in the meeting with hu jintao, kim insisted the six-rty talks would resume immediately. usually both china and north korea don't announce kim's visit before he returns to his country, but this time win jiabao told bak about the visit while kim was staying in china. >> what makes china so eager to deal with china? what are china's intentions when it comes to north korea? >> i think the chinese government wants to show the international community that it is trying its best with north korea to give up its nuclear development. china is also trying to -- open up its economy and begin reform before kim jong-il loses power. >> nhk world with us tonight. thanks. appreciate it. >>> japan's leading opposition parties are trying to bring down prime minister naoto kan's government. members of liberal democratic parties are planning to submit a no confidence motion by the end of the week. kan has been facing strong criticism over his response to the ongoing crisis at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the parties confirmed their decision on monday during talks between their secreta

. >> yes, bus hu jintao put down the rebellion in tibet. effectively. d that impressed ping. >> rose: but-- did not want jintao. >> he wanted somebody more like him. >> how would you define more like him. >> well, more sav other fair. there was-- with a friendly face like hu jintao-- you know, it's a bit wooden. he keeps his professional smile. you don't know whether it is a smile of-- it is a different character all together. >> without dow like in the chines leadership today? >> i like them all. i have to. >> rose: you have to. but of all the chinese leaders the one i like. >> there was talk he may stay on even though he's vi 5. >> if i was tm i would keep them on. you haven't got anybody near him. practical, hardheaded, humorous, quick -- and makes the right decisionses it from the chinese point of view. >> and he's had some success. >> yes, yes. >> and other things. do you think they'll keep him on, give him -- >> well, i i was them i will keep them on. do you think state capitalism will be the model for the future. the economic model fo

actually, during president hu jintao's visit to the united states the u.s. government and president obama himself said on many occasions that the united states hoped to see prosperity and development in china and believed that this would serve the world and the united states. nibble what your president said. >> what do you think the biggest misconception is about your country from america in general? >> ( translated ): i don't think this is misconception, it is more of a lack of understanding. >> rose: what do you want us to understand? >> ( translated ): well, in the first place it is not easy to really know china because china is an ancient civilization and we are of the oriental culture. and for the americans, the united states is the world's number one superpower and the american people are a... if they're asked to choose to understand a foreign country, their first choice would be the european countries and the south american countries may come second. it was not only until recent years that the american people have begun to pay more attention to china.

as you know, one month ago, chinese president hu jintao paid a visit to this country and held productive talks with president obama. both our leaders declared their commitment to building a cooperative the partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. his visit is important and will surely give new impetus to the overall development of our bilateral relations. in all 50 states, the state of california and san francisco, in particular, will benefit from this. this year is also a remarkable year for san francisco. for the first time in its 162- year history, you have and we have four asian american supervisors. and the first time in history, we have a chinese-american mayor. it is not only, i think, a recognition of asian americans, chinese americans, but of the contribution to the overall development to the city, and also, a vivid expression of the cultural makeup of san francisco which made the city so dynamic, strong and beautiful. ladies and gentlemen, the chinese counsel stands ready to work with you in the future to work and make san francisco -- as mere ly said -- the bes

i am meeting with president obama and president hu jintao. that was fantastic. while we were there, both of us did what we were supposed to do and what we could do and that is we met with every one we could about the business of our cities and in particular, i got to meet my very good friend, the commerce secretary i grew up with in seattle, washington and i applaud him for all of the money that they could possibly give us and we are already working on that and he said that china sf was one of the most integrated programs to ever -- innovative programs to come to the west coast. i got to meet the hud secretary and in the short time with all of the other mayors, we were able to talk about our building of housing at affordable housing and of the great partnership that we will have as the enrolls and has unrolled the federal homeless program at how that can match up with our program as well. program as well. we met with secretary -- and

one of our priorities is to make sure the important commitments that president hu jintao made when heme to washington in january are fourth sold and the follow on the previous question commitments are important but action is even more important. so at the s&ed we have been talking a lot with our chinese counterparts and will continue to talk about how we can turn these very important agreements into tangible results on the ground, on innovation, delinking, procurement policy and also to ensure not only that the chinese government agencies have the fiscal resources to buy legal software but they stopped using the illegal software. you're second question? without a doubt, another important area that is going to get a lot of discussion because of the interest of both sides is what we can do to promote open investment policies. foreign direct investment has been fundamentally important to the growth of china. it's hard to imagine the chinese economic miracle that we have seen could have occurred in the direct foreign investment, and foreign investment has been fundamentally important to t

state media said he saw a president hu jintao. the focus was on economic development. it was kim jong il's third trip to china in a year. no word on specific deals for badly needed food aid. the woman arrested in saudi arabia for driving her car, in defiance of a ban on women drivers. she has been told she will have to spend another 10 days in prison. many in the kingdom believe it is unacceptable for and to drive. the woman was arrested after posting a video on the internet. her lawyer -- the lawyer said investigators need more time. the british government have told all other nationals to leave him and immediately as fighting escalates between the government and rebel forces. a full-scale civil war seems likely. presidents l.a. -- saleh has said he will not step down from power. we report on the latest developments. >> yemen is sliding toward open warfare. these are anti-government forces in the capital today. dozens of people have been killed or wounded this week. presidential forces battled their opponents. tonight, the foreign office said it is pulling out all ines

north korean leader kim jong il is believed to have met with the chinese president hu jintao in beijing. kim has been in china since friday. he arrived in beijing wednesday morning aboard his special train. kim is believed to have had lunch with members of the chinese leadership at the state guest house. he then apparently moved to the great hall of the people in the afternoon for a bilateral summit. kim and hu are believed to have exchanged views on e bilateral economic cooperation in border areas and on a resumption of six party tuks on north korea's development. china is proposing that invoice from north korea -- envoys hold a meeting before talks resume. south korea said the north should express intentions to abandon nuclear programs at the discussions. now a look at the latest in weather. >> hello there. time for your weather update. we are keeping a close eye on a typhoon, a large and strong typhoon headed to the northern end of the philippines. you can see the out of bounds starting to impact much of the philippines. it's starting to veer to the north continuing to strengthen ove

diplomatic sources say kim may visit beijing wednesday to hold talks with chinese president hu jintaoon tuesday yang ju told reporters china and north korea maintain high-level exchanges but avoided a direct reference to kim's visit. she added developing bilateral friendly ties with north korea is an established policy for china. >>> a u.s. delegation is visiting north korea to determine whether the u.s. government should resume food aid to the country. the delegation is led by special enjoy for north korean human rights robert king and includes experts from the u.s. agency for international development. they arrived in pyongyang from beijing on tuesday afternoon. king is the first senior u.s. official to visit north korea in about a year and a half. the u.s. began offering food aid to north korea in 2008, but the aid was suspended in 2009 due to confrontation over the transparency of distribution, including monitoring methods. during their five-day stay the delegation is to study the food situation in the north and discuss with officials whether they would allow the distribution to b

dear colleagues, last january president hu jintao paid a state visit to the united states. it was a his to historic visit h achieved great success. with vision and foresight, the two presidents opened a new page in china/u.s. relations. china/u.s. relations have kept moving forward despite twists and turns. our two countries differ in history, culture, resources, environment and national circumstances, but we are highly interdependent and mutually complimentary. china and the united states are each other's second largest trading partner. the united states is china's second largest export market and china is the fastest growing export market for the united states. together china and the united states account for one-third of the world's gdp and one-fifth of global trade. china/u.s. relationship has far exceeded the bilateral scope and has acquired growing global significance. we are witnessing profound and complex changes in the world economic landscape, changes that are driven by globalization. at present we still face many uncertainties where we are striving to tackle glob

this round of dialog was held as president hu jintao paid a successful visit to the united states and they agreed to be based on the mutual respect and benefit. i want to tell you the following. first, on the strategic track, secretary clinton and i focused on the agreement of our two leaders. and exchanged views on how to view a china-u.s. cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. we had in-depth and practical exchange of views. our dialog covered many issues including china-u.s. bilateral relations. major issues, internationally and regionally. and we had a good conversation. we agreed that we must act in accordance with the state of the china-u.s. state. and have exchanges at higher levels, have closer dialog on international and regional issues and to further increase our people to people exchange. we should have an outcome list of the strategic track which covered energy, environmental technology, transport forestry and climate change cooperation. i said we had a good conversation, and i did that mean that we agreed on each and every issue. however, afte

we believe that to keep our relationship on a positive path as foreseen by president obama and hu jintao, the united states and china have to be honest about our differences and address them firmly and forthrightly. at the same time, we are working together to expand the areas where we cooperate and narrow the areas where we diverge. and we are building a lot more understanding and trust. so we discuss everything. and whether it is something that was sensitive to us or sensitive to them, all the difficult issues including human rights, and we both have made our concern very clear to the other. we had candid discussions on some of our most persistent challenges from addressing in north korea and iran to rebalancing of the global economy. we agree on the importance of cooperating in afghanistan to advance the common goals of political stability and economic renewal. we've established a new u.s.-china consultations on the asia-pacific region where we shared a wide range of common interests and challenges. and for the first time in these dialogues, senior military and defense leaders from bo

the way hedge fund managers worldwide are figuring that out figuring that out chinese president hu jintao is now realizing what kind of position that they're in and that's why it's not just the chinese central bank or the reserve bank of india that's loading up and another come out of na it's also got a regular at a time and i said i got here.

i ensure you that no matter how harsh the jokes, they have been vetted by chinese president hu jintaole with president obama, a man i greatly admire. it is an honor to perform for the leader of the most powerful country. -- most powerful/poorest country. before i start, these are my birth certificate jokes, so thank you for the timing on that, mr. president. now unusable. we have been working on these drugs for months. we were worried we were a little heavy on a birth certificate geddes. what if they released them before the dinner? i was like, "why would he do that? they will not wait three years and release it before the dinner." to tell you my birth certificate jokes. it was a staunch was it not? -- it was assange, was it not? is biden still vice president? god bless america. i am honored to be performing for those of you here tonight as well as the handful of people watching at home on c- span. [laughter] c-span is the official network for wide shots of empty chairs. every time i tune into c-span, it looks like they just had a fire drill. c-span is one unpaid electric bill away fr

this round of dialogue was held as president hu jintao had a successful visit to the u.s. earlier this year where the two sides agreed to build a china- u.s. partnership based on mutual respect and benefit. i want to tell you the following -- first on the strategic track, secretary clinton and i focused on the agreement of our two leaders and exchanged views on how to look at a partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit to. we had an in-depth practical exchange of views. our dialogue covered many issues including china-u.s. financial relations, major issues internationally and regionally, and we had a good conversation. we agreed that we must act in accordance with the u.s.-china joint statement, or to increase our mutual trust, have exchanges at higher levels, have closer dialogue on international and regional issues and increase our people to people exchange. we have an outcome list which covers energy, environment, transport, forestry, and climate change cooperation. we had a good conversation. i did not mean that we agreed on each and every issue. however,

the reclusive leader who rarely travels abroad met the chinese president, hu jintao.s largest ally and main provider of food and aid. they confirmed his visit hours after his bulletproof train left beijing. >>> leaders from some of the world's richest countries are meeting in deauville in france. the g-8 countries are close to a multibillion-dollar deal to help democracies like egypt and tunisia. they've also been talking about libya. russia says its g-8 partners have asked it to help mediate between the warring parties. >>> we continue to follow developments, though, surrounding the capture of ratko mladic. now facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. cnn's phil black is at the hague where the international war crimes try boonial is awaiting mladic's extradition. phil, how much of an issue is his health going to be, and how could that affect the trial? >> reporter: well, i think you'll find, zain, that it could potentially be a significant issue. with ratko mladic now in custody, the tribunal's greatest disappointment was the death of slobodan milosevi

and while china has made a mayor investment -- major investment in soft power and hu jintao basicallytold the communist party that china should invest in soft power, they are not going to be able to project soft power as effectively as the u.s. so long as they take the authoritarian political position that they have. if you take the example of the beijing olympics or the shanghai expo, great confucius institutes, but then you go and lock up lew saw bow and shoot yourself or in the foot. you undercut all that soft power you've invested in. so until china changes, i don't see it being able to come close to the americans in soft power either. now, you might say why worry about all this, why fuss? is this just another way we're number one and pretending we're the green bay packers or something? answer to that is, no. power is not good or bad per se. power, as i say in the book, is like calories and diet. too little of it, you die. too much of it you get obese. and, basically, we have to think about power in terms of what are smart strategies? how do we use our power effectively? one of th

while china has major investments in soft power, in hu jintao they basically tell the 17th power congress they should invest in soft power, he mentioned they were not able to reject soft power as effectively as the u.s. so long as they keep the authoritarian political position they have. if you take the example of beijing olympics, or you take the shanghai expo, greg confucius institutes, but then you go and to lock up folks, talk about -- toss out the nobel prize assembly, you cut yourself in the foot. so until china changes, i don't see it being able to come close to the americans soft power either. you might say why worry about all this, why fuss? is this just another way, we are number one, pretending we are the green bay packers or something? the answer to that is no. power is not good or bad per se. power is as i say in the book is like calories and i. too little and you die. too much of it you get obese. and basically we have to think about power in terms of what are smart strategies compatible user power effectively? one of the reasons it matters is you misjudge the relationships

when we met with president hu jintao here, i raise the issue of their efforts with respect to north korea. they tell us they do not want a nuclear north korea. north korea also current activities are contrary to china also the-north korean's current activities are contrary to china current korea's activities are contrary to china's interests. we note that kim yong-il is in beijing right now. he is focusing on the economic ties between the two countries. how do we get china to exert what we believe is greater leverage with respect to north korea's behavior, particularly their aggressive behavior toward the south and the dangerous moments that have been created as a consequence of that double you would think there is a greater ability. are we misjudging bear -- dangerous moments that have been created as a consequence of that. do you think there is a great ability? >> china has a unique role given its influence and ties to north korea. we urge china to do more to urge -- to influence north korea's behavior. north korea is giving china pause and causing china to realize they have to step up

president hu jintao and president obama met in washington this past january, a time when we have just entered the second decade of the 21st century. together, the two presidents decided to build a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit, charting a clear course for the future of china-u.s. relations. history will show that the decision they made is a historic one that accords with the tide of history and serves the benefit of the people of china, the united states, and the world. admittedly, it is no easy task to make this major decision a living reality and turn commitment into real actions as we may face all sorts of difficulties, obstacles, and interference on the way ahead. i am confident that as so rigid that so long as both sides grasp the right trend of the world and of china-u.s. relations in the 21st century, s t the direction set by our presidents with resolution, and never waver in our determination to overcome whatever difficulties come our way, we will blaze a new path of major country relations featuring mutual respect, harmonious coexistence,

president hu jintao and president barack obama shared the commitment to a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. as an important component of the relations, the new opportunities are developed. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >> translator: today i will focus on making two paragraphs in the relationship in an effort to out consents. i'll talk about three points. one, it building new relationships under circumstances. to, developments of this relationship. and three, with ways and means to further develop. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >> translator: my friends come in the ultimate relationship and partnership in tall as a shakedown of the previous mindset and the adoption of a new feature development. a final u.s. relationship the circumstances should bear the basic features. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaki

and, in fact, the chinese president hu jintao reiterated that support in his visit to the united states this past january. it is a very important, high priority topic for the u.s. government as a whole. it has been for me as commerce secretary and will continue to be a top priority as the ambassador to china. >> let me just ask one further question without speculation is undue. but many believe that inflation in china is picking up steam, many chinese leaders seem to indicate that, that, in fact, so-called double might form in the chinese economy which has many greater dangers than bubbles forming elsewhere because of the inforty and the

president hu jintao and president obama met in washington this past january, a time when we have just entered a second decade of the 21st century. together, the two presidents decided to build a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. charting a clear course for the future of china-u.s. relations. history will show that the decisions they made is a historic one. that accords with the time of history and serves the benefits of the people of china, the united states, and the world. admittedly, it is no easy task to make this major decision a living reality, and turn commitment into real actions. as we may face all sorts of difficulties, obstacles, and interference on the way ahead, i'm confident, however, that so long as both sides -- [inaudible] in the 21st century, stick to the directions with resolution and never waiver in our determination to overcome whatever difficulties coming our way. we will make a new part of major contributions featuring mutual respect, harmonious coexistence and a win-win cooperation so that our people and our future generations w

with a lot of dialogue both held as president hu jintao earlier this year we agree to build the partnership based on the respect and mutual benefit. i want to tell you the following. first, on the strategic track, secretary clinton and i focused on the agreement of the two leaders and exchanged views on how to deal with china u.s. cooperative partnership based on the mutual respect and the mutual benefit that we had in the practical exchange of views. >> our dialogue covered many issues including china's u.s. bilateral relations, major issues, international and regionally, and we had a group conversation. we agreed that we must act in accordance with the chinese u.s. joint statement to increase the strategic mutual trust and post exchanges at higher levels, have closer dialogue on international and regional issues and further increase the people to people exchange. we issued an outcome list of the strategic trust to cover the science technology, transport, and the climate change cooperation. i said we had a group conversation, and i did not mean that we agreed on each and every issue. howev

i assure you that they have all been vetted by chinese president hu jintao.sident obama, a man i greatly admire. it is a great pleasure to perform for the world's greatest/upwards country, and these are my birth certificate jokes, so thank you for the timing on that, mr. president, now and usable. we were working on these jokes for months. my friends said, what if he releases a before the dinner? why would he do that? he is not quite a wait three years and then release it before the debtor. he told you all of the board submitted jokes? -- birth certificate jokes? is biden still vice president, because if not, i am down to "thank you, and god bless america." i will also be performing for those who are with you tonight as well as the people who are watching at home on c-span. c-span is, of course, the official network of wide shots and empty chairs. every time i tune in to c- span's, it looks like they have just had a fire drill. c-span is one on the electric bill away from being a radio station. people think bin laden is hiding, but did you know that every day

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