president hu jintao and vice president xi zin ping watched the coverage live in beijing. china is celebrating its 62nd anniversary of the foundation of the people's republic on saturday, october 1st. the launch will help to promote the nation's space technology at home and abroad. however, observers say that a chinese space station could add to international concern over its possible military applications. >>> in 1970, china became the world's fifth space power when it put its first satellite into orbit. its experience with weather and communications satellites helped china to commercially launch satellites for overseas clients. in the 1990s, the country announced a three-stage manned space project. the first stage was the development of a manned spacecraft. the second, now in progress, involves the launch of a space lab and the acquisition of docking and other technologies needed for short stays in space. the final stage will be the construction of a full-fledged space station for extended stays in space. >>> china has expressed the hope that other countries will coopera

choe met hu jintao on thursday. he's hoped to resume the talks at an early date and said achieving a nuclear free korean peninsula is in the common interest of all countries concerned. choe said the six-party talks should be assumed uncondition unconditionally. his remarks apparently aimed at the united states, south carolina and japan, the three countries demanding the north take actions before the six-party talks can be resumed, this would include halting uranium enrichment. the north korean premier asked china to increase economic cooperation with his country. >>> north korea and amar province in the russian far east agreed to establish a joint venture to produce food. a visiting north korean delegation met the governor on tuesday. provincial government officials said the two sides will launch the joint venture next year at the earliest. the company will breed 1,000 cattle for meat, 500 goats, and groet wheat and soybeans. amur is one of the top russian producers in the far east. most will be exported to north ko

president hu jintao and other officials congratulated the launch team. they were scheduled to orbit the earth for two years. research should enable china to build their own space station by 2020. >> time travel is a new attraction in the german capital and a dramatic new exhibit on the museum island. this will transport visitors more than 2000 years back in time to view an ancient city in a completely new light. >> this is what everyday life look like here, one of the ancient world's most important centers of power. the berlin artist has produced a detailed recreation of the city. this is a 360 degree panorama. >> this shows a complex process. this is a special act. you enter into the space. >> this took five years. they hired extra is to depict the scene. this was at the site in present- day turkey. then he photographed everything from one standpoint. they used the photos to fuse the focus to get there. a rotunda has been built to display the panorama. some people are fascinated by an image of this size. >> along with the impressive panoramic, the museu

>> president obama and president hu jintao have agreed to cooperate but the u.s. congress, as leslie those responsible for the -- especially those responsible for the u.s. space program, have made it clear that they will oppose any funding for u.s.-chinese cooperation. i think it is not possible that this will happen. >> for the chinese, how significant is this launched today? they are daunting russian technology. >> well, i think that china borrowed a bit of technology from the russians early on but most of what we have seen is due to their own efforts to. this is a very big step for china. this is the first at on their way to experimenting with the kind of technologies they were using to construct their space station which is scheduled to be completed in 2020. interestingly enough, that is about the time that the international space station will probably be decommissioned. china will be left with the only space station up there. >> do you think that the chinese are too ambitious and getting ahead of themselves? >> no, i think that they have been proceeding quite

president hu jintao watched live in bay ching. beijing. the launch will help to promote the nation's space technology at home and abroad. however, observers say that a chinese space station could add to international concern over its possible military applications. >>> in 1970, china became the world's fifth space power when it put its first satellite into orbit. its experience with weather and communications satellites helped china to commercially launch satellites for overseas clients. in the 1990s, the country announced a three-stage manned space project. the first stage was the development of a manned spacecraft. the second, now in progress, involves the launch of a space lab and the acquisition of docking and other technologies needed for short stays in space. the final stage will be the construction of a full-fledged space station for extended stays in space. >>> china has expressed the hope that other countries will cooperate with its space program, dismissing speculation that its space lab would be used for military purposes. the c

he met with chinese president, hu jintao a couple of weeks ago in bay engine. huh says the dispute over access to the south china sea should be resolved through consultations and negotiations. >>> the south korean governments has apologized for a massive power blacut on thursday that left much of the country sweltering in the summer heat. knowledge economy minister, choi joong-kyung, told a parliament committee on friday that the government could not predict a surge in power demand and had to cut off a supply without prior warning. >> nationwide electricity consumption surged thursday, due to lingering summer heat exceeding the projected demand. korea electric power corporation cut off electricity supplies without issuing a public warning. the blackout left households and businesses in more than 200 districts without power for five hours. choi said the government will ask the public and private sectors to conservative electricity to help stabilize power supplies. >>> next we go to our bureau in bangkok, pachari raksawong has the latest on what's going on in the

because with hu jintao, we are neighbors, burma is a neighbor of china and india and it's always been good neighbors and we would like to continue be good neighbors. but times ar changed and circumances have changed and to continue to be good neighbors certain policies have to change. i believe thathe best kind of relationship between any two countries is a good relationship between two people. not only between the government, between the people. and this i would like every head of government to keep in mind it matters in the long run and with the united states government i would like like to take the opportunity to say that i very much appreciate what they have done for us for over two decades now to help us in the struggle for democracy. but, of course, we always think that more can be done. i think that this is so the people... we always think that more can be done. and we would appreciate it very much if the process would hp by giving... by the right kind of encouragement in the right places. >> rose: is there specific things that you need in order to communicate yourwn struggle a

we fly hu jintao run around and yet they put an american by in charge here in north america.sense that says a lot about china, the chinese company. >> a lot of things have changed, right? >> it really has changed quite a bit. in terms of creating jobs to your point or to your point, first of course we created jobs. now today we have the american made their plans. we have 15 of the 787 south and we want to fly them to the united states if chinese folks can get visas. and today the top job china has in this country is to help america and i bought a building right to buy the airport of los angeles. we opened a center for north america. i added 30 people. >> americans? >> americans. so yes, the writing is on the wall. respectable but the jobs. since i took this job so about 186

of time focusing on china and we have engaged in an intensive week president obama and president hu jintao had nine face-to-face meetings. we are deeply involved in the series of other dialogues. we've been working to continue to integrate china in the rules based system in the world. we have been pressing with china on other things important to our company and other companies around the world and we have been working to shape the environment in asia said that the rise occurs in a more peaceful way. i think the relationship with china has been fairly productive and constructive and is in a good place but there are always a lot of challenges in the relationship that's complicated. >> time for one more question and that is what is it that keeps you up at night with is the single greatest worry you have as the national security advisor to the problems you have to face is the one thing that you are worried about the keeps you up at night or a least worries you? >> we have challenges, and economic recovery is critical. the president said in a speech last year history doesn't really allow the co

of time focusing on china and we have engaged in an intensive way president obama and president hu jintao at nine face-to-face meetings. we are deeply involved in the series of other dialogues. we've been working to try to integrate china in the rules based system in the world. we have been pressing with china on things important to our company and other companies around the world and we have been working to shape the environment in asia so that china's rise occurs in the state more peaceful and more peacefully. i think the relationship with china has been fairly productive and constructive and is a naturally good place but there are always a lot of challenges in the relationship is complicated. >> time for one more question and my question is what is it that keeps you up at night with is the single greatest worry you have as the national security adviser of the problems you have to face is there one thing that you are most worried about that keeps you about life or that worries you? >> we have challenges. economic recovery is critical. the president said in his speech last year that hist

the social welfare system with anything else, and it has been part of the platform of president hu jintao in harmonious society, a lot about addressing these imbalances and sort of developing a social welfare net. but i would argue they haven't really made any progress to date, and only in the past two years or so have started to invest in the way that might make a difference and to sort of put out policy initiatives that also might make a difference. but i would say the jury is still out, and, you know, some of the discussion surrounding the fact that it looks as though workers may have to contribute, you know, half of their wages in order to pay into the pension scheme, insurance scheme and the medical care scheme suggests that this could be burdensome. but, again, i think this is still in many respects this development stage. what i also found interesting, though, is this issue of social welfare is less heavily on the shoulders of china's wealthiest as well. perhaps a number of you saw the study that was done by china merchants bank, and they surveyed about 20,000 people who made more

we fly hu jintao around. and yet they put an american, you know, american guy in charge here in north america. of i mean, that says a lot about china, about chinese companies. >> about how things have changed. >> it really has changed quite a bit. in terms of creating jobs to your point, or to your point, ambassador, of course we create jobs. today we have 19 777 dreamliners on order. they're american-made airplanes. and we want to fly them to the united states if we can, if chinese folks can get visas. [laughter] and if boeing ever builds the dreamliner. and today the top dog, the top job in this country is -- [inaudible] okay? and i bought a building in el she gun doe which is right by the airport of los angeles. i spent about five million. that's an investment. and with that i opened a reservation center for the entire north america. i added 30 people. >> americans? >> americans. so, yes, the writing is on the wall. >> i think talk about the jobs, you know, since i take this job about a year ago, so i have

president obama and president hu jintao have had nine face-to- face meetings. we continue to have dialogue. we continue to integrate china three we have been pressing with china on business practices and other things -- to integrate china. we have been pressing with china on business practices and other things that are important to us. i think the relationship with china has been fairly productive and constructive. i think it is in a fairly good place, but there are always a lot of challenges. >> time for one more question. my question is, what is it that keeps you up at night? what's the single greatest were you have s national security adviser with the things you have to face? >> we have a lot. we have challenges. you know, economic recovery is critical. the president said in a speech last year that history does not really allow for a country to maintain its place without maintaining its economy. revitalizing our economy is absolutely crucial. focus onid, everyda day the safety and security of the men and women we have abroad and in war zones. i do focus and