still president hu jintao called on north korean leaders to exercise restraint amid fears they're planning a nuclear test. china's trail television reported hu met in beijing with secretary of the workers party of korea who reportedly told kim china is willing to expand cooperation in various fields and promote lasting peace and stability on the korean peninsula and in northeast asia. he called for deepening of the dies with the countries through exchanges. hu and kim discussed a visit to china by kim jong-un. >>> u.s. leaders are making good on their pledge to boost their military presence in the asia pacific. navy personnel docked a ship near nagasaki japan. the u.s. ship is an amphibious assault vessel and will be a giant landing pad for a new and controversial aircraft. nhk world takes us onboard. >> reporter: it's 250 meters long, can carry 1,000 crew members, plus an additional 1,900 marines during operations. u.s. navy personnel held a ceremony monday to mark the arrival of the ship in japan. >> thank you nagasaki prefecture and japanese self-defense force. >> reporter: navy spokesp

hu jintao, visited america. the and the vice president of this country, mr.ina in august. this was a very important visit. there is another next week. we saw last year a record growth of our people to people exchange. according to that temporary statistic, in the first nine months of last year, 1.0 7 million chinese tourists visited this country, the biggest increase of 27.7%. more than 2 million american people visited china, which means on average, every day, more than 9000 people are crossing the pacific. nowadays, about 160,000 chinese students are studying here. you have more than 20,000 american boys and girls studying in china. we saw a new record of our bilateral trade. last year, america experted $167.70 billion to china, up by 19%. that makes china and america each other's second-largest trading partner. the state of california placed a large role in this relationship with china. the state of california experted $10.50 million to china, an increase of 19%, making california the largest exporter to china among all 50 states in this country. last year

he was tapping his fellow leaders phone calls, even hu jintao. the alleged murder of neil heywood what triggered his demise. is a suspect in the case. -- has denied he has ever driven a furry. this is proving to be accountable for the communist party. with the death of neil heywood has been a revelation of the growing rift between the poor and the rich in china. the beijing motor show is all about wealth and ostentation. working with brands like aston martin, this gives access to all this money, that heywood was offering before his death. >> he had the ability to work in relationships. he worked in a way that was immaculate and very professional. he had a very english way of doing things. >> he might have been a spy, as claims have been made, but that was dismissed. the british foreign secretary took the unusual step to say that mr. haywood had never been employed by the british government. that might in some of the speculation about the briton's death at this hotel. there are more claims of corruption, spying coming in fighting. >> a prominent e

even president hu jintao. the alleged murder of british business and knew he would is what triggered his demise. his -- neil he would -- heywood is what triggered his demise. his wife is being accused of the crime. he is being accused of driving a ferrari and having a taste for expensive living. he denies he is ever driven a ferrari. the death has shined a light on the vast riches enjoyed by communist party officials and their families. the link between power and wealth in china today and the growing in inequality, none of which the communist party once aired. working with firms like aston martin and the taxi company provides access to all of the money neill had before his death. >> the way he handled his business with us was immaculate and very professional. he went about his business in a thoroughly professional but very english way. >> he claims -- of the claims he may have been a spy have been officially dismissed. the foreign secretary to the unusual step of confirming that he had never been employed by t

"the new york times" reports that aides to him including president hu jintao. the paper quotes party insiders as saying he set up a large scale wiretapping operating several years ago. they said he monitored a firm last august by president hu. the times says communist party leaders viewed the wiretapping as a direct challenge. it was among several reasons he was removed from his senior post. the paper the quotes party insiders as saying the wiretapping revealed just how far he was prepared to go to moouch up the ranks. . >> a power struggle, intrigue, even murder. beijing is cloaked in a political scandal, the worst in years. at its center is the former party chief and rising star in the chinese communist parties. he was a strong contender to join the top ranks the leadership, but his sudden fall from grace is causing ripples in outside and the country. much is shrouded in mystery, but it all started in february when his right hand man and former police chief turned up at a u.s. consulate reportedly seeking asylum. in march the communist party removed him from h

president hu jintao is a very close friend of cambodia. it would not have been surprising if he would have been urging cambodia to keep the south china sea issue either off the agenda or low profile. but best of luck in doing that, really. >> thank you so much for joining us from cambodia and for this update. you have been watching newsday from the bbc. reminder ofng you a our breaking news this hour. within the last 20 minutes or so, authorities in oakland, california have been giving details about a shooting on a college campus which left seven people dead. authorities have confirmed that a 43-year-old korean man is the only suspect being held by police in connection with the incident, and that 13 people were seriously wounded, seven killed, and three remained in serious condition. more on that to come. stay with us. news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and shell. >> this is kim, about to feel one of his favorite sen

electronically, when a beijing disciplinary official visited chongqing and telephoned president hu jintao. also implicated in the wiretapping, bo's then-ally wang lijun, who was the city's police chief. in february, wang fled to the u.s. consulate in nearby chengdu after a falling out with bo. and this month, bo's wife, gu kailai. was arrested as the main suspect in the murder of british businessman neil heywood. he was found dead in this chongqing hotel last november. the furor has also extended to bo's free-spending son, a student at harvard. this week he released a statement to harvard's student newspaper denying that he was a party boy who owns a ferrari. but, he wrote, "i understand that at the present, the public interest in my life has not diminished." the same holds true for his father and seemingly, everyone connected to him, as the almost daily disclosures continue. for more on this rapidly unfolding story, we turn to richard mcgregor, a long time correspondent in beijing for the financial times and author of "the party," a book detailing the communist party's control of the cou

it seems like bo was tapping his phone calls,rs' even president hu jintao. bo's wife is a suspect in the case. the lifestyle of his son is now under scrutiny, too. it has been claimed that his son has a red ferrari in beijing, that he had a taste for parties and expense of living. his son has denied he has ever driven a ferrari. the scandal is brewing deeply uncomfortable for this -- the scandal is proving deeply uncomfortable for the communist party. it has shown a spotlight on the vast riches being enjoyed by these party -- by the communist party. the communist party does not want these things aired today a-- aired. working with arms like aston martin and the london taxi company, -- firms like aston martin and the london taxi company is what neil heywood was offering before his death. >> the way he handled his business with us was immaculate and very professional. he went about his business in a thoroughly professional, but very english way. >> claims that neil heywood may have been as i have been officially dismissed -- been a spy have been officially dis

the ruling communist party wants to combat rumors that might undermine the authority of president hu jintao. >>> on this day in 1896, the first modern olympic games formally opened in athens, greece. winners of the first game were given a silver medal, an olive branch and a diploma. it wasn't until 1904 that the interest decisional medals were awarded. >>> happy birthday to actor billy dee williams who turns 75. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and finally here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. exclusive a live interview with the columnist who sparked international outrage claiming women hate her because she's beautiful. and kim kardashian will be live in studio to talk about her ongoing divorce and whether she is now dating kanye west. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on

. >>> chinese president hu jintao has called on sudan and south sudan to halt fighting and settle their territorial disputes through negotiations. the two african countries are fighting over oil fields in their common border area. the region supplies 5% of china's oil imports. the chinese leader recently met south sudanese president in beijing. china's xinhua news agency reported that he denounced sudan for declaring a war on its southern neighbor. it said he sought support from china and other members of the international community. the news agency quoted hu as saying he hopes both sudans will respect each other's sovereignty and exercise restraint. hu indicated china's readiness to cooperate with south sudan's efforts to improve its infrastructure. china hopes to secure more oil exports from the region. china made large investments in oil resources in sudan before south sudan achieved independence last year. >>> a teenage girl fell into a deep hole under a sidewalk in china. a security camera captured the girl plunging as paving stones crumbled beneath her. china's central television

president to will become the next chinese leader, he started off saying, "my visit follows the visit of hu jintao in january of last year, where he and president obama said we must work for a constructive partnership, and i am here to further that goal," but when he gave a list of difficulties in u.s.-china relations, his number one item was distrust, so they and we see the value of a better relationship, but we have real doubts, not so much about the immediate, there are some worries there, too, but really about -- german tensions. at the end of the day, does china only feel they can grow by weakening the u.s.? and by the end of the day, does the u.s. feel it has to weaken china? >> thank you very much. >> good to talk to you. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on today's program, in california, we will take you to one down with the internet operates at lightning speed. james murdoch once said to his father's media -- james murdoch has resigned. we have a report. >> james murdock was seen as the heir apparent at the news corp., run by his father rupert, but maybe no long

aides to bo were involved in monitoring the phone calls of national leaders including president hu jintao. the paper quotes party insiders as saying bo set up a large scale wiretapping operation several years ago in chongqing. they said he monitored phone calls last august by president hu. the times says communist party leaders view the wiretapping as a direct challenge. it was among several reasons they removed bo from his senior post. the paper quotes party insiders as saying the wiretapping revealed just how far bo was prepared to go to move up the ranks. >> reporter: a power struggle, intrigue, even murder. beijing is cloaked in a political scandal, the worst in years. at its center, bo xilai, former party chief of chongqing city and rising star in the chinese communist party. bo was a strong contender to join the top ranks of leadership. but his sudden fall from grace is causing ripples in and outside the country. much is shrouded in mystery, but it all started in february when bo's right-hand man and former chongqing police chief turned up at a u.s. consulate, reportedly seeking asy

tapping a fellow leaders' phone calls, even president -- tapping fellow calls,phone even president hu jintao. his wife is under scrutiny in the case, his son, too. it is claimed that his son had a red ferrari and a taste for parties and expensive living. his son has denied that he has ever driven a ferrari. the scandal is creating -- is deeply uncomfortable for the communist party. the death of neil heywood has shown a light on the privilege enjoyed by communist party officials and their family. there is a link between power and wealth in china today. there is growing inequality. and of those things are things that the -- and none of those things are things that the communist party wants aired. working with arms like aston martin and the london taxi company, -- it was working with companies like aston martin and the london taxi company that neil heywood was offering before his death. >> the way he handled his business with us was immaculate and professional. he went about his business in a thoroughly professional, but very english way of doing things. >> there are claims that neil heywood mi

when hu jintao decided his fate they did it at the headquarters of the central military commission. >it is fair to say it's powerful, more powerful than the government? >> they have a policy with evident coordination from the civilians, hu jintao, premiere leader of china, reminding they are subordinate to the communist party. >> do the people feel safer with their military than their government? >> i don't think people really thought too much about that. i would think that it's supposed to be the people's army and this has been a major issue. the people did trust the army before tiananmen. >> does this now dissident now at the embassy we believe make an impact, we're now going to be watching the talks carefully to see the wording. >> i think they probably are going to make things much more difficult. those issues weren't going to solve the ones you talked about anyway because china wasn't really helping on them and we've had these strategic die logs for a look time going back into the bush administration and things are going sideways, so you know, i think we should probably talk less

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electronically, when a beijing disciplinary official visited chongqing and telephoned president hu jintao. also implicated in the wiretapping, bo's then-ally wang lijun, who was the city's police chief. in february, wang fled to the u.s. consulate in nearby chengdu after a falling out with bo. and this month, bo's wife, gu kailai. was arrested as the main suspect in the murr of btish businessman neil heywood. he was found dead in this chongqing hotel last november. the furor has also extended to bo's free-spending son, a student at harvard. this week he released a statement to harvard's student newspaper denying that he was a party boy who owns a ferrari. but, he wrote, "i understand that at the present, the public interest in my life has not diminished." the same holds true for his father and seemingly, everyone connected to him, as the almost daily disclosures continue. for more on this rapidly unfolding story, we turn to richard mcgregor, a long time correspondent in beijing for the financial times and author of "the party," a book detailing the communist party's control of the country

guessing the chinese security forces, which are controlled by the politburo want to cause trobl for hu jintaond wen jiabao. i'm getting there will be more near the embassy when chen is released. >> and that might be what chen wants. that might do more to embarrass the politburo. it's still a communist country. >> that's why he doesn't want to leave. he knows if he leaves, he'll be marginalized. if he stays, he could become a real force to change. >> all right. gordon chang giving us the inside scoop. thank you, great to see you. >> thanks. >>> up next on "kudlow," new census numbers and bureau of labor department statistics. they say women are being paid less than men. but wait a minute, wait a minute. the labor department admits it's a gender hours worth gap, not simply a pay gap. we're going to reveal the truth, right after the break. in here, great food demands a great presentation. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to better collaborate by using a mobile solution, in a whole new way. using real-time photo sharing abilities, they can create and maintain high standards, from kitchen to

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