in the middle east, particularly in iran, arare ya, in central asia, and in southeast asia up to the gulf of ziam. what's happened is that the indians' fear of influence and chinese fear of influence are overlapping. india and china don't have a difficult history. there's no long standing hatred or warfare. there was a war they fought in 1962 in the foothills of the mountains, but beyond that, the two countries have had a relatively peaceful past separated by the high walls of the himalayas. buddhism spread, but what has created this indian-chinese riferl ri? i use rival ri and not conflict. it's the shrinkage of distance caused by the advance of military technology. you have now chinese airfields in tebit with ark of operations that include india. you have i indian warships in the south china sea. you have chinese warships in the indian ocean. because of military technology and their churning economies, these two demographics find there's spheres of influence are overlapping. as i say this, keep in mind while india's growth high nateed itself from pakistan and with china so that we

in the middle east particularly in iran and arabia, in central asia and in southeast asia to the golf, all along the indian ocean. what has happened is the indian sphere of influence and the chinese sphere of influence are overlapping. india and china do not have a difficult history. there is no longer standing hatred or warfare. there was a war they fought in 1962 in the foothills of the himalayas. beyond that the two countries have had a relatively peaceful paths separated as they were by the high wall of the himalayas. buddhism spread from india from india into china in the early modern century but what has created this indian chinese rivalry? i use the word rivalry, not conflict. the shrinkage of distance caused by the advance of military technology. chinese air fields in tibet, a chinese fighter jet whose operations include india. you have indian warships in the chair of -- south china sea. because of military technology and they're turning the economy these became a find their spheres of influence increasingly overlap. as i say this, keep in mind while india's growth is delineat

in china and east asia all at the same time. and another thing, my book is entitled month and appeared in when americans hear the word monsoon, they think of the storm or perhaps a catastrophe or disaster of some sort, but that's only a very narrow version of the truth. the monsoon is really a weather system. if the wind system that brings agricultural prosperity, development, the lifecycle. in india, when there's been a good monsoon and elections right afterward, the party in power 10 to do well because the monsoon directly affects the economy. another thing about the months to come them with another wind systems in other oceans is predictable it flows steadily for six year in the northeast southwest direction and after six months reverses the south by 180 degrees and flows in the other direction northeast southwest. and because this project will sailing distances can be calculated in advance. so since antiquity knew when they would arrive in some place, when they should leave. they got very few surprises at sea. this is unlike

they are dealing with regimes, whether the eu or in asia, an individual country or in the united states, there is this overlap. there is a lot to be done. >> when it comes to this overlap, let's just talk about wireless products. at what point is wireless just going to be internationalized? >> is happening. we don't need governments to say we are trying to mandate the ization.ional as asia we are running into this as people are traveling. how do i use my telephone or my device? we do not have all the same regimes in place regulatory wise. >> president clinton was well known for his interest in technology issues back in the 1990's. what are you finding in the current administration? >> this administration takes a pretty sophisticated look at technology in other areas like the investments in the smart grid that were made through the stimulus act. the timing of research and development and putting more dollars into that space, making large investments there. all of these things are all interlocked in terms of technology. there are a number of folks that we engage. >> rey ramsey is presiden

it's not only in asia. we see it in the middle east. we see it a little bit in the drift apart between us and the europeans. we certainly see it in our relationship with the russians and so forth. >> rose: i appreciate you coming. >> always good to talk to you, charlie. thanks. >> rose: you as well. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> rose: back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: we turn now from china to the middle east and the stalemate in the peace process. for almost two years, the obama administration has tried to guide israel and palestinians into direct talks. those efforts collapsed in december over the issue of settlements. the palestinians are now mining a diplomatic offensive to gain international recognition for a palestinian state. many in the region fear another outbreak in the conflict if there is no progress. joining me now is rashid khalidi. he is the professor of arab studies at columbia university. joining me by phone from tel aviv is aluf benn. a columnist in and editor at large at the israeli newspaper "ha'aretz.

many people have called that the most powerful propaganda total of the war in asia because that is whatmade the americans say they are barrett unlike ourselves. what was fascinating for me at the time as a young researcher was to go in and read the combination of german bombings and fascist bombings and the japanese bombing of civilians by the league of nations, by the united states president and state department, the u.s. washington lee, by winston churchill and the british government and it's very explosive. it's beyond the pale of civilization. this is eric peter. then a great sea change took place as america became involved in the war in europe first as the british began to regain an offensive against the germans and us the concept of strategic warfare began to develop and concept of psychological warfare and total war began to become greatly expanded to go in and target the factories and military related industry it's not even be efficient. it's very hard to hit those targets so we have really got to do the carpet bombing in these areas but also psychologically this will destroy th

for example, stability and security in europe. east asia. non-proliferation of nuclear weapons as best we can. last but not least, in fact most you say the protection of free flow. and i want to not depart from that because this is one of the simple parts of this book which is that oil and our dependence on it is that its biggest single foreign policy affair of the last several decades and the biggest challenge we face going forward of anything else. why? why isn't that big a deal? >> that is the message of the frugal superpower. i would say -- i wouldn't say it has fallen on deaf ears in washington because most people agree with me. they're just not going to do anything about it because they think it is politically suicidal to do what needs to be done which is raise the price of gasoline considerably. gasoline tax, which i favor on the order of the one that the europeans and japanese pay, to a half-3 times as much for a gallon of gasoline as we do, probably the least popular public policy proposal and the entire united states. nonetheless i

foreign policy on asia you are aware of the huge countries that will play the big roles located here in asia or latin america but that's a different question now what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass that tweezers the pacific ocean with russia and europe are not a whole but you have a picture there was an alliance then we can say europe reaches the pacific that this is the reason europe needs russia and i'm not sure russian is europe but europe at the moment needs for russia what were the ones that. are for in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a. each between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations machine door until very recently it seemed like a great idea but now represent between russia and poland has actually happened and i think however that some politician who's smart politicians foresaw this and even prime minister donald to disk he was bringing poland closer to russian with a plane crash ball and has alwa

investors in asia report by buying 40% of the issue, while those in the u.k. picked up 15%.erman buyers secure 12%. the bonds have a aaa ranking and are backed by eurozone members. the british pound has fallen against the u.s. dollar andhe reau of their the release of data showing britain's economy unexpectedly contracted at the end of last year. british gdp lost 0.5% in the fourth quarter, despite previous government forecasts predicting growth, albeit week. part of the reason was the unusually severe early winter weather in the u.k., which paralyzed construction, retail, and public transportation sectors. economists are predicting that the british government will have to revise its full-year forecasts downward. that is your business update. back over to meggin leigh lee. >> whavead news for the gean hdball team. geany has lost its final game at the handball world championships in sweden. germany went down by 35 points to 25 against him bottom of the group norway. but it is another blow to germany's hopes of qualifying for the 2012 olympics. one of germany's most successful

we feared this in southeast asia. it worked in eastern europ this contagion of overthrow, will it end up threatening our oil? and what about israel? obama shows sympathy for the protesters. and does our man in the white house has the troops, the rtsmas, the stuff to be another lawrence? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, david sanger and andrea mitchell. helene cooper and then phac kara. and now it has come to egypt. the e presesidenent that has be the watch and wait position for much of the last three days vifri spoke to the listing, relutionarararararararararararar >>>> araroundnd tthe worlrld g have an obligation to respond to their citizens. that's true here this the united states. that's true in asia. it is true in europe. it is true in africa and it is certainly true in the arab world, where a new generation of citizens has the right to be heard. chris: we had a euro hhhhhhhhh ththis i is a third-world look. he seems simm thick in talking to the people in the streets and streets of the other

>> gas. >> my hope would be there are many other countries in asia don't have an interest in closer -- we see this in the polling all the time. and i think a key aspect of managing china's rise will be our alliances with china's neighbors across these asia and south asia. and i think that getting reassurance to our friends and placing a check on may be china's regional ambitions will be necessary. but what more shall we be doing with these countries to encourage trade investment? and what more should we do to let the u.s. business community now their return on investment is a negative one in terms of china? that gets out occasion in the journal, but not often enough. >> thank you. the gentleman side has expired. and now virtually our last question and answer five minute will be from nebraska. >> thank you, madam chair, for the time and thank you, gentlemen for appearing before us today. i have a fairly lofty sense for me. basically says i want to stress the importance of managing our complex relationship with china in a manner that honors the transcendent principles that define our na

lochee media in asia or latin america but that's a direct question you know what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asian view europe as a landmass the tree choose to pacific oceans russia is your of a not a whole but if you picture there was an alliance here then we can say europe reaches the pacific affairs this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russia is europe but europe at the moment of needs russia is one of them cause so worth my time and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear in the i know i don't hear anger there is that she saw it when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see the. just a looked again and saw so many there negative elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule or the story of how i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is

foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge current that will plays a big role the loci media in asia or latin america but that's a deal with russian now what is the current state of european asian release of this europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass and tweezers the pacific ocean with russia as your of i'm not a. hole but if a picture there was an alliance here then what is sailing europe reaches the pacific to fill in this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russian is europe but europe at the moment of need for russia well of course so it's not on and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear and now i don't hear very good as it's just selling when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see it as a full harvest i looked again to eat and saw so many there negative elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule historian discover i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present

presence in the asia-pacific. the overall effect was a decline in china's position in the asia-pacific and rise in the position of the united states. meanwhile the obama government made clear to the chinese government and to the world that the united states is prepared to undertake military measures needed to deal with the buildup of chinese forces targeting americans and american interests in the asia-pacific. it also helped move china to curb north korea's repeated provocations by warning privately as well as publicly that the united states viewed north korea and nuclear weapons development as a direct threat to the united states. over the past few months china has tried to ease differences with the united states in the period leading up to the current visit of president hu jintao. there have been some different things in calling the situation between the united states and china over the various areas of difference. looking out president obama wants to pursue closer engagement with china as part of the administra

moves to improve ties with the north, it would contribute to peace on the korean peninsula and in northeast asia, but it stopped short of referring to the abduction issue. the commentary is apparently north korea's first positive reaction to a remark by a japanese minister since the democratic party took power in september 2009. bilateral talks between the two countries have been stopped since august 2008. >>> japan and south korea will begin negotiations to strengthen defense ties between the two countries. japanese defense minister toshimi kitazawa met with his counterpart kim kwan jin in seoul on monday. they said they will discuss establishing an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or acsa. it would enable japan's self-defense forces and the south korean military to provide each other with water, fuel and other supplies during joint military exercises and disaster rescue operations. they also agreed to negotiate methods of sharing military intelligence. this would help prevent classified defense information from being leaked to other countries. they agreed that their defense ministers

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>> well, my hope would be that there are many other countries in asia that have an interest in closer relations with u.s. we see this in the polling all the time. i think a key aspect of managing china's rise will be our alliances with china's neighbors across east asia and south asia. i think that giving reassurance to our friends and placing a check on maybe china's regional ambitions is going to be necessary. but what more could we be doing to encourage trade investment, and let the u.s. economy know their return on investment is a negative one in terms of china. that gets occasionally in the journal, but not often enough. >> thank you, the gentleman's time has expired. now for truly our last question and answer five minute will be mr. fortenberry of nebraska. to close out our hearing. >> thank you, madame chair for the time, and thank you gentleman for appearing for us today. i have a fairly lofty sentence in front of me. basically, it says i want to stress of importance of managing our relationship with china in a manner that honors the principals that define our national purpose

because the entire history of international relations is moving away from europe it's played out in asia even the u.s. . is refocusing its foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge countries that that will play the big roles are located here in asia or latin america but that's a direct question now what is the current state of european asian relation that europe is of no interest asian view europe as a land mass that reaches the pacific oceans russia is your of a not a whole but if a picture there was an alliance then would. sail europe reaches the pacific to fill in this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure if russian is europe but europe at the moment of need for russia is one of them cause so worth my time and on course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear no i don't hear very good i see selling when i was writing about the soviet union i didn't see it as a full cost or a look it's a good treat and saw so many there negative elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long w

foreign policy on asia so you're aware of the huge countries that will play the big roles loki's here in asia or latin america but that. question you know what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asia view europe as a landmass the tree shoes to pacific ocean russia and europe are not a whole picture there was an alliance then we can say europe reaches the pacific this is the reason europe flees russia and i'm not sure russia is europe but europe at the moment of needs russia what were the one that appears. before in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a bridge between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current dynamics of russian polish relations machine door until very recently it seemed like a great idea but now represent between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians use smart politicians for solace even prime minister donald to think he was bringing poland closer to russia before the plane crashed the ball and has always been the final frontier of

are down by more than eight percent at the moment while losses in asia followed a sell off in the us on friday as antigovernment writing in egypt prompted investors to shun risky assets how weather all related stocks gained brant crude surged to twenty eight month peak near one hundred. dollars a barrel on worries that the empress to egypt could spread and just from oil shipments through the suez canal. and here in russia they are she has has started the week with a significant drop inched low about how percent in the first two minutes of monday's trade striking global losses and myself figures you can see on the screen are off friday's closing the ports will start trading in a few minutes. this week we're going to see. a couple of major russian companies reporting their results i guess prom is going to report their third quarter results which thousand and ten which people are looking forward to also last nafta is likely to report its two thousand and ten results. there are also a couple of corporate actions. wimple common overall colley the record of days for participation special g

that is true in asia. that is true in europe. that is true in africa and it is certainly true in the arab world. where a new generation of citizens has the right to be heard. when i was in cairo shortly after i was elected president, i said that all governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion. that is the single standard by which the people of egypt will achieve the future they deserve. surely, there will be difficult days to come but the united states will continue to stand up for the rights of the egyptian people and work with their government in pursuit of a future that is more just, more free, and more hopeful. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal ." health and human services secretary kathleen sibelius' fall by the economic impact of health-care law. >> sunday, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty -- the likely 2012 presidential candidate spoke at a

in 1979. later, he served, for many years, as the president of the asia society. nship would bolster stability and security in the asia pacific region. and he was also clear-eyed about the many obstacles to our cooperation. most of all though, he saw the success of the relationship depends on it's ability to deliver positive results to the people of both our nation's first and foremost, but also to the rest of the world. these insights remain just as relevant today. and we heard them underscored this week by secretary gates in beijing, and secretary geithner and locke here in washington. three decades after our nation's first open the door to engagement, our relationship is marked by great promise and real achievements. but also by significant challenges. as one would expect. and more than ever, we will be judged on the outcomes that we do produce. for greater peace, prosperity, and progress in our own countries and throughout the world. america and china have arrived at a critical juncture, a time when the choices we make both big and small, will shape the traject

book discussing american dissent and principe have a japanese might invade some american possessions in asia-- excuse me, in the pacific, and possibly attack california. i'll talk about that book alone later. the book he met inreews, and ine red dragon conspiracy was foundry homer lea the author with great international reputation linked up with the offices of yung wing with a revolutionary on the right, you want to overthrow the entire dice and take control of all a number of revolutionary potential under his belt was failed. homer lea became the principal foreign advisor. in the summer -- excuse me, in the fall of 1911, actually the anniversary this month, in october, in october 11, -- skewed become october 10, 1910, the revolution started that actually would overthrow the dynasty in a few months. beyond the wildest dreams they're going to get the republic. sun yat-sen, instead of going to china directly, sun yat-sen was an american at time, intolerant, he coaches gone to california, taken a ship to china, didn't do that homer lea was in germany at the time getting medical treatment for hi

and beijing's growing assertiveness in asia, especially in the south china sea. >> i absolutely believe that china's peaceful rise is good for the world and it's good for america. we welcome china's rise. we just want to make sure that that rise is done... that that rise occurs in a way that reinforces international norms and international rules and, you know, enhances security and peace, as opposed to it being a source of conflict either in the region or around the world. >> ( translated ): china-u.s. cooperation has great significance for our two countries and to the world. the two sides should firmly adhere to the right direction of our relationship, respect each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests, promote the long term sound and steady growth of china-u.s. relations and make even greater contributions to maintaining and promoting world peace and development. >> brown: there were also talks with american and chinese business leaders. and, u.s. officials announced an array of new agreements for china to buy $45 billion in u.s. exports, including 200 b

trading right now stocks have increased losses with banks and miners leading the way following losses in asia overnight and there's a wall street ended lower in the prior session will finally take a look at those figures. also london's puts it well as you can see that down almost one percent the dax is down zero point five percent a.m.r. holdings however is bucking the trend it's up six percent this after up the results from intel on thursday. here in russia the markets are seeing a slight correction now that's despite the euro strengthening to the dollar and relatively successful placement of bonds by spain this week as you can see the european markets were not supported by that therefore russia is also correct that both of these are down a while point seven point six percent respectively will be stronger ruble is giving some support to the stalks a second look at what is gold is among losers however on the my sector of the precious metal futures for for the first time this week saw this is outperforming us up two point three percent that's one report of the carmaker increased retail sales b

the sleeping point seven percent after about two hours of trading my success tracking losses in asia the european shares are the top losers on the might six and they're down on never a true one percent. but it's your business update for that solid join us for more in one hours time and get most tourists more website are to dot com slash business . the more people we killed a happier our officers were it got to be like a game like to see who could kill the most people and the different ways you could prove maybe peace killed libby i tell you no here's now if you brought back some serious you know where we had the most years they would get the most fierce in trade you should be rich overnight human children in five min around the circle over no on full automatic for him sixty. she was taken down for a bus or some people in front of. the most of those.

it will be happening all over the globe, in europe, in asia, perhaps in australia, new zealand, and other of the united states. it will serve two surfaces. it is a promotional event for the america's cup. and the words on everybody's lips for the next few years will be san francisco. the end of the process will be the america's cup itself. this will be the new tour, and an annual champion will be crowned in the world series of the america's cup. part of that will also be here in san francisco in august of 2012. we are hoping and we are expecting to introduce a whole new generation of fans to this event. not only the sports fans, but to the general interest fans. how'd we do that? by top quality tv broadcasting, by making the sport and the event much more understandable than it has ever been, by guaranteeing race start times, by great industry standard television camera coverage, and by great programming. let's face it, this will be a great american story. it's an american defender of one of the greatest sporting trophies there is. sailing on american waters to fend off challenges from all

climate change or pandemic, to the extent that we have a partner who is helping poorer countries in asia or in africa further develop so that they, too, can be part of the world economy. that is something that can help create stability and order and prosperity around the world and that is the kind of partnership we would like to say. it is more likely to come if china feels secure and in itself is doing well economically. they are more likely to be an effective partner on the world stage. >> [speaking chinese] >> [speaking chinese] >> on nichols from bloomberg. -- hans nichols from bloomberg them up with the respect and permission, let me ask a question to president hu. my colleague as a question about human rights which you did not answer. can get an answer to that question? also, on capitol hill, senate majority leader harry reid, house speaker john boehner are not attended the dinner tonight and many on capitol hill see china as a threat. what can you do to l.a. their fears? fears? [chinese translation] translation] speaking chinese] >> because of the technical translation and a turba

presence in the asia pacific. the overall effect was a decline in china's position in the asia pacific and a rise in the position of the united states. meanwhile, the obama government made clear to the chinese covet and to the world that the united states is prepared to undertake military measures needed to deal with the build up of chinese forces targeting americans and american interests in the asia pacific. it also helped to move china to curb north korea's repeated provocation by warning privately as well as publicly that the united states viewed north korea's nuclear weapons development as a direct threat to the united states. over the past few months, china has tried to ease differences with the united states in the period leading up to the current visit of president hu jintao. they've done a number of different things in calming the situation between the united states and china over these various areas of differences. looking out, president obama wants to pursue closer engagement with china as part of his ad