russian consulate in san francisco security agents are using a ladder to inspect the ceiling inside the building so much is being conducted not only on the premises of diplomatic side but also in the apartments of staff members and their families and in another video a security official is seen searching the apartments with some residents still inside. her. daughter moved. to. florida. but. the u.s. state department is also leading a search operation into russia's now closed trade mission in washington d.c. style four blocks from accessing the building starting from two pm local time the head of the russian trade mission alexander stepanek told journalists that he considers the searches of the compound as a takeover in violation of international law. we are witnessing an example of vandalism you need international relations it's another takeover of the russian corporate road we haven't been expecting so she was once again asked i

russian foreign ministry slams us to choose the russian diplomatic sites is an illegal diabolical circus the premises in san francisco and washington were shut down on the state department's orders. and also to come in our review the week islamic state leaves behind a booby trap ghost town after driven out of the city of tal afar by the iraqi army you can exclusive report from the ground. welcome the latest developments and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching a weekly here on r.t. international. now north korea's state television has announced that the country successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test the announcement came after an earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale was detected in north korea it took place in the country's northeastern province and was felt in neighboring china and russia has reacted to north korea's latest nuclear test saying the country continues to be hostile and dangerous to the u.s. with more his partridge. but it's stormy here in china in the senate a storm seems to be bring over the korean peninsula

and the russian foreign ministry says it's. in san francisco being searched as a diplomatic spat between the countries since. good afternoon it's just turned four o'clock here in moscow watching r.t. international syrian government forces backed by russia have recaptured a large fortified area held by islamic state in the city of did is all that's according to the russian defense ministry. well after retaking the position syrian troops found a network of tunnels containing weapons medical supplies and also food it's also emerged that the area was mainly defended by terrorists from the former soviet republics and also russia on tuesday a russian warship targeted the militants there helping the syrian army storm the fortress. that i just operation is part of a larger campaign to totally force eisel fighters out of did is to or which has largely been occupied by the terror group for the last three years since then it has become one of the largest pockets of extremist forces in syria. you are. with all these pictures here of two go

law the foreign ministry is now posting videos of the operation that the. spokeswoman mox is a true triumph of democracy one such video coming from the russian consulate in tampa and cisco security agents are using a ladder you can see here to inspect the ceiling in the side the building is not sure what they're looking for in particular searches are being conducted not only on the premises of the diplomatic site but also in the apartments of staff members and their families and in another video security official was seen searching the apartments with some of the residents still inside. longer. than. the a state department's also leading a search operation in russia's now closed trade mission in washington d.c. staff there were blocked from accessing the building starting from two pm local time the head of the russian trade mission alexander stubb nick told journalists he considers the searches at the compound as being in violation of international. we are witnessing an example of vandalism you need to match the missions it's an illegal take all russian cor

the russian foreign ministry has confirmed that there was also a north korean delegation here before i believe it from correct it's only the first time they've come to this forum and since it's been organized you has confirmed that there will be a meeting before between the russian side and the north korean side so suddenly that will be an interesting updates will be very curious to see what comes out of that meeting as well aside from that it's very much business as usual here for quite literally there's delegations here from over fifty countries several thousand people in attendance here hoping to sign trade and business deals last year that equaled about thirty two billion dollars so very much significance in the asia pacific region but of course keep you updated as any developments both politically and business wise coming back to the. ok thanks daniel that is a very interesting development that there was a north korean delegation before and so dan you will be with us throughout the day to bring us all the latest on talks happening there at the forum and like the boss doc thanks