zhou refuses to return to his hometown in hunan province, where he says family planning officials have led a campaign of abuse in the name of the one child policy. >> "in order to implement the family planning policy, the government has sent people from the (criminal) underworld, together with the police and the family planning committee. the life of each household is disrupted. everybody lives in constant fear. we are very miserable. >> zhou and his first daughter zhou qing, help prepare the birthday meal. he is separated from his wife, and alone provides for his 10-year-old. zhou also has a second daughter, one he has not seen since she was seized by local officials eight years ago, and likely sold into adoption abroad. in 2003, when zhou was away working, family planning officials barged into the house where his mother was tending to the 3-month-old child. >> "they asked my mother for money as a fine for the birth of our second child. but my mother had no money, and my wife and i were out working. they asked my mother where this child came from. my mother was very afraid, so she dar

adrian brown reports from the border town of nan san in china's hunan province. >> symbol of the economic hopes china has for this remote region. but today it's been transformed into a refugee camp overflowing those who fled the fighting. like those on this side of the border they're ethnic chinese and with accounts of brutality by myanmar's army. >> translator: the soldiers caught me and hit me again and again like this, just like this on my own head. >> reporter: the farmer arrived nine days ago. >> translator: they took most of our cattle. i only have a few left. it is a big mess there. it's too dangerous to go back. we're afraid they might kill us. >> reporter: elsewhere families squat in an area of partially built shops fending for themselves as best they can. the military's in charge of its humanitarian operation. a soldier shouts at the refugees to go inside. he doesn't want us filming them. sometimes the soldiers succeed. behind me are some of the 30,000 refugees who have crossed over from myanmar into china during the last few days. and behind me there are chinese soldiers who wa

chinese ethnic minority, a group says it represents the will of the people, many refugees are fleeing to hunan veronica ped rosa pedrosa reports. >> either trapped between fighting an ethnic rebel army and the myanmar army or fleeing for their lives. now that martial law has been declared ending what they see as a threat to national sovereignty. >> we saw two helicopters and airplanes shooting. it was really loud. we ran away. we were so afraid. >> reporter: the new battle between the ethnic myanmar national democratic alliance army and the tapmar as the myanmar army is known is june with us of many between the central government and ethnic minorities. the military dominated government in napador the reality on the ground does not match the peace rhetoric. >> we have a ceasefire with the government through january 28th but this has been violated by the burmese army about 400 400 times. in 2014 alone to november there has been 102 incidents. >> what can this mean for other areas? >> it can happen in any ethnic area given the fact the tamador has indicated their presence anywhere. >> the prolong

nhk world, hunan province. >>> populous prosperous pushing ahead. china's rise brought it wealth, power, and problems. an income gap divides its people. pollution threatens their health and differences over territory strain relations with its neighbors. find out the challenges china faces. on "newsline." >>> the ruling party of india under prime minister thatnarendra modi. >> the defeat for the ruling party is the prime minister's first major setback. the bjp has won a series of state assembly elections since a landslide victory in the general elections last may. india's election commission says the common man's party won an overwhelming victory in the assembly of new delhi, the nation's capital. >> translator: it is a victory of our workers. the landslide mandate by the people of delhi is scary. i would like to urge all our workers to refrain from being arrogant. >> reporter: the number of seats the bjp has managed to secure has plummeted to the single digit range. the ruling bjp rejects the idea the election loss will have an impact on national po

we have reports from the border town in china's hunan province. >> the center is a symbol of the economic hopes that china has for this emote region remote region. but now it's overflowed with those who fled fighting. often escaping with just a handful of position. with accounts of brutality by myanmar's army. >> the soldiers caught me and hit me again and again like this. just like this on my own head. >> this farmer arrived nine days ago. >> you >> they took most of our cattle. i only have a few left. it is too dangerous to go back. we're afraid it might kill us. >> elsewhere families squat in a row of partially built shops fending for themselves the best they can. the military is in charge of this humanitarian operation. a soldiers shouts to refugees to go inside. he doesn't want us filming them. sometimes the soldiers succeed. >> behind me is some of the 30,000 refugee who is crossed over into china over the past few days, and spied me are chinese soldiers who are trying to prevent us filming. they're providing food and shelter and water for these refugees, but this is a tricky situat

more than 30,000 people fleeing conflicts have entered the chinese province of hunan. over half a century myanmar has been plagued by conflicts between the government and various ethnic minorities. the recent violence casts a shadow over the president's efforts to build peace with all minority groups across the country. >>> officials with the united nations assistance for afghanistan or unaa says the death toll in the country is rising. they say last year 10,000 people were killed or wounded in fighting. >> civilian casualties increased once again by 22% to those -- in comparison to those of 2013. unama documented more than 10 240u civilian casualties in 2014. the highest number of civilian deaths and injuries recorded in a single year since 2009. >> most of the u.s.-led international troops withdrew from the country by the end of last year ending nearly 13 years of combat missions. u.n. records show 511 civilians were killed in december alone. as the taliban steps up its offenses. analysts say it's not clear if afghan forces are capable of maintaining the nation's sec

nhk world, hunan province. >> a massive snowstorm blankets the northeastern u.s. our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us for the details. sayaka. >> it's another round of significant snow is affecting the northeastern u.s. especially the new england states. in boston you've had about two meters of snowfall since the start of this winter. i want to show you some video coming out of massachusetts. take a look. a record-setting round of snowstorms has pounded the northeastern states over the past couple of weeks. authorities are running out of spaces to pile the snow. schools were closed on monday. hundreds of flights were canceled. and boston's transit system was delayed. some 50 centimeters of snow fell on boston since the start of the storm on sunday. now, an additional 40 centimeters of snow could fall in the new england states as we go into the rest of tuesday. but by wednesday, conditions return calm. that is not the end of snowfall actually. we have another batch of snow coming in across the west. you can see a batch of snow moving over the u.s./canada border,

they used one smoke screen when they were drawing from the reservoir area to go to hunan, and they had to lay a smoke screen down. >> did you learn anything about korea or any asian countries in high school? >> no no. the only thing i knew about korea was that elizabeth taylor had gotten engaged to one of the west point famous place -- i think his name was davis, and he was stationed in korea. and i never had heard of korea before that. >> you came to north korea because of elizabeth taylor's marriage? >> well, engagement. it was the first time i heard of the country of korea. later on we got more informed about it. these japanese annex career -- what was it 1903? >> 1905 and then 1910 fully occupied. >> for the older koreans we met in the north and south, they all smoke spoke japanese. >> what happened to you after basic military training? where did you go? >> i played baseball for the army. >> what? >> i was supposed to go to officer candidate school. we had just had two new noncommissioned officers transfer to our company. >> yeah. >> pre-world war ii guys. and one in particular did

adrienne brown reports now from china's hunan province where people are crowding for shelter. >> reporterveral times today, we have heard the distant thud of artillery, the fighting on the other side of the border does tend to ebb and flow. here on the chinese side things are relatively calm. what we don't know of course is how many civilians have been killed, caught in the crossfire. one chinese journalist i spoke to who was is able to get to the town of lokang about 10 kilometers from here said that he saw the bodies of at least 20 men and women lying in one street. we can't verify that but we've also been hearing stories of our own from refugees who escaped. >> a new trade and exhibition center is the symbol of the economic hopes china has for this remote region. today, it has been transformed into a refugee camp overflowing with those who fled the fighting, often escaping with just a handful of possessions. >> like those on this side of the border they are ethnic chinaedes, and with the counts of brew mortality by myanmar's army >> translator: the solids k5u9 me and hit me again and a

they used one smoke screen when they were drawing from the reservoir area to go to hunan, and they had to lay a smoke screen down. >> did you learn anything about korea or any asian countries in high school? >> no no. the only thing i knew about korea was that elizabeth taylor had gotten engaged to one of the west point famous place -- i think his name was davis, and he was stationed in korea. and i never had heard of korea before that. >> you came to north korea because of elizabeth taylor's marriage? >> well, engagement. it was the first time i heard of the country of korea. later on we got more informed about it. these japanese annex career -- what was it 1903? >> 1905 and then 1910 fully occupied. >> for the older koreans we met in the north and south, they all smoke spoke japanese. >> what happened to you after basic military training? where did you go? >> i played baseball for the army. >> what? >> i was supposed to go to officer candidate school. we had just had two new noncommissioned officers transfer to our company. >> yeah. >> pre-world war ii guys. and one in particular did