president xi jinping has said he would go after both tigers and flies.his is his way of showing he will crack down on any official no matter how high. many senior party officials have already been convicted. a lot of people welcome the government's firm stance. but others suspect it's all part of a power struggle. the government is expected to face strong opposition from those with vested interests. people wonder if the government leaders are capable of exerting strong measures against such powerful figures. >> let's talk more about the upcoming npc now. conichiro, let's start off with security and about the kedly attacks last saturday. what more do you know about what happened? >> chinese authorities speculate that there were more than 10 incidents. they say they randomly attacked people at the railway station with knives. police say they shot dead four attackers and have taken another into custody. investigators are looking for the remaining suspects. they believe separatists from the uighur autonomous region carried out the attack. you may recall here

and that could be done by centralizing power around president xi jinping and the party. but taking such an iron-fisted approach could trigger public backlash. and people with vested interests are also likely to oppose reforms that could adversely affect them so there's no easy answer to how government should push these reforms through. >> kyoko, thank you very much. and that's all for our special series, "china: road to reform." >> raja, before we let you go, you've spent more than a week in beijing now. what are your thoughts on this year's political season? >> well, gene, this has actually been very interesting. because it's the first time the xi administration has put forward a work report, and outlined its goals for the year ahead. the npc is very much about setting the framework, so as these policies get implemented we'll be following all the developments. and our colleagues here in beijing will have more from the npc as it wraps up next week. gene? >> raja, thanks. raja pradhan in beijing. >>> the chief of china's shi jack uighur autonomous region says authorities

she talked about president xi jinping's determination to tackle bureaucratic corruption. fu says there will be zero tolerance for corrupt officials and anyone found guilty must be harshly punished. fu dismissed worries that other nations have exposed about china's ongoing military buildup. she said china believes it can maintain peace by strength and that the chinese people can only be rest assured if they're the strong force defending their homeland and fu acknowledged environmental problems, saying pollution is a major challenge for china, and delegates at the upcoming npc. >> translator: this year we will start law enforcement on air pollution, prevention, and control. and we will revise it to provide legal guarantee in tackling smog. >> reporter: now, today, was actually a rare blue sky day here in beijing. but at this time last week, it was so hazy that the air quality was classified as hazardous to health. here's a look at how people in beijing are dealing with the problem. this is an all-too common scene in beijing. congestion on the roads causing congestion in the

president xi jinping faces a long list of challenges. find out how he plans to tackle them. don't miss our special coverage, "china: road to reform" at these times, right here on "newsline." >>> western leaders are trying to find a way to calm the crisis in ukraine. u.s. president barack obama has been discussing ideas with german chancellor angela merkel. white house officials say the leaders spoke by phone. they expressed grave concern about what they see as russia's violation of ukrainian sovereignty. obama and merkel reportedly agreed to work to the to stabilize ukraine's economy. they promised to support the interim government until a presidential election scheduled for may. they agreed on the need to send international observers, and for russia and ukraine to hold direct talks. ukraine's interim prime minister arseny yatsenyuk said ministry level talks with russia have already begun. russian president vladimir putin said on tuesday that he's ready to use force in ukraine, if necessary, but he said no action is needed at this point. russia's leaders are turning up the f

president xi jinping faces a long list of challenges. find out how he plans to tackle them. don't miss our special coverage, "china: road to reform" at these times right here on "newsline." >>> a senior u.s. official has called on china to address international concerns about this year's defense budget which is more than 12% larger than last year's. leaders in beijing submitted this year's draft budget to the npc on wednesday. defense spending has been increased to more than $130 billion. there's been double digit growth almost every year since 1989. >> we continue to carefully monitor china's military developments and encourage china to exhibit greater transparency with respect to its capabilities. >> she also expressed concern in november when china set up an air defense identification zone over the east china sea with no prior notice. china doesn't offer a breakdown on its budget. furthermore, analysts believe the spending plan does not include research and development costs or foreign purchases of defense equipment. >>> south korean foreign minister yun byung-se has made

first, as france rolls out the red carpet for president xi jinping we're expected to see more big deals after sit ran signed with its partner don fanning yesterday. they have strong diplomatic ties, france being the first western power to establish full diplomatic relations a paving the way for beijing's global acceptance. glenn mcguire, chief economist at asia pacific anz gave his take. >> perhaps in line with some of the symbolism you will see a number of large contracts signed. this is also reflecting the medium term growth strategies china has in place. it's already built itself out as a large manufacturer of cheap goods. what it needs is to move up the production possibility frontier and need to import a lot of advanced technology and capital goods that economies like france produce. i think there's going to be some very large contracts signed on this trip, both as a result of similar bowlism and also out of economic necessity. >> mobile phone access could hold the key to greater gender equality in emerging markets according to a new report from gmsa. they represent mobile phone pr

greeted chinese president xi jinping in this first official visit to europe. the welcome and repeated scenes in paris just days. with european governments like the one here in germany cozying up to chinese industry does this suggest that they're a little concerned that the ongoing dispute between themselves and russia over the situation in ukraine could come back to bite european countries in the bank balance sanctions and this whole uproar over crimea is simply foolishness on the part of the e.u. but that has nothing to gain by sanctions on russia the e.u. is considering sanctions knowing that financially they could end up shooting themselves in the foot so they aren't in the mood to criticize cash cow china too much of a longstanding human rights allegations the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how t

president xi jinping met with her and the girls after their tour. topics like expanding cultural exchange between the countries, avoiding the issue of china's human rights, at the top of her husband's foreign-policy agenda. forward toking meeting president obama when we attend a summit together in the hague next week. i am also looking forward to his visit to china in november, the apex are met -- the apec summit. see china'sd landmarks, which should provide plenty of photo opportunities. a famous panda preserve. girls arer if the good at table tennis like there -- their mum? you can continue watching our 24-hour news network. check your local listings for our channel number. for all of us here, thank you for watching, and please tune in next week. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expe

xi jinping, the new president has used it very effectively.feels trouble and tension at home, it is convenient for him to push it onto some of the political issues that they've identified overseas. and southeast asia, these territorial conflicts with the philippines, with vietnam, and of course with japan in the east china sea are hugely sensitive, and they can rally the public easily around those issues. it's worrisome because the truth is this is a dangerous gam. when you get the public mobilized around these issues, it can move in all kinds of different directions. so it may be targeted at japan one day, but it can easily come around and start to focus on the chinese the next day. >> evan osnos, fascinating. and of course you have a piece in "the new yorker" this week. it's on something completely different. coal. but we will read anything you write. up next, are women going to rule the world? think about it. some of the most powerful jobs in the world. the fed chair, the head of the imf, the chancellor of germany are all occupied by women.

degut's decision comes ahead of chinese president xi jinping's first visit to the eu headquarters in brussels. it also follows decisions by chinese officials last week to end their investigations into imports of eu wine. >>> all right that is going to do it for biz this hour. here's a check of the markets. >>> experts with the world health organization say india is now officially polio free. they say there have been no new cases for three years. the organization's director for southeast asia praised india's leaders for their efforts to eradicate the disease. >> the successful completion of the long journey in this region to eradicate polio, it also marks one of the biggest public health achievements. >> the w.h.o. says 80% of the world's population now lives in a polio-free region. but health workers are still battling the disease in some parts of the world. the w.h.o. says polio replains endemic in pakistan, afghanistan, and nigeria. the organization has set a target of 2018 to make the entire world polio free. >>> prosecutors in tokyo have asked a court to impose a fine on the form

. >>> chinese president xi jinping met with south korean president park geun-hye on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit. state-run media in china report the two leaders discussed a variety of issues, including projects commemorating their nations' history. south korean officials say xi spoke about a monument being built in northwestern china. it honors a militia set up by the korean government in exile before and during world war ii. the militia opposed japan's colonial rule over the korean peninsula. earlier this year, china opened a memorial hall in the northeastern city of harbin. it commemorates a korean activist who assassinated a top japanese official in 1909. the victim was ito, japan's first prime minister and the first resident general of japanese occupied korea. park reportedly expressed gratitude, saying in both projects are significant, the two leaders pledged to enhance bilateral cooperation. japan's chief cabinet secretary said japan and south korea have differing views about the korean activist. >> translator: south korea and china have been taking actions tog

on the chinese president xi jinping has already secured some major deals this week. discussed this with. the host of. venture capital. it started with the never learn we had frances lake and then i miss is easy to go to germany let's talk about numbers and french president francois hollande he's managed to seal reported twenty billion dollars worth and that's going to really help out his stagnate a quantum at the moment really suffering all sort of deals have been struck so far interestingly enough it's the car industry opposed and china's film a friend has agreed a huge deal described actually on the as a rescue deal that be a money and it's very much needed and the story moves through because everybody sort of third you have and i very much so it's a national treasure actually and for the last two decades it's been family run which really demonstrates desperate times i would say sure the car industry has been hit what are the sectors and to get something out of this there's also a big deal going on a natural gas deal has been secured between. us and china general e

president jinping is having security stepped up on all aircraft leaving and entering china. >> authorities told relatives when the plane is found, they'll be able to visit the site. >>> tensions escalating on the ground in ukraine where pro-ukrainian activists were attacked by pro-russian groups at a rally in crimea. russian troops are in control of the region, and secretary of state john kerry has warned russia any moves to annex crimean peninsula would close the door to diplomacy. jennifer glasse has been following the developments. putin says they won't go to war, but 16,000 pro-russian troops are occupying the region. are russians continuing to gain ground? >> reporter: morgan, good afternoon from sevastopol. you'll hear music behind me in a couple of minutes. you wouldn't know this is an occupied peninsula, but it is. the 16,000 troops that came here are in addition to the 15,000 usually here of the black sea fleet. they took another coast guard base today. though are very lightly guarded bases with troops that are not combat-trained. we went to another base that fell last week that t

--nese president xi jinping attackedand of thieves people with knives, four attackers were killed.p has claimed responsibility so far. and the murder trial of oscar pistorius is underway in south africa. the blade runner, he is accused of killing his girlfriend, revis dean camp, on in 2013.'s day was an he taught she intruder. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. a rally in washington, d.c. walk ended in front of the white house. calling oners were president obama to stop drilling. in politics, the more things change, the more things stay the same. dingell is retiring after 58 years. he says it has become too obnoxious to serve in the house. al hunt, first question, if there is anything he could change, what would it eat? -- what would it be? >> the nasty partisanship. this should not be that way. the congress is the coming together. the great assemblage of the american people, deciding the issues that are important. the second thing is, all the business has been moved into the office of the speaker. newt gingrich and tom delay started that. it gave them control over the then

. -- president jinping. they don't have enough water to take care of their need for the next 25 years. they not only have an energy problem and the pollution problem. they have a problem of fundamental shift in their society from an agrarian society to a society made up of cities of 20 or 30 or 35 million people. they are in a position where they have real problems. europe, we want to see do well, but why are manufacturers coming from europe as well as china and the far east? energy, gas is seven times cheaper here than it is there. we are going to be the epicenter of energy in north america throughout the first half of the 20th century. that's not a boast. it's a pure, natural fact. we have everything going for us. everything. we have the best education. our workers are three times as productive. that's not because they are bad. we are better. it's time we remind ourselves just how powerful we are politically, economically, and militarily. use that power to generate the kind of education system, the kind of

but then as the third stop on the chinese president's european top xi jinping has already secured some major deals this week earlier my colleague andrew farmer discussed this with kitty pilgrim costar barty's business show venture capital. it started with the never learned that we have france this week and then this is easy team will go to germany let's talk about numbers and french president francois hollande he's managed to seal reported twenty billion dollars worth and that's going to really help out his stagnates a condom at the moment really suffering all sort of deals have been struck so far or interestingly enough it's the car industry opposed and china's the offender has agreed a huge deal described actually on the as a rescue deal that be a money and it's very much needed and the story moves through because everybody sort of third you have and i very much so it's a national treasure actually and for the last two decades it's been family run which really demonstrates desperate times i would say sure not the current she's been here what are the sectors and to get something out o

he will meet with angela merkle, xi jinping and other g-8 leaders minus russia. the crimean region will be open for discussion. what the next move against moscow should be. >> it is more explosive than it used to be a week ago. >> it certainly appears by everything that ukrainian officials believe, certainly u.s. intelligence officials believe that putin is not done in ukraine. >> during his six-day trip, president obama will also visit rome for a meeting with pope francis. he will also travel to saudi arabia. >>> the pilot of a syrian jet is recovering tonight after being shot down by a turkish aircraft. photos posted to a social media website show the aftermath. his mission he says was to follow terrorists. they say they warned the pilot four times. when the pilot crossed into its airspace, the turkish fighter jet shot the syrian jet down. >>> as the world waits to find out what happened to the missing airliner no one feels the pain of not nowing more than the families of the 239 people on board, including three americans. >> reporter: they are messages of hope

and this year, delegates will rubber stamp policies shaped by challenges president xi jinping recognizedhen he took control of the communist part in 2012. >> translator: in the new environment, our party faces many severe challenges. >> since then, the president's promised big reform, meant to shift the economy from fast paced to sustainable growth. those reforms are sure to be on the agenda at the national people's congress where investors hope the new administration will show they plan to walk the talk of reforms. investment house barclay's expects the government's anti-corruption drive to pick up speed after president xi jinping speeded up a campaign aimed at rooting out -- the brokerage, like many other firms hopes to see changes that would make the economy more account oriented. measures to help liberalize the financial sector and allow the currency to trade more freely. >> china policymakers are interested in bringing in more exchange rate flexibility. they need to have that before they open up their capital economy. >> reforms have raised awareness that this environmental problem

. >>> chinese president xi jinping is off to germany to meet chancellor angela merkel. the highlights of his two-day trip are a private dinner with the friends president francois hollande at the palace of versailles. >>> back to italy, it's cracking down on governments in a slightly different way. now has begun listing state-owned cars and putting them up for sale on ebay. six cars have been posted so far. the offers have been rolling in. the government says over the next three weeks, a total of 150 nonessential cars will be sold. there are a few maseratis and a couple of jags might be on there, as well. worth having a look at. >>> still to come, social networking may be all the rage. what about those of you that are a little more private? we'll be joined by the founder of cloak, the new antisocial app. ♪ [ male announcer ] when fixed income experts... ♪ ...work with equity experts... ♪ ...who work with regional experts... ♪ ...who work with portfolio management experts, that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. oh! the nam

. >>> first lady michelle obama met with chinese president jinping today. it's the first day of her trip and a sign the two economies are looking to build strong eer bon. her visit is being treated as a prelude to the upcoming meeting between president obama and xi at a nuclear summit in the hague. >>> attorney general eric holder is under fire from conservative lawmakers. this time for not going the extra mile on the irs targeting conservatives scandal. mike emanuel has more. >> republicans are crying foul after the justice department rejected a request from texas senator ted cruz for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs targeting of conservative groups. south carolina republican congressman trey gowdy is a former federal prosecutor who said attorney general eric holder's investigation with democratic donor barbara boxer leading it doesn't pass the smell test. >> what i'm asking him is to look at the big picture. let's assume there is no criminal impropriety. let's assume that for the sake of argument. is anyone going to believe it when someone maxe

. >> the chinese president xi jinping continues a state visit to france with expectations high for somebusiness deals. french officials are keen to see big commercial accords to cut into france's huge trade deficit with china. the president's visit is time to coincide with the 53 anniversary of diplomatic relations between france and china. more on this in the next few hours on "bbc world news." >>> it's being described as the future of gaming. facebook has announced it's going to buy oculus, a california company that specializes in virtual reality products for around 2ds billion. the flagship product is a goggle-like immersive headset for video gaming. mark zuckerberg says this could change the way we work, play and communicate. we'll take a closer look at the goggles throughout the day here on "bbc world news." >>> before i go, a quick look at the markets or not? let's take a look at the markets very quickly. in terms of european markets,ist has been a pretty good start to the day -- unfortunately we haven't got time to look at the markets. back to you. >> are they up or down? >> good

people probably don't remember, but last summer when xi jinping came out with his wife, there was anon michelle was going to join barack obama on the trip, but that was a big deal to the chinese, so part of this trip is making up for lost time. it's a really important trip for her to be on. huge political implications for the chinese. these trips are very symbol iic. they want you to be curious and interested in their culture and history, so i think it's a smart move for her to go to china, but as a first lady, you're a surrogate, which means you represent the president, but also the country. >> is she right about that? we look at these pictures and they always look like they are having a great time over there, wherever they might be, but are there more political implications than we might know? >> symbolically, it's important to the chinese, i think abby's right about that, but i think the difference that the first lady is making really is more in this country and what she's doing every single day here rather than the foreign trips she might take later this month. >> let me ask you

last night talking to chinese president xi jinping.oth leaders want to end the situation peacefully. china could be a key partner in trying to put pressure on the russians. another meeting wednesday when the ukrainian prime minister will meet face-to-face with president obama. that meeting designed to boost the ukrainian government's legitimacy against president putin. congressman greg meeks, thanks for coming in. you've seen these moves and phone calls from the president, he made a series of phone calls to world leaders. he's invited the ukrainian foreign minister to come to the united states. what do you make of the possibilities for diplomacy? >> well, i think that's the only option here that we have. we need to talk to our allies, as well as what's taking place with china now. we need to make sure we straighten up and have ukraine in a good place as we passed a bill in the house trying to make sure the imf and others would give the kind of financial support that's necessary so they are strengthened, so i think diplomacy is the only

she met with chinese president xi jinping peng and his wife peng liyuan, accompanied by her two daughters and mother. the first lady also visited schools and students and even played some ping pong. later, she toured beijing's forbidden city. american first ladies have visited china 15 times over the years, but mrs. obama is the first to be invited on her own. thailand will have to hold new general elections after the country's constitutional court annulled last month's results. the judges ruled all voting should have been on the same day. that wasn't possible because of anti-government protests in some areas. the demonstrators, who continue to occupy part of the capital city, have demanded that prime minister yingluck shinawatra step down. the bankrupt bitcoin exchange called mount gox has been going through its pockets and turned up a fortune in the digital currency. the tokyo-based company says it discovered 200,000 bitcoins thought to be missing. that has a value of about $120-million. the funds were in old format digital folders or electronic wallets. some 650,000 bitcoins remain una

. >> ifill: president obama and chinese president xi jinping met today at that nuclear security summite white house said they discussed cyber-security, among other things. a federal jury in new york has convicted five former employees of bernard madoff of enabling his long-running ponzi scheme. the verdicts today followed a six-month trial. the defendants were found guilty on all 33 charges, ranging from securities fraud to falsifying books. madoff himself is already serving a 150-year prison term. on wall street today: the dow jones industrial average lost 26 points to close at 16,276. the nasdaq fell 50 points to close at 4,226. and the s-and-p 500 gave up nine points to finish at 1,857. still to come on the newshour: why officials now believe the missing jetliner went down in the indian ocean; margaret warner in kiev; a dangerous search for survivors in the washington state mudslide; healing the psychological scars from liberia's civil war; who should control the world- wide-web? plus, japan surrenders part of its nuclear stockpile. >> woodruff: let's go to the latest on the malaysi

the chinese president himself, xi jinping, said he wanted an all-out effort to find this plane.rikes me is if these images were taken on sunday, it is now wednesday and now surfacing. my question is has the malaysian government been made aware of them before? i was at a press conference here about four hours before. the chinese ambassador was sitting in the front row of that press conference. he wasn't talking, wouldn't say anything about how the search has been handled but he did say that he had been prooichtly briefed. now, if those images we've seen, and i'm sure as richard was saying your other guest, have been vetted like the chinese would vet them because they would not want to risk losing face over something this big or this critical, if they were good to go, the malaysian government is still very much focusing not so to much in that area but still towards the west. so there seems to be a slight discrepancy about what the malaysia government knows at this stage and when they were told. >> and of course the chinese government as opposed to the united states government wher

. >> we know that president obama met one on one with chinese president xi jinping earlier today.le do you think the chinese are playing in all of this? they often act in concert with russia on matters of great international import. how do you think they may be reacting to this or what can we expect from the chinese? >> it's not issue number one from the chinese. i thought their abstention in the united nations security council was a welcome move. but this is second place if that compared to what's going on in asia between themselves and japan, between themselves and the countries of southeast asia. so the united states if it wants to send a message to china, it's not what we do vis-a-vis crimea or ukraine, it's whether we actually increase our air and naval presence in the pacific ocean. it's whether diplomatically we start spending a lot more time trying to dampen down japanese/chinese tensions and so forth. that's the message the chinese will get. >> let me follow up on that, though. because if we are talking about being able to operate with impunity, does this not further'm bo

president xi jinping is visiting the continent and paris and berlin have a laid out the red carpet and the issue of human rights so often is a key part of the talks between the e.u. and china strangely absent this time around. on thursday the trade chief agreed to drop a probe into underpriced telecom equipment imported from china corral says that's because europe needs to do much more to attract chinese investment there was some hushed criticism on china's rights record with human rights watch describing the conditions most chinese people living in as appalling but investor and financial commentator jim rogers says europe knows it has to be nice they've got a lot of money and they're bailing out a lot of people so if you want to maintain your status standard of living better be nice to the money and your bankers for the chinese foreign aid if they come in and out then they get a lot of influence if they don't get they're not going to. the chinese make the loan they lose everything but at least. a lot more power and a lot more stuff they have the money we don't nobody has. chinese. chi

> we have heard all about the change from leadership right at the very top of she's in pain -- xi jinpingeyond. they talk about embracing change. >> what a couple of words. it is about state owned enterprises again. what they want to do is target private capital. they have 30,000 feel stations. about 20 billion u.s. dollars. it is in their interest again and all of china. the sme also benefits as well. that is quite encouraging. trying to encourage market forces for the economy. christine lagarde still quite encouraged. reform, ambitious. she is confident. china is rising to the challenge. does china share the global responsibility as well? in supporting global common good, mobile financial stability and environmental sustainability. and improving the global rules of the game. be amf will continue to key forum for this kind of cooperation. >> there she is. she does say trade-offs need to happen. it will be tough. >> moving state run to private. embracing change. that is the biggest of them all. thanks. becoming a rapidly major hub for this film industry. gene marks has followed disney is

and now china's president, xi jinping has sent his deputy foreign minister to malaysia to put pressure on the government there. pauline chu, cnn, beijing. >>> up next, did flight 370 deliberately avoid the radar of certain countries? our experts standing by to weigh in. >>> and later, a full square mile covered in a sort of quick sand. the landslide in washington state leaving nothing vertical in its path. we'll go there live. everything your mouth does in a day is building up layer, upon layer, of bacteria. and to destroy those layers? you need listerine®. its unique formula penetrates these layers deeper than other mouthwashes, killing bacteria all the way down to the bottom layer. so for a cleaner, healthier mouth, go with #1 dentist recommended listerine®. power to your mouth™. also try new listerine® naturals. the only mouthwash that combines the power of listerine® with naturally sourced ingredients. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the only un

ellicott -- elliott gotkine, .srael >> another red carpet for chinese president xi jinping, this timehere are your editor david tweed is following his visit area david, what from where i am sitting, the special relationship usually refers to something that stretches across atlantic heard from where you're sitting, and first to something different or tell us about it and why. >> it does, it is something that is being used in the last couple of years to describe the relationship between germany and china. it is special on two levels. one is a political level, because angela merkel, let's face it, she's been around longer than any other european leader. she has got good personal links with some of the top brass in going she is actually there later this year in the summer. then they will have the second of two joint cabinet meetings where therlin, chinese cabinet members come over and sit down and have a joint meeting him after which one would expect a slew of things. the other level, of course, is economic. germany's trade relationship with china is vast. 140 billion per year. that is th

has spokeni jinping on it.said china will make all efforts to address this missing airplane issue. china has sent at least two ships to the region to help with the search. premier li keqiang has spoken with the malaysian prime minister. china's foreign minister has been in contact with his malaysian and vietnamese counterparts, urging malaysia to make an all-out effort on search and rescue efforts. that chineseday leaders are very worried, and that the news is very disturbing. the overwhelming majority of passengers on board this flight were chinese nationals. 153 of them. mysteries, of course, as well, involves these two stolen passports. how could it to passengers fly on his flight to china, of all places, with stolen passwords when china has such strict visa requirements? in the last year or so, china has laid out a three-day visa waiver program. there were reports that those who were carrying these two bookedts had, as well, one-way flights onto europe through beijing. therefore, they did not necessarily ne

>> when obama and others chose not to go to the sochi olympics, xi jinping was there.d not vote with the russians at the security council, but they abstained when everyone else voted with the u.s. s? is this a new axid? the russians go into ukraine all the way and american sanctions become iran level sanctions, they likely reactions from russia will be to cut a deal with china. >> is it easy for them to shift the hydrocarbon flow from western russia over to europe and reverse it back over to china? be easy butnot increasingly the russians do not have a choice and they understand that. one of the announcements made at g-7 in europe was the creation of an emergency session of the g-7 countries to talk about energy security. awayans diversification from russia. you think they are not paying attention to that in the kremlin? >> ian bremmer and michael fertik. repair itsing to reputation. speaking with the newly appointed vehicle safety head after this. ♪ on thisshington dc quiet morning. the president is abroad, that barely describes a trip from italy to riyadh. the flight

chinese president xi jinping has only been in paris for a couple of days. the visit is an important visit for france whose trade with china lags behind germany's. let's bring in david tweed with more. france really rolling out to red carpet then for their chinese vitor? it with a purpose. something that the french foreign office is calling economic diplomacy. it is really a story about going for growth. you're not going to hear mr. hollande talking too much about human rights or china's transgression in the south china see. this is all about business. let me just give you an example of how committed hollande is. the first 18 months when he was in office, 33 trips by government missions to asia. not just china, but all over asia. that compares with only 13 trips in the two proceeding years, the last years of nicolas sarkozy's regime. it is paying off in spades. 8.5 billion euros worth of deals. they got the deal to recycle nuclear fuel. we have the peugeot deal which has been signed off on. so a lot of business has been taking place but there has been a lot

xi jinping and china do not accept any of that. is going there in may.n a big energy deal. -- putin is going there and may. none of the brics are supporting any of the g7 countries on russia. i have half a mind they should set their own g5. it is a very big divide between the advanced industrial "democracies" and everyone else on this issue. >> the eu accounts for 70% of the foreign direct investment into russia. are you effectively saying that itshe eu strengthens position against russia that india and china will step in where they used to be? >> i am saying the americans have very little exposure to russia, so as we push so far as the indians and chinese set come lately on the sidelines -- and they may tilt toward russia going forward -- with that level of exposure they europeans can talk as good a sanctioned game as they want but if we move toward actual sanctions on major russian sectors we will find large parts of the europeans not with us. >> ian bremmer, a required read come a when it came out and even more so now, out on amazon. are guest host of

europe is looking east delta mostly hoping hoping for an economic lifeline from china president xi jinping currently on a visit to the continent as both paris and china as their crucial trading partner in asia at present the issue of human rights has not been raised by european officials who are choosing instead to put business first on thursday the e.u. trade chief agreed to drop a probe into underpriced telecom equipment being imported from china carol that says that's because europe needs to do much more to attract chinese investment there were some hushed criticisms on china's rights records with human rights watch describing the conditions that most chinese people live in appalling the group also accuses beijing of clamping down on press freedom and the internet but a well known investor and financial common headed jim rogers he says europe knows it's got to be nice. you've got a lot of money bailing out a lot of people so if you want to maintain your standard of living. the money in your bank for the chinese. if they come in. about then they get a lot of influence. they're not going

is setting its sights a switch hoping for an economic lifeline from china from china president xi jinping is arriving in germany today at a time when the e.u.'s largest economy is seeing business confidence fall for the first time in five months artie's pay to all of us has more from. when the german chancellor sits down with the chinese president for their first meeting of the more than just diplomatic niceties on the table the delegation coming from china includes two hundred of the country's top business executives they coming here to try and make an impression economically as well as diplomatically you know this comes after germany had backed strong sanctions against russia so those sanctions could impact on the thirty six billion euros that we've done in business between germany and russia last year alone also three hundred thousand. jobs in germany are dependent on trade with russia so to talk a little bit more about this chinese visit i'm joined by the financial writer michael michael thanks very much now we're looking to the visit from the chinese leadership on those business men

president obama will also meet with xi jinping to talk about confronting china with the russia conflict. charlie and clarissa, they believe that china can do more and they would like them to try. >> the russian military is completing their take over this morning. charlie charlie d'agata is there thisle morning. >> the defense ministry confirmed that russian forces have overrun another base in crimea. finally the order has come to pull out all remaining forces out of crimea. >> russian flags are now flying high over military bases in crimea. most are under russian control. russian armored vehicles smash walls and troops took over the air base. soldiers scrambled and explosions rang out. abandoned, humiliated and outnumbered, ukraine troops had no choice but to surrender. now the focus is on eastern ukraine. >>> would you like what happened in crimea to happen here? >> that would be great, she told us, that is what the people want. it's the will of the people. >> not everybody here feels that way, but those who do are not going away. >> another big prorussian demonstration is planned for

cash strapped pay is looking eastwards hoping for an economic lifeline from china president xi jinping is a visiting germany as for lin ranks china its number one trading partner in asia put all of our reports. the delegation coming from china includes two hundred of the country's top business executives they coming here to try and make an impression economically as well as diplomatically now this comes after germany had backed strong sanctions against russia now those sanctions could impact on the thirty six billion euros that would be done in business between germany and russia last year alone also three hundred thousand jobs in germany are dependent on trade with russia so to talk a little bit more about this chinese visit i'm joined by the financial writer michael michael thanks very much now we're looking to the visit from the chinese leadership business men that are included in the delegation how much depends on germany being able to make a good impression not just diplomatically but also in the business sense from this meeting is it very important considering that they're talkin

international observers blocked from crimea over the weekend and also china's president, xi jinping,tting involved as well, speaking with angela merkel and obama over the week, calling for political and diplomatic solutions. the russian ruble declined four weeks in a row more than 1%. as it becomes clear that putin is pretty determined here with crimea, let's see what happens with the ruble. we're showing you the dollar versus the ruble. as you see the chart go up, that suggests that the dollar is strengthening while the ruble is weakening. let's show you one month of the russian stock market as well. market cap back down to 1999 levels, folks. it's not just crimea but vladimir putin's policies over the last decade or so. you can see this is -- what it's doing today, pretty tough month for it as well. look, diplomatically, no one can back down, right? nobody can say they're going to give up the territorial integrity of ukraine. but market participants can be more realistic. what's being said among market participants, okay, it appears crimea is lost, this referendum is a foregone con