chinese president hu jintao is also scheduled to attend. >>> the minister summoned chinese ambassador yonghua on monday. he requested that chinese diplomats be allowed to continue to see the detainees. maehara asked for meetings with the four and attorneys. he said he would convey the requests to the chinese government. the four are employees of fujita and have been detained since september 20th for allegedly filming military facilities without permission. japanese diplomats were allowed to meet with them for the first time on saturday. >>> in beijing, china's foreign minister has refused to meet with the japanese ambassador to discuss the japanese nationals. sources say japanese ambassador niwa filed the request for a meeting on sunday. the ministry is said to have turned down the request without a clear explanation. sources say china may have decided that a meeting would be premature as tensions remain high after the ship collision incident in japanese territorial waters over the sengkaku islands. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he'll decide on whether to end peace talk

where he's already met chinese vice presidency jinping considered the most likely successor of hu jintao and he's now in reports. today is all about innovation and the future and what better place to do that but at the shanghai expo twenty ten dmitri medvedev open the day of russia giving a speech he also held a bilateral meeting with seething ping who is the deputy chair of president hu jintao also thought to be the most likely candidate to take over in twenty twelve so many people saying this is kind of a ground laying meeting a way to connect ties with the person that might be leaving china in a couple of years to come well the two are going to tour the chinese and russian pavilions they're said to be the favorites this time around they have the most impressive stands the lines for those to put billions are said to be the longest what's on display in the russian pavilion while russia's top tech and energy companies including last nano which obviously is a nanotechnology corporation and that's part of a bigger project which is plans to build a silicon valley like tech village just outs

where he's already man chinese vice presidency jumping considered the most likely successor of hu jintao or you know across life to respond he said now who is there it's worse now dmitry medvedev has hailed his visit as success so what's been done and what's been going on today in shanghai. well this of course is all about the future and innovation and what better place for that to take place than here at the shanghai expo where dmitry medvedev opened russia day he also had a bilateral meeting with the thing paying who was thought to be the most likely candidate to take over for president hu jintao in twenty twelve so that meeting was seen as a sort of ground laying meeting making a connection with the man who might be leading china in a couple of years to come now the two spent most of the day together they toured the chinese and russians with millions to of the favorites at this year's axwell and to speak more about the russian two billion and its success which we've heard the president has praised as being very successful is boris karloff no with the head designer of the russian to a

after north korean leader i kim jong-il visited the city last month to meet chinese president hu jintao. the two leaders discussed the need to increase economic exchanges. >>> the russian fisheries agency chief paid a visit to one of four russian-held islands claimed by japan. russia's federal fisheries agency says that andrei krainy started a two-day trip on thursday to etorofu island off hokkaido, northern japan. the agency says the chief inspected a fishery processing plant on the first day and will board a fishing boat on friday. before starting his tour krainy said the four islands are russian territory and will convey to the world his country's intention to develop them. russia sent its fisheries chief to etorofu island on september 2nd, the day it was designated as the official end of world war ii, apparently to emphasize russian ownership of the islands. >>> the international monetary fund says it will provide $450 million in emergency financing to flood-hit pakistan. managing director dominique strauss-kahn said in a statement on thursday that he'll ask the imf board to approve

monday by president hu jintao and the trinidad of president's three day visit to china. another humanitarian aide fla team liaison for gaza nearly four months after the israeli on the attacks then last one headed that killing nine and actually have been wise counsel says most brutal and disproportionate. number of pirates and come out into the open any into politics starting an online campaign. to fight to make coping and file sharing in the. news from russia and around the world this is. a thanks for joining us russian president dmitri medvedev and his chinese counterpart hu jintao have ceremonially press the start button on the new oil pipeline between the two countries russian oil of the directive to china by next year tripling energy supplies from the country to meet surging demand in the world's most populous nation agreements boosting security and trade have also been signed in beijing. now reports china towns have long become a permanent fixture of many metropolises but here in china you would normally find a russian district in their place sprawling all across th

he also held a bilateral meeting with the seed thing being who is the deputy chair of president hu jintao also bought to be the most likely candidate to take over in twenty twelve so many people saying this is kind of a ground laying meeting a way to connect ties with the person that might be leaving china in a couple of years to come now the two spent most of the day together they toward the chinese and russian pavilions two of the favorites at this year's x. well what's on display in the russian pavilion while russia's top tech and energy companies including one last nano which obviously is a nanotechnology corporation and that's part of a bigger project which is plans to build a silicon valley like tech village just outside moscow to bring together the greatest russian minds to work on future innovations for the president praised the russian pavilion as being a success he certainly like what you saw there and what better place to start pushing for modernization in russia and here in china. and he's in our reporting right that but we do have lots more coming your way here on including s

. >>> president hu jintao says his government plans to improve the living conditions of workers, in a special economic zone bordering hong kong. he made the comment at a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the special economic zone on monday. the district was designated in 1980 as the first special economic zone in china to accept foreign investment. >>> hu stressed that a reform and open door policy led to the economic development of china. hu also said the government will establish a system for companies and workers to share benefits and create better working conditions for workers who are from the country's rural areas. >>> in china a widening economic gap is becoming a problem after the country has achieved rapid economic development over the 30 years since the introduction of special economic zones. >>> stleefd a key word. up until now, the manufacturing industry had been using 3-d for manufacturing products. but now they're looking to increase productivity and at the same time cut hots. >> reporter: hitachi construction industry is one of japan's leading m

. >>> chinese president hu jintao said his government plans to improve the life of workers in shenzhen, an economic bordering hong kong. hu made the comment at a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the zone on monday. shenzhen was designated in 1980 as the first special economic zone in china to accept foreign investment. >> hu stressed that the reform and open door policy led to the economic recovery of china. hu also said the government will establish a system for companies and workers to share benefits and create better working conditions for workers who are from the country's rural areas. in china a widening economic gap is becoming a problem as the country has been achieving rapid economic development over the past 30 years since the introduction of special economic zones. >>> death has always been a taboo topic in south korea. but the rapidly aging population means it's a topic that's being discussed more openly as people contemplate their final days. >> people talk about their feelings towards their families and read their wills. it's part of a course offered at a universit

he led a large delegation to meet chinese president hu jintao when relations were tense because of the relocation issue. >>wa probably i would clash again if you consider the policy differences. but they did it work closely together to bring their party to power, right? >> uh-huh. >> let's take a look at where they stand in japanese politics now. >>> kan made a name for himself when he was health minister. he disclosed files the ministry said didn't exist. they said the government was responsible for allowing hiv-infected blood products for being distributed. the public praised kan for fighting against bureaucrats. ozawa was a liberal democratic party member. he rose quickly within the party and became its secretary general at the age of 47. the relationship between ozawa and kan started in 2003. ozawa left the governing party and joined kan's democratic party. ozawa wanted to form a two-party political system in japan. three years later, ozawa and kan fought against each other for the party's leadership. ozawa won the race. they believed he had more political skill. >> translator: we

chinese president hu jintao met with myanmar's military leader, general tan shwai, in beijing. chi china's state-1 news agency reported his government backs myanmar's efforts to reconcile the nation through election. observers say the myanmar government will assert the legitimacy of the election and defy criticisms from the international community now that it has approval of china its, economic partner. >>> china's vice premier lee ku chang says his consider will consider accepting advanced japanese technology to tackle pollution caused by rare earth metal production. lee made the remark in a meeting with visiting japanese business leaders in beijing on wednesday. the vice premier said that developed countries have strategies to capture markets using advanced technologies. he said that it will take time for his nation to learn those technologies. the japanese business allegation is visiting china to urge the country to review its decision to cut exports of the metals, which would affect high-tech production by japanese firms. china accounts for more than 90% of the world's outp

president barack obama and hu jintao have expressed an interest in restarting the talks and says two leaders will meet early next year. the suspension of the exchanges earlier this year resulted in the cancellation of a scheduled visit to china in june by u.s. defense secretary robert gates. >>> japan's annual defense report tresses the importance of the military alliance with the united states and expresses worries over china's recent military buildup. the government's 2010 white paper on defense policy submitted to the cabinet on friday. the report says the u.s. forces stationed in japan act as a deterrent and emphasizes importance of the u.s. marines stations in okinawa, saying they contribute to regional peace and stability. the chinese military buildup of reason years lacks transparency. this is a concern not only to japan but the region and the international community. >>> an international meeting has failed to agree on introducing tighter restrictions for pacific bluefin tuna fishing. the final decision is postponed to the end of the year. the subcommittee meeting of the weste

on monday, medvedev and chinese president, hu jintao issued a joint statement to mark the 65th anniversary of their country's victory over japan. in july, the medvedev administration designated september 2nd as the end of world war ii day. it was on that date that japan signed a surrender document in 1945. medvedev's visit will be seen as reinforcing russia's position that the islands becam russian territory as a rult ofor waii. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo, thanks very much for joining us. we'll be back at the top of the next hour with more of your updates. see you then. >> we want change and we want justice, and we want fairness and we want equality. >> there's a war right here going on with the people of this country. >> i just have to believe that if i do this today, my kids are gonna have a better life than me. i hav

day kim moved to the provisional capital where he had a long meeting with the chinese president, hu jintao. chinese media reported that president hu reiterated the need to resume the stalled six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. they reported that kim said that his staff of seeking a nuclear free peninsula remains unchanged, and he expressed hope for an early resumption of the talks. there is speculation that kim held talks with chinese officials ahead of a meeting of north korea's ruling workers party with his third son may be deemed his successor. it is not clear, however, if kim jong un accompanied his father to china. >> we're now joined by our beijing correspondent. what significance did kim's visit have for china and north korea? >> the official reason for the visit was that kim was invited by president hu. but it's obvious that the north wanted the visit to take place at this time. now this is because accelerated moves are expected at the upcoming meeting of the workers party to establish kim jong un as his father's successor. it's worth noting that north korea selected

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and russian president dmitry medvedev has been playing host to his chinese counterpart hu jintao in the russian pavilion at the world expo in shanghai the state visit has been dominated by business and trade at the expo the russian delegation took the opportunity to promote the country's high tech credentials make poor parts. showing off what modern russia can do the latest and safest in nuclear technologies a three dimensional display of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics in sochi and dmitri medvedev pet project innovation center in skolkovo which is open to high tech companies all over the world including china but the head of russian nanotechnologies says there's a lot to be learned from china in terms of its technological development get their powered watches china carried so it's a very successful program of bringing back chinese scientists from abroad everywhere in shanghai i met scientists who had just come back from harvard mit stanford these are people who came back to their own country to develop science and production is that the way the project is organized is ver

the giant nation's growing energy within you calls a board or link opened on monday by president hu jintao and mitra rivera because in a three day visits to china. and other humanitarian aid the team is bound for gaza nearly four months after the israeli on their charge the last one headed there killing nine and actually the un human life council says it was a brutal and disproportionate. to some of the parts of russia come out into the open and into politics starting an online campaign to establish a positive finds to make coping and free file sharing illegal. now the quizzes region that has for many years been a volatile and regional conflict fueled at times by ethnic tensions but how can reconciliation and peace be found that's the question posed to the gas in our sport lies today sabina frys of the independent international crisis group committed to preventing conflict and political analyst andrei at the fronts. hello again a welcome to spotlight into the show on melbourne novel and today my guest in the studio is constant call star trek russia has joined in with the u.n. sanctions aga

visiting the country has taken part in the opening of the pipeline along with chinese leader who jintao but the two have also signed a number of documents to boost trade and security in the region are kicks on a boy who has more from beijing.

china and i think it was one hundred eighty three or eighty four and he's had his successors up to hu jintao very recently president hu of china have hosted kim jong il ever since why don't they get the message why do they do this crazy currency reform which is basically robbing people of their meager savings why even just a few days ago the party newspaper wrote unction moon is still saying that you know dependency is all wrong and the modern way is for countries to rely on their own materials this is not true but i take some comfort there's a man called park pond jew he was the prime minister the premier until three years ago he's known as a reformer he visited seoul in happier times as did john suntech actually. the south koreans are pretty clear he's a technocrat he knows what needs to be done i would have thought the chinese will insist that if they're putting aid in which i think they're probably going to now because they fear instability this time at the very least they must cross the nat'l the market reform whether they'll give up the bombo that's another matter ok if i go to you kno

also held a bilateral meeting with the seed thing paying who is the deputy chair of president hu jintao also thought to be the most likely candidate to take over in twenty twelve for many people saying this is kind of a ground laying meeting a way to connect ties with the person that might be leaving china in a couple of years to come well the two are going to tour the chinese and russian put billions they're said to be the favorites this time around they have the most impressive stands the lines for those to prevail humans are said to be the longest what's on display in the russian billion while russia's top tech and energy companies including off nano which obviously is the nano technology corporation and that's part of a bigger project which is plans to build a silicon valley like tech village just outside moscow to bring together the greatest russian minds to work on future innovations and now we're also hearing that president medvedev is just about to tour the russian billion we don't exactly know what he is going to think of it designers and organizers are very confident that he i

office in two thousand days and he's now in beijing where he will be meeting because his leader who jintao and top government officials security in the far east entry corp teacher partnership and russian chinese trade will be the main business in hand before arriving in the city at present vet of business of the city of delhi and the former escort also that he made to reset the moral to russia and solve its civilians and soldiers who died in china during both world wars and in the. japanese war. this week top politicians gathered in the russian capital to discuss the future of the arctic region the conference was aimed at seeing how future explo taishan will devolve energy resources of they also can develop in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition to protect the region's fragile ecosystem. if you stand alone yukon survive in the arctic that's how russian premie have led him or putin explained that no country by itself can deal with the enormous challenges and had at the world he promised that what average treasures lie hidden and to be calais or buys will be no fighting over the

visiting the country has taken part in the opening of the pipeline along with chinese leader who jintao but the two have also signed a number of documents to boost trade and security in the region on a boy who has more from beijing. that bunch of agreements many of them dealing with cooperation in the area of an edgy for example they sign a technical contract to build to additional nuclear reactors here in china by russian specialists in addition to another two that russia completed earlier they too have also agreed to continue their cooperation in the area of power generation and in calls and to leaders especially completion ceremony for the chinese section of the chance a pipeline that will be the first pipeline filling the giant neighbors and that's. the russian crude it's in siberia to you know more than chinese provinces but on the top of all these contracts they also signed a broad political declaration in the reach they clutched to continue supporting each other on the international arena they also called for the creation of what they called an you democratic world order that's w

office and to thousand and eight his now in beijing where he'll be meeting the country's leader who jintao and top government officials security in the far east energy corporations to teach a partnership and russian chinese trade will be the main business in hand before arriving in the city president medvedev visited the city of dallas formerly known as port arthur and that he later reset their memorial to russia civilians and soldiers who died in china during both world wars and in the ny nineteen zero four vs japanese war. this week x. percent top part. gathered in the russian capital to discuss the future of the. conference was aimed at seeing how a future exploration of the vast energy resources of the polar region can develop in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition and to protect the regions of the ecosystem . if you stand alone you can survive in the arctic that's how russian premier have led him or putin explained but no country by itself can deal with the enormous challenges i had at the north pole he promised that what average treasures lie hidden under the peak layer o

president in taiwan at this time, ma ying-jeou, who's made efforts, along with china's president, hu jintao, to kind of try to diffuse uh, tension in the taiwan straits. >> i think our other experts, as well--we asked them that same question-- agree with the idea that taiwan and other issues like that are not likely to bring the u.s. and china to war. let's see what they have to say. >> i don't think china wants to have any wars. it wants to develop itself economically. wars would be a distraction. it, you know, wants to avoid real security crisis. but on the other hand, it also does aspire to be a great power in a very full way. >> it's understandable that uh, china would want to secure its supply of natural resources from africa and other places, for that matter. it has become a leading manufacturing center in the world, and natural resources are what drive that. um, china, in effect, is replacing us as the key manufacturing center. what matters most for the united states is how china's quest for resources affects governments uh, in africa, and affects environmental protection. because, a

president medvedev opened russia today and met with speed thing ping deputy chair to hu jintao and the man seen as china's most possible future leader rang the ground for what could be a partnership that shifts and shocks global power mr. bean is the most likely future leader of china it's unlikely they discussed with me very concrete plans for the future but they probably talked about mutual approach to russia china relations and global issues that is about most of the day together and took a good look of what china and russia have to offer. russia's brazilian is a favorite this time around with its top talking energy companies putting on their best show so. here at this exposure we're demonstrating the latest results in science and high tech and showcasing cooperation with our chinese colleagues but it's all part of a bigger picture russia's push for rapid modernization and when you go to this exhibition is a unique chance to speed up the modernization of our economies in institutes and of its development is certainly the choice of our country who are following this path and will do

office in two thousand days he is now in by during where he'll be meeting the country's leader who jintao and top government officials security in the far east and she called the racial strategic partnership and the russian chinese trade over the main business in hand before arriving in the city presently development of the city of dallas and formally learned us port arthur that he later released said they memorial to russian so that civilians and soldiers who died in china during games and in the nineteen other two who said just a nice little. this week experts and top politicians gathered in the russian tapazole to discuss. they are greater they call for us as a saying have heater exploration or the vos energy resources of the polar region can develop in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition and to present the region's fragile ecosystem. if you stand alone you can survive in the arctic that's how russian premie have led him or putin explained but no country by itself can deal with the enormous challenges i had at the north pole he promised that what average treasures lie hidde

like you said lots of high level talks going to be held president will be meeting with president hu jintao and prime minister wen jiabao there are going to see a lot of focus on political and economic ties trade boosting investment as well as energy cooperation just to give you some more detail on energy there will be a completion ceremony of the russian chinese oil pipeline that's part of a bigger pipeline called the east siberia pacific pipeline and that's going to be launched by next year in fall it promises to pump some one point six million barrels of crude per day from siberia to the far east then on to china and the asia pacific now one common overall thing we're going to hear over the next couple of days in all three cities at all levels and in all spheres is russia and china strategic partnership how intensely it has grown over the past few years few years and how it can grow further in the future. ok thanks for much of the for bringing us the latest from china where russian president is visiting. and after making inroads in sweden europe's far right parties are focusing their eff

steve thing paying what was thought to be the most likely candidate to take over from president hu jintao in twenty twelve so that meeting was seen as a sort of ground laying meeting making a connection with the man who might be leading china in a couple of years to come now the two spent most of the day together they toured the chinese and russians the millions to have the favorites at this year's x. well of course this whole exposition and the russian president being here is also part of a much bigger picture and that is russia's push for modernization so. this exhibition is a unique chance to speed up the modernization authority on a mizzen institutes and of its development is certainly the choices for country who are following this path and will do everything for economy to modernize change and to modern life but the president praised the russian pavilion as being a success he certainly like what you saw there and what better place to start pushing for modernization in russia and here in china. and it's an obvious that now north korean leader kim jong il has promoted his youngest son

next leader of china vice president xi jinping is thought by many to be the most likely successor to jintao. could aliens have control over the world's nuclear weapons a group of retired u.s. air force officers thinks so and they've given sworn affidavits claiming that strange events for us can be explained by the stars. while russian officials are doing all they can to stand the inflow of drugs from central asia police are also dealing with a problem amateur that's making their own and they're finding that simple household products are all that's needed to make an illegal back. well time now for sports a day and years old and a promise to a lot of sporting action and who aren't you looking forward to another night of european football tonight as well as you all. so you're so hoping for two wins from two games this evening in the champions league i believe the details just start to. hello there welcome to the sport and this is what is coming. moscow target top spot in the champions league as they prepare to host. plus chelsea believe they'll return to winning ways against french champions m

see with me thanks for joining us russian president dmitry medvedev and his chinese counterpart hu jintao have ceremony pres the start button on the new oil pipeline between the two countries russian oil will be pumped directly into china by next year tripling energy supplies from the country to me surging demand in the world's most populous nation agreements boosting security and trade have also been signed in beijing and the boycott reports china towns have long become a permanent fixture of many metropolises but here in china you would normally find a russian district in their place sprawling all across the country their thousands of vendors on the hunt for knock offs just look so if you look at it wouldn't you know there was a here it used to be an open market with rows of counter is only recently they've built everything at our expense if i may say so. but it's.

has visited the country to take part in the opening of the pipeline along with chinese leader who jintao but the two giant countries also looks set to boost trade and security in the region while we can now cross live to a correspondent on a boy who has all the details for us. politics and well the two leaders often see each other as we know during various international summits but it still seems they have a lot more to discuss face to face. yeah absolutely they have a lot on their plate today in fact in about half an hour's time the two presidents are expected to sign a raft the for agreements more than a dozen of them most of them dealing with the area of anarchy for example russians are going to sign a technical contract to build to two war nuclear reactors here in china in addition to another two that they completed back in two thousand and seven also president hu and president are going to attend a completion ceremony for the chinese section of the first oil pipeline to link the two neighbors to the talks all of this began about fifteen years ago but the construction was only able t

nations growing threats to buy and then with a new clause in border owning monday by president hu jintao and nutriment bed was in a three day visit to china. another humanitarian aid team is bound for gaza nearly four months after the israeli all their times the last one did that killing nine and actually the un human rights council says was brutal and disproportionate . and the sort of pirates of russia come out into the open and into politics and started an online campaign to establish to fight to make coping and free file sharing. and those are the headlines up next that's our special report in which we had a thousand kilometers south from moscow to dawn and it's one of the most beautiful cities in southern russia where it's all. spectacular and that's coming up next here we now see. one of russia's most important southern cities an industrial and cultural center with more than one point three million people this is a twenty first century town that's proud of its history where you can find cutting edge technology and people that still follow traditions that date back centuries this is

is visiting the country to take part in the opening of the pipeline along with chinese leader who jintao but the two have also signed a number of documents to boost trade and security in the region but you know for us live to a course saddam who is the or for us of some of the two countries appear to be either eye on how the one to two see the world developing don't they. they're after they've been married to various have just signed a bunch of agreements many of them dealing with cooperation in the area of an energy for example they signed at technical contract to build this an all out nuclear reactors here in china by russia especially in addition to another two that russia completed earlier they too have also agreed to continue that cooperation in the area of power generation and in coal and as we have been reporting all day long fifty leaders are expected to attend a special completion ceremony for the chinese section of the translate pipeline that will be the first pipeline filling the giant neighbors and that will bring russian crude from its inside beer it's you know more than chi